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1486036 2022-05-05 21:01:00 I have a part for a power tool bought from Amazon shipped from California which according to tracking will arrive today 9 days or 7 working days. gary67 (56)
1486037 2022-05-05 21:42:00 Amazon is amazingly fast with its deliveries.

So too is aliexpress now.

NZ Post delivery/delays is shite.
Zippity (58)
1486038 2022-05-05 21:49:00 My package took exactly 3.5 days to get to Auckland from the US with UPS, then another 7 days from Auckland to Hamilton. Tbird650 (6754)
1486039 2022-05-05 23:52:00 Bet any hold up will be once it arrives in Auckland :D Lately anything ordered from Aliexpress takes 10-12 days, takes longer to get from Auckland to Wellington than to NZ.;)

Yes. They idle in Auckland ... Something must be terribly wrong with Auckland's courier sorting center. Has been like this for quite some time.
bk T (215)
1486040 2022-05-06 06:12:00 I get the feeling, that everything in Aotearoa/New Zealand is imported!.

Of course most of the courier staff are not NZ people, because they don't know what FRAGILE means, we received some by-product of wheat and just as well it was double wrapped, as the carton was a shambles.

Auckland is not Aotearoa and should get it's act together!.

lurking.
Lurking (218)
1486041 2022-05-16 02:45:00 Item arrived this morning.

May 5
Package left Amazon facility.
San Bernardino, California US

May 8
Completed customs clearance.
NZ

May 15
Package is out for delivery.
NZ

May 16
Package delivered.
NZ
Driftwood (5551)
1486042 2022-05-16 02:46:00 So no charges? duty or gst?
I think gst is kind of luck o the draw unless it's captured at source site (like amazon do now)
psycik (12851)
1486043 2022-05-16 02:48:00 GST is in the initial payment.
No duty if it's under $1000
Driftwood (5551)
1486044 2022-05-16 06:22:00 Mine arrived in Auckland 4 days from Sacramento then a day to Christchurch where it then sat for a further 4 days.

No extra charges for me as the part only cost $23 with shipping, same part here if I could have got it was going to be $36 for one. Amazon sent me 2.
gary67 (56)
1486045 2022-05-16 21:41:00 GST is in the initial payment.
No duty if it's under $1000

Not quite true
Some products still attract import duties no matter what it cost . Most dont though .
Basically a tarrif to protect NZ manufacturers , a throw back to the 1970's .
1101 (13337)
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