picketfence
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Ordering glassware into Australia? Laws?
Would importing glassware in to Australia result in confiscation?
Is possessing glassware an offence?
Because here you pretty much need to setup a company name with ABN to get glassware from most places - I don't know if this is a voluntary position by
suppliers and distributers or not but it's annoying and expensive.
The angry posts in this forum regarding "chemistry phobia" is mopre advanced than it is in the US.
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kiknet
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As far as I know there is no laws against glassware because when I bought it from a science and chemical supply business about 6 months ago I simply
rang up and went down and picked it up with no worries the most I got was the lady saying "so you need this for school do you?" and stupid me said No
for some reason but that didn't affect anything and it was a smooth transaction.
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roamingnome
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exactly how expensive is it to get an ABN number and business papers...
i say this because the word market is absolutely geared to small business. its like the gates of paradise open up for you... simply becuase you have
the plan to create jobs for the community...
if you dont want those pursuits im sure you can get whatever you need somehow, but working with the system you get so much farther... simply selling
beach sand on ebay is a business...
being ready to tell the nice lady that you need this glass for saving koala bears by studying to toxic metabolites of eucalyptus digestion is good to
have figured out as well....
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picketfence
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OK CheerZ
I basically already knew the answers to the questionjs, I just felt it'd be better to ask since things may have changed recently due to the WOT
bollocks and reading about all the complaints here regarding chemistry phobia.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by kiknet
the most I got was the lady saying "so you need this for school do you?" and stupid me said No for some reason but that didn't affect anything and it
was a smooth transaction. |
People often TELL YOU WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR....when she said that she really WANTED you to say "Yes". I firmly believe that in this day & age
people have certain conditioned traits that didn't exist decades back. People who buy chem-glasswear are either students or up to something
suspicious, etc, etc.
My guess is that she wanted to hear you say "yes, it's for school...I would rather be spending my money on beer and mindless entertainment" - What a
world we live in.....
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Levi
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| Quote: | | People often TELL YOU WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR....when she said that she really WANTED you to say "Yes". |
Exactly. Plus, if he got busted for making narcotics or something like that she would have a good excuse for having sold him the equipment. I'm
willing to bet there are a number apprehended dealers that are just itching to put the blame on someone else and a store owner that supplies such a
criminal could be considered an accessory to the crime(s) if a prosecutor were able to prove that they knew what the equipment was for when they sold
it.
[Edited on 27-1-2007 by Levi]
Chemcrime does not entail death. Chemcrime is death.
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Ramiel
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I also ran into a number of companies who had a voluntary policy of not selling glassware to people not in a business. A number of the more
high-profile companies simply cannot afford to bother with individuals because their orders are too small, and no repeat sales generally. I found a
few medium scale suppliers with excellent range, who shall remain nameless (U2U me if you like). All it took was for me to say “well no, I'm a Uni
student studying chem” (approaching them in person with a collared shirt makes a big difference here! 
Once I had placed a few orders, they got to know me okay (To say you have an account with them makes ordering a <u>lot</u> easier) I
ordered a few federally restricted pieces of glassware <i>e.g.</i> three necked flasks.
Hope you get all your late Christmas presents!
- Ramiel
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