Re: Rant away.....
Posted: Tue May 03, 2016 4:13 am
Your not an anti Liberal propaganda munger are you Dave the great ????
You omitted an important piece of information. The $3 fee kicks in only after 10 days, which increases to $9 for up to 30 days of parcel storage.
Retail space in any business is costly and for people to leave their parcels for longer than 10 days, they deserve to assist with the cost of that storage. You could always use private couriers, but I reckon that would cost a lot more than $3. You will have something to rant about if Aust Post shuts its doors and everything is privatised...
Australia post is still the quickest and cheapest delivery service, and they are trying to regain some of the lost $$$ millions. And if your part of the 92% of people that this $3 charge wont affect, then you have nothing to fear....
Quote from ABC...
Parcels are currently only held for 10 days before they are returned, but customers will now be given 30 days to collect their parcels.
MyPost customers would not be charged a fee for the first 10 days and can also elect to have their parcel safe-dropped at their home, or sent to an alternative location, such as a parcel locker or their closest Post Office.
Customers would be charged up to $9 for each item uncollected for up to 30 days.
Only 8 per cent of parcels remained uncollected after five days, Australia Post said.
You omitted an important piece of information. The $3 fee kicks in only after 10 days, which increases to $9 for up to 30 days of parcel storage.
Retail space in any business is costly and for people to leave their parcels for longer than 10 days, they deserve to assist with the cost of that storage. You could always use private couriers, but I reckon that would cost a lot more than $3. You will have something to rant about if Aust Post shuts its doors and everything is privatised...
Australia post is still the quickest and cheapest delivery service, and they are trying to regain some of the lost $$$ millions. And if your part of the 92% of people that this $3 charge wont affect, then you have nothing to fear....
Quote from ABC...
Parcels are currently only held for 10 days before they are returned, but customers will now be given 30 days to collect their parcels.
MyPost customers would not be charged a fee for the first 10 days and can also elect to have their parcel safe-dropped at their home, or sent to an alternative location, such as a parcel locker or their closest Post Office.
Customers would be charged up to $9 for each item uncollected for up to 30 days.
Only 8 per cent of parcels remained uncollected after five days, Australia Post said.