We tested the Post Office's parcel delivery and 3 months later - nothing

[Jan]

SA Post Office parcel delivery tested — and 3 months later we are still waiting

MyBroadband tested the South African Post Office's parcel delivery service, and it failed dismally in keeping to its delivery target of two to five days.

We sent a package from the Baywest Mall Post Office branch in Port Elizabeth to Centurion on 21 February 2022.

 

[Dan C]

 

[SkillBeatsAll]

And the Post Office wants people to collect their medication there now??

They will be 3 months dead before the medication even arrives.

 

[Goosfrabba]

Sends package via Post Office...

 

[now05ster]

And the Post Office wants people to collect their medication there now??

They will be 3 months dead before the medication even arrives.

Actually, they will magically disappear. See below:

Sends package via Post Office...

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[RonSwanson]

SA Post Office spokesperson Johan Kruger said the process should be complete by 1 April 2022. “That will restore our service to normal levels,” he said.

SNAFU

 

[ToxicBunny]

And anyone expected any less than that?

I mean the fact that it takes 7 working days to move from PE to PTA is just atrocious in and of itself. Was it transported via horse carriage or something?

 

[epah]

SA Post Office parcel delivery tested — and 3 months later we are still waiting

MyBroadband tested the South African Post Office's parcel delivery service, and it failed dismally in keeping to its delivery target of two to five days.

We sent a package from the Baywest Mall Post Office branch in Port Elizabeth to Centurion on 21 February 2022.

And the letters we sent you guys back in 2017, are they still coming in?

 

[RedViking]

Maybe it is like a pregnancy, you get it in 9 months. Otherwise it is probably an abortion.

 

[konfab]

MyBroadband previously asked the SA Post Office about its poor delivery performance, and it said it was switching to a new service provider for its mail transport vehicles.

Wait what? They don't own their mail transport vehicles? Oh right, oinkers gotta oink.

 

[My_King]

Like I said mark the idiot barnes wants to even give shares to the employees, even after taking a few packages for themselves.

 

[Fulcrum29]

The only thing I trust SAPO with is registered post, limited to letters and documents.

 

[epah]

The only thing I trust SAPO with is registered post, limited to letters and documents.

I bet you still use a fax machine too.

 

[Fulcrum29]

I bet you still use a fax machine too.

No, you lost your bet there, but many organisations still insist on originals which they then ironically transmit back electronically. I guess these are the types who want to be legally sound, or as they label themselves, "process driven".

 

[s0lar]

Let’s take a moment to thank our couriers. Without them e-commerce would be a 1st world pipe dream here in SA.

Have a package or two delivered every month. Takes more often than not 24 hours to arrive from JHB to CT and on the odd occasion 48 hours at most.

Tsek SAPO. Woza courier services.

 

[_TrXtR_]

No, you lost your bet there, but many organizations still insist on originals which they then ironically transmit back electronically. I guess these are the types who want to be legally sound, or as they label themselves, "process driven".

Yeah keep it quiet. It eases the proof of residence issues.

 

[Chris.Geerdts]

A letter from the US just arrived 3 months after delivery. I had forgotten about it

 

[wingnut771]

You need to wait 4 to 5 months.

 

[deweyzeph]

Wait what? They don't own their mail transport vehicles? Oh right, oinkers gotta oink.

Yeah, it's crazy. Delivering mail is literally their sole reason for existence, and they don't even own their own vehicles. Pathetic.

 

[boboudts]

Did same test...posted "letter" at Oudtshoorn PO, which is barely 1 km from our home.....it took two weeks to reach me!...... .007 km per Day!