Calvin27
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Post is about the same as bike bug. Usually $10 for normal sized stuff.Unfortunately it's the flip-side of the cheap(ish) postage rates for MTBD.
Post is about the same as bike bug. Usually $10 for normal sized stuff.Unfortunately it's the flip-side of the cheap(ish) postage rates for MTBD.
It is.bikebug is owned by a courier company i suspect. probably a side business of FRF courier.
i picked up parts from bikebug Tempe branch, it operated out of the FRF depot.
probably explain why they can move stocks very quick from one branch to another for same day pickup options.
I've got to say, I've only had good experiences with them both in-store and online.
I suspect also that the usual First In FIrst Out arrangement is getting totally fucked up by the sudden and massive ramp up in volumes.The way MTB Direct's warehouse (which houses stock for multiple retailers) works is they send huge bundles of freight interstate to the post distro warehouses, which then have to pull them down and sort them. This would normally be pretty close proximity work so social distancing requirements is probably killing the sort times.
pre-corona, if I wanted something from the BB store local to me, I would ring and make sure they had it., if not, would just order online and get delivered or pick-up from local BB store.I've got to say, I've only had good experiences with them both in-store and online.
Same here, it's a nightmare. For arrived from the UK via TNT in 4 days (dispatched Tuesday, arrived today) and a wheel set sent with courier via PacknSend came overnight from Sydney. But the frame sent from last Thursday has been sitting in an Auspost depot here in Melbourne since Sunday without moving.Australia post are really killing my project build. Waiting on a fork posted within an hour drive of me via express post last Saturday that hasn't had a single tracking update since being dropped off.
Same with a wheelset posted last week.
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What jacks me up, is that Auspost are reaping massive boost to revenue but they don't seem to have hired extra resources. Rather they are just pocketing the difference and delivering a woeful service.Australia post are really killing my project build. Waiting on a fork posted within an hour drive of me via express post last Saturday that hasn't had a single tracking update since being dropped off.
Same with a wheelset posted last week.
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Yep pretty much. At the very least pay some out of work baggage handlers or something.What jacks me up, is that Auspost are reaping massive boost to revenue but they don't seem to have hired extra resources. Rather they are just pocketing the difference and delivering a woeful service.
At least you know where it is. Ive had tons of stuff that has just sat somewhere and no tracking updated.Same here, it's a nightmare. For arrived from the UK via TNT in 4 days (dispatched Tuesday, arrived today) and a wheel set sent with courier via PacknSend came overnight from Sydney. But the frame sent from last Thursday has been sitting in an Auspost depot here in Melbourne since Sunday without moving.
I feel your pain. I started ordering parts a Month ago for a rebuild I planed to do this weekend. Admittedly one order was from overseas and I new it would take a while. Of the 5 orders I've seen one. Tracking is no existent. Crazy times we are in.Australia post are really killing my project build. Waiting on a fork posted within an hour drive of me via express post last Saturday that hasn't had a single tracking update since being dropped off.
Same with a wheelset posted last week.
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UK post is getting royally stuffed. Hopefully it's temporary covid stuff because a lot of the others are charging an arm and a leg too. Some of my favorite germans just outright stopped shipping to Aus too.What? Free shipping threshold is now $199? Those chunts... Dead to me
That wasn't the good ol days!Just remember the good old days...when free delivery was $400!!! But shit was cheap and in stock.
They ran (from memory, once) a $30 minimum free shipping. Absolute carnage.I remember it as being when it was no GST/VAT, free DHL Express shipping after spending $99, a great exchange rate, and no geoblocking.
Aside from the $99 fee those things were all in place way back in those $400 days...the main difference I can remember was that they actually had a wide range of products that were in stock, reasonable prices, and real sales/clesrances. Oh and they weren't owned by wiggle...fuck wiggle.That wasn't the good ol days!
I remember it as being when it was no GST/VAT, free DHL Express shipping after spending $99, a great exchange rate, and no geoblocking.
No wonder I was broke all the time then.