[chbot] Shipping

[Andrew Errington]

Today I received a Christmas card from a friend in the US. It was
postmarked December 2019, so I know it is from the Before Time, and
not an early one for this year. :)

No other packages. I thought the blockage had become unstuck, but,
perhaps not. :(

Maybe things will pick up again in Level 2.

Andrew

On 05/05/2020, Richard Jones <richard.jones.1952 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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