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gemar14
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Is it now illegal to buy from chemcraft?
Hello everyone! I'm a new hobby chemist and this is one of my first posts on here. Chemcraft is one of the reagent providers I've found on here for
the amateur chemist. However, with the recent sanctions on Russia, is it going to be illegal to import things into the US from chemcraft?
[Edited on 25-2-2022 by gemar14]
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Admagistr
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Quote: Originally posted by gemar14  | Hello everyone! I'm a new hobby chemist and this is one of my first posts on here. Chemcraft is one of the reagent providers I've found on here for
the amateur chemist. However, with the recent sanctions on Russia, is it going to be illegal to import things into the US from chemcraft?
[Edited on 25-2-2022 by gemar14] |
I have the same question, I used to buy often from Chemcraft, maybe it's still legal, but it's certainly very risky, because we don't know what other
sanctions will come and how the Russian post office will work in deliveries to the West in the war with Ukraine...
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Yeah, I suppose the following weeks risk being somewhat bumpy… We’ll have to do with the stocks, guys.
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Some of my closest relatives are blocked in a Ukrainian city under shelling. That's why I am also keeping my eye on sanctions. But in this situation,
I think it is better to just ask chemcraft. Also, I doubt the sanctions will address small private businesses anyway.
[Edited on 25-2-2022 by teodor]
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Mathias94
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You may check out onyxmet. I have bookmarked the site for many years, but never ordered from them. Still it looks like they have a lot of useful
inorganics.
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Why would Chemcraft be targeted by the sanctions ?
I would be more worried about unusual postal delays from Russia but my last order from them arrived 2 weeks ago.
Like Teodor said: Just ask Chemcraft.
The spirit of adventure was upon me. Having nitric acid and copper, I had only to learn what the words 'act upon' meant. - Ira Remsen
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Chemcraft
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delivery
At the moment, international delivery is working as usual. Payment is accepted by credit cards too as always. In general there are no changes in our
work so far.
[Editing - worth adding a highlight. j_sum1]
[Edited on 28-2-2022 by j_sum1]
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My order from the 22nd has made it to "Forwarded to the carrier" as of yesterday. I don't know if carriers are working anymore. I will post here is
there is progress.
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Yes, Onyxmet is amazing. No, I won't elaborate further.
"There is a shadow of a nation behind you, the hope of a people... yet it may not matter. The Divide still stands against us."
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They could resort to a crypto currency payment option as well. China has given Russia a life-line so they should be able to source material from there
if they aren't sourcing material locally.
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Chemcraft
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We do not take materials from China. All our products are Russian-made. Some of the reagents are produced by us. We have many buyers from China.
When Western banks block payments, we will switch to payments in cryptocurrency.
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If Chemcraft buys in Russian roubles, as far as payments are possible, this might be the right time to buy some materials, given than the Russian
currency is on the skids?
Also, thanks for reminding us you don’t sell Chinese products.
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The point of all these sanctions is that Chemcraft has to pay taxes to the Russian state and thus sponsors it. It is always the ordinary citizen who
suffers the most, even though he may have nothing to do with the regime in his country... Chemcraft probably can't even express his opinion freely on
the Forum without risking persecution in his own country. If Chemcraft were to set up a branch outside Russia and ship the goods there somehow, that
would be the solution. There's already talk of those cryptocurrencies too, so in time payment in them may be blocked as well... What I really
appreciate about Chemcraft is that it is not just a dealer, but a chemist too who makes things himself. It's great that his goods don't originate in
China! It shows in the quality, I have never found his goods to be any significantly different from what he states about them. It's sometimes worse
with Onyxmet and the quality isn't always there, but it's not the owner's fault, it's his suppliers' problem...It must be a tough time for
Chemcraft...
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With the Russian/European airspace being closed, don’t expect quick deliveries…
Unless folks at Chemcraft can let them cross the border directly at Köningsberg.
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| Quote: Originally posted by Jenks | | My order from the 22nd has made it to "Forwarded to the carrier" as of yesterday. I don't know if carriers are working anymore. I will post here is
there is progress. |
As of March 4th, no progress. The status changed to "Uplifted" from Moskva on Feb 26th but no update since.
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| Quote: Originally posted by Jenks | | Quote: Originally posted by Jenks | | My order from the 22nd has made it to "Forwarded to the carrier" as of yesterday. I don't know if carriers are working anymore. I will post here is
there is progress. |
As of March 4th, no progress. The status changed to "Uplifted" from Moskva on Feb 26th but no update since. |
That is not unusual though. That has happen with every order I have made. It sits like that until days after it is delivered.
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| Quote: Originally posted by B(a)P | | Quote: Originally posted by Jenks | | Quote: Originally posted by Jenks | | My order from the 22nd has made it to "Forwarded to the carrier" as of yesterday. I don't know if carriers are working anymore. I will post here is
there is progress. |
As of March 4th, no progress. The status changed to "Uplifted" from Moskva on Feb 26th but no update since. |
That is not unusual though. That has happen with every order I have made. It sits like that until days after it is delivered. |
This is probably caused by Covid quarantines.
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Although Chemcraft is not directly targeted by the sanctions, I would expect a severe delay in shipping. I read articles about goods going from and to
Russia all being delayed because they have to be checked by customs to verify they are not violating the sanctions. Now we all know how fast customs
usually are, let alone when they get a ton extra work.
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I bought from another russin company; https://en.chemical-elements.ru/
Two gas disarge ampules, fluorine an chlorine, for my element collection. The rubel is low now, and the price was 2000 rubel for the fluorine and 1200
rubel for the chlorine.
2000 rubel is about $20,82 and 1200 rubel is about $12,49. A fluorine gas ampoule goes for over $100 on eBay.
But it sems like thera are no larger quantities of nobel metals...
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I expect some difficulties in payment with cc companies pulling out.
Paypal will be ok as far as I know.
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With aeroflot suspending international flights and other international airlines not flying into russia and ships not being allowed to dock or not
being unloaded if they do, ordering anything from russia at the moment is likely to be a problem unless you are in someplace like turkey that is on
friendly terms and less enforcing of sanctions. Belarus is a russian ally and unlikely to sanction russia.
This is in addition to the payment difficulties that likely require using crypto at this point.
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At the moment, parcels to the EU are delivered by AirSerbia lines. In the USA and Canada, delivery is carried out through Turkey and the UAE (Dubai).
Shipping to Japan and Australia is done by China Airways.
In fact, only European and American companies have stopped flights to Russia, all the rest fly as before.
From March 10, we start accepting payments in cryptocurrency (BTC). Customers from China can still pay via AliPay. We also accept UnionPay and MIR
credit cards.
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All the best, Chemcraft. You deserve it.
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Seconded. I am sure all of this will cause lots of complications which you do not in any way deserve.
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Totally agree, Chemcraft are a great company that allow the amateur to source many very interesting chemicals at a very reasonable price. I will be
placing an 'in support of their business' order.
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