the AusPost shuffle - S**t that can happen
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2023 8:24 am
With the looming unavailability of Barnards on my mind, back at the start of September I put a wanted ad on OzFclass for a LH Barnard P. I was trying to future proof myself against future unavailability.
A few days later I had done a deal, paid up and the action was dispatched.
I was in Qld at the time, I advised my dealer in Tas it was coming. About six weeks later I went to my dealer, PTA in hand to pick it up.
Panic set in, because they couldn't find it, a bit later on they confirmed that they had never received it, my turn to panic.
A few phone calls later it was discovered that it had left Cairns via AusPost and disappeared in Townsville a few days later.
The Cairns dealer charged an exorbitant amount to send it, and silly me figured that it was down to the cost of insurance. When I phoned the Cairns dealer to start the process of making an insurance claim, everybody turned deaf, couldn't understand the question, didn't return calls and referred me to another staff member who was strangely never available and became dyslexic when getting call back messages. So the premium was never paid?? WTF!
OK, so now, we have a problem and the action is reported to Qld Police as missing/stolen.
Throughout this process my dealer in Tas - (a shout-out to The Hunting Shed in Burnie) have been like a bull terrier chasing this up.
Five weeks passed and I was resigned to accepting the loss. $2K was not worth chasing through the courts, so I just put it behind me.
Out of the blue, the Hunting Shed called - action found but Houston we still have a problem.
The story is:
The Contractor for AusPost who was transporting the action had other freight in his truck mixed with the AusPost stuff. I thought that this was against the rules.AusPost is secure isn't it?
The owner of the other freight, (which was furniture associated with a trade show) was unpacking it when he found inside the bubble wrap, yes you guessed it, a small package addressed to the Hunting Shed. There are still people who are honest. This guy phoned both the Hunting Shed and the freight company.
Problem not over. Where's my stuff ?
Police now get involved - remember, stolen/missing firearm. So now it's locked in a safe somewhere at the transport company and parcel is not allowed to be moved until we get police clearance.....waiting.......waiting. I was thinking January, too close to Christmas.
Anyway after 2 weeks in the safe and without any warning, my AusPost app flashes me yesterday - Package in North Sydney and on the move
A Christmas Story
Pete
A few days later I had done a deal, paid up and the action was dispatched.
I was in Qld at the time, I advised my dealer in Tas it was coming. About six weeks later I went to my dealer, PTA in hand to pick it up.
Panic set in, because they couldn't find it, a bit later on they confirmed that they had never received it, my turn to panic.
A few phone calls later it was discovered that it had left Cairns via AusPost and disappeared in Townsville a few days later.
The Cairns dealer charged an exorbitant amount to send it, and silly me figured that it was down to the cost of insurance. When I phoned the Cairns dealer to start the process of making an insurance claim, everybody turned deaf, couldn't understand the question, didn't return calls and referred me to another staff member who was strangely never available and became dyslexic when getting call back messages. So the premium was never paid?? WTF!
OK, so now, we have a problem and the action is reported to Qld Police as missing/stolen.
Throughout this process my dealer in Tas - (a shout-out to The Hunting Shed in Burnie) have been like a bull terrier chasing this up.
Five weeks passed and I was resigned to accepting the loss. $2K was not worth chasing through the courts, so I just put it behind me.
Out of the blue, the Hunting Shed called - action found but Houston we still have a problem.
The story is:
The Contractor for AusPost who was transporting the action had other freight in his truck mixed with the AusPost stuff. I thought that this was against the rules.AusPost is secure isn't it?
The owner of the other freight, (which was furniture associated with a trade show) was unpacking it when he found inside the bubble wrap, yes you guessed it, a small package addressed to the Hunting Shed. There are still people who are honest. This guy phoned both the Hunting Shed and the freight company.
Problem not over. Where's my stuff ?
Police now get involved - remember, stolen/missing firearm. So now it's locked in a safe somewhere at the transport company and parcel is not allowed to be moved until we get police clearance.....waiting.......waiting. I was thinking January, too close to Christmas.
Anyway after 2 weeks in the safe and without any warning, my AusPost app flashes me yesterday - Package in North Sydney and on the move
A Christmas Story
Pete