, Australia Post recently announced a further increase in prices, this time across the board, after raising the fee for plain mail letters to $1 earlier this year.
From Oct. 3 to October 3, everything from packages, international mail delivery, mail transmission, mail storage and other services will have to be raised, ranging from 10c to $6.25.
The details are as follows:
The delivery of ordinary parcels in Australia will rise by up to 50 c depending on the size of the package, and that for some express parcels will rise by up to 85 c;
Packages paid for return will rise by up to 70 c, while packages sent between villages and towns will rise by up to $1. 05;
International letters containing small items will cost an average of 19 c, while international letters containing large items will spend an average of 75 c more;
The cost of services for commercial mail transmission will increase to $84.45 per month, an increase of $6.25 over the previous period, and a monthly increase of up to $2 for non-commercial users;
Stair-denominated email retention fees will also rise, withholding for no more than a week, charging $1 to $1.70 more than the previous price, and 35c to 60c more than a week earlier;
Service costs for business users will rise by $5.50 per month.
The only thing that doesn't change is the discount rate for Christmas cards.
In a word, I would like to send something to the second master and three aunts and four aunts at home, and I have to spend more money!
But if the previous price increase is understandable-after all, Australia Post lost A $222 million last year-the price increase is a bit outrageous, and you know, last month, as the package delivery business was booming, Australia Post has just announced that it has turned its losses into a profit, and that after-tax profits have reached 36 million.
So when we lose, we raise the price, and when we earn it, we go up the price?
Excuse me, what is this?!
Michele Skehan, a spokesman for, Australia Post, said: "We know that rising prices can make users uncomfortable, but most of them are the first time in more than 18 months that the cost of these services has been raised, and we have also taken such a decision to consider the results repeatedly." We have to take some cost-recovery measures. "
"and this price adjustment will also help us provide better services, such as the delivery of night parcels."
But consumers are not buying such an explanation. Netizens have said:
"Please, can you improve the service before you raise the price again? if you lose a good package and lose it, I'll have to think about a new express company," he said, "and if it goes on like this, I'm going to have to think about a new express delivery company."
"it took only three days to send a cell phone from Taiwan, and it took seven days to send a small package from Sydney to Melbourne! Never use Australia Post! "
"meet your friends upstairs. I haven't waited until last year for two packages from Sydney., Australia Post really sucks!"
"I'm too lazy to complain. I sent 12 Christmas cards on Australia Post last year, and only 12 came in, and the rest went missing."
"the service is poor, the delivery is slow, the package is easily lost, or it's broken, Australia Post. You're really good enough!"
"if I don't speak, I'll watch it die quietly!"
Therefore, domestic relatives, ah, is no longer complaining that the clothes we sent in the summer only received in winter, ah, the postal service of Tuao is really not strong ah!