[sdiy] Latvian export control issues

[cheater cheater]

godaddy are insanely expensive compared to normal registrars, and will
literally steal your domain from under you, among other shitty practices.

google for "godaddy controversy" to browse an endless amount of stories
about their greed.

On Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM Quincas Moreira <quincas at gmail.com> wrote:

> Why? I’ve been using GoDaddy for decades, would love to know why I should
> avoid them?
>
>
> Quincas Moreira
> Director | QMA
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> email:  quincas at gmail.com
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> 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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