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I have just received my 2021 Melbourne Membership Pack in the mail. CARN THE DEMONS in 2021

 

just to let you know.....got sms to advise membership package mailed today

don't know why they leave it till 9 days before xmas

should be able to mark as xmas present when paying and those ones should be prioritised and mailed earlier

given current auspost performance i am not optimistic

 

Australia Post must spend a fortune on storage and freight.  I would have thought it cheaper to deliver the mail rather than store and move it. I have posted a letter in the Mansfield post office addressed to a Mansfield Post Office Box. It is sent to Melbourne for sorting then sent back to Mansfield mail centre where they resort and send to the Post Office where they put it in the post box just 4 metres from where I posted it in the first place! You have to wonder.

 

I think I said I don't need all the pack only entry card whick I again think was electronic on my phone. Really don't care when that comes as I won't be going to a game this side of July. 

Edited by old dee

18 minutes ago, ManDee said:

Australia Post must spend a fortune on storage and freight.  I would have thought it cheaper to deliver the mail rather than store and move it. I have posted a letter in the Mansfield post office addressed to a Mansfield Post Office Box. It is sent to Melbourne for sorting then sent back to Mansfield mail centre where they resort and send to the Post Office where they put it in the post box just 4 metres from where I posted it in the first place! You have to wonder.

Well it makes a good story, but if the PO is concerned with overall efficiency, such oddities may be inevitable. Maybe you should lobby for a "local mail only" post box.


The 2021 kids pack (arrived today) is absolutely fantastic. Great selection of things in there for them including personalised stickers, which was a great touch.

Well done to whomever co-ordinates that part of it all.

 

1 hour ago, ManDee said:

Australia Post must spend a fortune on storage and freight.  I would have thought it cheaper to deliver the mail rather than store and move it. I have posted a letter in the Mansfield post office addressed to a Mansfield Post Office Box. It is sent to Melbourne for sorting then sent back to Mansfield mail centre where they resort and send to the Post Office where they put it in the post box just 4 metres from where I posted it in the first place! You have to wonder.

Why can't you get the Australian Post staff to place it into the P.O. Box if You give it to them by hand ?

Seems more sensible.

1 hour ago, daisycutter said:

just to let you know.....got sms to advise membership package mailed today

don't know why they leave it till 9 days before xmas

should be able to mark as xmas present when paying and those ones should be prioritised and mailed earlier

given current auspost performance i am not optimistic

 

May be it's just not ready till now???
And Aus Poat bashing is a bit out of date This year they have been fantastic !

 
29 minutes ago, 58er said:

Why can't you get the Australian Post staff to place it into the P.O. Box if You give it to them by hand ?

Seems more sensible.

They are not allowed to! They roll their eyes and put it in the mailbag going to Melbourne. If I pay extra ($1 per letter) they can put it straight in.

1 minute ago, ManDee said:

They are not allowed to! They roll their eyes and put it in the mailbag going to Melbourne. If I pay extra ($1 per letter) they can put it straight in.

Certainly agree ManDee at $1 per letter that's over the top but a parcel at that rate would be ok I feel and Maybe  is ? 


31 minutes ago, 58er said:

May be it's just not ready till now???

exactly. and we have this issue every year. not saying it is all mfc's fault as i think all afl clubs share some common process. i'll also concede a covid year has probably added difficulties....but again i emphasise it is a yearly problem for those who pay early and gift a membership as a xmas present


And Aus Poat bashing is a bit out of date This year they have been fantastic !

surely you jest. austpost has had a shocking year and its been declining for a few years. the problems are well documented publicly and are legion.

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1 hour ago, Lord Nev said:

The 2021 kids pack (arrived today) is absolutely fantastic. Great selection of things in there for them including personalised stickers, which was a great touch.

Well done to whomever co-ordinates that part of it all.

 

Agree on the Lord Nev. My kids x 3 just received their packs and I reckon they have done a great job with personalised stickers, key chains, beer cooler bag etc.

Edited by chookrat

Got an sms monday. Wonder how long it will take.

21 minutes ago, dl4e said:

Got an sms monday. Wonder how long it will take.

Be Friday or Monday based on the gap between SMS and pack arriving for me.

Lapel pin as thanks for paying 2020 in full a bit of a joke. Hobart Hurricanes gave me a players shirt, and getting a training shirt with members names sublimated into from Parramatta.

Edited by Clintosaurus


I signed up for a digital membership, and I already regret it. Firstly I can already tell given the AFL is running the digital memberships that it is going to be a big dumpster fire, as apparently the membership and tickets  are loaded together as the fixture gets released. Trusting the AFL to do anything digitally, especially in combination with the powerhouse that is Ticketmaster (remember the joys of trying to buy finals tickets on their server?) doesn't sound good. Had I known the digital membership was being run by the AFL I wouldn't have signed up for it. 

Secondly, they still mailed me a pack, which is pointless because I asked for a digital membership to save on paper, and the pack itself was completely empty except for a thank you pin for sticking with the club in 2020. WTF? 

If you are going to waste postage and trees and plastic, all the things I specifically didn't want, can you at least send me some stickers so I can drive around in my 4WD with my Melbourne sticker like a [censored]?! Uncool. 

5 hours ago, old dee said:

I think I said I don't need all the pack only entry card whick I again think was electronic on my phone. Really don't care when that comes as I won't be going to a game this side of July. 

Nah you’ll be right for season opener od !

All that single malt and free Pinot you quaff should be better than any vaccination !!

3 hours ago, chookrat said:

Agree on the Lord Nev. My kids x 3 just received their packs and I reckon they have done a great job with personalised stickers, key chains, beer cooler bag etc.

I thought it was just a lunch box cooler, but maybe your kids are tougher than mine! ;)

 

6 hours ago, Lord Nev said:

The 2021 kids pack (arrived today) is absolutely fantastic. Great selection of things in there for them including personalised stickers, which was a great touch.

Well done to whomever co-ordinates that part of it all.

 

My 18 year old daughter receiving the “adult” membership pack, for the first time, complained there was no pencil case and face paint!

2 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Nah you’ll be right for season opener od !

All that single malt and free Pinot you quaff should be better than any vaccination !!

Prefer to be alive than watch an average football club Bbo.

Looks like a TV game for me in 2021. 


Received our packs on the doorstep in a timely manner, with notifications from Auspost all the way from despatch to delivery, so no complaints from here. Thanks Auspost!

Got the plastic cards, yes, give me the plastic! ( Underwhelmed about the hole punched in the top to thread the lanyard through. Not a lanyard fan. Oh well, had to find something to complain about. It's still 2020.)☺️

19 hours ago, daisycutter said:

just to let you know.....got sms to advise membership package mailed today

don't know why they leave it till 9 days before xmas

should be able to mark as xmas present when paying and those ones should be prioritised and mailed earlier

given current auspost performance i am not optimistic

 

well, kudos to austpost this time

package arrived this morning

 

The best part of having deleted all of my MFC supporters facebook accounts (with the exception of DL of course) is that I don't now have to scroll past the thousands of nuffies that like to post a photograph of the exact same membership pack that we all get every year. Simple pleasures. 

6 hours ago, daisycutter said:

well, kudos to austpost this time

package arrived this morning

Yeah got mine as well.


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