Good to see my original post is still kicking along ! One of the main culprits in this SCAM is in fact Australia Post who now sell their re-fullfilment services through their StarTrek Express division who have a big warehouse in Chullora NSW.
The Chinese sellers use the Australia Post eParcel portal (in China) to create the label for the goods and stick them on your package before it leaves China. All the parcels are consolidated and sent to Australia using Star Trek Express. The consignment arrives in Sydney and Star Trek drops the box contents at the Chullora Mail Centre located on the same site, 10-14 days after you placed your order.
The eParcel runs standard postage, so expect another 5-14 days to arrive at your letterbox.
Since China insisted all parcels go through X-RAY before going onto a plane, the delays began, so now it's quicker to throw all the small parcels into one big box and use consolidated airfreight to get international parcels delivered in a 'timely' manner.
Have you seen how many sellers are based in DARWIN and BROOME these days ??? The north end economy must be booming !
