Apple cancels orders – No more Aramex :(

25 Mar, 2010  Annoyances, Shopping

Oh Apple why do you do this to me? Where’s the company that inspired us all to ‘Think Different’. If an Apple employee ever reads this, shrugs, and says “Yeah right”; it’ll be a true tragedy.

So I had ordered some iPads from the US store to be sent back home to me here in Doha. Most stores don’t send internationally, so Aramex’s Shop&Ship’s service comes in handy. For those that don’t know Aramex, it’s basically the Arabian FedEx, but more importantly, it’s our link to the West’s fantastic world of shopping.

What Shop&Ship gives you is a US and UK address so that you can order stuff online, send it to your new address and they’ll forward it off to you.

Sadly though! After ordering everything for the Apple store, I just received an email telling me that they don’t ship to P.O.Boxes OR Forwarders. They also told me that I had a day to change the address or the order would be cancelled. What’s more, they’re enforcing a ‘two per person’ policy.

*sighs* why oh why.

Anyway, so I posted on twitter and facebook that I needed a US address and luckily I had 9 people offer to help out. (Thanks everyone!) but the point is, I’m almost tempted to just cancel my order and give up on Apple…

*twiddles thumbs*

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  • http://eye-kare.blogspot.com Ahmad

    they’ve been doing the two per person policy for a while and it’s a reasonable policy, to be fair.

    but not shipping to forwarders, i’m guessing that’s because they want to make sure that it doesn’t get exported outside the states. They must have their reasons, otherwise why would they do that?

  • Abu

    Hai,

    Can you help me get the ipad or get me some US address.

    Thanks
    Siddiq

  • http://qatarvisitor.blogspot.com/ QV

    I notice it is not out on Amazon yet, but when it is you can just order from them. (I had the same problem before with Adobe, but Amazon have no quandaries about shipping to PO Boxes.)

  • claude007

    I’m sorry but is it safe to buy from the internet,

    and I want really ti buy many think from amazon.com through aramex, but i dont know from where i can begin ?
    anyone can help plz

  • http://www.iloveqatar.net Kei

    yes it’s quite safe as long as the website itself is secure.

    First go to http://www.aramex.com and then create an account. Then they’ll give you an address.

    Just use that address when you order stuff from amazon.

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