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

[Ross]

Hi all,
Phils,
comments are only partially correct.
Normally NZ Post will send a letter saying a parcel has arrived and how to 
pay for any GST.
However the best way is to have an account with a Customs agent or with UPS 
and or Fedex
and then there are no problems at all.
For example I had a parcel from M2 yesterday that came Fedex, they cleared 
it, and sent it
on by courier.
Bureacracy doesn't get involved.

Regards
Ross ZL1WN

ps I am contemplating a K3

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stewart Baker" <stewart at baker.nildram.co.uk>
To: "Phil Holliday" <zl3pah at xtra.co.nz>; <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] How to clear your K3 through New Zealand Customs


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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