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Rigol, Siglent, Hakko, cannot be exported from the US to LatAm
tautech:
--- Quote from: Njk on April 12, 2024, 11:37:18 am ---
--- Quote from: tautech on April 11, 2024, 11:19:02 pm ---However nothing does prohibit the individual to source product from wherever they like but when they do have local representation those representatives might be less than impressed when you go to them for aftersales support.
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Perhaps. But it's economy and probability. If it'll be more economic to dump the broken unit and to bring the replacement from abroad privately again, then why not. However, it can be not the only consideration.
For instance, the Siglent brand is banned here through regulation. Here is an official registry for the T&M equipment, which is approved for use in the country. It's illegal to import a not listed instruments. Of course, every more less known brand is registered there. Even Rigol, as a favorite pet project of Chinese government, was provided with enough cache to pay all the necessary bribes for whitelisting. But Dingyang Tech took different approach. It partnered with the local distributor who's selling the same products under the distributor's brand, painted differently and at doubled price. That's total rubbish.
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Are you sure your finger pointing shouldn't instead be directed to the owner of the AKIP brand and their decision to partner with Siglent for solitary RU import rights and therefore market for best profitability.
Some Siglent models the west has never seen except in LeCroy colors and at LeCroy pricing.
Also RU has its own technical industry to protect by way of import levies that can also impact savagely on pricing.
Things are not always as simple as they seem.
KungFuJosh:
--- Quote from: josfemova on April 12, 2024, 01:55:25 am ---
--- Quote from: KungFuJosh on April 12, 2024, 01:36:32 am ---$1399 is the normal price: https://www.logicbus.com/SDS2104X-Plus_p_23915.html
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yep, it's at $1756.58 at the Mexico store. Not taking into account shipment + México sales taxes + import taxes + local sales taxes on the shipment service, also no inventory
https://tienda.logicbus.com.mx/SDS2104X-Plus_p_24317.html
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The link I sent is from their "international store." Can you try ordering from that?
audiotubes:
--- Quote from: Njk on April 11, 2024, 11:03:04 pm ---No vendor can ignore the US market, it's too lucrative.
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I found some Chinese radios and computers (two different, unrelated companies) that are not exported outside China. I sent a couple of emails. They both told me the same thing, China is a big enough market that they don't need to distribute outside their country.
I'm sure this is not an isolated incident. As China's economy grows stronger, I guess this will get worse (for export sales) before it gets better.
normi:
1. See if the item is available through Amazon, it is possible they don't check for restrictions.
2. Try another freight forwarder, some have declarations that they are forwarding , others address may not come up as a freight forward address.
3. There are sometimes US restrictions' on the export of technology but his would not apply here, so it is most likely protection for dealers. At work I buy from large suppliers and ship equipment to various countries where we have business locations and sometimes the orders have to be split because they would point you to a dealer for a specific region.
4. Try Ebay.
5. If you pick the item up in the US it is unlikely that customs would prevent you from carrying it to Costa Rica since this is not a US security issue but a manufacturer imposed restriction.
I import most of my items from the US through various freight forwarders, some sites detect this and block sale but trying a different forwarder sometimes works. I sometimes buy things from China by send it to the US then freight forward as it is much faster than having it sent directly to my country.
tooki:
--- Quote from: normi on April 13, 2024, 01:27:15 am ---1. See if the item is available through Amazon, it is possible they don't check for restrictions.
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They absolutely do.
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