probably cost less that way?

My recent Aliexpress purchase took longer to get from Auckland to Wellington, than it did China to Auckland. I will put this down to it being a small item, and NZ Post deciding that it needed new tracking details.

My supplier tracking details LE*CN, China Post registered airmail (tracked) stopped once it cleared the border. It was replaced with CO*NZ, which the NZ Post shows as an untracked postal item, so I have no idea when it got labeled etc.

19/7/2020 - My letterbox, Wellington.

Just had an Amazon order arrive today. Ordered from the US on July 13th, so that's a one week delivery time.

neb: Just had something go from "Picked up" in Shenzhen to "In transit to local depot (Auckland Airport)" in four days. Now I expect it'll take two weeks to travel from the airport to here...

neb:

neb: Just had something go from "Picked up" in Shenzhen to "In transit to local depot (Auckland Airport)" in four days. Now I expect it'll take two weeks to travel from the airport to here...

So it arrived yesterday. Damn impressive, a week from pickup to delivery here, even pre-Covid things would typically take 30 days to get here.

What shipping method did you use?

Journeyman:

What shipping method did you use?

Just got last my pre COVID order delivered that I ordered back in January 2020 (!!).

It took only a week to get to New Zealand from China, but that was back on 19 February. I wonder where it has been in the meantime?

 

• 2020.02.19 11:02 (GMT-7): Accepted by Last Mile Carrier
• 2020.02.14 15:04 (GMT-7): Departed country of origin
• 2020.02.12 15:46 (GMT-7): Shipment accepted by airline

 

• 2020.02.12 05:28 (GMT-7): Shipment left country of origin warehouse
• 2020.02.11 09:41 (GMT-7): Shipment at country of origin warehouse
• 2020.02.11 09:26 (GMT-7): Shipment dispatched

More recently, delivery etc costs have gone up. There are still lots of good deals to be had and mail costs vary enormously. 

See this seller for instance where for many things the cheap postal deal is less than 50c. I may be in for a wait however...

https://www.aliexpress.com/store/900251276?spm=a2g0o.detail.1000061.1.57d03028Eh4LBe

Here is one of my Aliexpress orders, currently in transit to local depot......for 2 weeks

From NZPost - get the sender to file a claim

All of my UBI ones (Aliexpress standard shipping) have been sitting at the same status for over a month now case opening date is in 9 days.

I had a similar thing with a couple packages arrived with the rubber band and many from Zambia (Dont even try to use their website) 

Friend just had all of his turn up all at once, Some with different departure dates. 

UBI ones used to take at most 3 weeks to arrive door to door now its coming on 6 ish weeks which is disappointing as i was willing to pay the little bit extra for a more reliable service, Of which they boast a "96% Delivery Performance (Average Transit time 5-8 business days)" 

http://www.ubismartparcel.com/en/china-%E2%80%93-new-zealand-service

I'm confused - or it is: (It's NOT August yet!)

2020-08-07 03:54:00 DEPARTED FROM ORIGIN PORT,SHENZHEN

2020-08-07 03:49:00 DEPARTED FROM ORIGIN PORT,SHENZHEN

2020-07-26 01:34:45 ITEM DESPATCHED TO TRANSSHIPMENT HUB,SHENZHEN

2020-07-25 20:47:49 PROCESSED AT ORIGIN HUB,SHENZHEN

2020-07-25 20:46:49 RECEIVED SHIPMENT,SHENZHEN

Parcel via AliExpress Standard Shipping!