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Tag Archives: customs
Importing LEDs from China — Battle with customs follow-up
Behold, the stickers of DOOM… If you should find any of these on a shipment to you, prepare for battle!
Posted in Electronics.
Tagged aliexpress, CE, customs, follow-up, import, LED, RGB, RoHS, WS2812B
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HZA — Won the battle, but not the war
I ordered a couple of WS2812B on Aliexpress more than THREE months ago. Boy what trouble that has conjured up! The seller on Aliexpress now probably thinks I’m a crook, because I missed an email that asked me to provide … Continue reading
Posted in Electronics.
Tagged aliexpress, CE, China, customs, HZA, import, RoHS, WS2812B, Zoll
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“Still at war with customs” — yet another letter from the HZA
To be honest, I’m not looking forward to opening this letter… …but there is no way around it.
Posted in Electronics.
Tagged CE, customs, EU, import, insanity, laws, product safety, regulations, RoHS, war
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The “at war with customs” saga continues
Today, a Sunday, I discovered a letter in my mailbox. A LETTER FROM CUSTOMS – >> MAIN OFFICE
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Tagged CE, customs, Digikey, distributors, EU, import, laws, mouser, regulations, war
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Why is importing goods & customs such a pain in the ass?
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Tagged customs, import, pain in the ass, SNAFU, statistics, TARIC
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