22-07-2025, 06:55 PM
Aramex are a compromised service provider. We have been advised that one of our (Wellington based) trade customers has had Aramex refuse to accept a roll of fabric (about 20kgs) because Rural Delivery wouldn't deliver an item of this size to our physical address.
We've had similar rolls of fabric delivered here by our trusty RD contractor to complete CourierPost, DHL and NZ Couriers carriage so I can only assume NZ Post (Rural Delivery) have some sort of issue with Aramex. We're working around the issue by getting Aramex to deliver to our local NZ Couriers depot (our own courier provider) and we'll uplift it from there.
In a previous life we used Fastways for deliveries of items from our BOP orchard and their level of service ran hot and cold from region to region. A symptom of them being a franchisee based provider with differing management from one area to another I suspect.
In regard to this thread I far prefer to nominate and deal with our own courier company than deal through a third party such as Trade Me, particularly as TM continues to decline.
We've had similar rolls of fabric delivered here by our trusty RD contractor to complete CourierPost, DHL and NZ Couriers carriage so I can only assume NZ Post (Rural Delivery) have some sort of issue with Aramex. We're working around the issue by getting Aramex to deliver to our local NZ Couriers depot (our own courier provider) and we'll uplift it from there.
In a previous life we used Fastways for deliveries of items from our BOP orchard and their level of service ran hot and cold from region to region. A symptom of them being a franchisee based provider with differing management from one area to another I suspect.
In regard to this thread I far prefer to nominate and deal with our own courier company than deal through a third party such as Trade Me, particularly as TM continues to decline.