My timing is worse. My US domestic order was not small and I paid on Wednesday afternoon after the radio silence began, I got annoyed at the lack of response, thought, “fuck it” and sent the funds.
C'est la vie. If the order can be filled, I’m sure it will, if it can’t, that’s the cost of doing business. Had enough primo to get me through the year, figured I’d get enough for the following.
As for whether or not some arm of QSC was involved in making precursors to certain things, that’s entirely possible, but what is even more likely is that the authoritarian government is over-reacting to the threats of the incoming US president and is cracking down on anyone that looks even remotely suspicious, namely just about any company in the business of distributing compounds for the production of pharmaceuticals. My point being that the bar for evidence is not that high and a company with “chemicals” in the name might appear suspicious.
If Uncle Xi asks for a dozen heads of companies making precursors, he might get a list of names or a dozen boxes weighing 10lbs or so.