| [ Total Views: 756 | Total Replies: 11 | Thread Id: 2908 ] |
|
|
 jakriz
Wolfsburg Wizard
Posts: 560
Threads: 46
Registered: September 1st, 2002
Member Is Offline
Location: Hicksville
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue ( Default )
Mood: 2 headed
|
| posted on January 8th, 2003 at 06:43 PM |
|
|
MANIFOLDS LOST IN THE POST!!!!!!
Last monday, the 30th of December I posted my tall shot manifolds down to Mortlake to Richard Holzl at V-force so that he could play with the match
porting to the heads which he already has. I don't normally post things to him but the traffic on the F3 has been terrible over the holdays so I
couldn't be bothered driving back down. Anyway, to cut to the chase, the manifolds still have not arrived!!! They are obvously lost somewhere in
the system. I've phoned both Post offices, the one from where I sent it & also the Concord Post Office where it should have gone to &
no-one has seen it. I'm stuffed!
What do I do?? jusrt play the waiting game? they were sent through the normal post, not express or registered. I sent a cam to Melbourne last week
& it got there OK, I had a oil cooler posted to me from down south & it got here the very next day! so where are my manifolds? I also had a
brand new pack of Berg rocker studs in the parcel as well! Bugger. I'm shattered!
Any ideas???
regards
Jak
Congratulations to Ben Durie for breaking the hillclimb record at Ringwood in his stroker beetle!
|
|
|
amazer
Bishop of Volkswagenism
kombi pilot
Posts: 3187
Threads: 308
Registered: August 26th, 2002
Member Is Offline
Location: Wollongong
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue ( Default )
Mood: Peachy!
|
| posted on January 8th, 2003 at 07:48 PM |
|
|
Sorry for you mate. Got no idea what you can do. You just gotta hope that it'l turn up I guess. If it was a parcel then the recieving post office
would have a record of it if it showed up there. Do you know if it arrived there? If not then it could have been put in the wrong bag and been sent
somewhere else, and now being sent back. (just trying to figure out WHERE it has gone missing) If it never arrived there I spose you could jump up and
down at your PO for all its worth. If it did arrive there then their contractor that does the delivery needs interrogating.
Heres hoping for the wrong bag theory. When I had carbs sent from the US they went via Austria. Took their time getting here but they made it in the
end.
Chris.... kombi pilot, oval dreamer... finisher #26971 2005 city to surf
|
|
|
Che Castro
Custom Title Time!
ankle straps
Posts: 1945
Threads: 79
Registered: August 25th, 2002
Member Is Offline
Location: Sydney, Australia
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue ( Default )
Mood: (( }:-{D]
|
| posted on January 8th, 2003 at 08:05 PM |
|
|
mmm damn what a pity. I think australia post states that it is not liable for things like that. registered post and stuff is there for that reason
i think.
Jon
|
|
|
 kombi_kid
Super Moderator
Good Kid too many projects
Posts: 124
Threads: 341
Registered: August 27th, 2002
Member Is Offline
Location: brisvegas
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue ( Default )
|
| posted on January 8th, 2003 at 09:02 PM |
|
|
hey
bad luck!!! my mum sent a pressie to my grandma for chrissy on the 20th of dec and still not therE!!!!!!!
there is this form you can get and fill it in and they send it out to all the post offices to find it!!! ( thats what they told my grandma!)
ring and ask?
cheers
rhys
it aint just cool its aircool'd
|
|
|
68AutoBug
A.k.a.: Lee Noonan
Aircooled Master
Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138% - YIKES --
Posts: 11654
Threads: 449
Registered: August 31st, 2002
Member Is Offline
Location: SCONE in UPPER HUNTER VALLEY NSW
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Yellow
Mood: Really Mentally Ill - all of the time -
|
| posted on January 9th, 2003 at 12:17 AM |
|
|
I would wait & see what happens.... Was it packed correctly? If the package came apart.. was this possible? if so was the address on the parts or
attached with a tag with the address on it.... as Many things fall out of Packages and are never delivered because of No Address on the parts
themselves.... I don't work at the Post Office.... I've had over 25 years experience of sending and receiving parts via the post and
transport companies.... You have to leave NOTHING to chance.... I went to My local Post Office a few months ago looking for a large parcel... after
2 weeks of daily checking.. one day I happened to ask the right person, they remembered it wasn't under "N" where the others were
looking.. it had been placed under another initial as it was too large to fit in with the "N" s... and this person remembered.... If its
still intact.. it Should turn up.... eventually..... I usually Never insure register etc any parcels I send or receive... Post is usually very
good.... I'm sure all the members on the forum feel for You... We ALL hope it arrives safely.. Soon
:thumb
- [size=4]Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY--- [/size]
|
|
|
lugnuts
A.k.a.: Mike
Custom Title Time!
Posts: 1070
Threads: 88
Registered: August 28th, 2002
Member Is Offline
Location: Sydney,Castle Hill
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue ( Default )
Mood: semi-retiring
|
| posted on January 9th, 2003 at 02:54 AM |
|
|
hijak,i feel for you mate,just trying to trace one article in the post isnt going to happen,did you use a postcode 2137,did the address say concord or
mortlake if it said mortlake maybe its sitting on a shelf at mortlake vic 3272,if you can give me the full address i can give you some possible places
it could have been missorted to,aprox 1% of all aust post mail gets missorted the good news is unless a sorting machine eats it most of that 1% will
get there within a week. |
|
|
jakriz
Wolfsburg Wizard
Posts: 560
Threads: 46
Registered: September 1st, 2002
Member Is Offline
Location: Hicksville
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue ( Default )
Mood: 2 headed
|
| posted on January 9th, 2003 at 04:38 AM |
|
|
The exact address was
2a Bennett Street
Mortlake
2137.
Both manifolds were in their own seperate little boxes but I taped them together at the counter with clear packing tape. There is litteraly no way
they could have come apart by themselves, & the address was written on the box. no tags.
Just have to wait huh? I'll go into my post office today as I only rang them last time, see what they can do.
Jak
Congratulations to Ben Durie for breaking the hillclimb record at Ringwood in his stroker beetle!
|
|
|
lugnuts
A.k.a.: Mike
Custom Title Time!
Posts: 1070
Threads: 88
Registered: August 28th, 2002
Member Is Offline
Location: Sydney,Castle Hill
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue ( Default )
Mood: semi-retiring
|
| posted on January 9th, 2003 at 06:24 AM |
|
|
i know it sounds dumb jak but i would always put the state on as well,if it was missorted interstate say vic the parcel officer looking at your parcel
could assume that it was a vic address and that the postcode was wrong,PS its very multicultural in aust post,not that theres anything wrong with that
but alot of my colleagues in camrys have never driven past campbelltown so have no idea where places are.its not rocket science but it might as well
be lolololololo! |
|
|
kombi_kid
Super Moderator
Good Kid too many projects
Posts: 124
Threads: 341
Registered: August 27th, 2002
Member Is Offline
Location: brisvegas
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue ( Default )
|
| posted on January 9th, 2003 at 07:03 AM |
|
|
hey
if you have your recipt go to post office you sent it to and get a form from them fill it in and it will get found! no matter what state,post office
it goes to!!!
cheers
rhys
it aint just cool its aircool'd
|
|
|
mattie182
Wolfsburg Wizard
Posts: 466
Threads: 108
Registered: August 27th, 2002
Member Is Offline
Location: Rockhampton, Central QLD
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue ( Default )
Mood: Buggy On
|
| posted on January 9th, 2003 at 07:50 AM |
|
|
hmmmm
I know I posted a pair of shoes from Rockhampton to Brisbane, they turned up in Perth about a month later...........
Once you go flat, you never go back!!!!!!
 |
|
|
56astro
Custom Title Time!
Posts: 1772
Threads: 74
Registered: August 25th, 2002
Member Is Offline
Location: The Nambucca
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue ( Default )
Mood: Pobjoy Powered with twin ignition & soon to be EFI'd
|
| posted on January 9th, 2003 at 08:18 AM |
|
|
Sorry to hear it Jak
I can't offer any advice
except to say my fingers are crossed for ya.
VW car, VW engine ...... keepin it "real"
35MPG on 101.3kPa |
|
|
bugmeister
Slammed & Awesome Dubber
Posts: 89
Threads: 25
Registered: September 3rd, 2002
Member Is Offline
Location: Logan - Brisbane
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue ( Default )
|
| posted on January 9th, 2003 at 12:17 PM |
|
|
Isn't there a dead mail centre or something for packages that for whatever reason they can't deliver?
|
|
|
jakriz
Wolfsburg Wizard
Posts: 560
Threads: 46
Registered: September 1st, 2002
Member Is Offline
Location: Hicksville
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue ( Default )
Mood: 2 headed
|
| posted on January 9th, 2003 at 05:42 PM |
|
|
I spoke to the Post office today & they said that unless someone finds it along the way & realises that the package is in the wrong spot, it
will end up in the Dead Mail Centre. I have to fill out a form which will be sent to me, with the details & then it takes roughly 2 weeks for it
to be sorted! We've go the dyno day in about 3 weeks so I don;t fancy my chances of participating on the day.
Just have to play the waiting game.
Jak
Congratulations to Ben Durie for breaking the hillclimb record at Ringwood in his stroker beetle!
|
|
|
70AutoStik
Insano Dub Head
Posts: 730
Threads: 18
Registered: August 30th, 2002
Member Is Offline
Location: Dandenong. Victoria
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue ( Default )
|
| posted on January 10th, 2003 at 12:05 AM |
|
|
Interesting story, bananaman: we need to remember that, sadly, most postal delivery is handled by contractors (the lowest bidder.)
If it makes you feel any better, I once didn't receive a piece of registered mail, and Ozzie Post refused to do anything about it because someone
had signed for it (I lived alone at the time.) It only cost me my house, (and, according to the powers that be, I still owe another $25,000 as
well...)
It starts to make certain 3rd-party couriers look a little better, doesn't it?
|
|
|
lugnuts
A.k.a.: Mike
Custom Title Time!
Posts: 1070
Threads: 88
Registered: August 28th, 2002
Member Is Offline
Location: Sydney,Castle Hill
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue ( Default )
Mood: semi-retiring
|
| posted on January 10th, 2003 at 02:18 AM |
|
|
DLO=Dead Letter Office i think they do parcels too,and after reading the above i think ile lurk for a while lol ! |
|
|
.JPG "Avatar")
