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Steve Anderson wrote:The most incredible example of things being mistaken was one of the Mars Orbiters, I don't recall which one. It was something like - thrust calculations were performed in metric by one sub-contractor but programmed by another sub-contractor in imperial. Needless to say the craft was lost. How was that never caught in ground-testing? Shouldn't contracts specify the all units will be in one standard or the other? Presumably these days metric, even in the US. Unbelievable!
Steve A.
Steve Anderson wrote:It's possible that someone, probably in a rush, misread your 8 as a 3. Being China they have their own numbers and a large percentage of the workforce are not quite as familiar with our numbers. I know you ordered '4 lots' but that may have been changed to 8 on the company internal paperwork to the packing department. It's possible.
Steve A.
Steve Anderson wrote:Well, in that case it does look somewhat suspicious, whatever mistakes they made, deliberate or otherwise, it's tough luck. You entered into a contract with them (even if through an intermediary) and it should be honoured . Good luck.
Is their ad still running with the same details?
Customs here seem to ignore anything valued under US$50...they're after the bigger fish.
Steve A.
Andrew Davie wrote:...customs here in Oz won't worry about anything where the duty collectable is under $50. This equates to an item value (including shipping) of $1000...
gary wrote:The movie "Brazil" has a good example of how a 'B' becoming a 'T' causes chaos.
Andrew Davie wrote:gary wrote:The movie "Brazil" has a good example of how a 'B' becoming a 'T' causes chaos.
Funny, was jus† discussing Brazil with a co-worker - specifically the restaurant scene where the terrorist attack happens. And they are all so used to it that they keep on eating their meal while the staff clean up the blood and bodies and put a privacy barrier up to mask off the carnage. We're not far off that now, but I remember back when it was released thinking how unrealistic it was.
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