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

[Fuzzbox]

Is anyone surprised?

CYRIL.

 

[blunt]

Interested to know what GPS tracker was used

 

[chrisc]

There are staff in our local branch sitting on chairs behind the counters. Some days 3 or 4 people come in to query undelivered mail or missing parcels. Nobody buys stamps, pays accounts. Since the SASSA payments stopped, there is nothing to do

You can pay the same accounts and much more 50m away at Checkers cash counter. Lot less bureaucracy

 

[wingnut771]

There are staff in our local branch sitting on chairs behind the counters. Some days 3 or 4 people come in to query undelivered mail or missing parcels. Nobody buys stamps, pays accounts. Since the SASSA payments stopped, there is nothing to do

You can pay the same accounts and much more 50m away at Checkers cash counter. Lot less bureaucracy

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[bwana]

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Post Office stops distributing R350 grants, supermarkets step in | News24

The South African Post Office says it will no longer distribute R350 Social Relief of Distress grants from its branches.

www.news24.com

Get your R350 grant at Pick n Pay or Checkers, says post office as DA threatens legal action

The South African Post Office says it will no longer pay the R350 social relief of distress grant through its branches as a part of its effort to alleviate long queues at its branches.

businesstech.co.za

 

[stroudmw]

It will arrive (if you're lucky) back in PE after about a year with a note saying it wasn't collected.

 

[markings]

Just when COVID started I sent a small parcel to Malaysia. After about 3 months someone from JHB contacted me and said that overseas deliveries could not be done as flights were canceled. I told them to hold the package and send it on when deliveries resume. Another 3 months and they called me again and at that point I opted for them to send the parcel back to me, which I duly got about a week later.
At that point they could still deliver, albeit not in the way it was originally intended. I won't mention further details as this might be seen as being racist.

 

[Sledgehammer67]

And these asshloes wants to take over all parcel deliveries. Give me bloody a break

 

[DreamKing]

normally pay my telkom and municipal bill via post office easypay ......

the money went missing ......

electronic payment they still can't deliver .....don't bother anything "physically".

 

[Gemsbok]

Post Office should rather close down. They are totally useless and pathetic. I dont use them because I don't trust them. The staff doesn't know or care zero about customer service.
According to me they doesn't exist.

 

[Antono]

HAHA, and somebody scored a tracking device

 

[chrisc]

Definitely a 19th century anachronism. Unhelpful staff. Computers off-line. No working phones in the office.
They advertise services they are unable to deliver, like sending money to any PO. Hand in the money and that is the last you hear. They cannot check the routing, so they write a letter and stick a stamp on it

 

[Alkern]

No one listens, no one cares.
The idiots don't see the end of the line will eventually reach them. It's already happening. Just not fast enough for my ever shrinking wallet

 

[Guest 290922]

Got a quote for R353.20 for courier plus R800 for insurance on an R10200 graphics card for local South African delivery. Where are you guys getting affordable pay as you go courier services? Could never use SAPO for anything other than letters and that isn't going well.

 

[sand_man]

I'm curious. How do post office workers justify their salaries? What do they actually do to earn a salary?

It takes time to 'check' mail...

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

They earn a salary, because most of them exist and and can manage to "clock" in and out.

 

[Rouxenator]

Ordered something on eBay in late April 2022.
Edit - I ordered it late March, it shipped early Aprl.


Got concerned around June and emailed them:


Got it today:


New record, 7 8 months....

 

[deweyzeph]

Ordered something on eBay in late April 2022.

Got concerned around June and emailed them:
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Got it today:
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New record, 7 months....

Record for being quick or for being slow? You have to be specific when it comes to the PO.

 

[Rouxenator]

Record for being quick or for being slow? You have to be specific when it comes to the PO.

Slow. Previously my record for inbound was 5 months. Same as my slowest outbound which was 5 months via sea mail to the Philipines.

They definitely discriminate between parcels coming from wish.com and those that do not. You can expect orders from wish.com in about 2 weeks. Other sources seem to be 2 to 7 months.

 

[ajax]

Had to fetch a parcel at PO. Got there and they only accepted cash - it was load shedding.