on 07-05-2014 08:59 AM
"Welfare and business groups say any move by Australia Post to charge a fee for mail delivery would disadvantage low-income earners and regional areas."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-21/australia-post-survey-sparks-concern/5211092
07-05-2014 11:39 AM - edited 07-05-2014 11:41 AM
on 07-05-2014 11:42 AM
whoopty re. profits -vs- losses.....Aus Post provide the mail service because the public want it. Short and simple economics.
on 07-05-2014 11:48 AM
on 07-05-2014 11:59 AM
@am*3 wrote:
In general, knows more than the CEO about the sustainability of parcel post profits being used to cover letter post huge losses.. considering the future now.
He ought also know that Australia Post is a community service as well as a government business then. Profit is not the only factor to consider in their decision making process.
on 07-05-2014 12:03 PM
Most bills arrive anywhere from 2-6 weeks prior to the payment date, what real difference will it make to anyone if it arrives on a Wednesday instead of a Tuesday?
I dont think the idea is to force people into receiving their bills by email (the companies do that by charging for paper), but electronic delivery is clearly why there is less latters being sent.
on 07-05-2014 12:05 PM
*whoopty re. stats and percentages......as freaks says, it's about providing a community service...
for people who WANT IT AND PAY FOR IT
and no-one is forcing anyone to use the service if they chooose not to use it just like I don't berate everyone about driving their cars around instead of catching a bus somewhere.
on 07-05-2014 12:06 PM
am*3, are you a shareholder of Australia Post?
You are lucky you are young and prosperous enough to be able to afford and learn all the new technology.
I live in a Retirement Village that has 28 Units and 38 residents in their Lodge. Out of all those people only I and my OH have computers, but no Iphones or fancy pads. Every day I see some neighbours walking to the Mailbox on the Street corner, to post cards and letters. Most days the postie stops at almost every Unit to place mail into the boxes. Is it fair to expect people in their 80s and 90s to start learning again? It is easier for them to take pen to paper than grappling with modern technology.
Nevertheless, greed for profit will always outdo common sense and compassion.
Erica
on 07-05-2014 12:10 PM
i don't even check my letter box every day
and it is letterbox.........not mail box.......when did we become american?
also postman not mail man
on 07-05-2014 12:11 PM
Lind, my mother-in-law who is in her eighties has just returned from a holiday in the UK. While she was there she sent me two lovely postcards. I thought postcards were just about a thing of the past and I loved getting them! It will be so sad when everything is electronic.
on 07-05-2014 12:13 PM
Mr Grizz, where you receive letters is a letter box. Where you post letters is a mailbox.