Missing Parcel
Dec 20th 2005, 5:17 pm
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Re: Missing Parcel
Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
As an APost worker, I absolutely guarantee you, that it's the UK end, where these things are getting tampered with. I lost a Digi Camera that way, it was being sent back by my daughter for warranty work, as was out of order.
We almost certainly know what shift, and where it was most likely tampered with, however it seems they don't have security cameras in their sorting areas, like we do in Aussie. It's what you get when you underpay a workforce, Apost employees are paid enough as to not risk their jobs over little things in the post.
We almost certainly know what shift, and where it was most likely tampered with, however it seems they don't have security cameras in their sorting areas, like we do in Aussie. It's what you get when you underpay a workforce, Apost employees are paid enough as to not risk their jobs over little things in the post.
Although they did have an Investigating department that were watching you all the time.
Dec 20th 2005, 6:07 pm
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Re: Missing Parcel
Originally Posted by fraser
Although they did have an Investigating department that were watching you all the time.
Dec 20th 2005, 6:21 pm
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Re: Missing Parcel
I have to say that we have had quite a few items go astray into Oz. The most bizarre one was a parcel of toys sent from the US to Sydney: it never arrived and we were accused by the potential recipient of not posting it.
Twelve months later it turned up, rather the worse for wear but otherwise intact, on our front doorstep in the US! It was correctly addressed to the Oz address yet had scrawled on it, several times, "address not known"!
Twelve months later it turned up, rather the worse for wear but otherwise intact, on our front doorstep in the US! It was correctly addressed to the Oz address yet had scrawled on it, several times, "address not known"!
Dec 20th 2005, 7:00 pm
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Re: Missing Parcel
We had been sent all our parcels from the UK at the same time, been waiting for the last one from my sis for a couple of weeks, it arrived yesterday with a letter from AQIS stating an item had been removed, It was a snowman which contained sand and a cone, we can pay to have it treated or blown up in the lab at no extra cost :scared:
Sis says its not worth much, just a little token for my Daughter.
All our parcels had been opened and wrapped again, just hope they contain the original contents
Di
Sis says its not worth much, just a little token for my Daughter.
All our parcels had been opened and wrapped again, just hope they contain the original contents
Di
Dec 20th 2005, 7:01 pm
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Re: Missing Parcel
Originally Posted by spalen
without cameras - what were there like millions of them, like oompa lumpas?
Dec 20th 2005, 7:14 pm
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Re: Missing Parcel
Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
As an APost worker, I absolutely guarantee you, that it's the UK end, where these things are getting tampered with. I lost a Digi Camera that way, it was being sent back by my daughter for warranty work, as was out of order.
We almost certainly know what shift, and where it was most likely tampered with, however it seems they don't have security cameras in their sorting areas, like we do in Aussie. It's what you get when you underpay a workforce, Apost employees are paid enough as to not risk their jobs over little things in the post.
We almost certainly know what shift, and where it was most likely tampered with, however it seems they don't have security cameras in their sorting areas, like we do in Aussie. It's what you get when you underpay a workforce, Apost employees are paid enough as to not risk their jobs over little things in the post.
My Daughter once had a birthday card opened in the UK and the gift token removed, they replaced it with a thankyou note cheeky ba**ards
Di
Dec 20th 2005, 7:20 pm
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Location: Dreamland AKA Brisbane which is a different country to the UK
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Re: Missing Parcel
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
My wife gets parcels sent over from Asia on a regular basis, all have arrived safely, and fast. Latest was sent last Thursday, and arrived Monday.
I had some CD's sent over from UK, but not all were in the package when I received it.
I don't get it ! My wifes stuff is 50x the value of mine, and hers doesn't get touched.
I had some CD's sent over from UK, but not all were in the package when I received it.
I don't get it ! My wifes stuff is 50x the value of mine, and hers doesn't get touched.
Dec 20th 2005, 7:30 pm
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Re: Missing Parcel
Originally Posted by MrsDagboy
She been smuggling drugs again ABC?
Dec 21st 2005, 9:56 am
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Re: Missing Parcel
Originally Posted by 68MEVY
Hi all,
My brother sent 4 parcels over from England 3 weeks ago. 3 of them arrived on the same day, about 10 days ago but we still haven't recieved the other one.
The parcel that is missing contains fig rolls, jammi dodgers few other biscuits and monster munch crisps.
How likely is it that this parcel has been stopped by quarantine? or has a staff member fancied some biscuits?
Just a bit concerned as it contains food.
Thing is, my mum sent a food parcel over aswell and this reached us in a record 4 days (Royal Mail must be doing alright this year)
Anyone else had parcels disappear?
Marie
My brother sent 4 parcels over from England 3 weeks ago. 3 of them arrived on the same day, about 10 days ago but we still haven't recieved the other one.
The parcel that is missing contains fig rolls, jammi dodgers few other biscuits and monster munch crisps.
How likely is it that this parcel has been stopped by quarantine? or has a staff member fancied some biscuits?
Just a bit concerned as it contains food.
Thing is, my mum sent a food parcel over aswell and this reached us in a record 4 days (Royal Mail must be doing alright this year)
Anyone else had parcels disappear?
Marie
Cheers
Ginny
Dec 21st 2005, 10:37 am
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Re: Missing Parcel
My parcel to the UK arrived yesterday. Hurray!
Dec 21st 2005, 11:31 am
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Re: Missing Parcel
and mine from the UK turned up yesterday too (after 11 long weeks).
Dec 21st 2005, 11:37 am
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Re: Missing Parcel
We got a parcel from my sister-in-law in UK this week and all the presents had been opened (they did wrap them up again) but they confiscated our Scotch Broth Mix !! And we were looking forward to a pot of broth on Christmas Day ! But they very kindly left us the empty wrapping paper.....
Oh and posties, not good. I watched our postie write out one of those slips saying a package needed a signature and as we weren't in we had to pick it up from the post office. She didn't even get off her bike to ring our bell. Didn't realise what it was til I went out to pick up the post....wasn't happy.
Judy
Oh and posties, not good. I watched our postie write out one of those slips saying a package needed a signature and as we weren't in we had to pick it up from the post office. She didn't even get off her bike to ring our bell. Didn't realise what it was til I went out to pick up the post....wasn't happy.
Judy
Dec 21st 2005, 3:30 pm
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Re: Missing Parcel
Originally Posted by Judes2308
We got a parcel from my sister-in-law in UK this week and all the presents had been opened (they did wrap them up again) but they confiscated our Scotch Broth Mix !! And we were looking forward to a pot of broth on Christmas Day ! But they very kindly left us the empty wrapping paper.....
Oh and posties, not good. I watched our postie write out one of those slips saying a package needed a signature and as we weren't in we had to pick it up from the post office. She didn't even get off her bike to ring our bell. Didn't realise what it was til I went out to pick up the post....wasn't happy.
Judy
Oh and posties, not good. I watched our postie write out one of those slips saying a package needed a signature and as we weren't in we had to pick it up from the post office. She didn't even get off her bike to ring our bell. Didn't realise what it was til I went out to pick up the post....wasn't happy.
Judy
Best way around this problem, is to phone up, if you can get the number, of the "local delivery centre" ask to talk to the team leader on that post code, to a quiet word in the posties ear. This will save the postie getting dragged over the coals, and you getting mucked around by other posties in the future, and will absolutely ensure a door knock each and every time you receive a "regie" from the day the complaint is received.
Dec 21st 2005, 5:37 pm
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Re: Missing Parcel
Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
Thats a time saving exercise on behalf of the postie, who assumed wrongly that you weren't in. If they do that 60 times out of the 1200 drops that they have per day, with say with about 120 door knocks (regies) they would save approx an hour, out door time. They get timed, on the mail volume (by weight divided by density or thickness of mail). If they consistently fall behind these times, they get coded, get coded 3 times for the same thing in a year and you could be looking at dismissal.
Best way around this problem, is to phone up, if you can get the number, of the "local delivery centre" ask to talk to the team leader on that post code, to a quiet word in the posties ear. This will save the postie getting dragged over the coals, and you getting mucked around by other posties in the future, and will absolutely ensure a door knock each and every time you receive a "regie" from the day the complaint is received.
Best way around this problem, is to phone up, if you can get the number, of the "local delivery centre" ask to talk to the team leader on that post code, to a quiet word in the posties ear. This will save the postie getting dragged over the coals, and you getting mucked around by other posties in the future, and will absolutely ensure a door knock each and every time you receive a "regie" from the day the complaint is received.
