[H-GEN] Happy Hacking keyboards not available in australia?

[McBofh]

David Seikel wrote:
....
>> Due to Australian safety/environmental compliance, we or any of our
>> distributors are no longer allowed to export and/or sell our products
>> in Australia.
> 
> So I'm SOL.
> 
> I've been googling for hours, trying to find some more information on
> why a keyboard would get banned for such reasons, but with no luck.
> Too much other stuff is found for the terms "hacking" and
> "pfu" (apparently some unit of measurement used in medicine).  Does
> anybody have any clue to throw my way?
> 
> Interestingly, one of their distributors told me that they are not
> allowed to export to EU for the same reason.  Maybe she confused us
> with Austria?

Sounds to me as if they are confused about geography. The EU has
a "Reduction of Hazardous Substances" directive now in force whereby
anything that is supposed to be sold in the EU must not contain lead,
hexavalent chromium and other nasties.

Perhaps you could remind your contact @ HH that Australia is not part
of the EU and enquire which piece of Australian legislation (ask for
chapter and verse) it is that prevents them from exporting their
product across the Pacific.


cheers,
James