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Has anyone ordered fitness supplements online with Aramex? Did you have any difficulties with customs or was a complicated mess?

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That’s a double negative. It should have read something like ” were they alright through customes OR was it a complicated mess?”

OR
Just kidding

Aramex don’t have a problem shipping pills or other kinds of supplements, I already asked them. I’m curious to know if kuwait customs has an issue with it.

True. Aramex, per se, has no problem with it. However, customs will. I called Aramex one time to ask about ordering herbal tea bags. They said: no problem with us, but we cannot guarantee what customs will do. From our experience they will stop anything you can eat for random reasons. In short, you may give a shot, but be prepared for the worst, and make sure you don’t order anything expensive because you may never see it.

Bought some vitamins and fish oil caps from amazon two months ago. After custom it goes to MOH for another week, then to Ardiya. Herbs and any form of tea/crushed leaves are not allowed anymore.

Just a question, what will happen if you shipped such items using normal registered mail from abroad? Does custom check as well?

I have been bringing supplements through aramex since years and never had a problem.Sometimes it will get delayed as it has to go to MOH for clearance.They are basically looking for steroids .If you are bringing harmless supplements like omega3, vitamins, etc then there is no problem.

All couriers wouldn’t have a problem with shipping supplements. However I wouldn’t recommend ordering anything during the hot season, by the time you get it, it won’t be consumable anymore (out of personal experience). Order online only during winter, or request the supplier to send it via temperature controlled shipping during summer.

We ship vitamins and fish oil all the time and have never had a problem with customs. Our only issue has been with some vitamins melting in the summer months.

good luck with MOH, customs, and then when u get it, it would probably turned bad. due to heat exposure in Kuwait. Ordered Lean Xtreme once, got it with all the pills stuck together. Although supps are a bit expensive here in Kuwait, but I’d rather pay a little bit extra rather than go through all that trouble. Dont get sucked into the supp fad, all you need is creatine, whey and maybe omega-3. Want some caffeine pre workout? go with plain coffee, or even light redbull/monster. Aminos? i guess one get enough amino acids from whey and chicken/meat. Glutamine? get on pubmed, and find me any research that supports its usefulness, plus its one of the aminos u got in Whey. Beta-alanine? does nothing other than make ur skin tingle, something to do with CNS, nothing in terms of performance. Multi-vit? no study show their usefulness, plus if u got vegges and fruits in your diet then no need to even take them, unless you like pissing them out.

I don’t mind paying a little bit extra, problem is a supplement that costs KD8 on Amazon costs KD20 in Kuwait and I’m not exaggerating. That’s more than double. With heavy stuff like WHEY it wouldn’t make sense to order it from Amazon but a small container of pills would cost KD4 and I could order more than one and still cost KD4 in shipping which would mean I would still save nearly 50% of the cost of buying it here.

They’re not lower than the store, they’re actually exactly the same cost as I pay at Health Planet or Oxygen and they’re all ridiculously over priced.

Ok just ordered 7 different supplements. To give you an idea of the price difference between Amazon and Kuwait, here are three products I found online in Kuwait to purchase and I’ve compared it to Amazon:

Optimum Nutrition Opti-Men Supplement, 150 Count
KD7 in Kuwait it’s KD18

Optimum Nutrition Superior Amino 2222 Tablets, 320 Count
KD5 for 320 caps, in Kuwait it’s KD15.750 for 300 caps

Optimum Nutrition Fish Oil, 300 MG, 200 Softgels
KD4 in Kuwait it’s KD12

so the savings range from like 55% to 75%. My total order came to KD40 so I’ve saved basically at least KD40 ordering online and that includes shipping to Kuwait.

can you please let us know if they do arrive or not and how long before they do arrive cause i study in the UK and damn the difference in prices is crazy.

customs will put your shipment on hold if you have items from the companies listed on this page https://www.shopandship.com/en/service-updates/46013/Kuwait-Customs-Law-on-Medicine

it happened to me once, i ordered a few supplements and one of them was by muscletech. my shipment was held and i had to go talk to them. all they did was take the muscletech supplement and give me the rest of the shipment. the guy i spoke to explained that the distributor in kuwait has some sort of court order that does not allow anyone to bring in supplements from those companies. (supplement cost me $27 but in kuwait it’s 27 KD lol)

but they are not consistent. i ordered one supplement a few months ago by USP labs and it went through.

Going by the link on the site, all those products are related to Results, i guess they have requested people importing to be blocked. That’s not a major issue as there are so many other supplement companies with similar and perhaps better products. Those that are listed are perhaps well known here, and the ban is probably more for the other competing companies/supplement stores rather than individuals. I guess its not in customs hands to differentiate.

Good morning Mark, there is no problem
yesterday i’ve received my 3rd shipment of Supplements from Liver Doctor U.S.A

I believe it all depends on how Aramex labels the package, and the mood of customs officers.

I had success ordering supplements, not sure what they were labeled. But some 4 years ago I ordered the Withings body weight scale, and it was labeled as “Medicial Equipment” by Aramex. So I was instructed by aramex to pay them all fees including warehousing and customs (which was more than the actual price of the scale) then they would release the documents to me so I could go to MOH and complete the process to be able to release the package. I never collected it.

Hi ud may i know from where did you order herbalife? Because im looking for the priduct now here in kuwait but can’t find one.

I’ve just ordered for the first time from bodybuilding.com, they had a Kuwait option for the store, and I was able to pay direct through paypal. Definitely muuuuuuch cheaper than going to the local stores for the exact same product.

I work for my MoH, drug inspection are our colleague pharmacists, and I actually had training placement there for a month. You can order whatever you want, it just goes through MoH to make sure it doesn’t contain illegal substances.

Mark, order from bodybuilding.com, they use express mail to ship, no MoH delay what so ever. Prices are much cheaper than amazon and the rest, they have alot of buy one get one free offers. You are right, what costs 16$ sells for 15KD here.
I hope this helps, goodluck on achieving your workout goals.

Had random results. Ordered once and it was labeled supplements and it went strait through. Next time amazon labeled it health products and it had to go through MOH. That was a nightmare. Went to several places to get clearances and stamps. When i went to retrieve it customs said a dealer sells this product in Kuwait and has some thing with the court saying no one can import it. So they confiscated it. I tried explaining that they sell the brand but do not stock the products i want and it doesnt matter. Most of the products here in Kuwait are 2x to 3x the price. Ashamed they dont have price gouging laws here.

I used to order through military mail with an an APO address that belongs to american contractor and never had an issue with Kuwaiti customs, then my friend flee town and had to use an alternative route so I ended up with PostaPlus (Express Forwarding) called MyBox and haven’t had an issue with them either, Just longer transit time and higher charges, Yet way better than buying of the local market.

Mark let us know if you got?

I always Buy my supplements from Sporter.com with free/same day delivery. They deliver it to my doorstep.Give it a try.

Optimum Nutrition Opti-Men Supplement
Sporter: KD18
Amazon: KD7

Optimum Nutrition Superior Amino 2222 Tablets
Sporter: KD15.750
Amazon: KD5

Naaah I think I’ll stick to Amazon.

Ordered from Sporter last night cuz price seemed good and free shipping. Was expecting it to get delivered today but turns out they are Dubai based and are shipping it over via DHL. I guess they no longer have an office in Kuwait.

Hi Mark. Have you received your order?I’m about to order from bodybuilding.com aome protein powder and other boosting supplements.

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