[Elecraft] How to clear your K3 through New Zealand Customs

[Stewart Baker]

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
>
>
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