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45 missing parcels in two weeks??

lousbloomingarden — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 12:20:02 GMT

Ouch http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/article/8893796/woman-at-loss-over-missing-45-parcels-in-just-two-weeks

Re: 45 missing parcels in two weeks??

cherry*135 — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 12:31:31 GMT

Not good enough. With that number of parcels missing sent from one business, something is seriously wrong in the postal system..

Re: 45 missing parcels in two weeks??

lousbloomingarden — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 12:32:41 GMT

Yeah. A serious black hole in that area?

Re: 45 missing parcels in two weeks??

lyndal1838 — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 12:39:04 GMT

At least it will not be a very wide ranging inquiry....they have a very good starting point. The culptrit should not be too hard to locate, especially if other businesses are reporting similar losses.

Re: 45 missing parcels in two weeks??

lousbloomingarden — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 12:47:34 GMT

It seems it's not the system as such as I personally have had a good run with aus post over the years. Yes, I have lost items but sometimes it's my own fault. Wrong postcode sometimes. I once sent a parcel with no address on at all. It was quickly scanned at 5 pm and address not observed...lol.
I lose more letters than parcels but it's funny how they don't come back

Re: 45 missing parcels in two weeks??

cherry*135 — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 13:05:14 GMT

I should have made my comment clearer, I meant the postal system specifically from that business ladies place of posting, to the sorting centre her parcels go to.. from there? Somewhere along the line those parcels have been diverted from the delivery route they should have gone on.

Same for the couple that posted wedding invites and not one of them made it to the recipient...someone working for AP must have derailed them.

I haven't had any eBay mail I have sent go missing. I am not a high volume seller though.

There was a postie caught with a garage full of mail in a city near where I live a few years ago. Inside his house he had heaps of gift cards and money orders taken from the mail he stole.

Re: 45 missing parcels in two weeks??

cherry*135 — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 13:07:36 GMT

AP looking into it now, after the story was on TV. They should have investigated before.

Re: 45 missing parcels in two weeks??

lousbloomingarden — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 13:18:25 GMT

Yep, I smell a rat

Re: 45 missing parcels in two weeks??

asporty — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 22:48:07 GMT

I am mostly missing packages to UK these days; 2 in last one month. Not sure what is happening over that way.

Re: 45 missing parcels in two weeks??

4wd_products — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 23:15:31 GMT

Sounds like a few bags went 'missing'. There was an incident not long ago at a major DC where an employee was found with about 10,000 parcels hidden in his storage unit. 😠

We lost a couple awhile ago as the AustPost van actually caught on fire ... can't fix that one! 🙂

Re: 45 missing parcels in two weeks??

**tay** — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 02:36:37 GMT

I've never had a parcel not arrive, touch wood my luck continues!

Re: 45 missing parcels in two weeks??

annies_fancy_dress — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 04:44:04 GMT

Lot of questions from that article unanswered.

Did these people post at a red post box?

Did they post over the counter?

Did they have a fab swanky return address label or fancy packaging that draws attention to what sort of article is inside?

What suburb were these things posted at?

Re: 45 missing parcels in two weeks??

cherry*135 — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 06:43:23 GMT

I think the wedding invitations were posted in a street post box. From memory the video clip showed a renactment of a guy posting a letter in a street post box.

The lady with the fancy dress/fairy type costumes, it didn't say. Saw her with express post satchels..not fancy packaging that was shown anyway. Tracking - went awry to 45 different destinations?

Re: 45 missing parcels in two weeks??

annies_fancy_dress — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 23:48:51 GMT

Yes, i saw the man reinacting his posting at the post box, and can't really of a reason anyone would steal invitations other than they just took the lot and trashed eveything they didn't want.

Surely the lady who sends a minimum of 45 parcels a day could get a pick-up, or she must have staff who could "go" to the post office in person.

She should keep an eye on ebay for for missing stock being sold by someone else.

Re: 45 missing parcels in two weeks??

fire_bird894 — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 00:12:00 GMT

I had 2 pairs of leather pants dissapear both small ladies one from UK one from Sydney. Over 2 months and no other mail in comming or out going vanished which I found a bit strange.

Re: 45 missing parcels in two weeks??

cherry*135 — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 02:55:21 GMT

20 to 100 packages a day, the lady sends. 45 missing over 2 weeks. Parcels not being scanned for tracking.

No mention of how they are posted or collected.

66 wedding invites, incl stamped addressed reply envelopes, none delivered.