on 07-05-2015 11:35 PM
Received an email today telling me to expect delivery of an item I purchased from Melbourne last Monday so I intentionally stayed in during the afternoon, which is when the courier usually delivers parcels. Come nightfall there's still been no delivery so I checked the mailbox to see if it had been carded by the postie instead, who delivers well before midday (even though I was home anyway), but there's no card either.
So I log on to AP to check the tracking disposition and what I see is posted below. According to somebody, delivery was attempted at 14:42 yet that's a blatant lie as I was watching TV at the time and both the driveway and mailbox are in clear view while I'm doing so. I'm assuming that my item is now at my local LPO and it's a good thing they know me well because I don't have a card to present when I go there in the morning to collect my item.
There's no point complaining to them as it's not their fault, and they're really nice people anyway, but I'm still pretty savage, not so much about having to wait an extra day for my item, but the fact that they told me a bald-faced lie. I'll be waiting for the postie in the morning and asking if she had any parcels for me, although I suspect it was the contractor running late and he didn't even bother stopping at my place. Had he done so, he would have at least left a card if I'd not been there, but I was, and I know for an absolute fact that he never even made an attempt.
I've already sent a written complaint to AP and it will be interesting to see what they have to say about their appalling service, especially the fact that the driver had no problem lying on his run sheet. Really makes me want to trust him in the future. Not.
on 15-05-2015 02:46 PM
@closetvibes wrote:its actually a simple concept if you deliver parcels for Australia post - when the contractor attempts to make a delivery and fails he/she is then required to return the package to the closet post office but here is the fun part , they get paid to deliver to you ( failed delivery is still counted as a delivery ) AND they get paid for delivering it to the post office ,,, the delivery person gets paid 2 times for not doing his/her job - here i would get 1 out of 20 actually delivered to my door - if you complain all you are told is " they are contractors and nothing to do with Australia post " , apparently there is no " minimum performance level " in their contracts
And your evidence for this information is????????
on 15-05-2015 03:28 PM
so let me get this right , you are saying that a ap contractor can go to the pub for an hour then instead of delivering lets say 10 parcels they can just drop them off to a post office and get paid twice,wow im in the wrong business lol
on 15-05-2015 05:51 PM
No Joe, they cannot do that, which is why I have asked closetvibes where his information has come from.
on 15-05-2015 06:05 PM
They won't be back, lyndal cos it's.......................................
on 15-05-2015 07:33 PM
I know it is Stawka, which is why I challenged the information.
on 17-05-2024 02:47 PM
I have had the same issue many times it appears the gate is a scary option to open. No dogs. not locked just plain useless
on 17-05-2024 02:54 PM
That is pretty rare to have a good delivery experience. why do I pay for home delivery when they mostly do not try to deliver because the personal access gate is shut even when I am at home? I then have to drive to the post office the following day, (no sooner as it is not allowed) spend more money on the cheap Albanese fuel, waste more time and miss deadlines because the delivery date is so late it is useless.
It is little wonder Australia post is struggling to stay in business as customers do not matter, because the business is always right not the customer.
on 17-05-2024 03:00 PM
Hi everyone,
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Thank you for understanding.