McMaster Now Shipping to Non-established Canadian Accounts
 

Not sure how many people this affects, but I just heard that McMaster will now ship to anyone in Canada, not just accounts that were established before their export violation sanctions.

Re: McMaster Now Shipping to Non-established Canadian Accounts
 

Why were the sanctions lifted?

Re: McMaster Now Shipping to Non-established Canadian Accounts
 

They got fined for selling stuff to some Middle Eastern countries as a result of laws that require US based companies to disclose sales to any country boycotting another country's products. I believe it was related to these countries boycotting Israel. They were not prohibited from selling to Canadians (or anyone else), they just decided that it was easier to not take on any new customers outside of the US. It appears that recently they decided to allow Canadians to place orders.

Re: McMaster Now Shipping to Non-established Canadian Accounts
 

I know that stuff, I was wondering why the sudden change in heart for McMaster.

I'm not sure how many FRC teams this will affect. From what I recall, if the order was shipped directly to a school, the order would go through, anyway. Never placed any orders however, so I can't comment on the validity of that statement.

That being said, this may prove useful for other companies that are not related to FRC, or community teams.

Re: McMaster Now Shipping to Non-established Canadian Accounts
 

This is great. I know a number of teams in Canada have had very mixed success when ordering with out a 3rd party involved.

Re: McMaster Now Shipping to Non-established Canadian Accounts
 

This is good news for all Canadian teams! McMaster Carr is the greatest supplier ever. They have just about everything, and their website is very well organized, making it easy to find things. We use them extensively for our tech design courses, robotics team, and general shop supplies.

Re: McMaster Now Shipping to Non-established Canadian Accounts
 

How is McMaster's shipping to Canada? (price,speed)

Re: McMaster Now Shipping to Non-established Canadian Accounts
 

Next day for all in stock items, with very reasonable rates.