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Red Street Box Clearance Days Over the Xmas - NY Break

clarry100 — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 06:00:15 GMT

I was unable to find any info on this on the Aust Post website so I asked at my local PO today...

This is the info they gave me.

Thursday 24th - Cleared as normal

Friday 25th - NOT Cleared

Saturday 26th - NOT Cleared

Sunday 27th - NOT Cleared

Monday 28th - NOT Cleared

Tuesday 29th - Cleared as normal

Wednesday 30th - Cleared as normal

Thursday 31st - Cleared as normal

Friday 1st Jan - NOT Cleared

Saturday 2nd Jan - NOT Cleared

Sunday 3rd Jan - NOT Cleared

Monday 4th Jan - NOT Cleared

Tuesday 5th Jan - Cleared as normal

I would guess any mail cleared on Thu 24th and Thu 31st will just sit in the sorting centres for a few days.

So it would be up to you if/not you put mail in them on those two days.

Re: Red Street Box Clearance Days Over the Xmas - NY Break

justajunk — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 08:56:17 GMT

That's insane. I wonder how many red boxes will start overflowing. Four consecutive days without being emptied??

Thanks for the info.

Re: Red Street Box Clearance Days Over the Xmas - NY Break

lyndal1838 — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 08:58:54 GMT

I've never seen the street boxes overflowing and we have had 3 and 4 day breaks before.

Is it really necessary to post when you know the items will sit there for up to 4 days.

Re: Red Street Box Clearance Days Over the Xmas - NY Break

*tippy*toes* — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 09:13:48 GMT

Ours were full to the brim last year when I went to post something. I went back home with my items and left it until the PO opened again. People had tried to keep stuffing more in and they were easily grabbed by opening the flap. I wasn't taking any chances.

Re: Red Street Box Clearance Days Over the Xmas - NY Break

raylen1951 — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 09:22:53 GMT

Did you ask why they aren't clearing on Sunday 3rd and Monday 4th?

I don't think Monday 4th or Tuesday 5th are holidays are they?

Re: Red Street Box Clearance Days Over the Xmas - NY Break

clarry100 — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 09:51:59 GMT

Mon 28th Dec and Mon 4th Jan are apparently Aust Post gazetted holidays so no red street boxes will be cleared on those days.

Re: Red Street Box Clearance Days Over the Xmas - NY Break

clarry100 — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 09:55:11 GMT

Our local red street box is one of the smaller format ones on a pole.

It's not uncommon for that one to be full when I go there at around 4:30pm to mail our stuff.

So I have to drive a bit further to where I know there is a large format pillar box type one to fit our stuff in.

Re: Red Street Box Clearance Days Over the Xmas - NY Break

clarry100 — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 10:01:04 GMT

By the way I will be increasing our handling times out to 4-days during the Xmas-NY break to compensate for ebays wrong estimates.

I don't believe that the ebay estimated delivery dates (EDD) will take things like Aust Post shutdowns into account.

Re: Red Street Box Clearance Days Over the Xmas - NY Break

*tippy*toes* — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 10:02:35 GMT

Ours is the larger pillar box type outside the PO and it still overflowed last year!

Re: Red Street Box Clearance Days Over the Xmas - NY Break

cathyjoyjoy — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 10:18:46 GMT

Four consecutive days without being emptied??

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I know it's Christmas time, but this happens every Easter. Also, just because the red boxes or Post Offices may not be open, perhaps the sorting centres will continue over the days that aren't public holidays. I often see a Sat or Sun on tracking.

Re: Red Street Box Clearance Days Over the Xmas - NY Break

clarry100 — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 20:01:31 GMT

Just thought I would BUMP this back to the top for those who may not have seen it.

Re: Red Street Box Clearance Days Over the Xmas - NY Break

4green2000 — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 20:33:31 GMT

@*tippy*toes* wrote:
Ours were full to the brim last year when I went to post something. I went back home with my items and left it until the PO opened again. People had tried to keep stuffing more in and they were easily grabbed by opening the flap. I wasn't taking any chances.

yep.. last year we had 2 within 1km from each other and mail was hanging out and anyone could of taken it. seen this a few times now over the years.

Re: Red Street Box Clearance Days Over the Xmas - NY Break

mildred.spasm — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 22:29:58 GMT

I thought it was Thu 31/12 not Mon 4/1 that's the special AP approved holiday or picnic day or some such nonsense? Still a second block of 4 days with no service (2 days of service in a sequence of 10). And as soon as things do resume we'll be paying more than double for the same level of service on standard letters.

Re: Red Street Box Clearance Days Over the Xmas - NY Break

gec2002 — Sat, 19 Dec 2015 06:44:00 GMT

If you were into conspiracy theories you would say they're not collected on the 3rd & 4th as the new postage rates come in on the 4th so all that uncollected letter mail picked up on the 5th will have insufficient postage and they get hit lots of people with fines.

Re: Red Street Box Clearance Days Over the Xmas - NY Break

lyndal1838 — Sat, 19 Dec 2015 08:55:15 GMT

@gec2002 wrote:
If you were into conspiracy theories you would say they're not collected on the 3rd & 4th as the new postage rates come in on the 4th so all that uncollected letter mail picked up on the 5th will have insufficient postage and they get hit lots of people with fines.

That has never happened in the past. There is usually a 5 day period of grace where there are no fines issued for underpaid postage. This allows for mail to clear hen it was posted before the price rise.

Re: Red Street Box Clearance Days Over the Xmas - NY Break

dazzlingrosettes — Sat, 19 Dec 2015 09:03:41 GMT

For the last 5 years I have never posted in a red letter box, unless cleared that day. As they have been robbed overnight, only post at country store or wait until P O is open. Lesson learned the hard way,