Perhaps a bit off topic, but I just learnt that apparently Australia Post accepts requests from landlords/body corporates to have parcel lockers installed (and they can be restricted to just people that live in the building)!
It’s also free of charge to the building owner(s)/body corporates, and maintenance/installation/site surveying is all handled and managed by Australia Post.
Obviously, having one of these installed in a private building for residents/workers would be contingent on your landlord and/or owners corporation/body corporates giving a shit, having space, and being willing to install one, but if anybody here has such sway, I’d strongly suggest seeing if you can make it happen.
Parcel lockers are very convenient, and if you aren’t home for deliveries that require signatures or can’t be left, they’ll also often put them inside a parcel locker instead of taking them to a post office
(Yeah, I realise the percentage of people on aussie.zone who own an entire apartment building is probably quite low, but I’d hazard a guess that a few people either own apartments (so can badger the owners corporation), or rent (so can badger the landlord), assuming the LL/OC would care. But since it doesn’t require any installation or maintenance costs, and can be restricted to just building residents, so wouldn’t raise a security concern, I don’t see why anybody would be vehemently opposed to it)
I wonder if I get one for my front verandah, the postie will actually deliver the parcel instead of pretending to, and then taking it to the PO
Mandate parcel locker interoperability,
or dO iT liKe FiNlanD dOes:
- In my building, there are lockers from Company 1, who prefers placing them inside. Nice.
- In front of a building 40 meters away, lockers from Company 2, who prefers the outside. Okay, more people have access, but sometimes it rains there. Such a short distance between lockers seems redundant.
- Not all shops I order from use Company 1 that I prefer most of the year, when it’s wet and/or cold and/or icy slipping hazard.
- When I order using Company 3, 4, or 5, and I’m not home receiving, neither locker is used and I’ll have to fetch the parcel from the nearest branch or locker of Company 3, 4, or 5. This is stupid. I wanted to pay a dime to Company 1 locker for receiving the parcel and holding it for a few hours. That’s impossible in this lack of a system.
- Walking outside, I see many lockers in different Company colours not matched to the buildings they obscure.
- You have to install each Company app to receive a parcel. To declutter your phone, you need a folder to hold all the parcel receiving apps. Each locker opens differently, you can’t remember exactly how, so you fumble with the various apps and doors year after year.
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Similarly, when ordering a taxi: Which app or phone number for the nearest taxi? Nobody knows.
Similarly, when trying to find a shared-use e-scooter or e-bike: Which app for the nearest wheels? Nobody knows.
Similarly, when ordering food: Which app for the quickest-delivered gluten-free, milk-free, egg-free meal? Nobody knows, and the apps probably don’t even have the filters, because who has time for that when you have to develop 15 redundant apps doing the same job poorly.
Free market economy - isn’t it great!
