Amazon UK delivering to NZ again?

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#299245 23-Aug-2022 20:37

Just had an order for an Aqara E1 curtain driver go through. Card has been charged. I hadn't heard that they were delivering here again - did I miss something? Anyone care to get their credit-card out to confirm?

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#2958424 23-Aug-2022 20:48

When did they stop ? Not that I order from them often...... but dont recall anything saying they'd stopped, just more everything was delayed.

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#2958425 23-Aug-2022 20:50

Did they collect GST ? I thought that was why they stopped (too smaller a market from UK for NZ to warrant setting up the collection etc).

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#2958473 23-Aug-2022 21:07

xpd:

When did they stop ? Not that I order from them often...... but dont recall anything saying they'd stopped, just more everything was delayed.

They stopped end of 2019 - when GST collection became required. See https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=48&topicid=261311

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#2958474 23-Aug-2022 21:08

gajan: Did they collect GST ? I thought that was why they stopped (too smaller a market from UK for NZ to warrant setting up the collection etc).

Just had a look - yes, they did.

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#2958501 23-Aug-2022 21:16

gajan: Did they collect GST ? I thought that was why they stopped (too smaller a market from UK for NZ to warrant setting up the collection etc).

Guessing that they found a way to make it work, maybe sharing some of the backend stuff across the the ".com" and ".au" sites?

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#2958510 23-Aug-2022 22:04

Looks like some items do, some don't - you get the old "we don't know when this will be available", and after switching to my Youshop address it becomes available.

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#2958511 23-Aug-2022 22:18

Hooray! Yes, I can confirm that an item that's been sitting in my basket for three years is now orderable and includes GST.

Thanks for posting or I wouldn't have known :)

Edit: Amazon.co.jp also works again!

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#2958529 24-Aug-2022 07:56

Brill. Hope it applies to blurays.

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#2959229 25-Aug-2022 12:28

They just took an order for a bluray. Yay. Postage cost a bit though.

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#2959237 25-Aug-2022 12:53

Im more interested in Japan as that has all the cool stuff that you cant get elsewhere. UK amazon is all a yawnfest that I can see.

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#2959244 25-Aug-2022 13:06

Depends what you like. I'm mostly into blurays and 4Ks, so maybe cool isn't the right word.

Behodar said amazon.jp is good to go though...

Maybe when jp has a Columbo bluray box set I can afford 😀

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#2959303 25-Aug-2022 13:41

cebo:

Just had an order for an Aqara E1 curtain driver go through.

You'll have to let us know how it goes once you receive it. I had looked at these (well, the ~NZD$100 ones branded as "Xiaomi Mijia Curtain Companion" which can be found on AliExpress etc) because my previous kick-startered curtain projects seemed to have failed before delivery. Given that I would have to buy two of them for center opening curtains however, I was leaning toward a traditional powered Aqara/Xiaomi motor and curtain rail combo, as it wouldn't be much more expensive and has the advantages of being less-bulky and not requiring recharging, but would obviously be more hassle to install.

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#2959420 25-Aug-2022 18:00

richms:

Im more interested in Japan as that has all the cool stuff that you cant get elsewhere. UK amazon is all a yawnfest that I can see.

What sort of cool stuff is on the Japan site??