Well my fabric got into port on the 28th of December 2013 and today (15th Jan) i paid the invoice to release the goods to me! if your thinking 18 days to get my goods from Auckland to my doorstep is a very lengthy layover you would be correct.
After spending a day on the phone and emailing my shipping agent, they finally found the goods and the next phase began which on my end consisted of emailing back within the hour or waiting on a reply. After filling out importer papers i left the ball in the court of my shipping agent which had various questions which took several days to cause any progression. After about 14 days in i got involved in the process and bought customs into the fiasco which seemed to solve the issue within a day.
This leads to today which saw my bank account shrink by $945NZD and the goods about to finish there journey (i hope). The big lesson i learnt from this is if you are going to import anything you have to inquire as soon as the goods leave the port and get the paper trail out of the way prior to arrival.
It has been a few rough weeks sorting through the countless bumps in the road however hopefully i will have my fabric by the end of the week and that will drive me to progress with planning/cutting my panel templates.
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