New Postage Rates coming inot effect 4th January.....

davewil1964 · ‎12-12-2015

@davewil1964 wrote:
http://auspost.com.au/parcels-mail/pricing-updates.html

It's come back

pruetrading · ‎13-12-2015

@davewil1964 wrote:
me too.

Prue, try the AP website, post guides, pricing updates.

Thanks everyone for the Aust Post info.

I'll probably switch to using more of the B4 Registered Post prepaid envelopes so that there is a tracking number to placate eBay.

It just seems too risky to use untracked envelopes and then have the buyer innocently mark that they received it after the estimated arrival date.

thedeltons4 · ‎15-12-2015

With the introduction of the "flexible items" criteria I'm curious to see what others feel the guideline is on rigid mailers, sounds like they are a no-no but I couldn't determine much from the fill guideline (but that was reading it on my phone and a quick skim) .

I post nearly everything in a 400gms envelope or use the rigid boxes that are only 16mm thick. I'm going to be a bit stuck for customers if I have to move to parcel post rates as most items are $7-10 and the parcel charge virtually doubles it.

jfmgray · ‎15-12-2015

I must have missed the "flexible items criterai" - can you tell me where to read up on this please

thedeltons4 · ‎15-12-2015

From this page: http://auspost.com.au/parcels-mail/domestic-letters.html?ilink=mm-domestic-letters-1

To be considered a letter, your item must:

weigh less than 500g
contain flexible items**
have a rectangular shape
be no larger than a B4 envelope (260mm x 360mm x 20mm)
be no thicker than 20mm
Is your item bigger than this? We would classify this as a 'parcel'.

The ** is stated as:

** Letters should not contain stiff objects such as bottle tops, pens, items enclosed in a hard case, and so on. High-speed letter sorting equipment could damage such objects, or the objects could damage other articles.

davewil1964 · ‎15-12-2015

AP actually sell the mailers as suitable for letter post. Although that requirement has been in AP's terms for a long tiime, I've never heard of anybody having hassles with mailers.

Plus I don't think large letters go through the high speed sorters, as they don't have a set position for the postcode, like standard letters do.