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RailPro And Australia
TwinStar:
Tim et al:
I have a fellow on FB who is Down Under and believes that he can't order/use/receive RailPro products. I'm completely ignorant on this and wanted to get some facts.
Thanks.
CPRail:
I wonder if it's a similar situation to what we have in Canada.
Due to the fact that they are radio receivers/transmitters and aren't certified for use in Canada, Bill, our RPUG site host, can't ship them to other Canadians.
I can order them from Bill (who is an hour and a half drive from me), have him ship them to the US and then drive down to the US (bit of a pain right now with COVID) or import them myself from a dealer in the US via mail, but Bill can't ship them to me directly.
G8B4Life:
Well he can get them, just not locally; as in Australia as a country.
Just like everyone all over the world not in the US he'll have to mail order from a US supplier that isn't Ring himself, many RailPro suppliers do ship RP internationally but Ring does advise them "that they shouldn't" though thankfully many will anyway.
My first RP purchase got cancelled that way, the supplier let it slip to Ring that it was going overseas and the supplier cancelled on me because of Rings advice, so I went elsewhere (which wasn't Bill as he wasn't a supplier then) and got them no problem.
The issue is that RailPro as a product is not a licensed device in the radio spectrum here (same as every country outside of the US) so it can not legally be sold here by a distributor/retailer but in a general sense it can be imported privately, with the caveat of the radio spectrum licensing authority (ACMA for the aussie gentleman) that they could confiscate it if it was found to be causing bad interference, which I can honestly say that I'd never expect to happen in a million years as RP is designed to be compliant here (Rings words), he just won't go through with getting RP approved. It's maddening!
Now, that being said I do remember that a fellow on this list from Australia had RP gear for sale secondhand but that was a long time ago now so I don't know if it's still available. Otherwise I'd suggest he could talk to our favorite forum supplier.
- Tim
TwinStar:
Thanks Tim! I forwarded the info you posted.
Graham54:
complete RailPro equipment still available sunshine coast qld Australia arnbos2@optusnet.com.au
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