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All Auspost Offices and services closed today 31st Dec?

bjmonty28 — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 01:49:52 GMT

I was sad to go to 2 different Post Offices today only to find they are closed.

I also called head office 131318 and received an automated message saying closed 😞

I guess theres no use waiting for mail to come today either?

Re: All Auspost Offices and services closed today 31st Dec?

kopenhagen5 — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 01:51:30 GMT

Mine is open and the ones in nearby shopping centres are also open.

Re: All Auspost Offices and services closed today 31st Dec?

bjmonty28 — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 01:55:07 GMT

Hmmm that gives me a little bit of hope.

I might head to one in the major shopping centre here and see how I go. (Sunshine Plaza, Maroochydore, Qld)

Re: All Auspost Offices and services closed today 31st Dec?

cathyjoyjoy — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 02:02:14 GMT

That's interesting. I understood it was an official AP holiday, but I guess some independents have chosen to open perhaps.

Re: All Auspost Offices and services closed today 31st Dec?

lyndal1838 — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 02:53:19 GMT

It is the Official AP Picnic day.....there will be no mail delivery and no post offices will be open according to the notices put up before Christmas. Some PO agencies may be open though, and StarTrack couriers (AP owned) are working.

Re: All Auspost Offices and services closed today 31st Dec?

*tippy*toes* — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 02:56:08 GMT

My little PO was open this morning. Not sure if they are open for a full day or not.

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jellybirddesigns — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 02:58:24 GMT

You might as well post on Monday.

Nothing is going to go anywhere tomorrow due to the holiday and certainly not until after the weekend.

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247newdeals — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 03:18:03 GMT

I have been to 4 local POs today all closed tried calling Auspost to find one open of course that is closed 😞 Of course Ebay reckons the POs are open will have to wait until Monday to lodge my parcels and take any defects I get be a nice way to start off 2016. Just hope the buyers do not start moaning when items do not get there by ebays estimates as some are nearly due before I can post them

Re: All Auspost Offices and services closed today 31st Dec?

bjmonty28 — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 03:20:01 GMT

if I had have known I couldnt post out till monday I would have gone ahead and use Inter Parcel`s couriers please service, it was $2.40 cheaper to send a BX4 but they couldnt have picked it up till Monday. Aus Post is getting pretty slack.

Re: All Auspost Offices and services closed today 31st Dec?

jiggity-jig — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 04:11:45 GMT

This is a link to the Australia Post notification page. Not sure how long it will remain up but I've taken a screen shot in the admittedly ultra optismistic hope that it may help to have any unwarranted defects removed.

http://auspost.com.au/christmas-hours-and-delivery.html

Re: All Auspost Offices and services closed today 31st Dec?

davewil1964 — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 04:55:32 GMT

It's the same every year. One day between Christmas Day and New Year's Day is always an AP holiday.

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justcruising49 — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 06:16:49 GMT

Post offices in SA were open all day.

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go-tazz — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 07:13:00 GMT

I made up an eBay label for a parcel and went to the PO to post it,only to find that they are closed today and

for the rest of the week,

Messaged the buyer,apologized and said that I'll be posting it Monday,

Re: All Auspost Offices and services closed today 31st Dec?

wildwood5012 — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 07:48:34 GMT

They are open where I am too. But like a previous poster has said better to wait because stuff will only be caught in the sorting office anyway. Plus do not want any drunk posties throwing stuff around lol

Re: All Auspost Offices and services closed today 31st Dec?

lane-ends — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 08:07:07 GMT

@go-tazz wrote:
I made up an eBay label for a parcel and went to the PO to post it,only to find that they are closed today and

for the rest of the week,

Messaged the buyer,apologized and said that I'll be posting it Monday,

Sold an item today, checked estimated delivery. Gives monday 4th. Its only across town but that means it has to arrive on same day as earliest possible lodgement

Re: All Auspost Offices and services closed today 31st Dec?

heihachi_73 — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 11:09:48 GMT

Of course they are closed, it is Australia Post! The same company who just had two Boxing Day holidays. Nope, they were not open on Saturday or Monday (or Sunday either). Not even for the half day that they usually do on Saturdays. How do they get away with having the same public holiday twice? If Coles or Woolies pulled that stunt they'd be on the front of the Hun or Age or their interstate equivalents.

Re: All Auspost Offices and services closed today 31st Dec?

lyndal1838 — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 11:19:59 GMT

Why do people feel the need to complain about AP all the time?

Monday 28th December was a gazetted public holiday in NSW...everyone was entitled to it. Anyone who worked would be paid penalty rates. Saturday was also a public holiday.

The only extra day off that AP had was 31st December....it was their gazetted Picnic Day....just like banks and other financial institutions are entitled to Bank Holiday.

A lot of post office agencies were open on the 31st. and StarTrack couriers (owned by AP) were working as well.

I think you will find that anyone who worked on Saturday or Monday received generous penalty rates.

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*tippy*toes* — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 11:20:13 GMT

I worked both Saturday and Monday and got paid public holiday rates for both. I am also on public holiday rates tonight as it is my companies "picnic day". If I get called back after midnight (highly likely) I will be on triple time. Same rate as when I got called in early hours of Christmas morning.

No way I'd take leave like the other losers this time of year!!! Best part about tonight is, I've been sitting on my lazy butt since 5pm and getting paid double time and a half for it. Less than an hour until home time (hopefully! )

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lyndal1838 — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 11:28:25 GMT

That sounds like my OH when he worked on Christmas Day about 10 years ago.....21 hours straight. He earned nearly twice what most couriers were earning in a week in the one day.....then fronted up at 3am for his usual early morning delivery run on Boxing Day.

Re: All Auspost Offices and services closed today 31st Dec?

anniebella63 — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 12:34:01 GMT

Open all day in WA today.