I don't understand this... It is widely commented that NZ is what England was like 30 years ago, however it sounds like your Bureaucracy has already caught up with ours !
73 Stewart G3RXQ On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:40:06 +1300, Phil Holliday wrote: > I was delighted to receive my K3 s/n 138 here in the Land of the Long White > Cloud recently. Here are some notes for anyone else in ZL who is waiting > for their shipment to clear NZ Customs. > > > The K3 was shipped from Aptos on Dec 5th and arrived into Customs here 2 > days later. I was tracking its progress thru the USPS website. There was > no progress. Having phoned and been informed that I would receive a letter > giving me details of tax to pay I waited, but there was no letter. I > finally phoned NZ Post who gave me a number in NZ Customs to call. They > denied all responsibility for clearing the shipment and said it was the > responsibility of NZ Post. Back to NZ post who were surprisingly helpful, > told me that this happens all the time, Customs deny all responsibility etc. > After some time on the phone from a really helpful customer service rep he > gave me an Entry Number which is the one piece of information you really > need, plus a customs phone number to call. Within 3 minutes I had given > them my credit card number to pay the tax, they had cleared the package and > it arrived the next day, 14 days after arriving in the country. For all > other ZLs patiently waiting out there I hope this is of some help. Now for > the best part. > > > Phil, zl3pah > > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
