Hmmm - yes this will be a bit of a rant - so yeah - it is a serious (or should that be a TRICK) question!!
HOW hard can it be to post a parcel from New Zealand to Austria???? Wanna guess how long it takes???
I am aware that Covid19 and the resulting logistical issues is / has always been used as a way of "explaining" why things to Post - or ship - from anywhere to anywhere in the world, is taking so much longer!! It is accepted that a letter that used to take up to 10 days (to go from NZ to UK ) can now take twice as long - simply because the volume is the same but the regular flights are no longer - urm - regular or better less plentiful (at least to and from NZ) !! Ergo some things have to be in the cue and fly later - no problem there!
B U T -
A (Christmas) parcel we posted to Austria in early September 2021 - eventually made it to Austria (I mean we allowed 4 yes F O U R MONTHS for delivery instead of the usual 2 or 3 weeks ) - and it was promptly returned to us by end of January this year! Seems the local postie over there is unable to read and deliver to the correct address - so naturally instead of using their brain and READ and deliver to the correct address - they send it back here!!
All this while the Austrian Postal services say no postal services to NZ (and a few other places) due to Covid19! Meanwhile other countries like Germany for example have no issues shipping to NZ!! Austrian Post also failed to understand - or better yet is/was unable to explain - how they can ship to Sydney Australia - which at the time had a far stricter lock-down issues then NZ had, just not here!!!
I mean - GO FIGURE!!!!
Anyhow - we repacked said parcel and dropped it back into the Post!! This time we used a Computer and printer to print the Address - c l e a r l y readable - so fingers crossed it should be safely delivered!!!
Right???? Yeah Nah!!!!
I just logged on and did a track and trace on that item and it would seem it was delivered to -- wait for it -- can you guess ? ? ? ?
A U S T R A L I A
Ok they do read similar - but really --- HOW HARD CAN IT BE??????
Sighs
It has been shipped back to NZ / Auckland and hopefully this time it will be on a correct European bound plane - taking no doubt another 4-8 weeks!!!
Actually - it took 41 days from arrival in Melbourne to send it back to Auckland NZ - honestly - a row-boat would have been quicker!!!
There is a question here too - given it is a 4 hour flight and they are going DAILY multiple times, how long did it take a staffer to read and comprehend (that it is the wrong country) and make a decision to send it back to NZ - let alone process that . . . . or even better yet - to FORWARD it onto the next plane Europe bound . . .
By the time it arrives where it needs to be - the item will be a good fit for the GRAND-child . . . . . Never-mind the calendar being out-dated
Watch this space there might be more . . .
From the track and trace website:
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04 Apr 2022 12:19Your item has been processed and cleared for transit to its country of destination Auckland New Zealand Post
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18 Feb 2022 17:54Your item will be sorted for transport to a delivery office by the destination country operator. This is the last tracking event supported for your item as part of our semi-tracked product. Melbourne New Zealand Post
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14 Feb 2022 17:42Your item is being transported by the airline to its overseas destinationNew Zealand Post
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12 Feb 2022 21:23Your item is being transported by the airline to its overseas destinationNew Zealand Post
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05 Feb 2022 07:38Your item has been processed and cleared for transit to its country of destination AucklandNew Zealand Post
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03 Feb 2022 08:39Your item has arrived at the outbound mail centre and is being prepared for sending overseas AucklandNew Zealand Post
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02 Feb 2022 10:31Your parcel has been collected from the sender's location by your local courier driver based at POST Sites CHCH Canterbury. It's on its way to our depot for processing. Bishopdale New Zealand Post
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02 Feb 2022 10:22Your parcel has been collected from the sender's location by your local courier driver based at . It's on its way to our depot for processing.
With our luck - (it is totally possible) it could end up in Sydney - yes that IS in Australia - again!!! Shall I laugh or cry then ? ? ? ?
Have fun!
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Update!! As it happens there is a second parcel posted the other day - and BOTH have left NZ with this afternoon's flight ex Auckland!! The race is on!!!!
Mamabear said the first parcel is jinxed!!! With our luck it might fly near or over Ukraine/Russia and gets shot out of the sky . . . . . Bahhhhh
Update #2 - so the Item originally posted LAST year - is now in Vienna - via Qatar!!! Short hop to St. Poelten - possibly in a few days time!
The other item - for Salzburg - it would seem MISSED the same flight and is still sitting on the tarmac in Auckland . . hmmm it is a tracked / Courier one - Maybe after Easter I shall ask some hard questions of our postal services . . . .
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