After reading the last 2 posts, It appears to me purplemon18 and digital*ghost speak with such authority and conviction here that you would think my original post stands for nothing, an effect which also conveys the possibility that they must be working for eBay to diminish posts like mine shedding a poor light on eBay's operations by directly using all forms of counter argument. Quite reprehensible really if that is the case, when there is more than enough provided to boost support for ensuring eBay and Australia Post do the right thing rather than seeking to have them continue doing the wrong thing.
Let's go through the counter arguments from the start. I shouldn't have to because anyone with common sense who sells on eBay surely would want this sort of thing properly investigated to check whether Australia Post and eBay are in fact NOT diminishing their responsibilities.
purplemon18 states that this is "nothing new", like saying, 'Ho-hum, nothing new to see here...move on'. And then has the audacity to pick on me for mentioning the name Amazon as if she knows everything about Amazon but instead of being supportive with her knowledge, she puts me down. From what I believe, Amazon has extremely high standards and people pay an annual fee to receive very high standards. To say, "It's the reason why most deliveries are left "in a safe place" these days if they do not require a signature." can be discounted because I have example(s) of documented proof that not only refutes your statement but proves the actual point I'm seeking to make here, and that is, Australia Post appears to be implementing tactics to minimise their delivery responsibilities, whether they be signed for articles or non-signature required.
digital*ghost goes further. Picky , picky, picky to the point of trying to find any little way to diminish my argument.
When anyone sees free delivery, or they pay for delivery, what does the average person believe they are getting? Do you honestly believe that people think in their head that they will have to do part of the delivery? Not me. If Australia Post fail to deliver, for what ever reason, they have several options and there is always another day. I remember days when Australia Post once advertised the lengths they go to ensure delivery. However, there is no race to the bottom option to abdicate responsibilities by default, a service in which we pay for, even if it is secretly absorbed into the sale price, thus making the sale price not the real cost of the goods alone (pity the buyers who automatically pay the hidden Paypal and delivery costs when they actually use a no-fee payment service and pick up the item). I also should add, if buyers start to believe there is a delivery abdication happening, they will refuse to be a part of the delivery process and simply let it sit there, until it goes back to the seller and then the seller has to send it again. I've had to resend due to that and boy, oh boy, it hasn't happened again I can assure you. Do you want to risk your reputation and feedback due to this? Do you want to risk your products showing at lower ranked levels in search results for having a bad reputation with delivery and turn-around times? Do you honestly believe that in this new age world of Uber Eats for example, if you expect delivery of your food, if it isn't hot food, they leave a card telling you to pick it up? I'm here to safeguard my on-going reputation and high level of quality service I provide and expect from others, including eBay and Australia Post.
If long time uses of eBay, and long time attendees to these forums continue to act in the way of purplemon18 and digital*ghost, you're all going to get cold food when you realize you've been screwed over by a fake form of delivery. Do you all want that? I don't, hence my post.
Australian laws include the Consumer Act which specifically covers misleading and deceptive conduct. Businesses can get themselves in a whole world of pain when they act in ways which mislead or deceive. It only takes one buyer, one consumer, to believe they have been misled or deceived and they have a case.
I can go into every other point made by digital*ghost but I think I've made my point already. Only this morning I have more evidence which totally supports my argument concerning another parcel. To add to the mix, I also have evidence which points to the fact that Australia Post is also enabling the employment of delivery personnel who are not Australian citizens at the direct expense of long-term Australian jobs. I also have evidence that parcels are coming in direct from places overseas when you think the seller is in Australia and the item is located in Australia. This adds further complexity to the mix when in fact those articles are not paying the very minimum real Australian based businesses, sending real Australian located goods, sent from one Australian location to another Australian location can not be delivered for under $7.12 as a bare minimum for less than 500g actual or deemed weight, yet you can buy things on eBay from so called Australian sellers offering Australian located goods, weighing in excess of 500g but costing way under the minimum Australian based delivery cost. Go figure.
Sometimes you have to stand up and expect better from those who have far more power and influence to do the right thing than we do as smaller individuals. This thread has to be seen as a start, particularly if there have been other threads here and we're still dealing with shoddy and/or very unfair/uncompetitve situatuions and outcomes. Thank you to those who read this and are supportive.
). If it happens all the time, then of course a complaint is in order, but if it's here and there while I get the "dang it, that's annoying" reaction, I don't really get the "this is unacceptable and not what I paid for" reaction I see sometimes. 
