How long for UK to Aus mail?
We are typically seeing 3 weeks for mail from UK to Aus (Melbourne), and about a week for Aus to UK. Is that what you are noticing, or is it just us?:unsure:
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Re: How long for UK to Aus mail?
Originally Posted by ebo1608
(Post 12327504)
We are typically seeing 3 weeks for mail from UK to Aus (Melbourne), and about a week for Aus to UK. Is that what you are noticing, or is it just us?:unsure:
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Re: How long for UK to Aus mail?
The piece of string is 6 inches long!
Oops - no, seriously, I'm not sure there is a hard and fast time frame at the moment. We generally allow 3 weeks for parcels and it's been thereabouts for quite some time now, cards 7-10 days. We sent the granddaughter's birthday present (for Saturday) at just under the 3 weeks hoping it would arrive on time but it got there 8 days ago so just 10 days this time. I think it's actually in inverse proportion to the urgency of the parcel - there's probably a mind reading machine which determines if it's urgent and important in which case it goes on the slow boat but if it's trivial and non urgent it's sent express! I think Aus - UK is quite quick at the mo, our son often sends stuff that takes mere days to arrive |
Re: How long for UK to Aus mail?
Originally Posted by quoll
(Post 12327536)
The piece of string is 6 inches long!
Oops - no, seriously, I'm not sure there is a hard and fast time frame at the moment. We generally allow 3 weeks for parcels and it's been thereabouts for quite some time now, cards 7-10 days. We sent the granddaughter's birthday present (for Saturday) at just under the 3 weeks hoping it would arrive on time but it got there 8 days ago so just 10 days this time. I think it's actually in inverse proportion to the urgency of the parcel - there's probably a mind reading machine which determines if it's urgent and important in which case it goes on the slow boat but if it's trivial and non urgent it's sent express! I think Aus - UK is quite quick at the mo, our son often sends stuff that takes mere days to arrive The other way though, from the UK is truly dire. Like I said, I have never known it this bad. Over the years its been between 3 days and 2-3 weeks, but at present nothing seems to come through in under 3 weeks, even basic letters. Its been like this for about 2 months, driving ebay sellers up the wall. |
Re: How long for UK to Aus mail?
I've been in the UK for 2 years, my parcels and letters back to Perth take a minimum of 3 weeks. Delivery times for last year's Christmas cards were 4 to 8 weeks!
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Re: How long for UK to Aus mail?
In the past I've had stuff sent UK to Aus and it's arrived in 4/5 days. The same going the other way. Recently things are taking over a month. It's mad. No idea if it's Royal Mail or Aus Post but it pisses me off.
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Re: How long for UK to Aus mail?
Originally Posted by spouse of scouse
(Post 12327575)
I've been in the UK for 2 years, my parcels and letters back to Perth take a minimum of 3 weeks. Delivery times for last year's Christmas cards were 4 to 8 weeks!
Did you hear my best story? When I first came here I worked as a casual at Northgate Sorting Office for Aus Post. Lots of automated sorting, and the machines have vertical conveyor belts to move the letters, the mail stays on them because of the speed they move. If the belts stop, the mail falls off - either into the right bin (by chance) the wrong bin, or just onto the floor. The priority, I was told,was to just get the belt going again, no time to retrieve mail, it would just stay where it had fallen. And the floor was well covered with envelopes. On Christmas Eve there was a catastrophic failure, we were told an engineer had to come out and it would mean hours offline. So they opened the doors and told us to retrieve the fallen mail. One envelope was mine!!:blink::ohmy: It was the last card I sent to my then fiance to say I had finally moved out of my flat, prior to emigrating. Posted on October 16th. The only comment by our supervisor was - by glad its not in that one over there, that hasn't broken down for SIX YEARS. Never trusted Aus Post since then, total lack of respect for any mail in their system, and total lack of care for the public who deal with them. |
Re: How long for UK to Aus mail?
Originally Posted by moneypenny20
(Post 12327621)
In the past I've had stuff sent UK to Aus and it's arrived in 4/5 days. The same going the other way. Recently things are taking over a month. It's mad. No idea if it's Royal Mail or Aus Post but it pisses me off.
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Re: How long for UK to Aus mail?
Australia Post are in a position to make a fortune with Ebay and Online shopping in General, but instead of offering a great service they are driving customers away. A bit like our local Fish and Chip shop that closes at 5pm.
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Re: How long for UK to Aus mail?
Pretty sure it is either Auspost or customs causing the delay.
My son ordered something from the UK and my husband something from Melbourne on the same afternoon. We are in Adelaide. Sons parcel arrived by private courier in three days. Hubbies over two weeks after dispatch notice which in itself was three days after order. Reacting to my surprise on receiving sons parcel so soon delivery man said. " well this isn't by Auspost!" Wait till amazon gets here, bet they won't be using Auspost unless it gets better. |
Re: How long for UK to Aus mail?
Originally Posted by rammygirl
(Post 12328203)
Pretty sure it is either Auspost or customs causing the delay.
It'll never get better until it starts costs those two for their failure. Problem is, once they start trying to charge GST on all imports, it'll get worse.
Originally Posted by rammygirl
(Post 12328203)
Reacting to my surprise on receiving sons parcel so soon delivery man said. " well this isn't by Auspost!"
Wait till amazon gets here, bet they won't be using Auspost unless it gets better. |
Re: How long for UK to Aus mail?
So Auspost is the bottleneck? Wife got so fed-up with her latest birthday cards arriving late she has complained to RM. Looking forward to seeing what they say.
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Re: How long for UK to Aus mail?
Originally Posted by ebo1608
(Post 12328301)
So Auspost is the bottleneck? Wife got so fed-up with her latest birthday cards arriving late she has complained to RM. Looking forward to seeing what they say.
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Re: How long for UK to Aus mail?
Originally Posted by moneypenny20
(Post 12327621)
In the past I've had stuff sent UK to Aus and it's arrived in 4/5 days. The same going the other way. Recently things are taking over a month. It's mad. No idea if it's Royal Mail or Aus Post but it pisses me off.
When I lived in Australia it seem to take weeks, even mail from NZ took a couple of weeks. |
Re: How long for UK to Aus mail?
Just as bad here! Philpost is rubbish. Mail from UK gets to Manila within 4/5 days then can take weeks to travel the last 400 miles to Cebu , ( maybe not at all if it looks like it may contain something of value!) then will sit in the PO until you go get it. No indication anythings arrived unless you have an "agreement" with the post master to text you! We have 2 posties for 300,000 people in our town so really only business mail gets delivered. We are lucky in that one of our subdivision guards visit the PO daily and then distributes any mail to the appropriate house. To UK can take from 10 days to weeks. anything valuable or important we always send by courier which takes 4/5 days but does at least get there!The utility companies physically deliver the bills to your property otherwise they would never get paid due to "I never got a bill" syndrome. My bank also delivers statements by hand!
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