[sdiy] Latvian export control issues

[Quincas Moreira]

Ok thanks for the info!


Quincas Moreira
Director | QMA
mobile:  5534988825
site:  quincasmoreira.com
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On Thu 16 Jan 2025 at 6:05 a.m. cheater cheater <cheater00social at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>> 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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