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Reply # 756231 5-Feb-2013 19:17
kyhwana2: -.- Had something arrive at Youshop on the 2nd 7am NZ time and it's on just shown up as arrived on Youshops system today at 3pm. (The 5th). WTF. So much for 3rd times a charm! What other shippers do people use that are better? I also use Comgateway, but you will pay a hell of a lot more for not having patience. I used Youshop for the past 4 orders in the past 2 weeks and its been really good value, each one I compared to Comgateway but the difference for an extra 3 or 4 days didnt stack up.

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Reply # 756234 5-Feb-2013 19:28
Can you give us an idea of how much more and how much faster? is it twice the price and 1/2 the delivery time?

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Reply # 756419 6-Feb-2013 08:22
nathan: Can you give us an idea of how much more and how much faster? is it twice the price and 1/2 the delivery time? Both sites have shipping calculators you can enter your package details and work out the cost.

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Reply # 756461 6-Feb-2013 10:01
Looks like NZPost have released an Android app for tracking your parcels.

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Reply # 756568 6-Feb-2013 14:31
kiwitrc: Looks like NZPost have released an Android app for tracking your parcels. Thats great, pitty they cant find my parcel somewhere between them and NZ customs!!!

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Reply # 759068 10-Feb-2013 17:14
Hi all, just trying out this new service. Does anyone have any valid promo codes. The ones YouShopBF1 YouShopBF5 kiwibank10 Are all expired

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Reply # 759070 10-Feb-2013 17:20
I just paid for 2 shipments this Thursday. I did not use any promo code for my Kindle, but the shipment price is about the same as the ones posted here after applying the promo code. Not sure if it is due to the Exchange rates or if there is a change in shipment price. I think it is quite cheap enough without any promo code. Cheapest Online Bookstore Free Worldwide Delivery http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/?a_aid=lhou021 MOBILE: Motorola Defy (Quarx JB 4.1.2) TABLET: Samsung Galaxy tablet OTHER: Asus laptop + Samsung ChromeBook

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Reply # 760351 12-Feb-2013 20:25
OK, just checking. The postage for what I've got is expensive actually. Probably double what I expected. Anyway, its still to be able to use the service.

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Reply # 760353 12-Feb-2013 20:28
Got my VFF's via youshop today! They were "On the way to New Zealand" when they turned up at 8am.. then they "arrived" in NZ at 12:01pm and then were "delivered" at 12:02pm. XD

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Reply # 760415 12-Feb-2013 21:32
ossianhowley: OK, just checking. The postage for what I've got is expensive actually. Probably double what I expected. Anyway, its still to be able to use the service. Then instead of Youshop, you should try Shipito or the other ones, and try their consolidation service Reduce the size of box Amazon send your items with. Last time I ordered a pc, but the pc only took up 1/3 of the actual packaging with lots of air bubbles inside the shipping box. I must have paid twice as much for the postage >.< Cheapest Online Bookstore Free Worldwide Delivery http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/?a_aid=lhou021 MOBILE: Motorola Defy (Quarx JB 4.1.2) TABLET: Samsung Galaxy tablet OTHER: Asus laptop + Samsung ChromeBook

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Reply # 760423 12-Feb-2013 21:54
wanghou168: ossianhowley: OK, just checking. The postage for what I've got is expensive actually. Probably double what I expected. Anyway, its still to be able to use the service. Then instead of Youshop, you should try Shipito or the other ones, and try their consolidation service Reduce the size of box Amazon send your items with. Last time I ordered a pc, but the pc only took up 1/3 of the actual packaging with lots of air bubbles inside the shipping box. I must have paid twice as much for the postage >.< Cool, thanks for the tip. Might try that next time

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Reply # 761852 13-Feb-2013 17:29
Just had my first parcel since the madness of December arrive (arrived this morning via UPS and got the notification of it arriving this afternoon - so better than than days delay in December) Even though the parcel was bigger than I expected, I ended up saving $30US by shipping via YouShop verses direct

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Reply # 761927 13-Feb-2013 20:23
bbunnys: kiwitrc: Looks like NZPost have released an Android app for tracking your parcels. Thats great, pitty they cant find my parcel somewhere between them and NZ customs!!! Their tracking is appalling. I have a parcel they claim is still with customs. It was delivered to me last week.

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Reply # 762058 14-Feb-2013 08:39
This tweet made me laugh: @richms No plans at this stage but we have noticed Amazon have been sending some orders together rather than separate packages lately ^K — New Zealand Post (@nzpost) February 13, 2013 It seems that NZ Post (a postal service) doesn't know how one of the largest exporters in the world actually work. (If you don't know, as said before, if you don't mind waiting Amazon will send a single package when all items are available but you have to check a box to set this, otherwise it will send all available items together, then the other items later in separate packages as they become available. So it's not a "lately" thing but how it's been working for years). Mauricio Freitas (Geekzone Admin, Devil's Advocate, my blog, technology disclosure, my tweets, Web Performance Optimization) Geekzone Price comparison \| Amazon Kindle order page \| How to get the best out of Geekzone \| New Zealand IT Jobs \| Geekzone News \| Jinglebugs

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Reply # 762061 14-Feb-2013 08:42
Even this is wrong. You select if you want your order to arrive together as a preference and as a cost saving measure to avoid paying for each package to ship separately but it is at Amazon's discretion. Even if you request order to ship as a single package THEY can choose to ship items to you as they arrive in stock but they will not charge extra shipping for this. The reason being that your items may be housed in different warehouses across the country and they aren't going to combine them into a single shipment for you in that case. iPhone 4 Speed Test XT vs. Vodafone - XT vs. Vodafone head to head on iPhone 4 Comparison Video Random thoughts about nothing. My boring blog: http://www.geekzone.co.nz/ahmad Using iPhone 4 iOS 4.0.1 - my thoughts on the iPhone 4 launch debacle

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