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And the Gong goes to ... Australia Post!

svartee — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 07:04:42 GMT

Adelaide to NSW - large letter - 1 day short of 5 weeks. Yup, tomorrow it will be exactly 5 weeks since I posted.

How fortunate for me that I had a lovely buyer!

Not good enough is it!

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davewil1964 — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 10:16:00 GMT

Use another carrier.

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*crikey*mate* — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 11:35:06 GMT

my pigeon could cover that distance faster than that.

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haolove13 — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 12:37:03 GMT

And if you post another one, make sure you get proof of lodgement and get them to print a label rather than using stamps.

I religously use return adresses and have never had one come back yet.

A courier is probably a better option.

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pickapresent13 — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 22:29:53 GMT

It was a large letter. Apart from Aust Post, who can you use to deliver large letters interstate without charging a fortune ?

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harley_babes_hoard — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 22:35:07 GMT

Would like to know the answer to that also.

I thought AP were the only ones who could delivery letters.

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pickapresent13 — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 22:37:03 GMT

Me too. Through Aust Post its a couple of bucks for a large letter. I dont think too many courier companies would be jumping at the bit to deliver it for that price

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thecatspjs — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 22:37:59 GMT

Agree pickapresen.

Noting too that Australia Post has a legislated monopoly on the delivery of letters domestically if they are under 250grams

Even for letters over 250g there are no comparable services available for domestic letters for a price in the ball park of the AP cost to send.

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svartee — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 01:09:20 GMT

Yes, I know this is a month old post, but it seems nothing has improved.

Australia Post get another GONG from me. 25 days from Adelaide to Victoria.

Posted 5th December. Refunded by me for non arrival. Arrived last night after 7pm.

Another Large Letter with a soft item in it.

And a lovely buyer who gets the kudos for letting me know it had arrived (finally) and requesting an invoice to pay for it.

Good one Auspost (blows a HUGE raspberry)

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maconii — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 02:11:32 GMT

I posted a small letter within Victoria only a few km away from my place and it got to my customer in 2.5 weeks.. I could have taken public transport and arrived there in 30 mins..

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ajarnjenny — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:21:45 GMT

But they are soooo inconsistent. I posted quite a large parcel to my daughter, only 100 miles away, on a Monday at 12.30pm, and she received it at 10am on Tuesday.

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ytwo000 — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 20:21:29 GMT

welcome to the real world..