Thread: Australia Post

Originally Posted by grey_ghost

I don't even get postal delivery... And I live approximately 65kms from the Melbourne CBD - it's not exactly like I live hundreds of kilometres from a city.

I therefore have to pay a yearly fee to have a post office box - not because I want to but because I have no choice. I think that it's about $75 a year for a "small" post office box.

And believe me, I wish that I didn't - I have had bad experiences because companies continually sending invoices/statements/documents to my residential address despite me asking to have things delivered to my postal address.

I once had a debt collector ring me, trying to collect an un-paid bill from GP. The GP had sent an Invoice to my residential address - which never arrived.. The GP then sent reminders, final notices, etc - which also never arrived. And then they set the debt collector onto me... It was sorted out in the end (the GP admitted that I had given them my postal address). And I also thought that the GP was bulk bill - hence I wasn't expecting a bill anyway.

I am not a fan of Australia Post... I can't have mail delivered and I am 65kms from the CBD? Come on...

you should only be paying between $15 and $20 per year, when you applied for the box there was a box to tick ""beyond delivery" and this would give you the cheaper rate ask next time you go in

Originally Posted by BreakingBad

Seems Aussie Post only accepts deliveries from one courier and they refuse deliveries from all others.

Startrack?

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Chatting with friends, the topic of discussion moved to Australia Post.
The discussion moved to one of the participants recent experience. Just before christmas, Australia Post advised her they were busy and couldn't deliver a parcel to her. They advised her which post office to retrieve her parcel from. "Can I pick it up from my local PO?" she asked. "If you pay another five dollars." was the reply.
"Extortion!" I said.

Did you know, Australia Post are wanting to charge us $30 per year if we want them to deliver our post to our street addresses?

The cynical me thinks the government is trying to plump it up before privatisation.

that charge is the cost of having it sent to another p.o. the difference of distance from her local po which would have been a sub office in a newsagency or the like to a mail delivery centre would have been app 4ks at the most
the $30 fee that is talked about is just for businesses as most of their business is via email and the stuff aus post deliver to them is catalogues or junk mail and most companies toss it straight in the bin

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Originally Posted by BreakingBad

Seems Aussie Post only accepts deliveries from one courier and they refuse deliveries from all others.

Startrack?

I think it might be Australian Air Express

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Startrack?

startrack is aus post
sub offices "franchise" have deals with some companies eg dhl etc. but they get paid by that company, there is times when these companies will leave all the parcels in out lying areas at local p.o. and just deliver the cards but they are private companies not aus post

I think we must already be on that system. Our local postie drops a 'parcel to be collected' card whether someone is home or not.

I drive the 10km to the collection centre (after 4pm) to find, more often than not, an envelope sized 'parcel'...

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Yeah I read that parcels are rapidly replacing mail as AP's core business.
At our local shopping centre AP has just installed a parcel collection unit which is automated. I haven't used it yet but apparently you get sent a code, go to the box and enter the code, it opens and collect your parcel. So much for home delivery.

this service is one you subscribe to and its been around for about 2 years now, it was so designed if you work close to your local deliver centre and you don't want the parcel left at the front door all day

Originally Posted by richard4u2

that charge is the cost of having it sent to another p.o. the difference of distance from her local po which would have been a sub office in a newsagency or the like to a mail delivery centre would have been app 4ks at the most
the $30 fee that is talked about is just for businesses as most of their business is via email and the stuff aus post deliver to them is catalogues or junk mail and most companies toss it straight in the bin

No, they really are looking at an option of $30 for 5 day a week delivery, otherwise no extra charge for 3 days.

I'm interested in how many people were surveyed. I was one of them. And I was paid to do it.

I must say though that there were dozens of other options they also were getting feedback on. But the 3 day a week delivery or pay $30 a year option is the one everyone seems to have latched on to. Believe me, there were far worse things proposed.