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#857898 17-Jul-2013 09:29

If its only $60 at the shop I wouldnt risk it with youshop and getting a copier paper sized box full of bags of air, since the freight on that is almost near $60.

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#858072 17-Jul-2013 14:29

Any working discount codes for YouShop? youshopbf11 has expired.

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#858076 17-Jul-2013 14:41

Got my UK address over the weekend and a 30% coupon for postage valid until the end of the month
Sadly the one item I wanted the UK address for has sold out.

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#858077 17-Jul-2013 14:42

jtbthatsme: Has anyone used Youshop for bringing in clothing items??? I....

I bought a pair of Levi's 501s of Amazon, was about US$45, so NZ$60odd. In Amazon fashion it was a pretty big box so the volumetric weight came to over 2kgs, I paid NZ$30 (after using the discount code) to Youshop to get it here.
$30 for freight was pretty pricey I thought, but $90 total is still cheaper than what you can by them for in little old NZ.

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#858121 17-Jul-2013 16:16

Oh yeah I do buy a lot overseas but never from Amazon and never used a service like Youshop even though I have to admit I probably read about 30 of these pages when it first came out lol.

All the places I buy from overseas generally include postage or it's like $1 (actually one pound but not sure how to get pound symbol on this keyboard).

Thanks for all the input. I did try finding others but ended up going for a wander down and bought one for $55 from Levin Main Road.

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#858142 17-Jul-2013 16:33

nzkiwiman: Got my UK address over the weekend and a 30% coupon for postage valid until the end of the month
Sadly the one item I wanted the UK address for has sold out.

How did you get a UK Youshop address? I just checked the nzpost website and it still says 'UK comming soon'.

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#861695 18-Jul-2013 15:53

Gooseybhai:
nzkiwiman: Got my UK address over the weekend and a 30% coupon for postage valid until the end of the month
Sadly the one item I wanted the UK address for has sold out.

How did you get a UK Youshop address? I just checked the nzpost website and it still says 'UK comming soon'.

Asked for a trial when I saw the announcement.

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#861708 18-Jul-2013 15:57

nzkiwiman:
Gooseybhai:
nzkiwiman: Got my UK address over the weekend and a 30% coupon for postage valid until the end of the month
Sadly the one item I wanted the UK address for has sold out.

How did you get a UK Youshop address? I just checked the nzpost website and it still says 'UK comming soon'.

Asked for a trial when I saw the announcement.

How was VAT handled, if at all? 20% domestic tax vs 15% in NZ....

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#862132 19-Jul-2013 13:44

I haven't used the UK service and probably wont now that the one item I wanted is sold out (and I am also saving for a USA trip)

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#862678 20-Jul-2013 17:59

jtbthatsme, remember that there is an extra tax for clothing coming into NZ so the threshold is a little lower than it is usually is with GST for other items.

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#863807 22-Jul-2013 19:55

Has anyone had any experience with the repacking service when something is coming from Amazon? Would be looking at getting a Chromebook but wouldn't really wanna pay double the price for shipping thanks to a massive box

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#864055 23-Jul-2013 08:27

antoniosk:
nzkiwiman:
Gooseybhai:
nzkiwiman: Got my UK address over the weekend and a 30% coupon for postage valid until the end of the month
Sadly the one item I wanted the UK address for has sold out.

How did you get a UK Youshop address? I just checked the nzpost website and it still says 'UK comming soon'.

Asked for a trial when I saw the announcement.

How was VAT handled, if at all? 20% domestic tax vs 15% in NZ....

That will be interesting as YouShop UK will be a domestic shipment liable for sales tax where as the US is a tax free state..

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#864523 23-Jul-2013 18:14

I wish there was an option to pay for customs duty in advance. It takes about as long to go through customs as it does to get to NZ.

I noticed something I thought was interesting today though, an NZ Post YouShop address is the same as a Reship.com address, both are 13820 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR. The only difference is the suite numbers.

Reship do package consolidation for US$7 (up to 5 packages, then $1 for each package over that). But comparing a few sizes / weights, YouShop is a little cheaper on actual postage.

Apologies if anyone else noticed this and pointed out earlier in the topic, I couldn't read all the pages :P

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#864543 23-Jul-2013 18:42

I have taken the plunge and bought a Nexus 7 from Amazon and shipped to YouShop. It all goes well landed it should be over $200 cheaper than buying here in NZ..

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#866389 26-Jul-2013 09:50

P1n3apqlExpr3ss: Has anyone had any experience with the repacking service when something is coming from Amazon? Would be looking at getting a Chromebook but wouldn't really wanna pay double the price for shipping thanks to a massive box

I purchased a Chromebook and shipped via NZPOST YouShop, here is a copy of the repackaging and complete shipping costs:-

International postage
15% discount (youshopbf11)
Repacking fee
Additional compensation cover
Total cost for this parcel $36.25
-$5.44
$4.50
$6.00
$41.31
Sub total excluding GST $41.31
GST (0%) $0.00
Total cost for delivery NZD$41.31

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