Australia Post Delivers to Wrong Address

[clarry100]

This could have resulted in a lost postal item but due to the honesty of a good person did not.

We sent out a $12 item by regular mail (untracked) just before easter.

Today we received an email from a person to say she had received a package for a person who does not reside at her address.

The address we mailed to was U6 / 53-55 "A" Street, Hunters Hill

The recipient said she lives at U6 / 53-55 "B" Street, Hunters Hill.

Same Unit/Street number wrong street name.

Quick look on Google maps showed the two near identical addresses only about 150-metres apart.

I contacted the buyer about it who had not yet contacted us about a missing item.

She was very friendly about it and since it was not far away said she would be happy to go and retrieve it.

The recipient said its OK she will take a walk around and hand deliver it in person.

Fortunately I had a contact info (advertising) sheet included inside the envelope. The recipient had opened it up and found this so that is how she was able to make contact with us by email.

How good are some people hey?

I thanked her profusely and offered her to take a look on our web site and choose a free item for her honesty and efforts.

Just shows how closely AP posties read the address labels. Near enuff is good enuff.

Good outcome in the end. But could just as easily have turned out very badly.

[crazyplacecostumes]

We have found e-go and Hunter's one of the least reliable couriers we have used. City or elsewhere. 

[i-love-my-sheep]

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@crazyplacecostumes wrote:

We have found e-go and Hunter's one of the least reliable couriers we have used. City or elsewhere. 

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Good onya Crazy, that's going to set the thread on fire now!!! 😄 😄 😄

[joethenuts]

try the herald sun     and whats this post about

[i-love-my-sheep]

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@joethenuts wrote:

try the herald sun     and whats this post about

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Ummm, I do read the Herald Sun, and the Courier Mail, and the Daily Telegraph, and the Advertiser and news.com.au (which you probably don't know is the parent company of all those papers). I also read the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian. Want me to go on?

[joethenuts]

then dont use them I have 150 out of 150  why would i change for the few i have , there are plenty of couriers out there and theres AP but dont complain when you get defects either do something about it or except your defects , have a look at aq lot of these posts lost goods taking 9 days , its yup to you what you use . but when i purchase anything from ebay i get my courier to pick up for me or i pick up the goods , thats up to me

[crazyplacecostumes]

@i-love-my-sheep wrote:

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@crazyplacecostumes wrote:

We have found e-go and Hunter's one of the least reliable couriers we have used. City or elsewhere. 

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Good onya Crazy, that's going to set the thread on fire now!!! 😄 😄 😄

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Sorry it's true. We've tried a few different ones and e-go is  . . .umm . . .a painfully unreliable system and Hunters? Pfft. Does anyone else not remember the great Target Christmas Toy Sale Delivery Debacle (that's probably spelt wrong but I couldn't give a toss)? 

Too many lost, late, damaged, untrackable items for us. Too many 'cards left' that weren't, plus they have a tendency to use flat bed trucks instead of Pantechs which means a higher rate of damage by water / rain. 

ETA - Don't worry Jo, ego and Hunters get none of our work or money. If you're happy then keep at it, and I'll stick to using eparcel + DHL + the courier who's State Manager comes to work with us once every few months because it's "fun" lol

[i-love-my-sheep]

What part of couriers-are-no-good-for-people-who-don't-live-in the-city do you not get? You really don't read anything apart from your own illegible drivel, do you? I'd get more sense out of a telegraph pole. SMHRFHTSHHRFH

[crazyplacecostumes]

Or a Macadamia nut 

[joethenuts]

well i am sure this post was not about your postie  ,this one got the street wrong    what a joke

[joethenuts]

yes our taxes working well with AP how much did the letter service loose last year and whats there boss on how many millions   what a joke .