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my son left some apple airpods behind last visit home so i took them into NZ Post to send them back, initially they quoted $90 to send them to Brisbane, the guy looked up the post bible and told me they cant send them because they have a battery
they arrived on a plane from Brisbane and they had a battery
i asked him what about all the battery stuff pouring into the country every day from temu and he said it can come in but we cant send out
also $90 for something the size of a matchbox is OTT
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16-05-2025, 09:37 AM
(This post was last modified: 16-05-2025, 09:38 AM by Oh_hunnihunni.)
It is indeed. Especially when we order something from a supplier in Oz who offers free post then find they've passed the order on to their supplier in China who can still get it here for $30 and free post - from China! And I get charged $10.98 to courier the tiny plastic case for my Sumsung from South Auckland to Narrowneck. Blardy rip offs everywhere...
I do like the case though, bit of superglue, bit of sharp blade and it fits the leather case I made for the previous version, beats the hell out of the mass produced vinyl ones.
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one of those companies you love to hate nowadays, like sky
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16-05-2025, 09:49 AM
(This post was last modified: 16-05-2025, 09:51 AM by zqwerty.)
Yeah perhaps Luxon had something to do with that in his previous roles in Airport running, poor management etc over reacting and under reacting.
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