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Grrrrr to Aus Post posties

wardy079 — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:47:51 GMT

I was just sitting here, funnily enough reading this forum, when I could hear a motorbike outside. I thought awesome, mail man is here.

I wait, for a knock or for him to take off, but he is taking too long so I peer out the window.....and what do I find?

Postman writing out a card for me to pick up item from post office!

What the? He didn't even attempt to come to my front door to see if I was home to sign for it!

Well didn't he just cop of mouthful from me!

Re: Grrrrr to Aus Post posties

*new2vintage — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:54:34 GMT

Maybe Aus Post are too busy counting their millions to train their staff.

It has happened to me and it's very annoying and frustrating - especially when you need to collect things 2 days or more in a row.

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janeababe — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:00:05 GMT

Yep, happened to me last week... its so bleeding frustrating. X-(

What did you postie have to say for himself?

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k1ooo-slr-sales — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:04:58 GMT

What the? He didn't even attempt to come to my front door to see if I was home to sign for it! Well didn't he just cop of mouthful from me!

oh dear, might not have been a good idea. You may have just p'd off the guy that will be delivering ALL future eBay items to you 😮

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leannegemini — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:11:51 GMT

what did the postie say???

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travelling_agoraphobic — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:42:01 GMT

Ours did that ALL the time until I complained to our local PO. His excuse was that we get too many small parcels and he can't fit them on his bike. Which is absolute rubbish - now that posties aren't delivering as many letters and more small parcels, their bikes are being modified so they can carry more parcels.

He now delivers our parcels, but if there are too many to fit in the letterbox, he chucks them onto our front verandah. And if we get anything damaged, that will be another complaint to AP.

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*new2vintage — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:48:57 GMT

I can't understand why they are in such a hurry. I think they are given all day to deliver in. I've seen one local idiot driving through a stop sign once.

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wardy079 — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:42:12 GMT

Hmmmm didn't think about my future deliveries!

He didn't say anything...... He just kind of mumbled at me.

I have a bike deliver mail and a van that delivers most of my parcels so usually my parcels from ebay are delivered by the van man. He knows that I'm on maternity leave and home most mornings when he comes. But my round is a contracted post round, so the bike and the van man should be working together.....apparently not!

I have a PO Box for our business which I use if I don't want to risk something being left at my postie but it he postie knows that I prefer my home address since I hate going to the PO Box with two small kids. If I wanted to go to the post office everyday I would send them there!

funnily enough, it is usually the parcels that get carded at my home that the post office then say they never received from the postie and the search begins.

Hopeless

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happyroo_bunji — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:09:54 GMT

parcel and letter delivery are tendered out separately, so quite often its two different people/companies that have the contracts.

Traveling I suggest you get a bigger mailbox, being a former parcel delivery person nothing annoyed me more than some fool who ordered tons of parcels but couldn't be bothered getting a decent mailbox to hold them. Then they'd be the ones that would biatch about the parcels being left on the verandah or being carded.

And for everyone, please make sure there is a clear pathway to your door, it wasn't much fun getting rose thorns stuck in your face or tripping on dangers steps etc.

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gamezanstuf — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:29:14 GMT

parcel and letter delivery are tendered out separately, so quite often its two different people/companies that have the contracts.

And for everyone, please make sure there is a clear pathway to your door, it wasn't much fun getting rose thorns stuck in your face or tripping on dangers steps etc.

As a former postie. THIS!!! ^

Have a go at one of the most thankless jobs anyone will ever do before you spray your postie for no real reason. I can assure you that they don't knock on your door because they simply don't have time, well I didn't anyway. And no they don't have all day to deliver. doh!! I never knocked on doors either, but I would beep my horn a couple of time to attract homeowners attention. If they didn't respond, they got a card, fair enough.

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patchoo78 — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:45:57 GMT

being a former parcel delivery person nothing annoyed me more than some fool who ordered tons of parcels but couldn't be bothered getting a decent mailbox to hold them.

What if they're renting? They can't exactly request the owner rip out the old mailbox and give them a new one so they don't have to go to the PO to collect parcels

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happyroo_bunji — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:53:47 GMT

being a former parcel delivery person nothing annoyed me more than some fool who ordered tons of parcels but couldn't be bothered getting a decent mailbox to hold them.

What if they're renting? They can't exactly request the owner rip out the old mailbox and give them a new one so they don't have to go to the PO to collect parcels

When I was renting, I let the parcel delivery person know a safe place they could leave it, eg; woodbox on verandah, between the doors. What annoyed me were the people who complained about being carded, but never made an effort to remedy the problem by offering an alternative.

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lilymaydesigns — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:56:30 GMT

My postie rode his bike up my drive and launched my parcel towards the front door. It slid along the verandah and stopped at the doorstep. Gave new meaning to airmail.

I saw it happen but he was gone by the time I got out there.

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*new2vintage — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:57:44 GMT

" And no they don't have all day to deliver. doh!! "

The contractors return to my local delivery centre by 4:30 pm and and I can't remember seeing posties returning very early.

A large plastic container with a lid and 2 big signs on it is next to me front door and not all parcels are put in it. It's more fun and quicker for Aus Post staff to throw them onto the verandah.

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gamezanstuf — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:03:53 GMT

I used to be on the bike till 6.30 some nights, and 5.30 was a minimum with sorting starting at 9am and I only finished at those time through cutting corners. Like I said don't knock it till you've tried it because you really don't know what your talking about.

But, ignorance is bliss I suppose.

🙂

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happyroo_bunji — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:06:11 GMT

noddeg67 I did 7am-7pm one day, nearly killed me.

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howie696 — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:09:20 GMT

Get a PO box 🙂

solves all problems

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gamezanstuf — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:10:18 GMT

Ahh your from the old school, never did the early starts. I was a DMO so I just basically sorted my bundles for the day and spent the rest of the day on that horrible little bike.

I still hate the CT110 to this day.

Re: Grrrrr to Aus Post posties

*new2vintage — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:11:44 GMT

If I was very unhappy with Aus Post's service in general I'd tell them and I'd tell you. People are allowed to give examples of bad service they've received.

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gamezanstuf — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:15:54 GMT

Fair enough.

What I'm saying is, is that the job is almost seemed impossible to me sometimes, and people should try to appreciate that. Aussie post has changed a lot over the last few years, and not for the better. Particularly in regards to the treatment of their own staff.