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Does anyone know why Gong boards won't ship to Australia ? New Zealand, Kazakhstan and just about everywhere else in the world but not Australia
From their web site, they state they do not ship rigid boards or one piece paddles outside of Europe. All the rest is OK (inflatables, sails,...)They do not ship rigid boards to New Zealand, Kazakhstan,... where did you get this info?
Thanks for the reply mick,as I'm not that politically motivated who's decision was it in the first place? Oh and by the way the smiley faces usually mean to be taken lightly and in good humour,I hope your day improves
I found this article seems to give a good summary of what happened:
www.businessinsider.com/cost-culture-clash-50bn-deal-france-lost-to-us-uk-2021-9
And shows the major hypocrisy of the French authorities to feign discovering the issues at the last second.
- nearly 200% budget overruns (from 36 to an estimated final 90 billions). We also have these issues on nuclear reactors construction.
- delays
- arrogance: unilaterally deciding to reduce the number of OZ jobs
- attitude: If had arrived systematically 15 minutes late for meetings at my Job, I would not have lasted 5 years...
This draws a familiar picture of arms manufacturers being used to do want they want because contracts are decided politically, and they feel entitled to business practices that would be unthinkable in a competitive world.
The only fault I can find on the OZ side is being surprised that the French economy stops in August, or workers need healthy decent lunch breaks. It would be like not anticipating that China stops for their new year holidays. Workers around the world need decent vacations and meals!
Just as an update of sorts I wrote to Gong via their customer support link on the website a week ago asking if they could consider shipping to Australia in the future but so far no reply at all.
If I ever get a response I will
post in here.
I asked last year about a board. The staff for me were really helpful...
The only option really was for Gong to ship the board to family/relatives in Scotland and for them to ship to Aus for me.
In the end it all just got too hard 
