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Increase in Australia Post postage costs!

fuggsy — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:07:11 GMT

How to kill Australian business and price them themselves out of a market

Raise their Price yet again.

Any seller out here using the small 500G bags for cheaper items you are going to be priced out of business.

Prices here

http://auspost.com.au/about-us/price-changes.html

I am not sure if C&S prices are going up.

http://auspost.com.au/media/documents/domestic-parcels-price-and-delivery-standards-changes.pdf

500g satchel $7.85

3kg satchel $12.50

5 kg satchel $15.90

But its all fine to continue to deliver over seas parcels at a loss of $70+ Million a year and make Australians pay for the loss

Re: Increase in Australia Post postage costs!

fuggsy — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 09:41:13 GMT

This is also in the AP info in the above link.

Its going to take longer to get our parcels delivered.

From 22 October 2012 the published delivery standards for domestic regular parcels (Parcel Post and over the counter assessed parcels) will be changing with the addition of one extra day to the delivery standards. For example, the current delivery standard for regular parcels from Sydney to Melbourne is 2 days. This will change to a range of 2-3 days.

Re: Increase in Australia Post postage costs!

misterforgetfulsbooks — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 09:48:22 GMT

Aus Post obviously haven't heard of a GFC, de-flation and that etailers are struggling to compete with o/seas cheap postal rates.

It's no wonder why the o/seas sellers continue to flourish under their subsidised postage rates kindly provided by Aus. Post.

Re: Increase in Australia Post postage costs!

fuggsy — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:03:32 GMT

rates kindly provided by Aus. Post.

Its actually kindly provided by us as we all Australians are paying for this with price increases.

X-(

Re: Increase in Australia Post postage costs!

straybooksoz — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:21:36 GMT

And it's only because AP is locked into the UPU.

If buyers started to be a bit patriotic and didn't buy falling apart rubbish from OS sellers, then AP's loss on OS mail would drop. Which should mean they wouldn't be able to justify the level of increases they currently impose.

The cost to the Australian economy of people looking for the cheapest cost regardless is far more than the few dollars involved.

Iron ore prices are dropping, so maybe the dollar will depreciate.?:|

Re: Increase in Australia Post postage costs!

tangleberrys — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 01:24:30 GMT

Looks like we have a month to save a bit of cash and buy up big on the pre-paid satchels!! My 'book buying at book sales strategy' has changed dramatically in the last few months. I am consciously looking for thin books that will fit into the cheapish prepaid envelopes. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em! Or at least try to.

Re: Increase in Australia Post postage costs!

straybooksoz — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 03:07:28 GMT

Use C&S tangles. They're not going up.

Re: Increase in Australia Post postage costs!

tangleberrys — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 08:43:44 GMT

Use C&S tangles. They're not going up.

Give them time!!!

Re: Increase in Australia Post postage costs!

budawangs — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 01:38:25 GMT

If anyone has the time, or is interested, the Federal Minister under whose hat Aust Post falls is Stephen Conroy. (Communications)

Maybe it would make us feel better by writing to him/his dept and pointing out what the constant postage increases, both internally and internationally, are doing to the small Aussie businesses that keep the economy ticking over...or try to!

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misterforgetfulsbooks — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 03:17:23 GMT

I think sir Humphrey would say it takes a lot to provide so much to so few over such a vast space including islands and desert locations

Re: Increase in Australia Post postage costs!

yarmak — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:09:47 GMT

Dudawangs, Conroy would not be interested.All he seems interested in these days is the NBN,the internet filter and spying on everyone.Don't want those spams and scams coming through the portal now do we? 😐

Dave

Re: Increase in Australia Post postage costs!

yarmak — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:10:48 GMT

Budawangs - sorry mate for the D I meant B this happens from not wearing glasses...

Dave

Re: Increase in Australia Post postage costs!

budawangs — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:34:29 GMT

Of course, Minister. But it still seems unfair that it is almost cheaper to post internationally half way round the world as it is for us to post between states.

Re: Increase in Australia Post postage costs!

straybooksoz — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:43:05 GMT

Not almost.

Re: Increase in Australia Post postage costs!

curraone — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 22:25:28 GMT

The overseas small parcel seems to be cheaper though e.g.

500g to u.s.a. used to be $17.25

new price says $13.70

Re: Increase in Australia Post postage costs!

lemmayj — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 01:05:00 GMT

That's because they've got rid of the 250g, 750g, 1250g, 1750g weights.

So a parcel weighing 501g will now cost $28.90 +$9surcharge to go to US, ie $37.90.

Slightly off topic, but given that AP now explicitly include the $9 in their postage calculator, anyone know why it's still omitted from the ebay one?

Re: Increase in Australia Post postage costs!

missionsellit — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 10:40:26 GMT

Now pleaase don' t think I don't appreciate the DROP in price on the 500, 1000,1500and 2000gm overseas parcel rates, that's great.

BUT when I sell 2 Music LP's my clients expect a bulk post rate at a discount (ie 1Lp usually 500gm, 2 LP's USED to be 750gm)

Now that is 1000gm, so to Europe, Airmail 1 LP is $17.20 but 2 LP's is $37. Oh great 😞 , my customers are gonna luv that. And on friday I posted a Gatefold cover LP and I trimmed the protector sheets down, cut square holes in them to get weight down, and when at Post office it was still 511 gms, So I sucked it up and funded the extra $8.75 mysaelf over the client paid amount. ON Monday If I make the same mistake that will cost me an extra $20.. And another thing in the old 250gm increments it was an exact amount per 250gm increase in each zone, so bulk post calculator could be given. Anyone noticed the new 500gm increments are not the same for each increase UNTIL you get over 2kg wher it is a uniform amount per 500gm added.? Someone in OZ post doesn't want our balance of trade to go up via the OZ post medium. Meanwhile after whacking us all (cleverly worded as an average 4% increase, go figure.....).They will undoubtadly discourage more overseas sales on ebay while delivering cheap post parcels from China to some distant RMB by a contractor in whoop whoop for FREE .....(China or overseas post systems keep their post fees in their country, as we do ours apparantly.) So now I will be paying $37 to get a 510 gm pack from my suburban post office onto a plane in the airport, and I bet OZ post doesn't pay $37000 for a tonne of aimail that only weighs 500kg (Light packages all charged full rate)

Whinge over !! Coz OZ post are just laughing how they conned us all . 4% increase my friggin foot.

Re: Increase in Australia Post postage costs!

judy-oz — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:51:54 GMT

And early next month, Aust Post is putting up the prices of just about everything they didn't put up this month X-(

http://auspost.com.au/about-us/price-service-changes-5-november-2012.html

Re: Increase in Australia Post postage costs!

crafty_bead_dreamer — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:47:45 GMT

If any one wants to here is a link for a petition to stop the latest rise in costs by Australia Post.

April 8, 2013 - 3:00AMTo view the entire article, click on: http://www.smh.com.au/business/postage-costs-soar-by-30-as-online-retail-booms-20130407-2hewv.html

I will also be having to change more than my postage costs, have you seen the new ebay fees due to start in may and then more Australia Post price rises for all other items to come. Looks like we need to get smarter about our small businesses.

Re: Increase in Australia Post postage costs!

judy-oz — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:44:12 GMT

Link to petition here - http://www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/australia-post-reconsider-the-parcel-price-increases