Australia Post's bullshit "investigation" with stolen parcels.
http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=37347
They lost/stole $120 worth of my tobacco in the lead up to xmas.
Apparently I signed for it, even though I was in a meeting about 100km away at the time that the tracking says it was signed for.
They launched an investigation, but the postie is adamant that he delivered it to the right address. Strange thing is that the tracking history says "carded", and then a minute later there is an event to say it was signed for.
Who knows what happened, but it's made me feel a lot less secure about buying things online. Sometimes I spend several hundred dollars online in one purchase, and if even registered post is no guarantee that I'll actually receive it, then I'm going to feel very anxious about these larger purchases.
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As someone who's just left Australia Post in the past few days I can tell you they are beyond shit. They take absolutely no care for anything they are dealing with at any stage in the process so your best off going overboard with packaging and trying to make it waterproof/resistant in some way.
You'd be surprised to know that holding yard in the parcel sorting center in Western Sydney is not under cover and so if it rains the night your parcels are there your pretty well fucked.
That and the contractors/posties will actually tell you that even if your parcel is covered in fragile/glass/breakable stickers etc they've been instructed to ignore them and they do a good job of it.
Plus even if you do get insurance on your registered items Australia Post will generally not refund you as they'd state your packaging was insufficient.
Moral of the story, take ZERO chances with Australia Post and package the shit out of whatever your sending even if you'd think its not 'breakable'
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They're not the most gentle with their work,, or even discreet with items. I'm glad I don't work there anymore. Things do get tossed around, some things that "happen to already be open" get a peek inside even! Either way,, I'd be bubble wrapping everything that has a chance of being damaged,, writing fragile or this way up can be ignored.
You'd be surprised to know that holding yard in the parcel sorting center in Western Sydney is not under cover and so if it rains the night your parcels are there your pretty well fucked.
That and the contractors/posties will actually tell you that even if your parcel is covered in fragile/glass/breakable stickers etc they've been instructed to ignore them and they do a good job of it.
Plus even if you do get insurance on your registered items Australia Post will generally not refund you as they'd state your packaging was insufficient.
Moral of the story, take ZERO chances with Australia Post and package the shit out of whatever your sending even if you'd think its not 'breakable'
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They're not the most gentle with their work,, or even discreet with items. I'm glad I don't work there anymore. Things do get tossed around, some things that "happen to already be open" get a peek inside even! Either way,, I'd be bubble wrapping everything that has a chance of being damaged,, writing fragile or this way up can be ignored.
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