Australian Post Office Opens Mail Forwarding Warehouse In the USA

Zanadou writes Australians are well used to paying what's called an "Australian Tax": high(er) prices for international products and services simply because they are are being accessed from an Australian IP address and/or being delivered to an Australian mail address. But Australia Post, Australia's national mail service, might have a solution: last week they opened a new warehouse/delivery depot in Oregon, U.S., allowing Australians to use a U.S.-based delivery address for mail items, which can then forwarded onwards to Australia.

However, this service, called "Shopmate", comes at a cost.

Comments

Other prisons are the same

[i kan reed]

You have to deliver the package to the prison office for inspection before prisoners can receive the delivery.

Re:Other prisons are the same

[fustakrakich]

...it's not being run by a corporation...

You're kidding, right?

Re:Other prisons are the same

[OzPeter]

I'm going to call you out as a fake Aussie. "Pissed" means drunk here (we say "pissed off"), and we never call the British "Brits".

Struth mate[1]. Don't come the raw prawn with me. Pissed can have multiple meanings, and you sound more like a whining pom than any brit.

And yeah .. I did bring the aerogard last weekend

[1] And if you don't know how to parse that, then I hope your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny down.