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The bait and switch games for a bullshit service. Great Article. Helpful comments. http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/computers/gadgets-on-the-go/australia-post-spruiks-mypost-digital-mailbox-as-it-pushes-for-1-postage-20150831-gjbhut.html Adam Turner August 31 2015 Buy anything at the post office and they'll ask for your email address as Australia Post struggles to make the shift to digital. There's a disturbing trend among retailers to ask for more personal information than they really need when you're buying something over the counter, hoping to grab your phone number and email address to add to their marketing database. Even Australia Post is in on the act, seemingly asking every customer for their email address even if you've just popped in to buy a few stamps. If you politely ask why the post office needs your email address for such a simple transaction, you're cheerfully told it's just so they can email you a receipt for the purchase – even though...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-07/australia-post-delivery-contractors-underpaying-workers:-union/6602492 7.30 By Madeleine Morris Posted 7 Jul 2015, 11:02pm Some Australia Post contractors in Victoria are underpaying post and parcel delivery drivers, not paying superannuation and employing foreign students in contravention of visa restrictions, the posties' union claims. "The failure to pay awards wages and superannuation and workers' compensation is very widespread, and it's becoming increasingly so as overseas student labour is used more," CEPU Victorian branch secretary Joan Doyle told the ABC's 7.30 program. Two former parcel drivers for Melbourne-based contractor Harmony Xova lodged a claim in the Federal Court for superannuation and additional wages they believed they were owed. Aman and Bajinder, who asked only to be referred to by their first names, worked for Harmony Xova for nearly six months and for three years respectively. The men claimed they...

http://postandparcel.info/75782/news/upu-member-countries-adopt-new-terminal-dues-system/ Tuesday, October 4th, 2016   Member countries of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) have agreed to adopt a new terminal dues system, following discussions at the UPU Congress currently taking place in Istanbul. The terminal dues system (which was established by the UPU’s 1969 Tokyo Congress) compensates destination countries for the cost of handling, transporting and delivering letter-post items across borders. In a statement issued on Thursday (29 September), the UPU said: “Starting in 2018 bulky letters and small packets, classified as E-format, will be compensated differently from other letter-post formats. “With increased volume of small packets being exchanged through the letter-post networks due to e-commerce, UPU member countries have been seeking a new rate structure of compensation for handling of higher volumes of heavier items.” Member countries v...

August 2nd, 2016, 12:00AM Written by Brenda Collins, Ferndale http://www.communitynews.com.au/canning-times/opinion/australia-post-spoils-the-party/ IN response to the recent letter headlined “Post cards early”, it would have been enlightening if the Post Office had announced that all mail now goes through Sydney. I suspected this when a present for our twins’ 21st birthday did not arrive. We are a small family so this was a big disappointment to them and my daughter-in-law who goes to so much trouble. Her response was “It’s so frustrating when items don’t arrive on time!” as she lamented the spoiled event. Indeed, with daily services also cut, we now need to face possible embarrassment when being presumptuous and alerting overseas contacts to post our mail early. BRENDA COLLINS, Ferndale.

This is another example what a dick head Fahour is... Mmmm K. The story is that "local mail" is no longer sorted at the local post office. Nope. it's sent away, some times hundreds of K's away, or more, for sorting at a sorting facility and then it's sent back. So instead of the "local mail" coming in one day, and being sent out the next, this idiotic process adds days to weeks, to the delivery times..... Mmmm paying more, not for faster, better delivery services, like next day delivery - nope - it's coming back in 6 - 10 days, for delivery 5 streets away from the post office.. etc. In short, the management of Australia Post are a bunch of gross incompetents, the mail is taking longer and longer than ever to be delivered, and the people of Australia are fucking sick of this seriously bullshit standard of mail service. Yes the bored of directors, this self serving bunch of pricks, all gave him (and himself) a $2.8 million bonus - and the snouts in the...

You see, overly large heads are made for awesome people with stellar intellect and extra awesome ego's. And Fahours head is a particularly fine, huge, mellon sized specimen. And despite your parcel not ever being delivered, it's not because he is an idiot, it's because his mind is too highly trained.

Dealer in SA. Officeworks nearby. Buyer in Vic. Officeworks nearby. Hand delivery to all and sundry! http://www.officeworks.com.au/mailman With Mailman Parcel Delivery by Officeworks, you can send parcels for less Mailman is a parcel delivery service with Australia’s lowest national flat rate prices, with no hidden fees or surcharges. We deliver from our store to any residential or business address in Australia (excluding PO Boxes, Postal Lockers and remote islands). With free signature on delivery, track and trace, optional parcel protection and the convenience to print your own labels from home or office, with Mailman you can send parcels for less. http://www.officeworks.com.au/mailman/mailman-selector Meanwhile back at the ranch , Fahour and team fuckwit are soon to commence trialling delivery by ox cart. Fat Head said, "They don't fall on you and kill you like drones do, and each unit we can use less uneducated, illiterate, under paid, slaves only requires 1 wo...

So many people who have lived in many parts of Australia, say the same thing. That being carded instead of your package delivered, is a national problem. And they ask, "Is this a deliberate decision to shift the costs of delivery, onto the customer, instead of delivering the packages?" This person sums it up nicely. www.productreview.com.au/p/australia-post.html Aaron Melbourne     3 reviews     3 answers They do not meet the consumer guarantee, and are breaking the law. 1 out of 5 stars, reviewed on Oct 25, 2016 I think there is something very wrong in this country when a major company can completely flaunt the Consumer Guarantee set out in law by the ACCC, and no department of government bothers to listen to you or enforce it. https://www.accc.gov.au/consumers/consumer-rights-guarantees/consumer-guarantees There Product is not fit for purpose, they advertise parcel delivery to your house, but do not fulfill it. It is very simple, a 3rd party engage with A...

From the Facebook Fan Club: This is all in one thread. Soon Leftover Tea-oh Fantastic service from AusPost again! Not even an attempted delivery and no collection notice left. I'm sure if you showed the seconds, the driver would've been breaking the speed limit to get it from my house to the post office. Whoever is in charge of deliveries should be fired for allowing this to happen regularly. EA237050093CN Awaiting Collection at HEIDELBERG WEST POST SHOP 8:31am Thu 20 Oct Heidelberg West, VIC In transit 8:31am Thu 20 Oct Heidelberg West, VIC Attempted delivery - redirected to Post Office 8:31am Thu 20 Oct Heidelberg West, VIC With Australia Post for delivery today 5:53am Thu 20 Oct Thomastown, VIC At least the people at the post office were nice and didn't require the collection note that I didn't receive. Australia Post Hi there, The scans really do seem to show that the driver took the parcel straight to the post office. We can look into this, if you'd like to fil...

PIAA grills Aus Post CEO 24 Oct 2016  |  April Glover   |   Comment now   Australia Post chief executive Ahmed Fahour fronted Federal parliament in a Senate Estimates meeting, grilled with questions about business mail costs devised by the PIAA. During the meeting Fahour told Senator David Leyonhjelm the industry should be prepared the increased business mail prices, and frankly spoke about the mail giant’s lack of responsibility for price hikes. According to Fahour, Australia Post continues to lose money because of business mail, therefore group will persist with its pattern of letter price rises. When asked about the accelerating prices of ordinary mail versus business mail, Fahour responded he did not have the ‘exact mathematics’. “There is no question that we have been trying to reduce the losses, as we h...

Tell them to call the customer service number - an hour and a half on half on hold should improve the mood.... For the first 15 calls... This is fucking hilarious actually. An unstoppable investigation meets a completely immobile level of customer service. Universe, meet black hole. https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/32939549/red-faces-as-cops-search-for-bomb-suit-lost-in-post/#page1 Red faces as cops search for bomb suit lost in the mail  Australian Federal Police are desperately searching for a missing bomb suit believed to have been “lost in the mail” somewhere between Perth and the Eastern States. The bulky suit and its matching helmet — both decommissioned because of their age — were shipped to Canberra early last month via Australia Post’s StarTrack courier service in two separate packages. But the alarm was raised after only the package containing the helmet arrived at its destination. Australia Post and the AFP have since conducted extensive searches at parcel sor...

To be fair, what Fahour has said, about some people over 50, in Australia Post, coasting along until they keel over or get kicked out, is true. But what the fuck - "Lets all jump into the fraccus, too, to create a big row based upon what we created, and not what the actual issue is..." LOL http://www.proprint.com.au/News/390650,aus-post-hits-back-at-discrimination-claims.aspx Aus Post hits back at discrimination claims 19 Oct 2016  |  April Glover   |   4 Comments Australia Post has defended reports its CEO Ahmed Fahour ‘complained’ about his over-fifty employees at a Senate Estimates meeting yesterday, claiming the mail giant is ‘passionate about diversity' in the workplace. Fahour was under fire for reportedly lashing out at the older generation of Australia Post employees, allegedly commenting the over-fifty demographics were less int...

I mean, what can you say about a CEO,  who's most remarkable achievement, is to have declared that he is a mega-genius, who was coached by a thief, became a thief and was hired by a thief, and everything he touches turns to shit. Australia Post has gotten so bad, 50% of complaints in the previous posting, are from customers saying that they will not be using Australia Post again. And yet, he and the executive, just hoovered up 20 million in bonuses for their remarkable achievement. LOL Bring on the Rainbow Flavoured Unicorn Shit.

And these fabulous fucks still have their jobs. Why? 5 out of the last 10 posts on this site, the people have written Australia Post off - "Moving to couriers". When I started this blog off, it was maybe 1 in 1000 complaints, where people said, "Australia Post - Not using them any more." Now it's 50% of the complaints are saying, "Over all the bullshit - Moving to couriers." Australia Post makes $40 million profit, and $20 million of that goes in the form of bonuses, to Fahour and his team of fucking executive imbeciles. We will let the customers, or now 50% ex customers frame the issue. From the latest of the questions and answers section... Australia Post Questions 1 of 86 pages http://www.productreview.com.au/qa/australia-post.html Blairis78 asked on Oct 13, 2016 I am totally confused by this answer provided by Australia Post, attempting to locate letter LX300448106ES which has not moved from Sydney for 9 days now, I guess I am basically just going...