3 ms·
USPS implies it is because of COVID restrictions. NZ Post is accepting mail, but there is a shipping capacity crunch and very little air cargo capacity. Anothe
by teruakohatu 5y ago
USPS implies it is because of COVID restrictions. NZ Post is accepting mail, but there is a shipping capacity crunch and very little air cargo capacity.
Another way to look at it is USPS did not anticipate a crunch by buying capacity in advance.
NZ Post allows us to ship packages from the US to a US warehouse which then ship to NZ. This is still operating with delays. Amazon seems fine with deliveries not being delayed at this point.
- Taniwha 5y agoInternational AirMail mostly travels in the holds of international passenger planes - those are just not flying - package deliver to NZ (DHL/Fedex/UPS) is mostly OK, but plain old mail, not so much
- jhugo 5y agoI count four widebodies between Auckland and California (LAX/SFO) in the air just as a random check on FR24 as I write this, so there's certainly capacity for some mail if USPS want to buy it.
- pkaye 5y agoDo people in NZ normally buy stuff through the US Amazon website? Is that because there are more options/better pricss?
- lostlogin 5y agoAmazon just isn’t that good here. The shipping is either impossible and requires you to use a third party service which gives you a US postal address, or shipping is outrageously expensive. It’s one of the things that happens when you live too far away I guess.
- dzhiurgis 5y agoLast few orders I made was something like 8.99 for some random shoebox size of items (worth maybe 50-100 usd). So basically far from expensive. NZ local shipping is probably half that price.
- teruakohatu 5y agoThe cost of living here is very high. Goods, especially electronics, cost a lot more than the USA. Electronics costing 50% more here than in the USA is common. I disagree with the comment left by lostlogin, I have found most products on Amazon ship to New Zealand, including products sold by third parties, though I would agree fewer independent stores are shipping to New Zealand. I think this is partly due to prices increases from the likes of Fedex and USPS. Amazon Australia ships to NZ but the product selection is very poor.
- phinnaeus 5y agoAusPost has a similar service which I've found to be basically useless since most of the packages I want to use it for don't come from a retailer and instead are sent by family.