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  • [NEWS] NZ Post to close another 142 stores

    From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 19:37:13

    NZ Post to withdraw services from 142 urban retail stores
    as network overhauled

    <https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nz-post-to-close-142-urban-retail-stores-as-network-overhauled/VU2JIQKV6JAF3HV2OYNELYV5UI/>


    The article includes an 8-page list of stores that are being closed all
    around the country.


    And then they wonder why fewer and fewer people are bothering to use NZ
    Post. Closing branches, raising prices, getting rid of street-side post
    boxes, dropping delivery days, wasting money galore, ... the morons are
    simply putting themselves out of business. :-\




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  • From Lawrence D?Oliveiro@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 06:48:21
    On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:37:13 +1300, Your Name wrote:

    And then they wonder why fewer and fewer people are bothering to use
    NZ Post.

    The dropoff in customers happened first, which is why the branches are
    closing.

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  • From Lawrence D?Oliveiro@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 07:04:37
    On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 06:48:21 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

    The dropoff in customers happened first, which is why the branches
    are closing.

    Simeon Brown <https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360930036/nz-post-close-about-one-five-urban-retail-partner-store-outlets>:

    ?You know, 10 or 20, years ago, I think there's over one and a
    half billion letters back in 2000, that's now around 130 million
    letters a year,? Brown said. ?NZ Post has decided to change the
    way it operates in response to that.?

    That?s more than a 90% decline in business over that time. That?s got
    to be brutal.

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  • From Crash@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 20:32:47
    On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 07:04:37 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D?Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 06:48:21 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

    The dropoff in customers happened first, which is why the branches
    are closing.

    Simeon Brown ><https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360930036/nz-post-close-about-one-five-urban-retail-partner-store-outlets>:

    ?You know, 10 or 20, years ago, I think there's over one and a
    half billion letters back in 2000, that's now around 130 million
    letters a year,? Brown said. ?NZ Post has decided to change the
    way it operates in response to that.?

    That?s more than a 90% decline in business over that time. That?s got
    to be brutal.

    Correct Postal delivery is nearly dead. Courier delivery is not.


    --
    Crash McBash

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  • From Mutley@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 07:41:46
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:


    NZ Post to withdraw services from 142 urban retail stores
    as network overhauled

    <https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nz-post-to-close-142-urban-retail-stores-as-network-overhauled/VU2JIQKV6JAF3HV2OYNELYV5UI/>


    The article includes an 8-page list of stores that are being closed all >around the country.


    And then they wonder why fewer and fewer people are bothering to use NZ >Post. Closing branches, raising prices, getting rid of street-side post >boxes, dropping delivery days, wasting money galore, ... the morons are >simply putting themselves out of business. :-\


    Yes I see my local one is on the list. The closest is 2 km away
    but don't try to take a car as there is virtually no parking.

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  • From Mutley@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 07:43:31
    Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:

    On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 07:04:37 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D?Oliveiro ><ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 06:48:21 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

    The dropoff in customers happened first, which is why the branches
    are closing.

    Simeon Brown >><https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360930036/nz-post-close-about-one-five-urban-retail-partner-store-outlets>:

    ?You know, 10 or 20, years ago, I think there's over one and a
    half billion letters back in 2000, that's now around 130 million
    letters a year,? Brown said. ?NZ Post has decided to change the
    way it operates in response to that.?

    That?s more than a 90% decline in business over that time. That?s got
    to be brutal.

    Correct Postal delivery is nearly dead. Courier delivery is not.

    Nether is DX Mail. Most of the stuff we get these days is from them.

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  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 10:37:26
    On 2026-01-27 07:04:37 +0000, Lawrence D?Oliveiro said:

    On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 06:48:21 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

    The dropoff in customers happened first, which is why the branches
    are closing.

    Simeon Brown <https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360930036/nz-post-close-about-one-five-urban-retail-partner-store-outlets>:


    ?You know, 10 or 20, years ago, I think there's over one and a
    half billion letters back in 2000, that's now around 130 million
    letters a year,? Brown said. ?NZ Post has decided to change the
    way it operates in response to that.?

    That?s more than a 90% decline in business over that time. That?s got
    to be brutal.

    And *part* of that "90% decline" is due to the rapid decline of actual
    service by NZ Post itself.

    20 years ago ...

    - it only cost something like 50c to send a letter, now it's $2.90
    (parcels have gone up even more).

    - mail was delivered to houses every weekday and Saturday, now it's
    delivered twice a week if you're lucky.

    - mail was delivered within three days anywhere in the country, now
    it's takes well over a week to get to the next suburb in the same
    city. (It is actually quicker to send a letter to England than it
    is to send it across Auckland!!)


    Add to that the huge amount of money wasted on ...

    - management salaries and perks that have risen by large multi-digit
    percentages.

    - silly electric buggies that were used for about a few years before
    being dumped again.

    - building a massive new depot in Albany, Auckland.


    Plus the continual closure of branches and street-side mail boxes,
    making it far more difficult to even post a letter.


    I know many people who used to send letters and parcels, including
    overseas, but no longer bother because it's far too expensive ... it
    can cost you $50 just to send a small parcel worth $10 to someone
    overseas!


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  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 10:39:23
    On 2026-01-27 06:48:21 +0000, Lawrence D?Oliveiro said:
    On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:37:13 +1300, Your Name wrote:

    And then they wonder why fewer and fewer people are bothering to use
    NZ Post.

    The dropoff in customers happened first, which is why the branches are closing.

    Chicken and egg. You can't expect there to be customers when there are
    no branches or street-side mailboxes for them to go to.

    The same "fewer customers" excuse was claimed by banks for branch
    closures, yet you go into any of the few remaining branches and there
    is usually long queues!



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  • From Lawrence D?Oliveiro@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 22:55:53
    On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 10:37:26 +1300, Your Name wrote:

    On 2026-01-27 07:04:37 +0000, Lawrence D?Oliveiro said:

    That?s more than a 90% decline in business over that time. That?s
    got to be brutal.

    And *part* of that "90% decline" is due to the rapid decline of
    actual service by NZ Post itself.

    Which ?part?, do you think, being conveniently vague on actual figures?

    20 years ago ...

    - it only cost something like 50c to send a letter, now it's $2.90
    (parcels have gone up even more).

    Most of the rises have happened quite recently.

    - mail was delivered to houses every weekday and Saturday, now it's
    delivered twice a week if you're lucky.

    Look at those figures: back then, people were receiving an average of
    about a letter per day. nowadays it?s more like one in a couple of
    weeks.

    ... management salaries and perks ...

    Do I detect a serious case of Capitalism Envy?

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  • From Lawrence D?Oliveiro@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 22:56:54
    On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 10:39:23 +1300, Your Name wrote:

    On 2026-01-27 06:48:21 +0000, Lawrence D?Oliveiro said:

    On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:37:13 +1300, Your Name wrote:

    And then they wonder why fewer and fewer people are bothering to
    use NZ Post.

    The dropoff in customers happened first, which is why the branches
    are closing.

    Chicken and egg.

    Not at all. There was this interesting phenomenon called ?the
    Internet?.

    Which came first -- the Internet, or the online shops making use of
    it?

    The answer is obvious.

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