Postal Strike?

[L.T.G]

Just thought I'd let you guys know, my faith is somewhat restored.

I tried my luck ordering contact lenses from the UK, (much cheaper than anything here and been using them for 2 years now, no hassles) ordered on 19 April, came today.

I thought I'd wait months.

[Hairy]

Just thought I'd let you guys know, my faith is somewhat restored.

I tried my luck ordering contact lenses from the UK, (much cheaper than anything here and been using them for 2 years now, no hassles) ordered on 19 April, came today.

I thought I'd wait months.

via snail mail?

 

could you please PM the site you use?

[dillon]

via snail mail?

 

could you please PM the site you use?

me to

[Hairy]

me to

I see what you are doing .... ok lame Friday joke over and out.

[dillon]

I see what you are doing .... ok lame Friday joke over and out.

i can't find a site that is that much cheaper than my local supplier, with 2 blind in the family it adds up, no joke

[dillon]

on the other hand i bought some stuff from the uk on 14 Jan 2015,  first notification arrived yesterday.....

[L.T.G]

Just thought I'd let you guys know, my faith is somewhat restored.

I tried my luck ordering contact lenses from the UK, (much cheaper than anything here and been using them for 2 years now, no hassles) ordered on 19 April, came today.

I thought I'd wait months.

Sorry guys, I actually placed the order on the 31st of March.. so took 3 weeks longer than I thought, but not bad considering there're others waiting longer

[Eddy Gordo]

you are lucky, i am still waiting on items from almost 3 months ago. They should have arrived 2 months back

[Skylark]

I'm finding international eBay orders are back up to speed, 4-6 weeks average.

[awesme]

 have a package thats at custom clearance... it should not have come to SA, should have gone to a Dubai address.

 

now I got to figure out how I'm getting it from SAPO.

 

G

[bertusras]

Last week a package of mine shipped on 26 November arrived!

[KidCharlemagne]

I once ordered some components online and the site bragged about super fast delivery.  When I clicked "confirm payment" I heard the doorbell and I thought no freaking way, I was right, it was just my mate popping in for a cold one.

[MrJacques]

Seems like we may not have to worry about the Post Office too much longer.... http://www.cbn.co.za/component/k2/item/3308-post-office-running-on-fumes

 

I wanted to collect a parcel on Friday and was told that the local (PE) hub hadn't received deliveries in the last day or two. I hope they still get here.

[Harryn]

I have mixed feelings about my sympathies with the staff. On the one hand its a really terrible position to be in , not knowing if you are gonna get paid, with mouths to feed. On the other hand, the staff have irrevocably wrecked the post office with repeated ongoing strikes, which totally eroded all and any customer confidence in the p o .

 

Its no wonder they can't pay salaries - the staff are the authors of their own fate. If Unions act capriciously, abusing strike action, they ultimately do their own members a huge disservice. This is the lesson from the dysfunctional post office - but they will probably take quite a few more entities down before this home truth starts to sink in. If ever.

[jimmycool]

My wife went to hand in a speed service parcel today and she was warned that it would likely not be collected today as there was a fuel problem with the van that does the collections. So, off to the local pick n pay to use the drop box.

[Bateleur1]

I have mixed feelings about my sympathies with the staff. On the one hand its a really terrible position to be in , not knowing if you are gonna get paid, with mouths to feed. On the other hand, the staff have irrevocably wrecked the post office with repeated ongoing strikes, which totally eroded all and any customer confidence in the p o .

 

Its no wonder they can't pay salaries - the staff are the authors of their own fate. If Unions act capriciously, abusing strike action, they ultimately do their own members a huge disservice. This is the lesson from the dysfunctional post office - but they will probably take quite a few more entities down before this home truth starts to sink in. If ever.

 

The time has come for people to realise that the unions are actually not going to do anything for them.  As you said, in trying to get a better wage deal, they bit the hand that fed them aka the customer and this is the fruits of their endeavour.  The SA labour market needs to realise that whatever lies ahead, people will have to pull their fingers and start working.  Complaining about the economy that is in its moer is what they should think of when they go and vote.