[sdiy] Latvian export control issues

[Quincas Moreira]

Why? I’ve been using GoDaddy for decades, would love to know why I should
avoid them?


Quincas Moreira
Director | QMA
mobile:  5534988825
site:  quincasmoreira.com
email:  quincas at gmail.com



On Thu 16 Jan 2025 at 6:00 a.m. cheater cheater <cheater00social at gmail.com>
wrote:

> oh no, not on my watch... don't ever buy from GoDaddy, and if you have any
> domains with them transfer them away. Use cloudflare, namecheap, porkbun,
> or namesilo, in that order.
>
> On Sun, Dec 22, 2024 at 8:17 AM Quincas Moreira via Synth-diy <
> synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
>
>> You can buy a domain on godaddy for cheap (20 bucks) and set up a wix
>> site quickly and easily for cheap as well (look at mine:
>> www.quincasmoreira.com)
>> You can have an excellent website in an afternoon and for the price of a
>> behringer guitar pedal ;)
>>
>>
>> Quincas Moreira
>> Director | QMA
>> mobile:  5534988825
>> site:  quincasmoreira.com
>> email:  quincas at gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat 21 Dec 2024 at 12:57 p.m. Roman via Synth-diy <
>> synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe it has something to do with EU sanctions on Russia. Semiconductors
>>> are banned and there are known cases of 3rd parties reseling sanctioned
>>> products of all kinds to Russia.
>>>
>>> I never heard a word about it to be any concern when I bought from them
>>> a month ago. But I'm in EU, have a website and they know me for years.
>>>
>>> FWIW Thonk bulk prices are not that far from direct sale prices and you
>>> also must consider expensive Alfa shipping. OTOH Thonk barely has anything
>>> from Alfa now. How many you want and what?
>>>
>>> Roman
>>>
>>>
>>> ---- Użytkownik David G Dixon via Synth-diy napisał ----
>>>
>>> Hey Synth DIY team,
>>>
>>> I'm trying to buy ICs in bulk quantities directly from ALFA, but because
>>> I don't have a website, they're saying they cannot ship to me because there
>>> is no way for Export Control to verify my identity and end use.  I intend
>>> to use the chips for a very large personal build, not a product.  In any
>>> case, I guess this is so Latvian semiconductors don't end up in the wrong
>>> hands or whatever.
>>>
>>> Has anyone else encountered this conundrum, and did you find a
>>> successful work-around?  Is this just a Latvian thing, or does it apply all
>>> over the EU?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Dave Dixon
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