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Funnily enough I usually bounce at the opposite issue, living in a smaller city in Australia, if a shop doesn't offer express post or a courier, I regularly hav
by mwill 7y ago
Funnily enough I usually bounce at the opposite issue, living in a smaller city in Australia, if a shop doesn't offer express post or a courier, I regularly have to wait 3-4 weeks for it to arrive through standard post.
If there are no shipping options, I shop around for the same product elsewhere, express post is usually only $10AUD more and will sometimes arrive 1-2 days later, usually never more than 4 days. Couriers for $30AUD will usually definitely arrive 1-2 days later. Even ordering internationally can be faster than standard post to my address these days.
So I usually bail out of a transaction if there's no shipping options, its easier to just find another source than it is to ask and arrange for shipping personally.
- TheSpiceIsLife 7y agoIt blows my mind that I can order an item from China and have it air mailed to me in three days over the weekend, with no shipping charge. But a similar sized package from an Australian seller will often take three days for the vendor to send then five days to get to Launceston and cost $15 for shipping. I understand all the factors at play, but still...
- j03w 7y agoI live in Sydney and sometime items coming from Sydney or Melb can take longer than items coming from US
- jacques_chester 7y agoAh yes, Australia Post. I've had items come from Melbourne to Perth -- a dozen connecting flights daily, all with spare freight capacity bought by AusPost for express -- take three fucking weeks for the highest-paid express. I've had parts come from Germany to Perth in 3 days. On the mid-cost freight option. Via Frankfurt and then Singapore. Australia Post is an essential institution and somehow they manage to be entirely useless.