SA Post Office Strike

An eBay order of mine arrived in just under two months this week which is normal...
 
AndreKotze said:
Helps to always be friendly with the ladies behind the counter. They actually sent me a SMS yesterday to say I had a parcel. I ordered it from eBay in Oct last year and apparently its been lying in a pile for a while...
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This!

Be friendly and courteous, like you would like to be treated and you will see the difference.

I buy alot online and the biggest delay every single time is customs. My parcels spend most of its time there.
China - SA: 10 days max
Customs: 1 month min
Germiston Hub to my PO: 5 days max

Got a contact number for customs but they NEVER answer.
They reply to emails if they feel like it, and when they do its with useless info.
 
Ever since Tom Moyane has been put in charge of SARS, Customs has gone from bad to worse. Lot of money lost to government due to delays.
 
Strike still on with neither parties reaching an agreement. Union wants 12% while SAPO is only offering 6%.
 
Sooner the government realises inflation is not 4.5% the better place employees would be for bargaining increases.
 
Lupus said:
Sooner the government realises inflation is not 4.5% the better place employees would be for bargaining increases.
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It's calculated in a standard way. It would be completely impossible to have it match everyone's personal inflation rate.

Jings said:
Strike still on with neither parties reaching an agreement. Union wants 12% while SAPO is only offering 6%.
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Considering the Post Office's financial situation 6% is generous. And 6% now is going to be better than a couple of extra percent later once lost earnings are factored in.
 
noxibox said:
It's calculated in a standard way. It would be completely impossible to have it match everyone's personal inflation rate.
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That is not what Lupus is saying. Inflation, as it is currently "calculated", is a farce and far from the actual inflation the vast majority face.
 
Drifter said:
Our SAPO branch was closed yesterday.
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I sent a phone to KZN, got there yesterday and the recipient fetched it from the post office. No problems.
https://tracking.postoffice.co.za/TrackNTrace/TrackNTrace.aspx?id=PE899315415ZA

However, my Nokia 7 is still at JIMC since April...
Code: 
Destination : South Africa - Tracking consuming: 368 ms
2018-06-29 08:54
JHB INT MAIL CENTRE (HUB), Incomming International

Origin : Netherlands - Cache time: 2018-07-12 07:25:14(GMT+02:00)
2018-06-29 12:13
The item is on transport to the local sorting centre

2018-06-29 10:54
The item has been processed in the country of destination

2018-04-26 15:09
The consignment has arrived in the country of destination
 
Rouxenator said:
I sent a phone to KZN, got there yesterday and the recipient fetched it from the post office. No problems.
https://tracking.postoffice.co.za/TrackNTrace/TrackNTrace.aspx?id=PE899315415ZA

However, my Nokia 7 is still at JIMC since April...
Code: 
Destination : South Africa - Tracking consuming: 368 ms
2018-06-29 08:54
JHB INT MAIL CENTRE (HUB), Incomming International

Origin : Netherlands - Cache time: 2018-07-12 07:25:14(GMT+02:00)
2018-06-29 12:13
The item is on transport to the local sorting centre

2018-06-29 10:54
The item has been processed in the country of destination

2018-04-26 15:09
The consignment has arrived in the country of destination
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Same boat. Also waiting for a parcel stuck at JIMC since April. Have contacted via email, all the executives at the post office. Surprisingly, some answered and promised to help. Even requested my address so my package can be expedited. Two weeks later.....tracking shows it still hasn't moved. I suspect smoke was being blown up my bottom.
 
In my case the accessories I bought with the phone was sent as another parcel, also coming into SA on the same day, but it got picked up sometime in June and delivered this month.
 
ambroseg1 said:
That is not what Lupus is saying. Inflation, as it is currently "calculated", is a farce and far from the actual inflation the vast majority face.
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It doesn't matter how they make up the basket there will always be claims that it doesn't match. That is the point. And each time the basket is adjusted they get accused of only doing so to make inflation appear lower than it really is. Inflation rates are always a highly flawed benchmark.

Furthermore if they use some alternative basket that results in a higher inflation rate, then interest rates go up and those who get hit the hardest will be the same employees. So not only will they still be paying more for food, housing, transport and so on, but the loans they've taken out. Chances are even if their employers offer something a bit more than this new official rate they'll go on strike for more to compensate.
 
ambroseg1 said:
Same boat. Also waiting for a parcel stuck at JIMC since April. Have contacted via email, all the executives at the post office. Surprisingly, some answered and promised to help. Even requested my address so my package can be expedited. Two weeks later.....tracking shows it still hasn't moved. I suspect smoke was being blown up my bottom.
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It's hard to imagine what actually goes on in that place, because its a regular complaint that items stay there for a month or more, even when they're not actually being assessed, but simply forwarded to another hub. If the place was actually functioning parcels not intended for their area should simply move on within days at most.
 
I don't understand how anyone can tell if SAPO is on strike or not at any given time. There is no difference in service levels whether they are striking or "working".
 
Blue Shirt said:
I don't understand how anyone can tell if SAPO is on strike or not at any given time. There is no difference in service levels whether they are striking or "working".
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I have one way. My local Post Office is locked up, all the lights off. Other than that, not much.
 
noxibox said:
It's hard to imagine what actually goes on in that place, because its a regular complaint that items stay there for a month or more, even when they're not actually being assessed, but simply forwarded to another hub. If the place was actually functioning parcels not intended for their area should simply move on within days at most.
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noxibox said:
Considering the Post Office's financial situation 6% is generous. And 6% now is going to be better than a couple of extra percent later once lost earnings are factored in.
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If only they could improve on service, especially Customs, earnings would improve tremendously.
 
noxibox said:
It's hard to imagine what actually goes on in that place, because its a regular complaint that items stay there for a month or more, even when they're not actually being assessed, but simply forwarded to another hub. If the place was actually functioning parcels not intended for their area should simply move on within days at most.
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Agree 100%.
 
Post office tracking now shows no records for international parcels where they were previously showing stuck in Customs during the strike. Anyone else experiencing this?
 
Jings said:
Post office tracking now shows no records for international parcels where they were previously showing stuck in Customs during the strike. Anyone else experiencing this?
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I have 3 packages that reports being in ZA according to overseas PO, but 2 of the 3 shows the SAPO misspelled incomming (double m...so bad) message, so I would say it depends.

Complete message is "JHB INT MAIL CENTRE (HUB), Incomming International".
 
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