<div dir="ltr"><div>On 11th April (long Easter Weekend) I ordered a UPS from PBTech. They operate their online services ex-Auckland.</div><div>On 14th April they printed the shipping label and handed over to CourierPost. Fair enough, they don't operate on the week ends.</div><div>The UPS arrived at Chch depot TODAY.</div><div>Let's see how long it takes to make it the last 4.6km to my house...</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 11:51 PM Volker Kuhlmann <<a href="mailto:list57@top.geek.nz">list57@top.geek.nz</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">> Please keep the group updated with shipping progress for projects,<br>
> along with any interesting conversations with couriers etc.<br>
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The toy I ordered for US$40 on 19/2/20 still hasn't arrived. The<br>
international tracking number suggests it's been loaded and unloaded in<br>
China 3 times now, but the seller says the logistics info is inaccurate<br>
(and gives no reasons or corrections of course).<br>
<br>
Some battery holders I ordered 24/3/20 arrived after 14(!) days.<br>
<br>
Nothing else of what I ordered pre-lockdown or (essential items) during<br>
lockdown has arrived.<br>
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My guess is it's to do with international freight capacity being way<br>
down. Most freight used to be sent with passenger aircraft, which now<br>
isn't happening. That's also why there are stories of airlines strapping<br>
goods into rows of unoccupied seats...<br>
Plus of course shipping within NZ is not as fast as it used to be.<br>
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Volker<br>
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