Yes, I am also suggesting contractors do their job too, which includes delivering items as opposed to driving around handing out those oh-so-beautiful "Sorry We Missed You" cards because it takes 10 seconds less to deliver than having to go through everything in the back of the van.
Parcels (and registered letters) should be scanned at the post office, then at the mail sorting centre (if applicable), then at the buyer's post office (if applicable) or wherever, and once again at the letterbox or front door or PO box where the parcel is dropped off.
I have to scan on and off every time I enter and exit a train station as well as on buses and trams. Or, "touch on" and "touch off" as is said in Melbourne (technically you don't have to touch off if the trip was entirely in Zone 1 though).
If the mail really does go directly from the post office to the buyer's address without stopping, fair enough. It shouldn't say "in transit" three weeks later like one of my buyer's items did (R342780022845329). Or simply saying "Received by Australia Post" at the initial PO with no other message, which has also happened before.
