Little Aus Post rant

I got an order in Saturday evening and it was to a parcel locker in a location pretty near to me so rather than doing my morning post at my local post office I jumped on a bus and went to the PO where the parcel locker is. I asked if it would be put in the locker which was about 15 feet away from where was was and they said no it would have to go to the sorting office first. So rather than the buyer being able to collect the item they bought today they will at best get it tomorrow. if it does not get heldup in underwood for days which happens to often.

 

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@englishrosegardens wrote:

Some of their tracking is delayed, but even if it isn't THIS delayed, maybe it wasn't scanned at the next stop and is actually in transit.

 

The person who gave you the advice may have got it wrong.  Maybe they only work on the counter and have no idea what happens out the back.  AP staff would be no different to forum dwellers - some give wrong advice on subjects they know nothing about and then insist they're right.  Smiley Frustrated 

 

That PO may well keep local mail aside and not send it to the sorting centre at all.  Sending everything to the sorting centre would be like my local PO sending mail for local delivery on a 2-hour trip to Geelong to be sorted, only to have it come back the next day - which definitely doesn't happen.  They told me a few years ago that any mail for the next towns south or west get kept in a different bag to be put on the morning truck, but everything else heads to Geelong on the night truck.  Parts of that may have changed last year because the morning and night trucks now come from the same direction, but the fact is that they do sort a lot of mail before it gets to the main sorting centre.  I do acknowledge the fact that their 'improvements' mean they're less efficient than they used to be.  Perhaps that's why they wanted a price rise - so they could afford to be less efficient.


No I just checked and it has just got to Underwood ๐Ÿ™‚ 

 

Estimated delivery by Wed 6 Apr *

In transit

StatusProcessed at sortation facility

 

Time & date02:41pm Tue 05 Apr
LocationUnderwood QLD
StatusLodged by customer

 

Time & date02:00pm Mon 04 Apr
LocationBooval QLD
StatusManifest received

 

Time & date01:01pm Mon 04 Apr

So 24 hours it went from about 15 feet away to 44k away now I can only hope it comes back in the morning to being 15 feet away so they can then walk out and put it in the parcel locker. Fibger crossed it ends up on the right van. Fnny thing is wi checked my mail box today I had an Aus Post ad for Mothers day
 
You love your mum We love to deliver to your mum' Better send it nice and early or just call it a Christmas pressie and it may be early
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don't ya just hate all those 'forum dwellers' who are not perfect? should be banned or at least restricted in trying to help with whatever good intentions hey.

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I have a problem with the ones who have never bothered to read the rules but are happy to argue with those who have, and they don't care how much money or angst or time they cost those who heed their incorrect advice! Other than this, it wouldn't bother me at all.

 

I assume you're okay with people who give you wrong advice and then cost you a small fortune.  Smiley Frustrated

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i must be blessed as ive never been given intensionally wrong advice thats cost me a small fortune. all advice i think has been what the poster thought was helpful.

what i objected to was in your reply you need to cast doubt on ever other posters advice as if only you can be trusted to know the answer.

can you at least point out the obviously bad advice in this thread as ive missed it. i'll admit i'm not very bright.

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@davidc4430 wrote:

i must be blessed as ive never been given intensionally wrong advice thats cost me a small fortune. all advice i think has been what the poster thought was helpful.

what i objected to was in your reply you need to cast doubt on ever other posters advice as if only you can be trusted to know the answer.

can you at least point out the obviously bad advice in this thread as ive missed it. i'll admit i'm not very bright.


The way I read it was it was not aimed at the thread as such but aimed at the forum in general. There has not really been any advice in the thread it is a rant about auspost thread

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