Kuwait
Aramex ranking among countries
I was talking to my friend last night about the recent new Kuwait Customs regulations and how this is going to affect Aramex more than anyone else. My guess was Kuwait must be the largest market for Aramex Shop&Ship at least, being computer and internet savvy society with a good average income. So here are [...]
Hold on your online carts, Aramex packages will go through customs!
The following is an email from Aramex Shop&Ship notifying customers of new Kuwaiti Customs Authority regulation: “Dear Valued Customer, Thank you for choosing Aramex as your transportation partner. The Kuwaiti Customs Authority has recently notified us that all courier shipments containing non-documents shall undergo customs inspection upon arrival at Kuwait airport. While Aramex shall continue [...]
Aramex Tracking… What Tracking?
So I wake up today and check my Aramex shipment status to find they’ve been delivered my package. Finally, I said, and went to get the packages, only to realize there was no package! I re-login to Aramex site and see it’s really not yet delivered, and as a matter of fact, it still shows [...]
What Would You Do If You Suspect Swine Flu in Kuwait?
As a precaution to the Swine Flu virus that started spreading recently, most countries now have standard measures for people crossing their borders into the country, and I have to say I was a bit relieved to know Kuwait has this kind of thermal Airport scan as I heard, and then I was handed this [...]
NBK Secret Question…
So I found by chance 2 weeks ago I have a new NBK card issued from last December, and then later on I knew I only have till end of March to collect it. After collecting the new card I know have the problem of NBK Online using card number as the login, and now [...]
Google Kuwait can guess your language mixup
Do you ever get this? When my wife told me Google can autocorrect this for you I said “get outta here”. But then she showed it to me and I realized as someone who just let go the Google Kuwait enforcement, she got this extra feature! As you type in the wrong language (e.g. Arabic), [...]
Like it or not, Google Kuwait takes over
To my surprise today, it seems the despite all our hatred against it, Google’s inforcement plan of Google.com.kw over all Kuwaiti users have worked out pretty well and in such a short time. I was wondering before how many people used Google.com.sa, but now after living the experience, I can understand it all. I [...]