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Old 21-07-2017, 12:37 PM
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Is Chullora a black hole?

Everything seems to disappear there at least!

Got SMS yesterday about my Extravision order from Aus Post saying it will be delivered today. Now just got an SMS again saying DELAYED.

So, is Chullora a black hole or just really, really suck?
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Old 21-07-2017, 12:48 PM
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We have had things go from Tuggerah to Manly or Alexandria, and take 6 days. And once, a parcel bound for the gold Coast was looped through there for a month, no word of a lie.

Funny enough, we have always called that DC "The Black Hole of Chullora."

It is a woeful place for regular mail to go through. Express seems to be immune from it though.
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Old 21-07-2017, 01:05 PM
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In contrast, my Oomph coffee mug took less than 24hrs Brisbane to Central Coast.

201707201543 pick up by Fastway Brisbane
201707201637 dispatched Brisbane to Central Coast
201707210648 in van at Tuggerah for delivery
201707211145 goods received

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Old 21-07-2017, 01:10 PM
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In contrast, my Oomph coffee mug took less than 24hrs Brisbane to Central Coast.

201707201543 pick up by Fastway Brisbane
201707201637 dispatched Brisbane to Central Coast
201707210648 in van at Tuggerah for delivery
201707211145 goods received
Driver dropped it off on the way through to The Hole... be thankful you are several hours north of Chullora
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Old 21-07-2017, 02:08 PM
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Several hours? Maybe 90 minutes in bad traffic!

Fastway has a depot in Berkeley Vale, too. Much simpler.

We use TNT for anything bigger than a kilo now. Here to the local depot. Overnight to Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide zones. An extra day for points between, at worst. And prices are better, too.
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Old 21-07-2017, 02:11 PM
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Everything seems to disappear there at least!

Got SMS yesterday about my Extravision order from Aus Post saying it will be delivered today. Now just got an SMS again saying DELAYED.

So, is Chullora a black hole or just really, really suck?
Mate... you're having such bad luck with deliveries, auspost, etc... that there's none left whatsoever for the rest of us. That's probably why we all get our packages on time without problems.
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Old 21-07-2017, 02:40 PM
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Pay a little extra and have them send parcels in Express Post satchels.....
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Old 21-07-2017, 03:12 PM
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Everything seems to disappear there at least!

Got SMS yesterday about my Extravision order from Aus Post saying it will be delivered today. Now just got an SMS again saying DELAYED.

So, is Chullora a black hole or just really, really suck?
oh, sorry, I thought you meant Canberra..
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Old 21-07-2017, 03:35 PM
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oh, sorry, I thought you meant Canberra..
No, that's blow
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Old 21-07-2017, 03:35 PM
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Pay a little extra and have them send parcels in Express Post satchels.....

Didn't offer it on the web order - wanted to, but it said flat rate.
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Old 21-07-2017, 04:49 PM
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Is the drive in movie place still there?
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Old 21-07-2017, 05:19 PM
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Chullora sucks. Even more than Canberra.

It's never mentioned, ever, in the media; and there is A Reason Why.

Matt - Express Post always takes 2 days longer than standard parcels. Never knew why but it's been that way for 30 years. To anywhere.
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Old 21-07-2017, 05:36 PM
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Chullora is prob a nice place but the AusPost premises and employees should be reconfigured, always a significant delay....
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