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Good post, Mr. Perfect. I read the initial thread on this yesterday, and I was curious to see how it came out.

I would not come down on Dell quite as hard as my fellow Freepers. The initial decision was stupid, but clearly it was not company policy, and the company seems to have done the right thing once it was brought to their attention. I thought the offer to ship the PC free of charge showed a certain amount of class, as did Mr. Weigand's decision to turn down the offer. I personally don't think a boycott is called for unless it happens again (and, given the ruckus that this has created, I am pretty sure we will know if it happens again).

"The initial decision was stupid, but clearly it was not company policy"

What do you base that conclusion on? Everything I've seen on the matter leads me to conclude that it is company policy, and the only "snafu" was that they fumbled the virtual anal probe part of Weigand's transaction.

But she was not able to provide a reference to Commerce Department Bureau of Export Administration or State Department Office of Defense Trade Controls regulations that require approval of shipments to U.S. customers. Dell's export forms apply only to out-of-country shipments.
Did you miss this part?