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@chameleon54 wrote:

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OK. that was timely. I just went to the PO to do my mailing and the manager wanted a word. It turns out AP have introduced a new or completely revamped mypostbusiness service. PO managers have been off to courses in the last couple of weeks and are keen to sign people up to the new system.

 

Basically there are three tiers of customer, with the discounts of 5%, 10% and 15% on parcel postage rates, depending on how many parcels you post over time. You need to sign up for and use a mypost card for your transactions. This tracks your parcel postage levels over six week periods and asigns the discount based on this progressive six week period. I,m not sure if the discount applies to items as mailed or wether your account is credited with the discount after the 6 weeks. You can still mail parcels over the PO counter as per normal and they can print the label also as per normal.

 

The discounts also apply on top of the regular discounts for buying satchels in bulk lots of ten or one hundred, making these substantially cheaper.

 

All up it sounds interesting and as much as I hate changing anything, I might give it a try. 

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According to previous posts in this thread the MyPost card is optional... it would be great if I can begin receiving the discounts immediately (my past parcels should be recorded on my MyPost card).

If I can still mail my self-packaged parcels over the Post Office counter and get the staff to print my labels (instead of using my own printer and ink), that would be much preferred.

Like you, I don't want to change my own parcel packaging process and add extra steps or whatnot. My simple parcel process is as follows: package item with own materials, write "to" and "from" addresses by hand, fill in customs form (if international), and hand them over to the PO counter. I don't feel like opening extra online accounts, or printing extra labels, or doing other stuff to qualify for the discounts. The only added step is the QR code image to activate the discount. If Australia Post can track your parcels by using the MyPost card for the purposes of seeing if you quality for discounts, then that's a good sign.