[chbot] Shipping

[Geoff]

I meant to post this a few days ago: it took one week for a small package
to get from Papanui to Bishopdale from a local retailer.....
On the other hand, it took a different package two days to get from
Auckland to my door.

So, meh. Things arrive when they will

G

On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 5:11 PM Andrew Errington <erringtona at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
> >>
> >> --
> >> Volker Kuhlmann
> >> http://volker.top.geek.nz/      Please do not CC list postings to me.
> >>
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