no wonder people go 'postal'

sven '2' · Post by **sven '2'** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:14 pm

have been dealing with aust post with the recent shed clearence. Must a cheaper way to send parts around this great country!!

and this really frustrates me - there is no fragile service. sending the cluster, packaged up right in bubble wrap and aust post box and am asked

Aust Post: 'will it survive an impact with another package up to 20kg?'
me: 'from what hieght?'
Aust post: 'Don't know. We are told to ask'
Me: 'There is a difference between this package rolling and tumbling with other like packages, and dropping a 20kg wieght on it from 10 metres, which few packages will survive. what do you mean'
Aust post: 'Don't know. Will have to ask my supervisor' (in a squeaky Simpsons voice).
returns: 'needs to able to take an impact of 20kgs'
Me: (complating a lessons in Newton's laws) 'yes, understand. But how hard.'
Aust post: 'don't understand the question.'

sent it anyway - did not the courage to ask about sending shocks or a steering knuckle

anyone used 'pack and send'? charges?

stamp_licker · Post by **stamp_licker** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:57 pm

You should see how many wine bottles don't make it.

brumbyrunner · Post by **brumbyrunner** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 3:40 pm

Yeah I bet.

But I have to ask what do you do with all the cheap undrinkable stuff?

jsubie · Post by **jsubie** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 6:25 pm

If its cheap and undrinkable we send it back da!
we only keep and drink the good stuff lol

The Bigfella · Post by **The Bigfella** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 6:56 pm

You should see how many wine bottles don't make it.

Try me. Send me two dozen Grange and I'll tell you how many make it.

jsubie · Post by **jsubie** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 10:50 pm

Make that a dozen Rockford Basket Range.

julian · Post by **julian** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 9:41 am

Well to establish the damage potential, you could send a poorly wrapped really fragile glass bottle full of bright red dye...

tex · Post by **tex** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:16 am

Yeah well there is a good reason why the wine doesn't make it I had a freind who worked at the mail sort and its suprising how many of those packages get accidentally redirected to their own houses same goes for adult supplies. But yeah its so much cheaper than a courier.

Chris_Rogers · Post by **Chris_Rogers** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 12:48 pm

stamp_licker wrote:You should see how many wine bottles don't make it.

mum used to complain about TV sets. so if they make it in one piece most other stuff should.

dfoyl · Post by **dfoyl** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 2:26 pm

If you pack anything properly it'll make it fine. I shipped a bottle of Bundaburg Rum to an ex-patriat in Chicago, USA a few months back and it arrived no problem. I've shipped EA81 slanted consoles a few times and never had a problem, had a complete SPFI system shipped to me from the states and no damage at all. I think maybe 1 damaged box in about 10 years of shipping through Australia Post.

I wouldn't rely on a courier being any gentler with items, I know a guy working at Toll and he says the transfer centre staff are rough-as with parcels - they literally throw them from truck to box. I ship grinding spindle motors all round the world through work (about 70kg including the 20mm thick double-based ply box) and have a number of them get there busted through boxes through being dropped off forklifts. This is mostly DHL / UPS and similar.

Dean.

Wilbur · Post by **Wilbur** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 9:17 am

We have bullbars turn up bent....like they've been dropped off a truck and landed on its edge. What really pisses me off is they get reboxed and sent anyway which just stuffs everyone around.

The Bigfella · Post by **The Bigfella** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 9:42 am

I ship grinding spindle motors all round the world through work (about 70kg including the 20mm thick double-based ply box) and have a number of them get there busted through boxes through being dropped off forklifts. This is mostly DHL / UPS and similar.

I did some litigation support work a few years back for a company that had a machine that was airfreighted out here (BIG BUCKS) - some bozo dropped it - they were using two forks to move it. The court case was for millions.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:28 pm

One of my mates works in the air freight industry - he reckons if its got a "fragile" sticker on it that it doesn't get treated that way, rather its a mark to treat it roughly...

He also reckons soccer has been played with parcels. I was discusted when i heard this, peoples possesions/purchases/whatever being treated dis-respectfully.

I no longer associated with him and would imagine he's joined in on it...

Bennie