I just read that good old Australia Post have suspended all sea mail post, so bare that in mind if ordering goodies from overseas. If the seller sends it surface mail, you ain’t getting it.
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Apparently it is suspended because too many people are importing dodgy stuff. Option A, hire some more people to inspect the importations like they are supposed to, or B. Save money by laying off a bunch of people and getting rid of the whole service.Australia Post are near useless.
It's likely christmas will be another joke with suspensions, delays, strikes, backlogs, lost parcels and complaints.
The management are near useless unless they are buying one another lavish gifts such as jewellery or spending $700k - $800k+ on indoor pot plants.
The company is a joke.
Seems like a cover for not spending on staff or infrastructure to deal with the standard influx of mail around this time of year.Apparently it is suspended because too many people are importing dodgy stuff. Option A, hire some more people to inspect the importations like they are supposed to, or B. Save money by laying off a bunch of people by getting rid of the whole service.
Hmm, as a chief executive how will I get my performance bonus?
Well well it seems that I have someone here pretending to be me imitation is the sincerest form of flattery as the saying goes.Australia Post are near useless.
It's likely christmas will be another joke with suspensions, delays, strikes, backlogs, lost parcels and complaints.
The management are near useless unless they are buying one another lavish gifts such as jewellery or spending $700k - $800k+ on indoor pot plants.
The company is a joke.
It's also a matter of money. Senior executives get bonuses based on performance, and performance if measured by profit. If they have to make more profit by reducing services and staff, so be it. And as you say, if you need to post some mail it's not like you can go to the OTHER postal service. So you eat the fact that the service sucks more and more with each passing year, and each year some CEO gets another fat bonus check.Our orders shipping to our friends in Australia have taken months in the past.
The poor service is not a function of anything in Australia, it is human nature. Like postal services in many nations it does not have competition. And it is ensconced as never being allowed to have competition. In that scenario, customer service simply atrophies - no reason to do a good job, no reason to excel. It is a function of all monopolies. Here in the US, when they broke up the monopoly that was our phone system now all of the individual phone companies had to compete. Only then did innovation explode.
Well it can go both ways. Some times businesses can collude to set prices and the like. In Australia our electricity was once completely run by the government. It was much more affordable then when there was no profit motive and no problems with service.Our orders shipping to our friends in Australia have taken months in the past.
The poor service is not a function of anything in Australia, it is human nature. Like postal services in many nations it does not have competition. And it is ensconced as never being allowed to have competition. In that scenario, customer service simply atrophies - no reason to do a good job, no reason to excel. It is a function of all monopolies. Here in the US, when they broke up the monopoly that was our phone system now all of the individual phone companies had to compete. Only then did innovation explode.
I have had a few accounts here over the years and promised to make a shot of it each time but sadly life circumstances prevented me from taking part and sticking around. Ultimately I would forget my password or username and that would be that. I am trying a little harder this time around but yeah something always happens. Huge respect for those that are able to manage their time, hobby, money and life well.Well well it seems that I have someone here pretending to be me imitation is the sincerest form of flattery as the saying goes.