Australia Post missing parcels

[PCH (Paul)]

Originally Posted by Bassnut

I've sent 2 - 10 express bags a day all over OZ for some 10yrs, ltterally thousands. One or two only have gone astray, and the receiver was possibly to blame in those cases. A few have been lost for a while, but got there in the end (damaged bar code, moved etc). I consider express post as near perfect. I have sent 2 registered post items, one was large item that completely disappeared , the tracking was a joke. I now don't use registered post.

So Fred, since you seem to be a reasonably regular user of the postal service, what particular service do you use if you want to be able to track an item. Does one stand out as being 'safe' to use?

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Well here is a change of tune from my earlier post.
As some of you may know I have been in Adelaide and only just arrived home about 2 hours ago.
I walked inside and there is a mail bag on my table as the sister in law has been watching the house and taking the letters inside.

I thought i have not purchased anything overseas for a while or even lost any thing but then i look at the label and sure enough its my address but the name is wrong and I dont know who he is.

The label says M BAG and it is from the USPS.
I wont open it but i know it is a book inside it.

Suppose i will keep it here till the owner knocks on the door.

Yep now I understand how this can happen.

Here is even a pic of the mailbag.

Cheers Kev.

[Barrykgerdes]

I guess I am lucky. The only mail that never seems to arrive is those large cheques from Nigeria.

But like the previous post I do get quite a bit of mail in my box for other people. I try to identify the correct address and hand deliver it if it is in the neighbourhood or re-post it with the correct address printed in large block letters.

My local postie is very nice chap and always hands me the mail if he can see me but I doubt that his grasp of English is beyond first grade.

When I was going to school I did some XMAS work in the post office and knew all the postmen. These men knew by heart the names of everyone on their beat and did quite a bit of sorting amongst themselves before starting their rounds. I don't think that sort of work ethic is prevalent today.

Barry

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Originally Posted by Kevnool

Well here is a change of tune from my earlier post.
As some of you may know I have been in Adelaide and only just arrived home about 2 hours ago.
I walked inside and there is a mail bag on my table as the sister in law has been watching the house and taking the letters inside.

I thought i have not purchased anything overseas for a while or even lost any thing but then i look at the label and sure enough its my address but the name is wrong and I dont know who he is.

The label says M BAG and it is from the USPS.
I wont open it but i know it is a book inside it.

Suppose i will keep it here till the owner knocks on the door.

Yep now I understand how this can happen.

Here is even a pic of the mailbag.

Cheers Kev.

Well 3 weeks have passed with no courier bashing on my door so I had to see what it was and it is a 400 dollar book as I typed this into ebay ......... African horse sickness........ and there it was.



Now I have a book with no owner

[GrahamL]

Now I have a book with no owner

But you do have a really handy resource if your pony comes down with an exotic disease in the near future