Parcels from Australia (Australian Post) - is anyone still experiencing delays?

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#296066 18-May-2022 08:26

Hi guys,

We bought some down jackets and looks like it's getting shipped from Melbourne using Australian Post.

The supplier shipped it really quickly but it looks like it's stuck at "Cleared and awaiting international departure" for about a week now. Apparently it's stuck because there's limited flights from Australia at the moment due to Covid.

I've had other items arriving from Australia this week within 2-3 days so there are definitely flights going.

Just would like to know other people's experiences on this.

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#2915386 18-May-2022 08:46

During COVID, had the exact same issue. AU post showed was awaiting a flight, yet other tracking sites said they were in the air....... one package took about 3 weeks to move.

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#2915401 18-May-2022 09:00

I ordered a couple of things from AU on the 3rd May, one from Mel turned up on Mon morning and the one from Syd has apparently been sitting in AKL since Friday morning.

The one consistent thing I have noticed is the AU post tracking is slow to update!

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#2915408 18-May-2022 09:05

Spoke too soon, it was just delivered, but the AU post tracking still shows as sitting in AKL.....

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#2915410 18-May-2022 09:06

Have also had items sent using Australia Post going through either Melbourne or Sydney, take a couple of weeks or so to actually leave Australia, after seeing the "Cleared and awaiting international departure". Chances are they're still playing catch-up.

ETA: If you haven't tried already, the Australia Post tracking number should work on the NZPost tracking system, and may show different information than the Australia Post tracking.

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#2915412 18-May-2022 09:06

Yip, they'll sit in Melbourne for almost a couple of weeks, say they have left a couple of times, and then finally get to Auckland, once they are there its fairly quick but I get a lot of stuff fom Melbourne and its cinstantly held up there.

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#2915413 18-May-2022 09:07

If I understand correctly, a fully booked passenger flight means less weight allowance is available for freight in the belly of the plane. My flights to and from Sydney last week were both jam packed. This leads me to wonder if it is an air freight capacity issue,

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#2915418 18-May-2022 09:09

Stu: Have also had items sent using Australia Post going through either Melbourne or Sydney, take a couple of weeks or so to actually leave Australia, after seeing the "Cleared and awaiting international departure". Chances are they're still playing catch-up.

That's the interesting part for me, how come other items shipped with UPS can arrive in two days, clearing customs but other items can take weeks to clear customs.

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#2915423 18-May-2022 09:18

Generally for me, Amazon is good, anything else is bad. Ordered stuff from JB Hifi AU just on a month ago and nothing yet. No tracking for that, just wait, and wait. Stuff from UK also slow, stuff from US slow if not Amazon.

Might be because I always pick the cheapest postage, if I get the choice of course.

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#2915424 18-May-2022 09:18

Depends on the ticket. Higher priority shipping gets on first. Australia Post have different labels/costs to send to NZ. Their cheapest option used to only have tracking within Australia, and stopped once it left the country (not sure if that's still the case).

UPS is possibly more expensive and a higher priority.

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#2915426 18-May-2022 09:21

UPS have their own freight aircraft. https://www.flyingmag.com/ups-receives-delivery-of-its-last-new-boeing-747/

For routes where flying their own aircraft is probably not economic (like to NZ), UPS will likely pay premium rates for guaranteed freight capacity.

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#2915427 18-May-2022 09:21

Stu: Depends on the ticket. Higher priority shipping gets on first. Australia Post have different labels/costs to send to NZ. Their cheapest option used to only have tracking within Australia, and stopped once it left the country (not sure if that's still the case).

UPS is possibly more expensive and a higher priority.

I guess it's a bit like paying for a first class ticket where you can skip queues in customs.

We had a 1.2 meter Bazooka water tank from the Gold Coast that literally arrived in two days. I think shipping had cost about $300.

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#2915436 18-May-2022 09:35

I had a package come from Sydney that arrived yesterday.. 18 days to get to NZ.. Most of that was it just sitting at the airport in Aussie.

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#2915489 18-May-2022 10:57

I had an envelope with the security keys for our giveaway send on the 4 April. It didn't arrive by the 4 May so they sent me another batch.

The first one arrived a week later - five weeks for an envelope to travel Sydney to Wellington. The second one took two weeks and arrived here last week.

I guess there is still some delays around as I expected a tracked envelope to take a lot less than two weeks between those two cities.

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#2915497 18-May-2022 11:16

I just got a few things delivered to Blenheim in under 4 working days from a online seller, whose warehouse is in Brisbane.

Amazon free shipping is taking a couple of weeks though. It's for a drill press, so that may explain the delay.

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#2915510 18-May-2022 11:49

A small core electronics box took forever to arrive for me, normally it would be a week or so, was over a month for the last one.

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