Originally Posted by QuiltswithConvicts
OK, I have a stupid question.
On the label of the DMC embroidery floss it says, "www.dmc.com Made in France. For sale only outside the European Union."
Does anybody have any idea why? Our skeins have 8m (8.7 yd). I remember when those skeins had 10 yards.
I might be able to shed a little light on that - at least from the UK point of view. There is one company in the UK which has the right to distribute DMC, but I think I am right in saying that their right is ONLY for the UK. So I am guessing that perhaps DMC also has agreements with other companies in different countries.
I discovered something similar when I bought my Kindle. I tried to buy it from Amazon .co. uk and they wouldn't send it to me in Ireland, so I had to buy it from Amazon.com in the US.
I can't download kindle books from the co. uk. version either, and the .com version sometimes won't let me download a book to Ireland either!
So to sum up, I think that sometimes big companies divide up the world into chunks and never the twain shall meet.