Yes I understand that now. 
However, when ppl accept things as "this is just the way it is" doesnt make it right .. and it will never change if ppl continue to just accept it.
I read on the Aust Post forum, that was dated b4 the virus stuff, freight from perth goes via road transport as standard unless it is express? Dont know if it is true?
So I guess dont pay for express then 
ya idk, he has said he has posted it now tho. 
Aust Post is still collecting the same from what their website says .. just it seems they changed collection times. . .
""We will now bring forward all collections times for all metropolitan Australia Post products, including Express Post and Parcel Post as follows:
2pm articles ready for Australia Post red van collection
4pm for retail outlets
4pm latest collection time for our Street Post boxes
These changes will apply until further notice.""
ya I saw on the Aust Post forum tons of ppl squawking about tracking problems .. 
LoL
I guess the virus stuff will play a part, altho you could say going to the post box is exercise 
I am in no rush for anything, I was just bored and thought I would post about it (mistake! lol) but really, it is about ppl doing what is right and not taking for granted that when someone has your money they can do whatever they like.
Why do you think we have sooooooooo many regulations in society? 
ya I have been a member for a few years, but I dont buy as much from here as I used to .. thank God for PayPal! ha ha its not that bad 
I have really only had problems with private sellers with low feedback, like now .. well that is not really true .. its not a problem yet .. he could have just said that it wont be posted for 3 or 4 days .. so I know .. like a woman did a few years ago .. she messaged me telling me everything that was happening .. packet it beautifuly .. even wrapped the item in a towel!! I said to her "you didnt have to do that" she said "it was her pleasure" .. I mean OUTSTANDING! imagine living in a world like that? The world is made up of good and bad .. you just have to stay prepared for the bad
Oh, and I purchased a couple of items last week, one from private seller (going slow, virus? maybe) and one from a company (I have bought from b4) .. its same as usual b4 virus stuff .. just one day slower in actual Aust Post time 
Hi, thank you for that
I had already witten some other replies offline (he he) and posted just now .. so they might over lap with what you have said and this …
What do you mean eBay is not all about the buyer?? I dont understand that? 
ya I can understand what you say about high volume sellers and the posted button and I am certainly naive to the processes from a sellers perspective, however dont high volume sellers generally have pickups everyday .. so I am guessing an item would be picked then packed then the tracking number registered to that item then picked up that afternoon .. so it should not be a problem
Also as you say tho, there will be soul sellers trying to manage volumes that will extend their individual capabilities trying to keep costs down and not being able to afford staff and this will become problematic picking, packing and logging tracking and pickup etc
I suppose the issue is more an individual only selling a few items a week and then .. as you said .. registering a tracking number with no intention to post for a few days or more. I am happy to hear you make an effort to try and stay in communication with your customers if there are problems 
I guess it is difficult for eBay to cater for every situation .. there are things that can always be improved tho 
if they bother 
But, we must always remember .. the Seller comes FIRST!! 
ha ha ha
Umm... I think I should have pressed that quote button a couiple of times 
anyway .. TV time 
@aussietastic wrote:
What do you mean eBay is not all about the buyer?? I dont understand that?
ya I can understand what you say about high volume sellers and the posted button and I am certainly naive to the processes from a sellers perspective, however dont high volume sellers generally have pickups everyday .. so I am guessing an item would be picked then packed then the tracking number registered to that item then picked up that afternoon .. so it should not be a problem
I am just going to assume the first line is facetious (if I'm wrong, let me know and I'll clarify).
It depends on what counts as high volume - for some sellers like a sole trader, it could be 100 or 200 packages a week, for a company that has many employees, it could be 1000+. High volume actual sales-wise, or high-volume capacity to manage easily-wise would be two different things.
I typically did bi-weekly pick-ups for international mail, mostly because - while my sales were healthy - every pickup costs money (past tense because I'm disabling international shipping from tonight). That means I had to balance between keeping the mail moving at a reasonable pace, and not doubling my postage costs because I only have a few to post one day. Aus Post charges pick-up fees too, and you can't add in other, newer parcels once a booking has been made, so plenty of times I'll have an order come in where I absolutely have the time and ability to pack and have ready to send off before someone comes to collect, but the booking has already been made so I have an order than is 99% processed, ready to ship, but doesn't when all the other ones do.
I neglected to mention one other thing, and this is the main reason I mark my items as shipped before they are in the hands of Australia Post - at a certain point, an order reaches the point of "no return" (or, to be more specific, "difficult, annoying and costly to facilitate").
I've paid the eBay fees (refundable), I've paid the PayPal fees (non-refundable), and I've paid the postage costs (refundable, but can take weeks). While I know that it's uncommon, once I get to that point, I want to discourage or outright prevent messages like this...
"Since my item hasn't shipped yet, can I exchange item X for item Y, or cancel item Z, or add in items A, B &C. Actually, can I just cancel the whole order and I'll start again".
If an order is marked as shipped, the instances of those messages decrease ten-fold. Some times a sella just wants life a little easier 
(To be clear, if someone contacts me and needs an order changed or canceled and I'm in a position to do so, I will oblige - the purpose of marking as shipped and essentially indicating it's a little too late for that, is to discourage the many who send message like the above, purely on a whim).
Sorry for the mini-essays. Bit more time on my hands of late.
@digital*ghost wrote:
I am just going to assume the first line is facetious
Facetious? .. me? .. Doh! .. alright I cant lie .. I was
@digital*ghost wrote:I typically did bi-weekly pick-ups for international mail, mostly because - while my sales were healthy - every pickup costs money (past tense because I'm disabling international shipping from tonight). That means I had to balance between keeping the mail moving at a reasonable pace, and not doubling my postage costs because I only have a few to post one day. Aus Post charges pick-up fees too, and you can't add in other, newer parcels once a booking has been made, so plenty of times I'll have an order come in where I absolutely have the time and ability to pack and have ready to send off before someone comes to collect, but the booking has already been made so I have an order than is 99% processed, ready to ship, but doesn't when all the other ones do.
I neglected to mention one other thing, and this is the main reason I mark my items as shipped before they are in the hands of Australia Post - at a certain point, an order reaches the point of "no return" (or, to be more specific, "difficult, annoying and costly to facilitate").
I've paid the eBay fees (refundable), I've paid the PayPal fees (non-refundable), and I've paid the postage costs (refundable, but can take weeks). While I know that it's uncommon, once I get to that point, I want to discourage or outright prevent messages like this...
"Since my item hasn't shipped yet, can I exchange item X for item Y, or cancel item Z, or add in items A, B &C. Actually, can I just cancel the whole order and I'll start again".
If an order is marked as shipped, the instances of those messages decrease ten-fold. Some times a sella just wants life a little easier
Ay caramba! it sounds like a pain to sell stuff on eBay 
Dont take this the wrong way .. but I think if the system is setup to mark an item as posted .. when it hasnt .. just bcz a label has been printed (or actively marked) .. to avoid posible further interacion from customers .. is not good. 
It is clearly not a buyers or sellers fault .. more the hierarchy of eBay where the left hand doent know what the right hand is doing and the IT section eating too many doughnuts
I think you mentioned the lacking in some of the sellers options to set things up .. where I think having a notification generated like "your order has been processed and awaiting posting" when a label is printed (or seller activated) and not automatic marking of "posted" would be ideal, but would be problematic for a seller to go back and mark everything posted later 
I mean "My God!" we can land a man on the moon .. but we cant get this right! 
@springyzone wrote:
You ask what is the use of an item posted button?
As a buyer, I like to see this marked as it gives me some indication of where things are at. It means the seller is proceeding with things, the first steps have been taken.
Hmm.. I see it moving as someone has tapped a few keys on a computer and the item is still sitting on the shelf or in the cupboard
@springyzone wrote:
If a seller hasn't even lodged an item with Aust post and the ETA comes and goes and you have received nothing, you can open an item not received claim. Most sellers these days don't want those hassles so they post in reasonable time for their items to arrive.
What is the ETA of your item? No point worrying till that has passed and even then, wait a few days over, maybe about 5. Then open a case if it still is not there.
Omg! dont get me started on the "estimated delivery" topic .. that is in another post I did
But to answer your question, the eta when I purchaed the item was yesterday the 8th .. but in the items feedback section where it say "Did this item arrive on time?" .. it says eta is 14th
