@1linron wrote:I have noticed that delivery times are getting rediculously long. I recently bought an item on Feb 20th with delivery for early April. Comparitatively it took only 3 days to get to the moon.
True, but I suspect Apollo 11 wasn't stopped and inspected by customs before being able to land on the moon (they definitely would have been held in quarantine as foreign organic matter for a while. 
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Domestic delivery timeframes - particualry of the large letter variety - would have increased (on average) February last year when Australia Post introduced the two-speed system (regular and priority - regular is actually slower than letter post used to be, while 'priority', at an additional 50c, is supposed to maintain the original delivery timeframes. That being said, many people find that there's little to no difference between the two, and some have even reported items with priority stickers take longer than regular. My personal experience is that - again, on average - priority post arrives faster than regular post.
There's also some issues with sorting centres and their automated systems, some parcels enter a seemingly endless loop between a couple (Chullora and Sunshine West are well-known for putting packages on the merry go round), and AP now have some kind of new-fangled automated sorting machine they use for registered letters, which I guess costs less than having a human do it, but trust me when I say Aus Post is getting what they're paying for - since they introduced that infernal machine, my registered letters that are unfortunate enough to be processed by it can often disappear of the face of the earth for a couple of weeks...perhaps they are visting the moon. 
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I can't speak too much about international orders, most of my overseas purchases are wholesale orders sent with couriers (perhaps an interesting note, some of those I receive in 3 days, others take nearly two weeks even from the same supplier and with the same courier company, as they seem to take a more scenic route or encounter more issues with customs), however I do know that there are a variety of postage methods used by sellers, some of them - especially on the really cheap free post stuff - will send packages over to Singapore in bulk, then onship from there, and that tends to add 2 weeks or so to the delivery time.
@1linron wrote:I have noticed that delivery times are getting rediculously long. I recently bought an item on Feb 20th with delivery for early April. Comparitatively it took only 3 days to get to the moon.
Your thoughts
1Linron
Great line & very true.
I think you're right & some sellers hope buyers will just forget.
To me, the trick is to try to buy mainly from aussie sellers & from ones who don't pad out the time too far.There are still a lot of good sellers around & you will often get your items within a week or close to it.
@springyzone wrote:
To me, the trick is to try to buy mainly from aussie sellers & from ones who don't pad out the time too far.There are still a lot of good sellers around & you will often get your items within a week or close to it.
The problem is that most items aren't available by Aussie sellers and provided your expectations aren't too
high a lot of standard items from China aren't as **bleep**py as most people believe.
Their feedback will generally tell you if the seller and their items are up to "scratch".
I did buy a couple of item on the 30th of Jan with a maximum expected delivery date of the 24th of March,
(they didn't arrive,but the seller did gave me a quick refund),
So I've had to order another one at a higher price from a Malaysian seller,(no Aussie seller have this item
and I've only purchased one this time).
I ordered and received a small 6000LM small torch that costs under $3 and promptly ordered 3 more as
they are the best I've ever had,(bright,lightweight,zoom able,with a strobe function and they arrived within
14 days).
The big bulky torches are now headed for a market stall that our daughter is going too.
As I seem to never be in a hurry for items postage time has never worried me,
