Australia post is ludicrously expensive

[bobcat-bobcat]

Just venting..........Many examples I can think of. Here's just 1.....Recently bought 2 tee shirts. 1 from a Sydney seller the other from an American seller. Postage was dearer for Aust. Post satchel than USPS. How can it be possible knowing that the USPS item is handled by Aust. Post when it hits our shores????? Can't get my head around it!!!!! Suffice to say we are being shafted!!!

[brettwilson1807]

agreed. I think the pricing system is unfair. An item can be fairly priced, but if it's a mm bigger, the price rises heavily. I quoted $7 thinking it would be enough, turned out to be like $13. Not even worth the trouble to send it at that price. No wonder the economy is in such bad shape

[steen1equestrianriding2]

 do wish aus post would rethink the under 250grams but wider than 20mm price, $5.00 wasn't too bad but it's hard to justify $6.60 for a tiny item that is just too wide to safely post without a bit of packing.

We have lost a lot of customers because of this, especially when the item value is less than the postage cost

[carls*world]

Guess I'm sort of lucky in one respect. I do have an alternative sometimes, by using the work account (which is repaid in full) and gets 1kg satchels anywhere in Aust, even more remote areas which AP deems "outside network", overnight for $9.22, 3kg for $10.42 and 5kg $16.90.

But the limitation there is what fits in satchels, which are slightly bigger than AP's. The general slowboat service is a bit dearer than AP's

[splendid1974]

You are correct putney.

About 15 years ago Aust Post introduced this system as one of our many customers were sending 1 ton of polystyrene beans which filled a B-double to the roof (All loaded and un-loaded by hand in 1 kilo bags), an other customer sent a 1 ton lead ingot which was about half the size of wheely bin.

So the lead ingot customer were really being ripped off .

See the difference?

Aust Post brought this system in to stay inline with the competition.

My old PTC basically said if we don't stop being a charity we'll all be out the gate.

There is No Cross Subsidising with Parcels it's a Full and deregulated open an very competitive market

[appletreeaaa]

A parcel that weighs 500 grams and cost $6.60  to post is costing around  13 cents a gram to post so why is it that if the parcels weighs 503 grams  and is sent interstate , it cost almost double the price to send ?

If the postage was worked out on a rising scale , the 3 grams should only cost about 40 cents .

If I  go to a  greengrocer and ask for 500 grams of apples , he doesn't say because they weigh 503 grams , you have to pay twice the price .

In the USA , media mail for books over 500 grams cost  under $5 to be posted to anywhere in the USA ,  in Australia the price can be well over double the USA price .

The USA is a big country like Australia  , and what is a fact in Australia is that the the biggest percentage of mail in Australia travels along the east coast , mainly between Sydney and Melbourne so the prices should not be more than double the what they pay in the USA .

[appletreeaaa]

I actually made a mistake with my maths , the cost per gram is about 1.3 cents so 3 grams over 500grams should only cost about 4 cents extra with a rising scale rate as against around the $6 or more  which is charged for the extra 3 grams at present by Australia Post

[splendid1974]

A parcel that weighs 500 grams and cost $6.60  to post is costing around  13 cents a gram to post so why is it that if the parcels weighs 503 grams  and is sent interstate , it cost almost double the price to send ?

If the postage was worked out on a rising scale , the 3 grams should only cost about 40 cents .

If I  go to a  greengrocer and ask for 500 grams of apples , he doesn't say because they weigh 503 grams , you have to pay twice the price .

In the USA , media mail for books over 500 grams cost  under $5 to be posted to anywhere in the USA ,  in Australia the price can be well over double the USA price .

The USA is a big country like Australia  , and what is a fact in Australia is that the the biggest percentage of mail in Australia travels along the east coast , mainly between Sydney and Melbourne so the prices should not be more than double the what they pay in the USA .

Don't forget that the USA has over 10 times the population of Australia so their postage should be way more cheaper than us.

$5 in the USA??  should be more like say $1.50 - $2

Here in Au we get a fair deal for our density

Try getting a pallet sent over from the USA that takes 1 & a half or 1 & a quarter pallet spaces they will charge for 2

[davewil1964]

Also remember that USPS is going broke. Maybe because they charge at less than cost for postage. I'm sure it won't help us if AP go the same way.

[davewil1964]

A parcel that weighs 500 grams and cost $6.60  to post is costing around  13 cents a gram to post so why is it that if the parcels weighs 503 grams  and is sent interstate , it cost almost double the price to send ?

If it's not a fullsize HC or TPB, then I can post in a B1 box using Click and Send - roughly $2 more than a 500g C&S satchel. Not quite double the price. Maybe look at C&S or couriers. AP don't have a monopoly on parcels.

[australiapoststore]

Australia Post's pricing policy, for both domestic and international services, is based on sound business practice and in line with annual CPI increases. Unfortunately, I am unable to explain the disparity in the postage costs between Australia Post and other overseas postal administrations due to unfamiliarity with their pricing model.

Kind Regards,

Deborah L.

eBay Store Manager 
Australia Post