Yes, indeed the cheapness gains have been erased ): At the risk of being cheesey, I guess this is another cliche of "better to go local".. Duly noted and thanks for the advice.
Thanks, didn't know that and definitely wasn't considering making a false 2877 or any other document. The other lasers I acquired through friends at star-gazing parties who told me of sites to use, but assumed it was all too good to be true.
I recently had no issue attaining a 1W 445nm or one fine 50mw 405nm... had used EMS through DHgate before to get a few 100mw green kaleidoscopic pointers a month ago with no problems, but received a bunch of empty boxes after Customs seized 12 100mw green kaleidoscopic pointers I had ordered...