@digital*ghost wrote:
@iktbay wrote:
They are home at the time it states on the card. You do realize that the card contains a time 'We attempted to deliver', right? I have confirmed with my co-habitees that they were home at the time stated on the card. The last three cards had a fictious item number, so perhaps the delivery time was fictious also. As to whether my co-habitees are always home, I think that is none of your business.
Assumptions were made, aye, but it was kind of a reasonable one to make re: no one being home, as back in post #5 you said "Regardless of whether I am home or not, Australia Post leaves a card in my mailbox." Most people would use the word "someone" rather than "I" if there were other people than themselves available to accept delivery.
To be clear, however, I'm not trying to pick apart what you're saying, just pointing out the different impressions given by using one word over another.
All that being said, it's apparent that this is a problem with Australia Post, so your only real options are to talk to them and either find out why domestic parcels are always carded no matter what, and to see if it can be changed, or...while you can't filter out sellers using AP to deliver items, you can at least check to see if they are using couriers, often indicated in the postage & payments tab, or listing description. Obviously option B is not ideal, but it's pretty much the only way you can currently vet sellers on the basis of postage methods.
You are right of course, I can see how the assumption was made now. I am usually a very private person, and sometimes I use the the personal pronoun as a synonym for "me and my extended family". Apologies to dave for my poor semantics.
As for talking to AP, well, I have tried this in the past, to no effect. Some years ago I lived in a building that was notorious for non-delivery of parcels. I once observed the contractor pull up to the mailboxes at 6PM and card my box. I did not make it down the stairs before he was in the van and on his way. When I looked at the card, he had written 4:30PM as the attempted delivery time. I complained. Everyone I knew in the building had complained to AP at one point, yet nothing was done. I guess I could attempt it again, however you can no longer call your local post office directly, only the call centre, where your 'feedback' disappears into the ether never to be seen again.
As I stated in an earlier post, I found out today the reason for the change in most sellers delivery terms. It is unfortunate, but there is apparently nothing that can be done about it (if this thread is any guide).
