In message <[email protected]>,
dated Mon, 14 Jan 2013, "ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen"
<[email protected]> writes:
You can make fun of it, but all these things have been introduced with
the goal of creating a better level playing field, thus making possible
to find, an pursue those manufacturers that spoil the market by selling
untested, possible unsafe cheap rubbish.
I'm not making fun of it, but if one takes too solemn an approach it can
leave you screaming mad.
Customs are better able to simply stop products with false DoC, this
way.
But ARE they? Is it realistic?
Imagine the poor customs guy, having to tell if these little green
pieces of plastic with copper screws on it really are the
KML032-1234-s-XX as the DoC states ??
These come in bulk packs of 1000, each in a sealed plastic retail pack.
How do you think the poor customs guy is going to check that each
individual item has inside the sealed pack a DoC with its individual
serial number?
If they are, they may withold the product and dupe the honest
manufacturer, if they assume it's ok, another batch of unsafe rubbish
may dupe the consumer (in the end).
An unsafe rubbish product can easily have all the paperwork in
meticulous order. In fact, it's far easier to get the paperwork right
than it is to design and manufacture safe products.
If you look at it like that, the costs for even (if it were required) a
serial number and a hologram and color image and a fully operating
miniature
I didn't say 'miniature'. I had a BOGOF in mind - Buy One, Get One Free.
model with each DoC are a bargain compared to the increased benefit
that goes with increased sales.;<)) .... if you are not on the side of
the cheaters.
All those things could be provided with a product that is unsafe and
useless. These requirements DO NOTHING to assure what they are
presumably intended to assure, so are not useful.
--
OOO - Own Opinions Only. See www.jmwa.demon.co.uk
The longer it takes to make a point, the more obtuse it proves to be.
John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK
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