You Shop delivery times

[SaferRides]

I've always used the economy option from the US, which usually takes just over a week to Auckland. How much quicker is standard delivery?

[jasonu]

I've always used the economy option from the US, which usually takes just over a week to Auckland. How much quicker is standard delivery?

It's the Auckland airport to your house in Auckland that takes the most time.

[Blackbird]

I've always used the economy option from the US, which usually takes just over a week to Auckland. How much quicker is standard delivery?

From experience, only a couple of days less. Given the price difference, I almost never bother with the faster service.

[Scubbo]

it's one service which has gotten so much more $$ and slow that i'm reluctant to use it unless its the only option left.... a shame really

[pritch]

it's one service which has gotten so much more $$ and slow that i'm reluctant to use it unless its the only option left.... a shame really

The Youshop service can be great, but my enthusiasm waned when they started charging a customs clearance fee.

[Scubbo]

if they could steamline paying GST on imports so it doesnt get held up like any other package in the country it would be worth while, but it seems to suffer the exact same delays so is pretty shit!

[SaferRides]

From experience, only a couple of days less. Given the price difference, I almost never bother with the faster service.
Thanks. I may not bother then. it seems to me that the delay is at the US end - they just take longer to send it. NZ Post usually deliver quickly at this end, but it can take days after a parcel arrives at Portland before I am notified that it's been received.

I've found MyUS.com to be quick, but it's expensive unless you can spread the shipping charge over 3 or 4 items.

[Blackbird]

Thanks. I may not bother then. it seems to me that the delay is at the US end - they just take longer to send it. NZ Post usually deliver quickly at this end, but it can take days after a parcel arrives at Portland before I am notified that it's been received.

I've found MyUS.com to be quick, but it's expensive unless you can spread the shipping charge over 3 or 4 items.

I use YouShop a lot, particularly for casual clothing and shoes. The US suppliers often send delivery updates to me regarding their shipping to Portland and I agree with you, the biggest delays seem to be in the US warehouse. I can normally live with that by buying well in advance of need, although we always want to play with our purchases asap! I quite often accumulate several orders at the Portland end to get them shipped at the same time. Interestingly, when I get the YouShop message that the goods have cleared customs in NZ, they normally get delivered to our rural address just outside Coromandel Town the next day. The courier service up this way is really good, despite living in the wops.

[Cosmik de Bris]

The Youshop service can be great, but my enthusiasm waned when they started charging a customs clearance fee.

Yes, those extra fees and they charged me GST on a much less than $400 (or whatever it is) item.

Cheers

[awayatc]

Ordered something that came from a gun shop. But was not a firearm part. You Shop threw a hissy and refused to post it to NZ.
They offered to destroy it... Or ( at a cost) send it to a US address, or with lots of red tape have supplier send prepaid return parcel...
Can't be bothered with them anymore

[actungbaby]

I had same problem with a crank bearing which had packed grease
I had sent via stacky no problem.

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[SaferRides]

I had same problem with a crank bearing which had packed grease
I had sent via stacky no problem.

Sent from my SOV31 using TapatalkYeah, I've had a similar experience with used bike parts. "Smelled like gas" and they didn't when I finally got them.

Stacky?

[SaferRides]

My parcel was delivered to YouShop in Portland at 8am Monday local time. Still not in their system.

I will only use them in future when I really don't care how long delivery takes.

[Scubbo]

remember this time of year portland is pretty frozen, schools cancelled and highways closed/cautioned so everything slows down :) --- still think youshop is shit though :P

[Blackbird]

remember this time of year portland is pretty frozen, schools cancelled and highways closed/cautioned so everything slows down :) --- still think youshop is shit though :P

Ordered some stuff through eBay last weekend and it was delivered to the Portland warehouse yesterday so at least some stuff is getting through just fine! Now to wait for YouShop notification......

[pritch]

Ordered some stuff through eBay last weekend and it was delivered to the Portland warehouse yesterday so at least some stuff is getting through just fine! Now to wait for YouShop notification......

the last item I bought was a private deal from a guy who lived in Portland and he was prepared to deliver to the Youshop facility, but no private access is permitted. He had to courier it just a short distance. He must have told the courier the story because it was a record cheap courier price.

On the bright side, Youshop are looking after your stuff.

[Blackbird]

the last item I bought was a private deal from a guy who lived in Portland and he was prepared to deliver to the Youshop facility, but no private access is permitted. He had to courier it just a short distance. He must have told the courier the story because it was a record cheap courier price.

On the bright side, Youshop are looking after your stuff.

Hahaha! Not half an hour after I made the post this morning, got a message from YouShop saying it had arrived. Will still have to wait though as a purchase from another supplier hasn't arrived yet and I want them consolidated.

[SaferRides]

Hahaha! Not half an hour after I made the post this morning, got a message from YouShop saying it had arrived. Will still have to wait though as a purchase from another supplier hasn't arrived yet and I want them consolidated.Same happened with me. Now the wait for it to be sent...

MyUS always receipt stuff within 24 hours.

[jasonu]

remember this time of year portland is pretty frozen, schools cancelled and highways closed/cautioned so everything slows down :) --- still think youshop is shit though :P

Weather is not an issue. Very mild winter in the Pacific North West.

[Owl]

Not keen on using them now.

I had ordered two parcels through one company which arrived at Youshop several days apart. Paid for them as they arrived, but they consolidated the parcels and then tried to scalp me for GST etc.:mad:

As it turned out, one order was split into three parcels (backordered), so I ended up with another two arriving at Youshop. One of those parcels arrived at my door and was the big ticket item, so I knew all NZ Post had were some oil filters, fork seals and possibly a brake light switch.

Still a never ending drama to supply invoices and bank statements to show the error to customs. Finally said I've done all I'm going to do, so if you're not satisfied, send the stuff back to the supplier in the US. To my surprise, customs had NZ Post release my packages, which they did.

Then NZ Post asked me to supply them with invoices.:facepalm:

[jasonu]

Not keen on using them now.

I had ordered two parcels through one company which arrived at Youshop several days apart. Paid for them as they arrived, but they consolidated the parcels and then tried to scalp me for GST etc.:mad:

As it turned out, one order was split into three parcels (backordered), so I ended up with another two arriving at Youshop. One of those parcels arrived at my door and was the big ticket item, so I knew all NZ Post had were some oil filters, fork seals and possibly a brake light switch.

Still a never ending drama to supply invoices and bank statements to show the error to customs. Finally said I've done all I'm going to do, so if you're not satisfied, send the stuff back to the supplier in the US. To my surprise, customs had NZ Post release my packages, which they did.

Then NZ Post asked me to supply them with invoices.:facepalm:

How is any of that the fault of Youshop?

[Owl]

How is any of that the fault of Youshop?

And who owns Youshop?

[actungbaby]

Yeah might take a little while.but time to nz is good tracking is very impressed me. I had lots parts shiped with you shop fairing pannels. Never had issue. Except bearing thing. Stacky is just parcel forwarding. You can have parcels re done into one so save cost. Just google stacky parcel forwarding.

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[SaferRides]

I thought maybe with the standard service it would be sent from Portland faster, but it's been 2 days now.

Once things leave Portland, it's a good service. But the delays there are annoying. MyUS sometimes have a parcel on its way in 24 hours, never longer than 2 days.

[Kickaha]

I've used them frequently out of the US and England, longest wait is normally the parcel getting to them

[Blackbird]

Just for general interest, I bought 2 Columbia travelling shirts from different US suppliers via eBay. Total was US$86 freight free to Portland. I've just paid a consolidated shipping price of NZ$32 to have them shipped home at the slower speed of up to 9 days. The total cost comes to about 60% of what I would have paid here.

[SaferRides]

I phoned NZ Post today as the package is still in Portland 4 business days after I paid for the shipping. I was told that it won't be sent for another 2 days, but they would still meet their delivery target of 5-9 days. That should be interesting.

[pritch]

I phoned NZ Post today as the package is still in Portland 4 business days after I paid for the shipping. I was told that it won't be sent for another 2 days, but they would still meet their delivery target of 5-9 days. That should be interesting.

It'll likely get to Auckland then, but if it's expensive enough to attract GST you can safely add another week to 10 days.

[SaferRides]

Finally got an email to say it's been shipped. So that makes a total of 9 business days in Portland.

I've just signed up with Planet Express who are based in California. Good reviews, some cheap shipping options. I'll see how they go, but they'd have to try hard to be worse than this effort from YouShop.

[Moi]

Recently bought a new jacket from a European retailer who charged me NZ$35 to ship it here. Checked the box dimensions and weight in the YouShop shipping estimation guide, they'd have charged me NZ$47 for the same job.

Can't comment on how much faster YouShop might be, but the DHL/NZPost delivery was 18 days from door-to-door. If you've had purchases from Europe, how does that compare to YouShop from Europe?

[rustys]

Bought some UK Caravan Parts recently, sent them to YouShop, got the Standard delivery tracked, delivery time was good, all round. Parts were well over the $400 mark, waited for a customs call but nothing eventuated, so all good.

[Scubbo]

if you can, get bits off amazon, that's the go, got some EBC pads for half the price shipped and they arrived in 6 days ---- EBC stockist in NZ is dreaming! -- got two sets (as is needed..) for the price of one in NZ from all websites as they all list from the one stockist. 100% retail markup is unacceptable ;)

[Reckless]

Same for the race bike, EBC-HH for the rear from Aussy.
I ordered them on the 14th they arrived today.

Brembo race for the front much cheaper from Italy $121NZD+ $21-00NZD freight. Thats for two sets (one per side).
Also got quoted a tinted screen at $242-00 from a manufacturer here, I can get delivered for about $85NZD from Aussy.
And none of the above is from China or the likes.

Personally if there was 30% or more in it I'd still buy Kiwi!
But its generally huge difference.

[MarkH]

The more I read about youshop the more glad I am that I use shipito.
I get a choice of sending goods to the California warehouse or to the Oregon one, there are advantages either way.
I can have packages consolidated and sent by UPS or DHL or FedEx, usually FedEx Economy is the cheapest.
Once I have asked them to consolidate packages and send to me, they typically get the package sent within a day or two.
When stuff arrives at their warehouse it seems to be entered into the system on the same day.

I've used shipito to buy some stuff that is way cheaper than buying it here, but often I use if for things that just are not sold here. Some things are too niche and then there are the cottage industries that only sell direct with no distributors anywhere. If I can buy something in NZ for a price that isn't too much more (30% dearer is acceptable) then I'll buy locally for better protection/easier warranty. The majority of my camping set up is not sold here and nor is there any similar equivalent products that I've ever seen. Many of the farkles on my bike have no NZ distributor, so I've bought from Aussie, USA or Bulgaria (Bumot Panniers & rack). When I have to pay GST I don't mind the GST but dislike the extra fees that customs charge, but generally I put up with paying what I have to because I just can't get the particular item here in NZ. According to shipito I've had 53 packages sent to me with 48 of them being consolidated packages, this is over quite a few years.

[SaferRides]

It finally arrived today. That's 14 business days since the package was delivered to Portland..

[jasonu]

It finally arrived today. That's 14 business days since the package was delivered to Portland..

How long did it sit at customs in NZ and how long did it take to get from when customs released it to you?

[SaferRides]

It was delivered the day after it arrived in NZ. The delays were in the US.

[SaferRides]

So far so good - Planet Express receipted the package less than an hour after it was delivered. It's something I don't need quickly, so have sent it to NZ using their budget option at $US 5. It will be interesting to see how long it takes - I suspect it's surface mail, but it can't take that long from Long Beach to Auckland by ship.

At least it hasn't sat in a warehouse for nearly 2 weeks.

It is a budget service, so you pay $2 per shipment and consolidation costs extra. But I'm never that organised, so not a problem for me. And instead of paying for each shipment, you have to top up your account. However, you can request the shipment, then top up to meet the cost as long as you deposit at least $5.

[Blackbird]

So far so good - Planet Express receipted the package less than an hour after it was delivered. It's something I don't need quickly, so have sent it to NZ using their budget option at $US 5. It will be interesting to see how long it takes - I suspect it's surface mail, but it can't take that long from Long Beach to Auckland by ship.

At least it hasn't sat in a warehouse for nearly 2 weeks.

It is a budget service, so you pay $2 per shipment and consolidation costs extra. But I'm never that organised, so not a problem for me. And instead of paying for each shipment, you have to top up your account. However, you can request the shipment, then top up to meet the cost as long as you deposit at least $5.

If the packages are fairly small, it's doubtful if they go by sea nowadays, just a slower form of land/air. Thanks for the tip about Planet Express, I'll bear it in mind. I have a YouShop consolidated package on its way from Portland at present. I'll post the dates, costs and intermediate stages from initial purchase when it arrives.

[Reckless]

Never used a shipto type service.
But want to get one package from the USA thats $80USD ($116NZD) freight direct to NZ. Its the freight that is killing the purchase.

If I have to pay internal freight Ihio to California then Shipto costs to NZ
Is it Worth signing up? Do you save much?

Thanks all

[pritch]

Never used a shipto type service.
But want to get one package from the USA thats $80USD ($116NZD) freight direct to NZ. Its the freight that is killing the purchase.

If I have to pay internal freight Ihio to California then Shipto costs to NZ
Is it Worth signing up? Do you save much?

Thanks all

You have to do your own sums. Most of what I bought was freight free to any of the 48 states.

Not Youshop related, but I bought a Db killer for the Triumph from the manufacturer of the Italian exhaust system. The part was very simple, very light, and cost the equivalent of $35.00. The freight though was nearer $120. Most detailed tracking system I've ever seen - but that price.

The last item that arrived here just a couple of weeks ago was still shown as being in Auckland while the courier driver was pulling up my drive.

[Reckless]

You have to do your own sums. Most of what I bought was freight free to any of the 48 states.

Working out the difference there is about $20usd in it without getting it to their depot.

So just paid to freight the rear seats direct.

All good thanks for your input guys :)

[jasonu]

Never used a shipto type service.
But want to get one package from the USA thats $80USD ($116NZD) freight direct to NZ. Its the freight that is killing the purchase.

If I have to pay internal freight Ihio to California then Shipto costs to NZ
Is it Worth signing up? Do you save much?

Thanks all


here ya go

https://postcalc.usps.com/

[MarkH]

Never used a shipto type service.
But want to get one package from the USA thats $80USD ($116NZD) freight direct to NZ. Its the freight that is killing the purchase.

If I have to pay internal freight Ihio to California then Shipto costs to NZ
Is it Worth signing up? Do you save much?

Thanks all

In general I wouldn't bother for just one package, but if there were other things you wanted and could consolidate several packages then the savings can be quite a bit of money.
One time I wanted some components that cost around US$10, but they wanted US$40 for shipping - totally not worth paying that much. But then I signed up with shipito and got some stuff sent from Amazon and a couple of other places and I got the US$10 components too, I got 5 or 6 packages into shipito and consolidated into one package to send to NZ. When you want something cheap, but the shipping costs more than the item, the easiest way is to make it part of a package worth over US$200 which brings the relative cost of freight down.

[Blackbird]

As promised in my previous post, here’s some delivery and cost data on my latest purchases ex-USA via YouShop. The purchases were via eBay and both suppliers were in states outside Oregon but with free delivery to the Portland warehouse.

Columbia travel shirt 1. Purchased 2nd Feb, NZ $50.91. Delivered Portland Feb 4 2019.

Columbia travel shirt 2. Purchased 2nd Feb, NZ$42.25. Delivered Portland Feb 7 2019.

Receipt of goods notified by Portland, consolidated parcel, 9-14 day delivery rate NZ $32 paid Feb 11th 2019.

Notification of shipment to NZ 20th Feb, cleared customs 25 Feb, delivered to Coromandel by rural mail 26 Feb.

I wasn’t worried about shipment speed but it was a bit slower than the normal cheaper rate.

Just for additional info, the shirts I bought are approximately NZ$90 each locally at Rebel Sport or Outside Sports so even with postage, it’s a decent saving.

[SaferRides]

As promised in my previous post, here’s some delivery and cost data on my latest purchases ex-USA via YouShop. The purchases were via eBay and both suppliers were in states outside Oregon but with free delivery to the Portland warehouse.

Columbia travel shirt 1. Purchased 2nd Feb, NZ $50.91. Delivered Portland Feb 4 2019.

Columbia travel shirt 2. Purchased 2nd Feb, NZ$42.25. Delivered Portland Feb 7 2019.

Receipt of goods notified by Portland, consolidated parcel, 9-14 day delivery rate NZ $32 paid Feb 11th 2019.

Notification of shipment to NZ 20th Feb, cleared customs 25 Feb, delivered to Coromandel by rural mail 26 Feb.

I wasn’t worried about shipment speed but it was a bit slower than the normal cheaper rate.

Just for additional info, the shirts I bought are approximately NZ$90 each locally at Rebel Sport or Outside Sports so even with postage, it’s a decent saving.It would seem that these sort of times are the new normal for YouShop then. Definitely slower than in the early days.

[Blackbird]

It would seem that these sort of times are the new normal for YouShop then. Definitely slower than in the early days.

Maybe! It wasn't long after Christmas that I received a parcel at the cheap rate in much the same time as the express rate.

I've just ordered a bunch of accessories from around the world for the Duke 790 that I pick up next week so it will be interesting to see how long they take. One of the parcels is free delivery from Hong Kong. They quote "up to a month" so we'll see how long in actuality.

I was going to order an Ermax flyscreen from France. The cost was pretty much spot on 100 Euros which was ok but the bastards wanted to charge me 70 Euros for shipping! The Italians wanted to charge me a similar amount when I bought a flyscreen for my old Street Triple but a mate in the UK got hold of one and sent it for just over 20 quid.

[Temporary-Kiwi]

as part of an insurance claim, I obtained a replacement exhaust system from England - a black widow full exhaust system - delivered in 5 days including customs and local delivery!, amazed me as I've had items take weeks just from USA

[SaferRides]

Maybe! It wasn't long after Christmas that I received a parcel at the cheap rate in much the same time as the express rate.

I've just ordered a bunch of accessories from around the world for the Duke 790 that I pick up next week so it will be interesting to see how long they take. One of the parcels is free delivery from Hong Kong. They quote "up to a month" so we'll see how long in actuality.

I was going to order an Ermax flyscreen from France. The cost was pretty much spot on 100 Euros which was ok but the bastards wanted to charge me 70 Euros for shipping! The Italians wanted to charge me a similar amount when I bought a flyscreen for my old Street Triple but a mate in the UK got hold of one and sent it for just over 20 quid.Have you tried Carpi Moto in Italy? They take the VAT off if you're not in the EU and it usually covers the shipping costs.

[SaferRides]

as part of an insurance claim, I obtained a replacement exhaust system from England - a black widow full exhaust system - delivered in 5 days including customs and local delivery!, amazed me as I've had items take weeks just from USAI've found its usually cheaper and faster to have stuff sent from the UK than the USA. Even their postal service is quick.

Maybe it's because we're a former colony ...

[Owl]

Have you tried Carpi Moto in Italy? They take the VAT off if you're not in the EU and it usually covers the shipping costs.

Yeah and they're fantastic for chain/sprocket sets/combos. Last ZVM-X/sprocket combo I got for the 1290, landed for about NZ$270.

[Blackbird]

Have you tried Carpi Moto in Italy? They take the VAT off if you're not in the EU and it usually covers the shipping costs.


I've found its usually cheaper and faster to have stuff sent from the UK than the USA. Even their postal service is quick.

Maybe it's because we're a former colony ...


Yeah and they're fantastic for chain/sprocket sets/combos. Last ZVM-X/sprocket combo I got for the 1290, landed for about NZ$270.

Haven't come across Carpi Moto so will investigate - thanks for that guys! Yep, the stuff I buy from the UK is normally fast and relatively inexpensive - haven't even bothered to check out YouShop's UK service. In terms of US purchases when I don't use YouShop and get it sent directly from the supplier, 5-7 days seems about par for the course and the UK isn't a whole lot different.

[AllanB]

I've had success with Carpi Moto as well in the past.

Presently (from a different retailer) I am awaiting a package from DHL - on the tracking page it has been sitting in Frankfurt since the 20th Feb ...

Ahipping was cheap for a bulky item so I am wondering if it is one of those deliveries that wait at a holding area until the bag/box is full for the destination them it's sent. I have e-mailed the sender.

[SaferRides]

So far so good - Planet Express receipted the package less than an hour after it was delivered. It's something I don't need quickly, so have sent it to NZ using their budget option at $US 5. It will be interesting to see how long it takes - I suspect it's surface mail, but it can't take that long from Long Beach to Auckland by ship.

At least it hasn't sat in a warehouse for nearly 2 weeks.

It is a budget service, so you pay $2 per shipment and consolidation costs extra. But I'm never that organised, so not a problem for me. And instead of paying for each shipment, you have to top up your account. However, you can request the shipment, then top up to meet the cost as long as you deposit at least $5.

I've just checked the tracking. NZ time, it was picked up from Planet Express on 25 February and arrived in Auckland on 2 March via Dubai. So that's 7 days in transit so far, plus a 2-day pickup delay in the US. Can't complain for US$ 5!

[actungbaby]

Yeah. Get that some make up bit on postage, where these frieght forwarding is handy.i found alot less hassle before i try email before auction ended as sometimes didint list nz as destinstion.

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[actungbaby]

Great price that.

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[Temporary-Kiwi]

I just got some valves sent from mid USA from j&p cycles, it was fairly pricey @$49 us but they sent them on 25th March and got them 2day 29th march, I'm still waiting for a head gasket which was sent 15th March.
it's sitting in customs - not sure how suspect a head gasket can be, it's been there since 23rd March...

[AllanB]

My Jacket arrived after about 2.5 weeks. The tracking was interesting, showed quick pick-up and movement through Europe then sat in Frankfurt for two weeks on the tracking site and suddenly became recorded as delivered. Which it was.

[Blackbird]

I've bought a shedload of accessories for the Duke 790 over the last month, most of it through eBay from European sources. In most instances, the postage was competitive with with YouShop and took around a week to deliver. The only bit of postage which proved that extortion wasn't the sole province of the Mafia was my French Ermax flyscreen. The screen is about 31 cm long and the whole package was well under 1kg. They wanted just over NZ$100 to ship it. There was probably a way round it but you know how it is when you want something badly :facepalm: so I bit the bullet. It took 6 days from time of order to receipt and the quality is great so I don't feel too bad.

The real win was as per the attached photo. This is an expandable tail pack ex-Hong Kong. Its delivered price was approx NZ$60 and for that price, I didn't have particularly high expectations. However, it's beautifully made with waterproof zips, an over-cover and padded straps to convert it to a back pack. A great deal there! It took around 3 weeks to arrive by the standard economy mail that the supplier uses but I wasn't in any particular hurry.

[AllanB]

That's a good looking tail bag

[Blackbird]

That's a good looking tail bag

Thanks Allan - velcro quick access pocket on the outside for things like a visor cloth etc and cargo net. Inside, it has a couple of small pockets in the lid for keys etc plus the main compartment with a nice folding expansion joint. Great value! Now I've more or less stopped buying, I won't have to watch Jennie looking at our bank statements and rolling her eyes :whistle: