snaps

Last night I was advised that I'd missed a birthday in the UK as no card received. I know it was posted as it was especially selected, stamped in the local post shop and paid to have air-mail service.

Card was posted late March.

Is this a common event?

Thankfully no money or other inside the card.

No Christmas cards this year to the UK as too expensive.

RobDon

Have you tried Moonpig.com?
We have used them numerous times since arriving here.
Safe secure delivery, only downside is you obviously can't send money.

moonie2011

I bought my 2yr old nephew a $10 T-shirt, cost $12 to post to UK, what!!!!!
I have had letters sent here and not arrive and one letter opened, again lucky nothing was in it.

Pollyana

Cards i sent from nelson April 1st arrived in the UK yesterday

Bo-Jangles

Madness innit, I used to send kids stuff but don't see the point now in buying stuff that's made in China and paying good money to send it back half way around the world. I only send online gifts; Thorntons chocs / flowers or vouchers and gift cards from M&S and the likes and save near to $10 not buying and posting a card.

Esme61

Another point to note is never put true value on custom label - daughter sent a cricket shirt for her brother's birthday costing her $80 ( I think) and then when arrived it cost us another £18 to collect it from Royal Mail - £8 import duties and £10 for their paperwork!
Never had any problems with letters/cards but a couple of early parcels I sent when she first moved to Auckland were opened by NZ customs but they sealed them back and put their inspection label on.

BEVS

Small packet sent from Canada took 3 months to finally arrive .

Letter sent from the UK took 4 weeks. No idea why.

Snap Shot

The Christmas parcel I sent my Dad last year cost about as much to post as it did to buy. That's two t-shirts and a sweatshirt, about $100 all together. Bought from The Warehouse or Farmers.

The box that I purchased at the Post Shop to put them in plus postage. The further duty or tax or whatever Royal Mail/UK Govt charge was for ('cause each individual item's value was less than GBP40), cost GBP 18.50 which I paid just so he could get his Christmas Present. In total another $100 spent just on postage etc.

Not doing that again. He sends us money for Christmas or birthday. I'm going to take a leaf out of his book and do the same for him from now on.

(I'm also fed up with how he reacted about his Christmas parcel last year, threatening to send it back as he refused to pay the duty ) He asked if I'd paid the charge, I said I did. Thought so, was all he could say. So, a card and send some money from now on.

snaps

Far better to save up all the wasted postage costs etc and buy a ticket with the proceeds.

Kentishgirl

I posted a letter from uk to NZ on Friday and it got there on Tuesday and my husband posted one to me on Sat (middle of Easter weekend) and it arrived on Thursday - that's quicker than I get in the uk

Woodlea

He sounds like a spoilt brat - don't send him anything next time apart from a card!

snaps

I'm just about always happy to open a present/s. So if you think you're missing out this year, send it my way.

Anything Calvin Klein or Rolex much appreciated.

Gill and Rob

The post to and from NZ is unpredictable.
I can send a card from NZ on a Monday and my Mum in the UK can have it on Thursday morning. Last month, it took almost 3 weeks for a parcel I sent to my nephew in the UK, which is unusual, as it normally takes less than a week.

There is often some discount for posting christmas cards early
so watch out for it.


Gill