Thank you Australia Post

[amber-eyed-girl]

Missed an eBay delivery yesterday. Big box. Thought darn...how am I going to get that home when I pick it up.

This morning, the AP courier redelivered it with a couple of small things he had for today's delivery.

so

a very big thank you for AP...and your very nice delivery staff 🙂

[amber-eyed-girl]

Way to turn a neg into a positive 🙂

parcels are like presents even when I know what should be in them

[k0llectable5]

Yeah parcels are like presents 🙂 One of the local drivers around here is excellent, he has ran accross the road to give me parcels as I'm driving out my driveway, he has seen me leaving a few times and raced my parcels over.  Really appreciate that kind of service.  

[lurker172602]

He's just called again, this time with some new clothes for me.  Now I really like him 

[julie-in-oz2]

What great service. We need more drivers like yours out there.

[amber-eyed-girl]

Yes. Nice to see he's not the only great one out there 🙂

[lind9650]

Don't thank Australia Post, thank the Parcel delivery man. 95% of Parcel Delivery is done by private contractors. Some of them, especially in rural areas have long trips to make with deliveries and hardly earn enough to justify the long trip.

Australia Post is not very generous with paying contractos a set wage. To get a contract one has to submit a quote of how much the applicant would expect to do the deliveries for. Be assured that AP will not give the contract to the highest bidder.

So if a contractor underestimated the cost of petrol, vehicle maintenance and time and distance for deliveries, he is bound to a contract he has to fulfill regardless of income loss.

If you have a great delivery man (or woman) thank them personlly to let them know that what they are doing is very much recognised and appreciated.

Erica

[hiho2000]

It's in their best interest to get the parcel delivered.  Takes more work having to lug all undelivered parcels into the local post office.

[lurker172602]

Speaking of postal services.  

My mum tried to post a beaded necklace to me from NZ but was stopped and told jewellery can no longer be send via NZPost, it has to be couriered.  She just relabelled the parcel buttons (it was essentially threaded buttons) and that was fine. Apparently new rules came in over there just before Christmas.

Has anyone heard of this before and do we have the same rules here with AusPost?

[lloydslights]

https://www.nzpost.co.nz/personal/sending-within-nz/prohibited-restricted-items

EDIT:  Columns to the right>>>>>>>>>>>POST  l  COURIER  l COURIER WITH SIGNATURE   l

nternational Services - Conditions of carriage for Restricted items Item International Air International Courier International Express Courier Item contents valued at: Letters (inc. postcards and aerogrammes) All purchasers: up to NZ$250 may be sent Parcels Consumer: up to NZ$2000 can be sent Business with New Zealand Post Account: up to NZ$250 may be sent. If, over NZ$250 but less than NZ$2,000, it may only be sent if Additional Compensation Cover is purchased Business without New Zealand Post Account (or with one but not using a business consignment note): up to NZ$250 may be sent Air Registered All purchaser types: up to NZ$250 may be sent. Consumer: up to NZ$5000 can be sent Business with New Zealand Post Account: up to NZ$2,000 may be sent. If, over NZ$2,000 but less than NZ$5,000, it may only be sent if Additional Compensation Cover is purchased Business without New Zealand Post Account (or with one but not using a business consignment note): up to NZ$2,000 may be sent. Consumer: up to NZ$10,000 can be sent Business with New Zealand Post Account: up to NZ$2,000 may be sent. If, over NZ$2,000 but less than NZ$50,000, it may only be sent if Additional Compensation Cover is purchased Business without New Zealand Post Account (or with one but not using a business consignment note): up to NZ$2,000 may be sent Stamps (unused) Prohibited item Can be sent (subject to the rules regarding content value above) Can be sent (subject to the rules regarding content value above) Jewellery, watches, precious metals or stones valued under NZ$250	Prohibited item	Can be sent	Can be sent
Jewellery, watches, precious metals or stones valued over NZ$250	Prohibited item	Can be sent (subject to the rules regarding content value above)	Can be sent (subject to the rules regarding content value above)
Any collectible (other than coins) or antique or any painting, sculpture or other work of art valued under NZ$2,000	Prohibited item	Can be sent (subject to the rules regarding content value above)	Can be sent (subject to the rules regarding content value above)
Any collectible (other than coins) or antique or any painting, sculpture or other work of art valued over NZ$2,000	Prohibited item	Can be sent (subject to the rules regarding content value above)	Can be sent (subject to the rules regarding content value above)

[lurker172602]

Thanks deb.  I think that means that her post office interpreted her saying it was a necklace as meaning "jewellery", and therefore of intrinsic value?  Seems a bit of overkill.

Is it the same here?