Quote from: Uranium on January 29, 2013, 01:09:21 AM

Hi,

I made an account to reply to this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=137534.740

I did not invest in any ASICS or even mining equipment (but i have 1.6BTC

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When seeing this picture:
http://puu.sh/1U4ry
I wanted to say: When shipping to Europe, and especially France, Belgium, Italy and Spain, please unscrew the antenna and do not put the antenna in the package. The customs in these countries are really butthurt if they think it contains a transmitter for which a CE declaration does not exist. It's not really a problem, you can self-certify for CE, you just need someone in Europe to sign the declaration of conformity. Avalon could provide the required documents, have the receiver sign them (but he is then fully responsible for meeting the requirements), submit them to the customs, and get the package. This would add at least on month of delay for these costumers.

Also, put a CE mark on the box and on the equipment. You can still get the package if it has none (suppose you are the importer who is going to put the product on the EU market and who will put the CE mark on it), but this requires a lot of paperwork and delay.

This is a pretty large box that has a high chance of being opened by the customs if its sent by HK post or certainly if sent with EMS. DHL has little problems, since they do customs declaration in advance, and only 1:100 packages is typically opened.

BTW: This newbie rule is really stupid.

I dont know what I think is cuter, you thinking that Avalon will ship anything or that you think that's not just a bunch of electronics tossed together.