If it’s an official reseller, contact Bambu and tell them the’re breaking their T&Cs for resellers (they have a retail price for every product and it must be sold at that price point to continue being a licensed reseller)
They have to sell it at the same price as bambu do on their own localised online store
They’re really strict with the “reseller only” stuff like the X1E and PPS, etc
Have you tried a reputable postal forwarding service, that would solve that particular problem you would end up paying postage to the forwarding service and then postage to you which would make it more expensive that buying it locally but you would have what you wanted.
One part of that explanation does not make sense - longer shipping times, personally I don’t care if it “comes on a slow boat from China” as long as it gets here IMHO is that it is about the “higher shipping costs” with possibly some influencing done by local retailers, personally I have always found dealing direct with Bambu very quick.
The one thing I do dread now will be the ability to get spare parts because you can be guaranteed the one thing the local stores won’t have will be the one thing you need and they will end up having to “special order it” which means you will pay for the expensive freight charge anyway making the whole thing kind of a moot point.
But no I had not received any notification E-Mail like that despite being registered on Bambu’s site - thus the rude awakening.
I too have to agree with @h3li0 post.
One more thought: you don’t have to use Bambu filaments in your Bambu printer. I use very little Bambu filament as there are less expensive alternatives I have found (through trial and error), especially eSun. Of course, this comment does not refer to speciality filaments that only Bambu produces. But if you can find an alternative to Bambu for the speciality filament you need, there is nothing I know of preventing you from using the alternative. And you just might find it cheaper!
to be honest not only just bambu. even e14/element14 has dropped au/nz local shippment, so that you can only wait for them to ship from UK instead.
our hemisphere is a shithole for logistics. take that and hope for a better world after trump.
the market here in au/nz is just too small to compare with the extra cost they might introduce by shipping. the scalping local reseller is a perfect example.
and for creality, yes they still ship to nz, but they do have some countries that they cannot ship to in europe as well.
local websites seem to have PLA aero for 85$ NZ including GST thats what I pay in Canada… Considering where you live, it is a deal.
I think you areadding a lot of colour. I just checked Fedex wants 1100CAD to ship 25Kg to New Zeland. You are lucky local resalers have anyhting below 200$.
I came from Creality and can only advise against it. Change your politicians 
Funny thing that almost everyone keeps saying “use Dawn” but the first time I’ve read it I had to google it because I had no idea what it is. It’s not available in my country in Europe. Probably too many taxes, probably something in it, a substance that might not be approved by the EU. Who knows. Anyway, I have no idea why people don’t use the word soap instead of Dawn.
I wanted to buy some specific laser shield glass that is available only in the US, and not only that it’s a few times expensive than whatever else you find almost similar around the world, but the shipping was 2x the value of the item. Pretty sure it’s not that company that want to make a profit from your shipping. And while resellers might take advantage of the situation, there is some truth behind that 16 dollars item that you think it only costs under a dollar for them to buy it. It’s not that simple.
Same reason why adhesive bandages are called band-aids, photocopy stuff is xero(x), any disposable tissue is kleenex and so on 
Genericization.
This is another great tip: the reason for outrageous shipping problem might very well be caused by politicans and their actions. You ought to trace what happened and who voted for it, complain about it to the actual source of the problem (so not really bambu) and vote for someone else.
Although Dawn does (inaccurately) use the word “soap” in their product descriptions and ads, you generally do NOT want to use soap on your build plates.
From Wikipedia: Soap is a salt of a fatty acid (sometimes other carboxylic acids) used for cleaning and lubricating products as well as other applications.[1]… Soaps are often produced by mixing fats and oils with a base.
Those fats and oils can prevent filament adhesion to the plate. Use a detergent, something that does not claim to moisturize your skin or be kind to your hands.
The best, most common alternative in countries where Dawn is unavailable seems to be Fairy liquid dishwashing detergent.
If you’re concerned of fats and oils, you can totally use soap. That unless it has additives like added oils, for moisturizing. I don’t use those kind of soaps. There are no triglycerides (fats and oils) in a clean soap. Soap is actually cleaning those. When I was a kid I’ve watched people making soap, from pig fat and lye. It’s pretty interesting.
Now, a detergent is similar but the difference is that is made from petrochemicals (refined petroleum) which is another oil. Same thing as a soap. In fact we can call soap just another detergent.
Technically a soap is labeled biodegradable because it’s made from natural ingredients while a detergent is not. When I read the ingredients on the Dawn soap, on their website, it says biodegradable. So it is a soap? I don’t know but it was an interesting fact. On the other hand it has tonnes of other compounds and it’s possible that some might attach on the build plate in time. Same as a bad soap will do it.
What matters is that both can clean a PEI plate. I’ve only cleaned with solid soap and had no adhesion problems. I can’t say the same thing about IPA.
Bambu Lab has recently ceased direct shipping to New Zealand due to the absence of a local warehouse, leading to increased shipping costs and extended delivery times. It sounds like the real issue is with the greedy retailers.
VaultDweller Just remember when you mentioned it. When it starts happening in other places and more often then people will be more to be on your side. There is no cap on GREED.
Cayman Islands - Which really means I have to ship to Miami to a hotel or similar but the problem is the shipping time is so random that knowing when to book the hotel is impossible . When ordering from Amazon it’s great as most items are within the quoted schedule and better still overnight sometimes. Bambu is just when they feel like it they ship assuming the snail has capacity to carry it. All of this would be manageable if Bambu responded to communication in a reasonable time scale.
Bambu isn’t doing it. Retailers are doing it to you.
There is no way BL woke up one day and said, f---- NZ.
Must be pile on day, cause it looks like BL can do no right.
Well I have noticed a small but not insignificant uptick in the number of people who have said the same as I have and have vowed to go 3Rd party product…
It may not be significant enough for BBL to take notice - in fact I doubt it will but at least I know there are people out there that think it’s not the right move on BBLs part.
Just to be clear.
BL should lose money to make you happy? Is that the break down?
Yes, they should look at New Zealand as a loss leader. Cause that’ll suck the rest of the world in to buying their printers.
Oh wait, the rest of the world already does (or used to, but apparently not any longer)…
They can’t just put reasonable pricing restrictions on their authorized distributors like a normal damn company?