African adventure [RE-wrenches]

[Dean T. Newberry]

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Hi Marco,
I recently quoted some modules for a customer in Mali (sub saharan africa).
He had better prices at the local hardware store in Timbuktu for 
multicrystalline modules. I used to supply a small store in Lesotho 
(southern africa), but they can get better pricing in Johannesburg now.
Draw your own conclusions.

cul  deant


marco mangelsdorf wrote:

>I recently received an inquiry from a P. Harrison in Banjul, The Gambia,
>west Africa who's interested in (15) 75-watt modules.  When I told him that
>buying modules from a PV distributor here in the middle of the Pacific
>didn't make too much sense to me when there have to be PV folks much closer,
>he brushed it off.  Anyone else get an inquiry from this guy?  Assuming that
>his interest is legit, I would think that getting payment in full by credit
>card would protect me from those African scams we've all heard about.  That
>is, get a CC number, wait for the processing to be approved and then send
>'em off.  Am I missing something here?  Is there still a way to get screwed
>even if the CC sale, inclusive of shipping of course, goes through?
>
>marco
>
>Marco Mangelsdorf, Ph.D.
>President
>ProVision Technologies, Inc.
>69 Railroad Avenue, A-7
>Hilo, Hawai'i 96720
>(808) 969-3281, 934-7462 facsimile
>www.provisiontechnologies.com
>
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