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by mom23 » Thu Jul 10, 2014 8:16 pm
With all of the recent discussions about what it takes to import crabs (requirements, paperwork, documents etc) I decided to email LHC with my questions about the Aussies I am waiting on. I was very friendly about it and mentioned the debates on the forums and the concerns we all have. I have developed a rapport with her over the last year so she emailed me back the following:
"The Australians were ordered in May. We were told it would be 1 week for shipment. The exporter has advised that rules have changed and things became more difficult. After 2 months he was finally able to get his single use permit which is needed for each export (besides his regular permit). Other hold ups were the shipper being unsure what documents were needed on my end so I had to contact fish and wildlife and await response. At this point I am awaiting a fax with documents needed for final paperwork which I have yet to receive. We are still awaiting a date of export. No hold up on my end as you can see from our correspondence with my supplier below. Thank you for your patience!"
What she means by as you can see by the correspondence below is she let me read the emails between herself, the supplier, and a woman from airfreight operations in Australia. I'm not going to post the emails because they have people's info on them, but she's not lying about the red tape and all the issues that have occurred trying to get this shipment of Aussies to the US. There are discussions of new rules and they all discuss documents and permits/new permits needed among other various things. She isn't lying about there being no hold up on her end. She's really has to wait just like we are.
I hope this makes everyone feel a bit more at ease now. Importing crabs is not an easy business and she's not scamming us or taking our money. The emails I read were over weeks of time. I definitely have a better understanding of the process and how CRAZY it is. I think when dealing with ordering crabs it's always going to be a waiting game because there is a lot out of her control. I personally don't want her to stop taking pre-orders because I want to make sure I get what I want. To me that would be the only thing she could do to avoid us waiting. Anyway...I'm not trying to spark a big debate, but I thought some of you would be interested in knowing what I found out. It's the short version but I hope it helps.
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