[chbot] Shipping

[Richard Jones]

NZ Post delivery status updates work well for us. I run two accounts so
that Jane and I get updates for tracked parcels that we are both interested
in and techie stuff generates progress emails just for me. We usually get a
final email 5-10 minutes after parcels are delivered to home (no signature
required for rural). Parcels that get lost stick around in my NZ post
account for months until I delete them. I have a couple of tracked items in
progress at the moment, I'll let you know if our status updates disappoint.

The only problems that we have had was when items were being stolen from
post boxes in Diamond Harbour, and when items ordered from Christchurch
take 8 days to turn up. I don't think either of those problems were to do
with NZ post. It is frustrating how long it takes for international parcels
to transit from Auckland to Lyttelton.

Richard Jones

On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 12:21 PM Volker Kuhlmann <list57 at top.geek.nz> wrote:

> On Mon 04 May 2020 10:38:33 NZST +1200, Andrew Errington wrote:
>
> > Another package arrived today. This one was quite quick!
>
> I haven't had any more luck.
>
>
> Is anyone making use of NZPost's delivery status update notifications?
> I'm finding them seriously substandard. They keep them in the system for
> only 2 weeks, and they didn't give a hoot when I pointed out to them
> years ago that items from China generally take longer than that. At
> least they emailed a renewal link. These days they email after 2 weeks,
> but the link is a general link to the tracking number. And it's still
> showing "send status updates", of course one can't say what will
> actually happen so the only safe option is click on "stop status
> updates" (they send a STOPPED email), and "start". So they send a WATCHING
> email, and just to make sure, a third email "there's nothing new for the
> last 2 weeks we can tell you about". Bunch of idiots at NZPost (and
> it predates covid19 so no excuse there).
>
> Volker
>
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