[chbot] Shipping

[Mike Smith]

I had a order from Aliexpress arrive today, ordered on March 31,
arrived in NZ on Monday, in my Post office box this morning

Does anybody know if any local component sellers will ship to
P.O.Box?, cant get a courier to where I am at the moment

Mike

On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 9:21 AM Charles Manning <cdhmanning at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 11th April (long Easter Weekend) I ordered a UPS from PBTech. They operate their online services ex-Auckland.
> On 14th April they printed the shipping label and handed over to CourierPost. Fair enough, they don't operate on the week ends.
> The UPS arrived at Chch depot TODAY.
> Let's see how long it takes to make it the last 4.6km to my house...
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 11:51 PM Volker Kuhlmann <list57 at top.geek.nz> wrote:
>>
>> > Please keep the group updated with shipping progress for projects,
>> > along with any interesting conversations with couriers etc.
>>
>> The toy I ordered for US$40 on 19/2/20 still hasn't arrived. The
>> international tracking number suggests it's been loaded and unloaded in
>> China 3 times now, but the seller says the logistics info is inaccurate
>> (and gives no reasons or corrections of course).
>>
>> Some battery holders I ordered 24/3/20 arrived after 14(!) days.
>>
>> Nothing else of what I ordered pre-lockdown or (essential items) during
>> lockdown has arrived.
>>
>> My guess is it's to do with international freight capacity being way
>> down. Most freight used to be sent with passenger aircraft, which now
>> isn't happening. That's also why there are stories of airlines strapping
>> goods into rows of unoccupied seats...
>> Plus of course shipping within NZ is not as fast as it used to be.
>>
>> Volker
>>
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