Richard, Jerome - When I was most concerned that my machine was going to be a loss I was tempted to blame the broker, the manufacturer, the FDA and myself! Of course, and I don't mean to sound polyanna, blaming someone or something is totally natural when things are going wrong AND usually pretty ineffective. I think it would take a pretty special broker to have caught this detail and the manufacturer was new to selling to the USA, likely they may not have been aware of the certification. I DID think about suing the broker when I was feeling desperate and I like her and she has served me well in the past so that didn't feel like an attractive solution. I am glad not to be weighing that option right now. This machine had not been sold in the USA before it seems and I bought it based on recommendations I got from other international users. I am still optimistic about the machine itself. Even had I asked for a USA recommendation and were told there were only owners in Australia, England etc. I don't see how I would have seen red flags. This accession number thing was just a total blind spot for me (and my broker). So, its just really a cautionary tale. There are a limited number of Chinese manufacturers that sell machines in the USA and one might do well to buy from them, even if one finds a superior product that has not found its way to the USA yet. The system the FDA uses here is entirely uncompromising and its was, like I said, a combination of real luck, cooperation and creativity that saved my machine from a loss. The the FDA gives no quarter was surprising and alarming given how complicated and vulnerable the import process already is.
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