I'm waiting for a parcel from Temu. I can follow its progress on the Australia Post app and was pleased when I noted yesterday it had arrived at St Leonards, the local AP depot. That should mean a delivery this afternoon. However, on checking this morning, I find the message INCORRECTLY SORTED AND FORWARDED TO CORRECT LOCATION MORNINGTON TASMANIA.
Mornington is miles away, closer to Hobart than to Longford. So, some geographically-challenged AP employee has diverted my parcel to a depot miles away from here.
Oh, well, I suppose it will get here eventually.
It's one of the drawbacks of ordering on-line but I've been doing it for years and seldom had a problem. I think my first foray into what used to be called mail order shopping was when I was at school. I had picked up a brochure from the counter of a Shell Service Station which invited me to fill in a form detailing a road trip I was planning and they would send me free maps to help me on my way. I invented a trip to the Gold Coast, sent it off and the maps duly arrived. I was hooked.
Since then, I've bought stuff from a hundred on-line suppliers. Sometimes it goes wrong but, in most cases, the parcel arrives as expected. I have just ordered a cover from Kogan for my new tablet. They have acknowledged the order and noted that it should arrive by January 3. January 3? Has somebody typed the wrong date or is there a backload in deliveries from China? I wait to see.
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