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pmcnz · 02-24-2015, 02:50 AM

Here in New Zealand the government-owned NZ Post Office operates forwarding addresses in the USA, UK and China for private citizens.
I have used it to buy spare parts for power tools sold on Amazon.com where the seller only ships to domestic USA addresses. I could not get the spares any other way as they were not available in NZ.
My wife and I mainly use the above services for stuff that is not available in a small country like NZ.
The shipping rates that we are charged by the NZ post office means there are no savings but it gives us choices we would not otherwise have.
By the way, parallel importing is 100% legal in NZ - until the dreaded TPP gets signed.

02-24-2015, 02:50 AM	#65
pmcnz Enthusiast Posts: 32 Karma: 97970 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Auckland, NZ Device: PRS-650, Kindle DXG	Here in New Zealand the government-owned NZ Post Office operates forwarding addresses in the USA, UK and China for private citizens. I have used it to buy spare parts for power tools sold on Amazon.com where the seller only ships to domestic USA addresses. I could not get the spares any other way as they were not available in NZ. My wife and I mainly use the above services for stuff that is not available in a small country like NZ. The shipping rates that we are charged by the NZ post office means there are no savings but it gives us choices we would not otherwise have. By the way, parallel importing is 100% legal in NZ - until the dreaded TPP gets signed.