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20-12-2015, 06:14 PM
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Oh, I See You Are Empty!
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Laramie, WY - United States of America
Posts: 1,555
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Regulus
Had an item delivered from USA via Ausposts LA agency. Five days. Very pleased.
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I guess I chuck in a positive comment here...
Purchased a Microsoft Surface Pro 3 docking station (discontinued model, consequently none in Australia), sent it to my father's house (Colorado) and he mailed it to me.
Dec 7 (USA) -> Dec 19 (AU). Handoff between USPS and AusPost must have worked well...
Priority International U$39.40
OIC!
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21-12-2015, 09:08 AM
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Novichok test rabbit
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Somewhere in the cosmos...
Posts: 10,389
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Item purchased USA on Nov 2. Item posted USA Priority International on Nov 3. As of Dec 21, still no show. Tracking stops at US point of departure.
Paid Paypal,so funds are covered, but that's not the point, considering how scarce the item is.
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22-12-2015, 10:52 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 3,588
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LewisM
Item purchased USA on Nov 2. Item posted USA Priority International on Nov 3. As of Dec 21, still no show. Tracking stops at US point of departure.
Paid Paypal,so funds are covered, but that's not the point, considering how scarce the item is.
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I think you can kiss that one goodbye Lewis! Was it an old Tak accessory?
In the meantime, another vote for Kokusai Kohki (Barry Gooley) and EMS Japan, in 4 days and 7 hours, they managed to get some nice 'Ricoh' eyepieces to my door, in fact the postie turned up at 8.55pm last night!
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22-12-2015, 01:20 PM
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Moderator
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 26,630
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LewisM
Item purchased USA on Nov 2. Item posted USA Priority International on Nov 3. As of Dec 21, still no show. Tracking stops at US point of departure.
Paid Paypal,so funds are covered, but that's not the point, considering how scarce the item is.
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Meh that's terrible Lew.
I was lucky, my daughter wanted me to order her a gift for her brother online from NY city.
It was ordered on the 7th Dec, via USPS, arrived on the 18th Dec (Aust Post delivery)!
In plenty of time for Christmas.
Just lucky I suppose, I was a bit worried it wouldn't make it on time.
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22-12-2015, 08:30 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: margaret river, western australia
Posts: 6,070
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How about this. I ordered a lens for my Canon from Japan, posted on 18/12, and arrived midday today. 4 days, brilliant.
raymo
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22-12-2015, 08:44 PM
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Look up!
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: All around, Sometimes up, sometimes...
Posts: 412
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Austpost have always been "OK" for me.....
Except this time...
Item posted to me on Wednesday last week.
Not a sausage until Sunday where it turned up at chullora dist centre.
Monday it showed up in the suburb next to where it was posted but nowhere near me.
Raised a query which got it sent back to chullora allegedly en route to my address.
Yay!
Except it is now at the same incorrect post office en route back to chullora.
A further query has not been responded to - I suspect out of sheepishness.
I hope it gets here before somebody drops it.
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22-12-2015, 09:03 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 3,588
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sharkbite
Austpost have always been "OK" for me.....
Except this time...
Item posted to me on Wednesday last week.
Not a sausage until Sunday where it turned up at chullora dist centre.
Monday it showed up in the suburb next to where it was posted but nowhere near me.
Raised a query which got it sent back to chullora allegedly en route to my address.
Yay!
Except it is now at the same incorrect post office en route back to chullora.
A further query has not been responded to - I suspect out of sheepishness.
I hope it gets here before somebody drops it.
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Hopefully it will turn up soon, I heard a rumour that the Aust Post guys at Chullora Distribution Centre were having their last Dark Sky night for the year last weekend down near Eastern Creek, it might have been used there. 
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22-12-2015, 09:07 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Cessnock
Posts: 23
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I have to say all good experiences here. Maybe it is the regional setting. I know my postman and my delivery man by name, and they know mine. The delivery man is great and always hides parcels behind a chair on my verandah... and my postman will got out of his way to deliver a letter (including doubling back, coming up my driveway etc).
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22-12-2015, 09:10 PM
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Senior Citizen
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bribie Island
Posts: 5,068
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I ordered an Adapter form OPT on the 12th December ..... 4 days later it arrived in Sydney the 16th....AND IT'S STILL SITTING THERE.....today's date is....22nd Dec'.
the saga continues.....
Col.....
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22-12-2015, 09:30 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 246
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You might have a bit of a wait.. my car parts arrived yesterday evening, a full 13 days after being processed through the airport...
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23-12-2015, 05:05 PM
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Novichok test rabbit
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Somewhere in the cosmos...
Posts: 10,389
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Sent a guidescope (converted Tak finder), Lodestar and EP's off to Astronomy Alive in Melbourne about 2 weeks ago (same time as a Pack N Send package with FSQ telescope in it, which arrived 2 days later). No show still according to Cris Ellis. That's a LOT to replace!!!  Just gut-wrenching!
I just hope I can find the damned docket!
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23-12-2015, 07:22 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Lithgow, NSW
Posts: 1,685
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Never had a problem with Australia Post in all the years of posting and receiving photographic, model engineering, astronomy parts/equipment and I am now 65, hope their excellent service continues. Never had a problem with Pack & Send as well, might be a bit expensive at times but very professional.
Last edited by UniPol; 29-12-2015 at 10:20 AM.
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24-12-2015, 01:11 AM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Wynnum West, Brisbane.
Posts: 4,166
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Quote:
Originally Posted by UniPol
Never had a problem with Australia Post in all the years of posting and receiving photographic, model engineering, astronomy parts/equipment and I am now 65, hope their excellent service continues. Never had a problem with Pack & Send as well, might be be a bit expensive at times but very very professional.
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It's not if it will happen, it's when.
(Insurance won't help if they say it's delivered.)
That is when your screwed.
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29-12-2015, 08:40 AM
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Senior Citizen
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bribie Island
Posts: 5,068
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It gets more bizarre every day..... I just checked a ' tracking number ' on the Aust' Post for an item I'm expecting and it says it was delivered at 7.07am this morning.
What a load of crap ... nothing has arrived at all, let alone a Postal Van.
Come 8am and I will be on the phone to ask .... please explain...!!
Australia Post Help Desk ..... Call 13 POST (13 76 78) from within Australia
They CANNOT be trusted 
Col....
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29-12-2015, 12:05 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Kilmore, Australia
Posts: 3,364
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Very common in my experience. We get stuff "Delivered" all the time according to the tracking, the only thing remaining for us to do then being drive in to town (5 minutes away) to actually get our hands on our "Delivered" item.
The other common one for us is "Attempted delivery, no one home" which is courier code for "Can never be bothered stopping on my way from Kilmore to Lancefield so I dumped it at the Kilmore post office"
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29-12-2015, 02:43 PM
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Senior Citizen
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bribie Island
Posts: 5,068
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Update .... I spoke to them on the phone about the ' so called ' delivery.
They said they would look into it...
Surprise...Surprise ... it was delivered at 1.30pm ... 6hrs after their web site said it was delivered at 7.07am....
Col.....
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30-12-2015, 02:45 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 3,588
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Express Post seems to be the answer,
so far every time I have specified Express Post the item has arrived the following day at its destination........
4 out of 4 and counting ..........
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