Four of my Aramex packages cleared customs today and are out for delivery which is strange since I thought customs were on an “indefinite strike“. The packages actually cleared faster than usual since they were only stuck in customs for two days and that included yesterdays strike. Weird.
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Maybe just a free for all till strike lifts up . Party!!!!
Thats what I’m hoping, until the strike is over packages don’t stop at customs. If thats the case I am with this indefinite strike!
same here, i got 3 packages cleared today…
I think a big shipment got cleared Saturday. maybe before the strike. cause i got a msg for my package Sunday morning
Now is a good time to order barrels of wine I guess
Nope it’s still going. My friends father works in customs so I can confirm for a
fact that the strike is still on.
‘Works in Customs’?
That’s a paradox.
Lol, so true.
You got lucky 🙂
DHL packages are still held there. Let’s see till when they’re sticking to the strike.
because the head of air customs (khalid alsaif) is doing the job of clearing all air cargo – from burashid news
I guess if one man is enough to do the job, why increasing their salary!!??
Mark, is that a picture in your house?
Holy sh*t! Do you buy everything on the internet? And orange walls? Not fuc*sia?
does it look like an apartment? thats the old aramex office.
Why don’t all the government workers go on strike at once, close the country down and force the government to cave in to all their demands, instead of doing a different strike everyday with each different ministry airing their demands. It will be more effective. Demand government perform!
Customs are on strike. If you received any shipments they are either cleared on Sunday till 10 pm ( this is when the strike started) or are conveyable non-documents and documents that can be transferred via passenger channels at the airport. They can be moved without customs clearance.
Relief!
for some people!
Guys do not get too excited, the packages you received were from a backlog of 5000 packages from last weeks customs fiasco (1 KD extra charge). Nothing is getting through customs at the moment, so forget about ordering anything for the moment.
same here.. my package stayed in kuwait one day only!! usually it takes them like a week to be cleared so yeah I guess thats a good thing!
Just heard customs are back to normal. Lets party
From where did you hear this news? It would be great if it’s true.
Nope, double checked with DHL and TNT strike is still ongoing, there are hopes that tomorrow everything will be back to normal.
Gave me a bit of false hope about my Canadian Visa getting here from the UAE via DHL …….
Maybe they don’t ‘Serve to strike’ anymore.
Confirmed 8 packages cleared. Yippeeeee Finally! I can have Splenda with my tea.
You can find Splenda in many places in Kuwait.
There’s just no distinguishable difference between volume of work when working, and when on strike. Comme d’hab.
We were given an email today that no U.S. mail is coming into or leaving Kuwait, and there is no end in sight.
Very poor. I hope they fire all the striking employees.
I read in the newspaper that the military are handling customs.
Strike is over according to the DHL rep I talked to a moment ago.