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    Sorry for bothering you… the USER has now reported the SIM was
    actually included, he just didn't consider it could already have
    been installed into the module… *sigh*<br>
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    Regards,<br>
    Michael<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 17.12.20 um 13:34 schrieb Michael
      Balzer:<br>
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      OK, then maybe this is just an issue for Glyn, the user who
      reported this on the forum has bought from openenergymonitor, but
      no SIM was included.<br>
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      I'll tell him to ask Glyn.<br>
      <br>
      Regards,<br>
      Michael<br>
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      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 17.12.20 um 13:13 schrieb Mark
        Webb-Johnson:<br>
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        <div dir="ltr">The descriptions on Fasttech clearly say no sim
          included. Once COVID is under control we should be able to
          resume, but at the moment it is not possible.</div>
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        <div dir="ltr">The US and EU distributors include hologram SIMs
          (as they source from me).</div>
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        <div dir="ltr">Regards, Mark</div>
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          <blockquote type="cite">On 17 Dec 2020, at 7:54 PM, Michael
            Balzer <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
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            wrote:<br>
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            Thanks, missed that one…<br>
            <br>
            That means this is no longer a temporary situation, and we
            need to change all product descriptions now.<br>
            <br>
            Regards,<br>
            Michael<br>
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            <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 17.12.20 um 12:51 schrieb
              Stein Arne Sordal:<br>
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                <div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div>
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                    style="font-family: -webkit-system-font,
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                    class="">Mark Webb-Johnson <<a
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                      moz-do-not-send="true">mark@webb-johnson.net</a>><br
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                    color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span
                    style="font-family: -webkit-system-font,
                    "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"
                    class=""><b class="">[Ovmsdev] Trade War impact</b><br
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                    style="font-family: -webkit-system-font,
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                    color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span
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                    class="">8 July 2020 at 09:55:58 CEST<br class="">
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                    color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span
                    style="font-family: -webkit-system-font,
                    "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"
                    class="">OVMS Developers <<a
                      href="mailto:ovmsdev@lists.openvehicles.com"
                      class="" moz-do-not-send="true">ovmsdev@lists.openvehicles.com</a>><br
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                    class="">OVMS Developers <<a
                      href="mailto:ovmsdev@lists.openvehicles.com"
                      class="" moz-do-not-send="true">ovmsdev@lists.openvehicles.com</a>><br
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                    <div class="">FYI: We are starting to see an impact
                      from the US/China trade war, with OVMS as
                      collateral damage. This is currently affecting
                      OVMS in two ways:</div>
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                        <li class="">Imports of OVMS modules, cables,
                          and antennas, into USA, are starting to be hit
                          with a 25% tax.<br class="">
                          <br class="">
                          I don’t have any workaround, and it would cost
                          way more than +25% to get these manufactured
                          elsewhere (even if all the components didn’t
                          come from China in the first place). So, this
                          tax is now being passed on to consumers in
                          USA.<br class="">
                          <br class="">
                        </li>
                        <li class="">We are experiencing difficulties
                          getting the US Hologram SIMs into China.<br
                            class="">
                          <br class="">
                          I realise that this is an inconvenience for
                          the users, but we have no alternative at the
                          moment. So, from this week until further
                          notice, OVMS modules purchased from Fasttech
                          won’t include Hologram SIMs. These can be
                          purchased directly from Hologram themselves:<br
                            class="">
                          <br class="">
                                <a
                            href="https://store.hologram.io/store/global-iot-sim-card/17"
                            class="" moz-do-not-send="true">https://store.hologram.io/store/global-iot-sim-card/17</a><br
                            class="">
                                (You can also order on amazon <a
href="https://www.amazon.com/3-in-1-Global-IoT-SIM-Card/dp/B07GY2S8QK#ace-2093936695"
                            class="" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.amazon.com/3-in-1-Global-IoT-SIM-Card/dp/B07GY2S8QK#ace-2093936695</a>)<br
                            class="">
                          <br class="">
                          OVMS modules purchased from the official
                          distributors (either Carl Medlock in USA, or
                          Open Energy Monitor in EU) will still include
                          the Hologram SIMs.<br class="">
                          <br class="">
                          I have updated the user guide documentation to
                          clarify this.</li>
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                    <div class="">I’ll let you know if the situation
                      changes.</div>
                    <div class=""><br class="">
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                    <div class="">Regards, Mark.</div>
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                  <div class="">On 17 Dec 2020, at 12:48, Michael Balzer
                    <<a href="mailto:dexter@expeedo.de" class=""
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                    <div class="">Mark,<br class="">
                      <br class="">
                      Fasttech have changed the OVMS kits to NOT include
                      the Hologram SIM card anymore.<br class="">
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                      I don't know why and when they did so, but by this
                      we now are lying to users in all our descriptions.<br
                        class="">
                      This applies to our project websites as well as to
                      Glyn's shop.<br class="">
                      <br class="">
                      Do you know the background? Is this temporary?<br
                        class="">
                      <br class="">
                      Regards,<br class="">
                      Michael<br class="">
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