Australia Post to begin charging for holding undelivered parcels from 1 August

[kopi.tea]

Are they out of their minds!?

What will they think of next? 😞

http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/australia-post-to-begin-charging-for-holding-undelivered-par...

[imastawka]

From August 1, if a package isn’t collected within five days, its recipient would have to hand over $3 to pick it up.

An additional $3 will be charged for each week the package is held. Packages will be held for up to 30 days with customers paying up to $9 to retrieve an item.

Seems fair enough to me.  

It's not as though they're charging the minute you're carded

[davidc4430]

its prolly to help pay for the APs CEOs commercial expresso coffee machine and barista thats just been installed in his office.

[enigmabear]

which is awesome when there's been many times they have'nt even bothered to put a card to collect in my PO box until the 'final reminder' 

[enigmabear]

And coffee testing cat

Sorry, could'nt help myself. Bad bear go shush now

[imastawka]

Bad bear go shush now

 

[lyndal1838]

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@imastawka wrote:

From August 1, if a package isn’t collected within five days, its recipient would have to hand over $3 to pick it up.

An additional $3 will be charged for each week the package is held. Packages will be held for up to 30 days with customers paying up to $9 to retrieve an item.

Seems fair enough to me.  

It's not as though they're charging the minute you're carded

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What is fair about being carded on a Monday when you can only get to the PO on Saturday morning?

It should be at least 7 days before they start charging storage to give people who work Monday-Friday an opportunity to get to the PO.

[imastawka]

Also fair enough, Lyndal.

But Monday to Saturday....isn't that 5 days?  Pick it up on Saturday

When I get carded, it doesn't even go to a PO that I can get to easily.

I have to arrange for someone to drive me there.

It's an agency.

Dunno why it can't go to the one just up the road which is the actual PO

[mbselections00]

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@imastawka wrote:

Also fair enough, Lyndal.

But Monday to Saturday....isn't that 5 days?  Pick it up on Saturday

When I get carded, it doesn't even go to a PO that I can get to easily.

I have to arrange for someone to drive me there.

It's an agency.

Dunno why it can't go to the one just up the road which is the actual PO

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Guess that depends if they count Monday as being day 1 . . . . .

The other issue of course is does every item get carded ?  My experience tells me a big fat NO !

And, that is rude, am guessing you have queried why it goes to the agency not the PO - what's their excuse ?

[imastawka]

I got  'Cos that's where your area gets sent to,  we can't hold them here'

What the?   Has someting to do with boundaries