SA Post Office Strike

saor said:
I'm still waiting for a royal mail package that's stuck in transit somewhere, however I've received 3 notifications these past 2 weeks for a package customs detained...and whenever I've phoned capemail I've had a friendly voice help me. So seems they're actually doing some work here in cpt which is great.
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Royal Mail is terrible. In my experience items from UK, I rarely order from there as the selection sucks and prices are expensive, take longer than American, continental and Japanese items. Royal Mail for some reason is a really bad service. And the delays are often before the item ends up in SA. And it's not South Africans because Japan Post and USPS stuff normally appears very quickly and is handled well while Royal Mail, I dunno.
 
Royal mail is bloody awesome in the UK. Most letters are delivered next day after postage.
I once ordered a printer online at 4pm on a Friday. RM dropped it off at 11 on Saturday morning.
 
Yep I've only had good experience with royal mail.
 
Sinbad said:
Royal mail is bloody awesome in the UK. Most letters are delivered next day after postage.
I once ordered a printer online at 4pm on a Friday. RM dropped it off at 11 on Saturday morning.
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Wow that's fast!. If only we had that kinda service locally.
 
In Germany all packages are handled by DHL. €7 to send and takes 2 days.
Normal letter are handled by Deutsche post and that's just as reliable.
 
Are Royal Mail packages from the UK also affected by this strike lameness? My package was supposed to arrive 1 Oct but still no dice.

Actually, how does Royal Mail deliver to street addresses? Do I get a notice from the PO and go collect?
 
efitol said:
Are Royal Mail packages from the UK also affected by this strike lameness? My package was supposed to arrive 1 Oct but still no dice.

Actually, how does Royal Mail deliver to street addresses? Do I get a notice from the PO and go collect?
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Foreign postal services hand over to SAPO. So yes. All USPS, Deutsche Post, HK Post, Japan Post etc. stuff gets passed on to SAPO, and vice versa. That's how postal services how.
 
efitol said:
Are Royal Mail packages from the UK also affected by this strike lameness?
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Yeah. They all come into the country via JHB and from there it gets distributed to the local centers.

I'm also waiting for a royal mail letter. I'm not sure about the delivery thing - sometimes I have to collect at capemail in epping, other times it gets delivered, other times collect at local post office.
 
LOL, tracking says my parcel is still at CapeMail Hub. Just got a reply now to an email I sent on the 19th September asking where my parcel is...

Good day customer we don't give a **** about

Thank you for contacting us.

The item in question was received in Bloemfointen mail centre however it is delayed to your local post office due to industrial action in certain mail centre’s nationally.

We are still awaiting feedback from the management as to when the strike will end.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenienced caused by such unfortunate incidents.

Best regards

Simon Lebelo
0860 111502
012 4017808
sales&customer services
 
ambroseg1 said:
No mention of Bloemfontein, yet parcels aren't moving from the Hub to the post offices here.
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We also waiting for something from Bloem, was last scanned on 23 Sept and hasn't moved since.

Item Number: PA*******1ZA was last scanned on: 2014/09/23 at 16:46
Location last scanned: LANGENHOVENPARK POSTOFFICE
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So annoying!!
 
Space_Chief said:
Foreign postal services hand over to SAPO. So yes. All USPS, Deutsche Post, HK Post, Japan Post etc. stuff gets passed on to SAPO, and vice versa. That's how postal services how.
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saor said:
Yeah. They all come into the country via JHB and from there it gets distributed to the local centers.

I'm also waiting for a royal mail letter. I'm not sure about the delivery thing - sometimes I have to collect at capemail in epping, other times it gets delivered, other times collect at local post office.
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Thanks, good to know. Guess it can't hurt to go to the post office to check.


ambroseg1 said:
LOL, tracking says my parcel is still at CapeMail Hub. Just got a reply now to an email I sent on the 19th September asking where my parcel is...

Good day customer we don't give a **** about

Thank you for contacting us.

The item in question was received in Bloemfointen mail centre however it is delayed to your local post office due to industrial action in certain mail centre’s nationally.

We are still awaiting feedback from the management as to when the strike will end.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenienced caused by such unfortunate incidents.

Best regards

Simon Lebelo
0860 111502
012 4017808
sales&customer services
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What email address did you use?
 
[email protected] , but they're barely replying now as well. Pretty much the entire postal system is collapsed, if it comes right you're looking at about 8 weeks of backlog.
 
Industrial action update

A number of post offices in Johannesburg have been closed for the safety of customers and employees. This follows incidents of vandalism and intimidation. They are:

Booysens
Braamfontein
Brixton
Fordsburg
Germiston South
Hillbrow
Industria
Jeppestown
Johannesburg
Joubert Park
Langlaagte
Primrose
Primrose Hill
Southdale
Southgate
Turffontein
Yeoville
 
Industrial action update

A number of post offices on the East Rand have been closed for the safety of customers and employees. This follows incidents of vandalism and intimidation. The Benoni and Farrarmere post offices have been badly damaged and will unfortunately reopen only after repairs. The offices below are affected:

Actonville
Atlasville
Benoni
Bokburg East
Boksburg
Boksburg West
Cinda Park
Dunswart
Edenvale
Edleen
Farrarmere
Isando
Kemptonpark
Norkem Park
Springs
Van Dyck Park
Witfield
 
Industrial action update

A number of post offices in the Vaal area have been closed for the safety of customers and employees. This follows incidents of vandalism and intimidation. The offices below are affected:

Alrode
Boipatong
Boitumelo
De Deur
Evaton
Germiston
Ironside
Khumalo
Kwenzekile
Mafatsana
Masoheng
Orange Farm
Sebokeng
Sharpeville
Stretford
Vanderbijlpark
Vereeniging
Zuurfontein
 
This is a zero sum game.
Now they strike for permanent positions, next year it will be salary increases.

In its current model the post office is dead. Close it down, contract it out to a private entity or entities.
Make tampering with the mail a criminal offence.
 
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