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Aramex now faster

I noticed something recently with my Aramex Shop&Ship mailbox which actually pissed me off until I got a phone call awhile ago explaining to me what was going on. For the past two weeks I’ve been buying a lot of stuff from Amazon and eBay. The problem I was facing was that I would have lets say four packages in my US mailbox waiting to be shipped to Kuwait but then Aramex would only ship one of them. This usually happens during periods of time when people shop online a lot like before Christmas or Eid so it didn’t make sense why it was happening now. Now what confused me with all of this is that the rest of the packages ended up shipping the next day but then all four of my packages arrived to Kuwait at the same time. It didn’t really make any sense.

So after a few emails complaining I got a phone call today from Aramex and it turns out they’ve done something new. Basically they only have two cargo flights a week out of the US. This is why they ship the stuff to Kuwait twice a week. Two weeks ago they struck a deal with Kuwait Airways where they are now able to ship some items to Kuwait on their planes which from what I understood are daily flights. Aramex is limited by the kind of mail and the amount of mail they can ship on those flights so thats why they were “choosing” what to send from my packages. Anything that can’t be sent on those daily Kuwait Airways flights remains in the mailbox until a cargo plane is available to take them to Kuwait which is twice a week.

In short, some of the packages from now on will ship the day after they arrive to the box while others will continue to be shipped only twice a week. Thats pretty cool.

Note: For those of you who don’t know what Aramex Shop&Ship is, its a forwarding mailbox which Aramex sets up for you in the US or the UK and any package that gets sent to that mailbox gets forwarded to you here in Kuwait.

38 replies on “Aramex now faster”

I dont remember exactly but it was either:
– packages from private people NOT stores
OR
– packages from known vendors like amazon for example

i dont remember which one it was. Also ANY package under 1lb be it from a known vendor or private get to fly on the kuwait airways flights.

Don’t you think Aramex is too costly.
I mean i have ordered a book weighing 2.55lb from amazon and the shipping cost was 8KD !! thats to much for a single book.

Sorry Mark but that’s total bullshit by Aramex.

I am a heavy ebay and Amazon buyer and I have been experiencing this with Aramex for the last 6 Months even more and it was always the same. I order for example 4 packages that arrive at different dates and then to my surprise they ship only one and sometimes it is the newly arrived one and the rest stay in box till next shipping and so on!

Beside, sometimes all my packages are less than .5 Kilo and you have to pay the minimum pay on each one of them when you were supposed to pay such an amount on all of the 4 packages if they were shipped together.

Sorry I don’t believe their story.

HeartBeat: Well based on my experience with them the past 10 days its like he said. If you check the link below you will see how many times my items were shipped and how quickly after they arrived to the mailbox:

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My packages were shipped on April 1st, 3rd, 4th, 7th and 8th. Thats more than twice a week they used to ship.

must be something very new cause it was not this way at least 2 weeks ago.

I really hope so though!

Thanks for the info.

I also see changes with my FedEX shipments. Used to be transit via Dubai,, but in recent days I see my FedEX orders shipped on Emirates. I can tell about the carrier from the Bayan [customs declaration] given to me by FedEX.. Is it possible that national carriers now ship for courier companies due to space available,, and a drop in their freight tonnage?

I wanted to ask you about magazine subscriptions that dont ship outside the US, it too costly to do it via amazon and aramex… any suggestions? I’m tired of getting March’s issue in the middle of April here in Kuwait bookstores, while its published in January!

when will aramex decrease their high prices ?

they emailed us saying they increased the prices due to oil prices going up

but when the oil prices dropped lower than before , they didnt decrease their prices

fuck aramex

Mark you dont mind paying a bit extra because you are too RICH 😛
but this is not the case with the rest of us 😀

there is obliviously a good number of Aramex users here, I say we lobby, write up a petition complaining about the prices and demand them to lower their S&S prices back to where they were before the increase in oil prices since this was (according to them) the reason why they jacked up the prices.

AQ I agree with u … & Mark I think you have wasta! .. I complained HELL lot of time since I opened my account with them (more then a year) and no one solve my issue … I called and emailed ALOT! the problem that I receive a Magazine in my mailbox … -Not mine- the subscriber has tthe same last name as mine .. so for the last year I got this Magazine monthly. even though I don’t accept it at the door .. its really annoying

Mark,

Cargo flights are: USA – UK – UAE – Kuwait.

How do I know? I ordered many stuff from USA before via DHL and UPS and they land first in europe (UK, Germany, etc.) then they land in UAE (HQ located there), finally they reach their distination in Kuwait.

Hope this helps as to why cargo flights takes long to arrive to Kuwait.

I am completly satisfied with Aramex for the following reasons:

1) They offer you custom-clerance service FREE-OF-CHARGE!!! (unlike DHL, Fedex, and UPS)

2) Shipping price is acceptable compared to other carriers such as DHL, Fedex, and UPS (Yes, I’d rather pay 3 KD for the 1st pound rather than pay 20 KD for the 1st pound using DHL, UPS, or Fedex)

Compared to other shipping carriers, I am happy with Aramex prices since they ship fast to Kuwait (twice a week or whatever the shipping freuqnecy is right now) for RESONABLE PRICES 🙂

I have been facing the same problems with aramex with shipping on different days for goods that arrived on the same day in my mailbox. On two occasions after a couple of emails i had the consignments consolidated even though they were shipped seperately and got the extra shipping charges refunded. Then i gave up fighting as it was not worth getting stressed and wasting my time for a 2.5 – 3 KD refund.

I think this is a new game played by them especially after the recession started to gain more revenue.

Oil prices are down and they should revert back to the old rates of 2.5 KD.
I wish they would give special rates for magazines, maybe a per-item rate. For example National Geographic is 15.00 $ a year to subscribe in US and here it costs 2.5 KD per issue. I dont mind paying even1 KD more per issue for delivery. I have no choice as kuwait postal system is unreliable.

Sadly, this extra speed is coming at a huge extra cost. They charge you separately for each piece of paper, and you would have to call and explain each time that these are supposed to be one package, which is not something I want to do. I signed for twice per week.

Frankly, I have stopped buying certain items from outside as the high Aramex shipping rates cant justify it any longer, and if they stick to their proper charging policy, I’d be happy, but they dont. I can’t keep an eye on each shipment to fight for 2.5 KD! They should know better.

KA fan: Are you sure about the clearance? I had an item once locked in customs and they mandated 20 or 30 KD to do the clearance for me, and 2-3 days as well!

Prices? If you recall when they raised their prices for oil price increase, prices have dropped real low now and they’re not even considering moving back to regular prices. See the chart here.

Hey people, if you’re gonna cry and whine about shipping prices then STOP using Aramex and stick with your piece of junk UPS or whatever shipping carrier you guys use. We use Aramex because we are happy with their prices and shipping speed (VERY RESONABLE COMPARED TO OTHER SHIPPING CARRIERS.)

As for clerance, yes ALL my items cleared customs SUPER-FAST WITH NO ADDITIONAL CHAGRE. When I order stuff via DHL and UPS they charge me a fee of 10 KD AND they DEMAND A COPY OF MY CIVIL ID to complete the transactions. So far Aramex never treated me that way + Aramex gave me HUGE DISCOUNT on laptop shipping + When I ship from Kuwait – USA via Aramex, it’s MUCH CHEAPER AND MORE RELIABLE THAN DHL, UPS, AND FEDEX.

Stop crying kiddos. If you’re gonna cry, then go find a corner and cry there as much as you want, don’t forget to cry me a river as well when you find that corner ^_^.

@ KA fan,you either just started using Aramex recently or you’re a “safeeh” with a lot of money, although you might be some1 associated with aramex in one way or another, coz i can’t see a reason why would anybody “who is in a healthy mental condition” not want the prices to go down, specially, when they justified their prices increase solely to oil prices sky rocketing. (i dont believe you are aware of it since you signed up couple of months ago)
anyhow, i believe that you just found out about this service and you are extremely excited about it that you just can’t imagine the prices being lower.

I just hope KA doesnt stand for Kuwait Airways otherwise i’ll damn myself for wasting my time replying to a kuwait airways fan 😛

Mark

I completly disagree with you! Aramex is getting worse as time passes by (took my $130 value package 5 days to arrive to Kuwait) now I have to wait more for delivery.

AQ

KA does actually stand for Kuwait Airways! I changed my mind! If Aramex is not going to decrease their shop n ship prices as a result of their EXTREMLY POOR SERVICES, then perhaps I should switch to DHL’s new “easy shop” service where they actually GUARENTEE DELIVERY TO KUWAIT IN 3 DAYS!!!! (Unlike Aramex which ships only twice a week)

I’ve been with Aramex for a long time now and yes I grumble all the time about the prices and services. But they feed my online shopping addiction which is really quite bad. The other day I got an Aramex delivery it was a dress from NYC so had to pay KD 5.500, it was about 10 milligrams over the first 1/2 kg rate, he left and 2 minutes later I had another delivery from another Aramex guy with a letter barely 20 milligrams but charged at KD 3. Of course my gripe was why the hell couldn’t they have delivered them together as one shipment saving me KD 3.

Okee i read about ur comments for Aramex that u think it sucks now than before coz of the oil for increase cost. Ok i have ea used a mailbox account in any aramex , DHL etc. so if you guys would please tell me a good service that can be trusted which is fast please reply 🙁 now im confused ppl say its bad and ppl say its normal to use Aramex 🙁

Well Today I got e-mail from Aramex , Kuwait customs will start inspecting all pakages , which requires clearance by the owner or Aramex
now that cheap $10.00 dvd from amazon , is no longer a good deal since you have to pay more than KD18 just to clear it .

SHOP and SHOP RIP .

Aramex owner is Fadi ghandour he is the founder of Aramex and the CEO and btw he is Jordanian ..

I booked so Aramex can go pick my packages from a client yet i have get any message they Picked it up and my client says no call from them yet.

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