I also agree – but the “smart” thing to do is to “harvest” and collate all the info you can find from the websites of the various testing services, as well as digging into the info on the websites of the various national regulatory bodies in the countries of interest.
The free on-line and “promotional” seminars that many testing services offer to tempt you to sign-up with them are another good source of basic info. That way you can probably find 70-80% of the info you need to start with, and then, if you need to, you can ask the testing services the “leading questions” about the “missing” bits & “gotcha’s”. Used to do that a lot before I retired, and I concluded that I could find almost anything I needed to know to a first & second approximation – and certainly enough to know what I/we would need to do/ask next if the market in question was significant. (a very long career in doing that sort of thing for all sorts of products for many countries kinda helps though J! ) John E Allen W. London, UK From: Scott Xe [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 17 December 2016 05:20 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PSES] UL Go? 100% agree with you. Those testing service companies just re-package their existing services and give them a new name to sell to other companies who believe testing companies know everything about product compliance. Looking at their quotation and to see if you can find something like all the mandatory requirements of the product for the country. That is most people mis-interpret the capability of those testing service companies. They may be the expertise and most knowledgeable on their testing scope. If you need those limited info only, they are your good partner. Scott From: Peter Tarver <[email protected]> Reply-To: Peter Tarver <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, 17 December 2016 at 2:20 AM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PSES] UL Go? It should be kept in mind that all of these so-called services are sales tools. My experience with all of the agencies discussed have been less than stellar on the delivery side, once a PO is placed. 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