Hi Folks, Sam,
I wrote:
>> My first money order (from Oz I had to use Western Union) never got to
>> Michael. It took 5 months to get the Australian Post Office to get my money
>> refunded, which arrived as a US bank cheque in US dollars made out to me.
Sam Ewalt wrote:
> The Australian Post Office gives refunds in US dollars? Incredible. Well
> maybe if you were sending US dollars via Western Union. Isn't there
> something called "International Reply Coupons" available from Post
> Offices?
Nope. :)
The claim has to be via Australia Post - otherwise Western Union
ignores you. The refund came via snail mail directly from Western Union
in Denver - a cheque drawn on a US bank, in US dollars, made out to me.
About as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle (or fly screens on a submarine,
etc.).
Eventually Australia Post came around to the view that there WAS a
flaw in their "perfect" system and agreed to keep my cheque and re-issue
a money order as a "gesture of goodwill". After I had threatened them
with national coverage in newspapers, radio and TV, especially those
rat-bag programs that specialise in "exposures". (I had started name
dropping and calling one such host by his first name.)
Regards,
Ron
(Still happy to have a registered Arachne)
Ron Clarke http://homepages.valylink.net.au/~ausreg/music.html
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