IT was Kazumi that said there wasn't, not Tack-o-rama - I was simply re-assuring Tack-o-rama that GPOs still exist.

I was simply re-assuring Tack-o-rama that GPOs still exist.

Yeah I realised that after I posted lol.. Takes a while for things to register when it's late

As frustrating as 'slow' 'non' delivery is for all, I think in the grand scheme of things, considering the amount of items going through AP on a daily basis, they do pretty well.  Of course I don;t feel that way when it affects me lol

t's true that some of these delivery times aren't that bad, but it's unreasonable to accept them as good enough. USPS First Class international now has tracking/delivery confirmation & the longest I've seen a package take to be on a flight to AU is 5-7 days & usually released from customs within another week. So the bulk of delivery time is all on the Australia Post.

It's even worse now. I'm an eBay seller in America & I sell to Australia quite often. I sell an average of 400+ items a month, many are international orders & Australia is the largest portion of overseas orders. I have always had the occasional missing or retuned package (just got one back a week ago mailed in March, so it took 6 months to be returned & never delivered to the customer), but since August this year its gotten horrible. I think close to 95-100% of my Australian shipments have either gone missing or will eventually be returned (but may take half a year to get back to me?). I read on various other forums that if a person isn't home when they arrive with a package they will just return it to the post office & leave it there, no note, nothing letting the resident know they have a package waiting for them!!!

I highly urge everyone who purchases anything online to:

• First - contact their local postal carrier & tell them theyre mad as hell

• Second - contact an elected official if they have authority to investigate the issue, if not contact an AP manager or supervisor as high up the food chain to complain about this issue.

• Third - If possible or you can afford it request sellers to use UPS Global shipping or USPS Global Express Guaranteed in the USA or DHL or a similar carrier service from UK or EU. It's more expensive, but you'll get your package & it will guarnteed to be faster than standard First Class. These companies handle your package from the seller to your door 100% & usually have their own customs processing. Average base price for independent carriers is around $70-100, but if you have something you really need its better than having a package take 6 weeks or never arrive at all!

SPREAD THE WORD! AND SAVE INTERNATIONAL SALES!!!

Ebay Seller,

TEAKTWENTYTHREE

It is already a problem for sellers in australia. There are quite a few threads on Australia Posts lack of service. A letter I sent from nsw to nsw took 12 days. Australia post may be struggling to keep up but they only made a profit last year of 281 million they can't afford to put more staff on to handle the influx of parcels. Closer to christmas is goingto be a nightmare with "where's my parcel" enquiries.

I have found that a lot more parcels are being randomly checked at customs which can also add on a week for overseas parcels.