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Its a silly idea, sometimes takes Aus post to deliver registered insured tracked parcels

4 days from Wollongong to places in Sydney, I can drive the delivery in 2 hours easy.

Does the guarantee consider attempted deliveries, or waiting for pick ups etc...

Also depends on time of day parcel is innitially sent. If after 2pm it just sits there

until the bnext day before being collected and moved on to the sorting centre.

Plus who wants used items or damaged packaging(opend ripped) etc sent back for full refunds,

then what are you meant to do with the unsellable items....

Then theres this,

I buy a fair bit on ebay and have noticed,

the buying experience is sort of ruined by their

silly ebay plus, n guaranteed delivery additions.

Normal delivery times have vanished.

The sort order doesnt seem to work either

so locked on best match which I never use.

oh well.

Now to see what as a buyer my own products look like.

Three day delivery will only apply to a limited area.....it is not 3 day delivery to anywhere in Australia.

Sellers will only offer it to  areas where they have reliable delivery methods such asa good courier service.

it seems an idea that can only bring trouble to a seller as once the items handed to a delivery service its no longer in the sellers control for how long it takes to arrive.

the delivery company has no responsibility to get the thing delivered in 3 days.

i have a much better idea, how about ebay do a deal with Piney Blows to deliver an item within 2 weeks from anywhere in the world?

thats from the day the item is paid for!

We’ve been watching mail pretty closely lately. The standard seems to be about 4 days, some 3’s and some 5’s, and of course the odd blowouts, but never consistent 3’s. Generally, I think AP do a pretty good job. I’ve spoken with our local PO about this three day guarantee and there are so many variables; what time of day the item is lodged, how many collections per day a particulat PO is registered for, because not all have two or three, technology, machinery and staffing issues at distribution centres, and unforeseen overloads. And, that’s just for starters and at the receiving end only.

With respect to intra city we’re in the same boat as Transport-posters. It’s a mystery. To be fair it’s not all the time, but 4-5 days is prevalent enough to be a concern.

I know the guaranteed three days is within certain parameters, but even so I think it’s an opt in to guaranteed strife and more work somewhere along the way and confrontation with some customers, especially those who don’t read he fine print, and that’s the last thing we need.

Under promising and then exceeding customer expectations still seems to be the safest route for us. Opting in we won’t be.

Melina.

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@davidc4430 wrote:

i have a much better idea, how about ebay do a deal with Piney Blows to deliver an item within 2 weeks from anywhere in the world?

thats from the day the item is paid for!

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