You may find that restrictions on sales occur only to commercial sales, not to auctions which are, by default, private sales.
Gnuthad On 11 Jan 2002 at 19:41, Rick Welykochy wrote: > Andrew Fries wrote: > > > The unit in question, Opti-UPS PowerES 420ES came from the online auction site > > at <http://www.auctiontraders.com.au>. But when it arrived I found it sports > > those three-point straight pin power plugs used in the States. Apparently it > > was not intended for sale in Australia! ... > > Contact the Dept of Fair Trading and ask advice on the matter. It is probably > illegal to sell electrical goods not suited for Aussie conditions. My uninformed > guess on this is based on those strident Electrical Compliance stickers one > often sees on the back of consumer electrical goods, indicating what power > supply the item is certified for, and includes a certification/compliance > number. I would think the UPS you have purchased would be non-compliant. > > -rickw > > > _____________________________________________ > Rick Welykochy || Praxis Services Pty Limited > > We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity > has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further. > -- Richard Dawkins > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug PGP Key Block available at: http://aussie.mine.nu/aussie/pgp_key.txt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
