Quicker by air?<\/p>\n
From Media Indonesia<\/p>\n
On Jan. 31 1997, I sent a parcel to my brother at 6\/95
\nSherwood Road Toowong, Brisbane, Australia. I sent the package by
\nairmail from the Rawa Barat Post Office, South Jakarta at a cost
\nof Rp 92,800.<\/p>\n
Two weeks later I called to check if the package had reached
\nits destination. Unfortunately the mail had not arrived. I called
\nthe Post Office and was told that the South Jakarta Post Office
\ndispatched the parcel on Feb. 1, 1997, after which I was shown
\nthe complete data.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian Post Office believes they have finished their
\njob and they are no longer obliged to make further inquiries. But
\nthey suggested that my brother should make inquiries at the
\nnearest post office. Following my advise, my brother contacted
\nseveral post offices in the vicinity, but with no result.<\/p>\n
Unexpectedly, one day we received a letter from a certain Mr.
\nGunawan of 5\/11 Morrison Rd, Gladesville, Sydney. He had received
\nthe parcel in a damaged condition, which made it near impossible
\nfor him to decipher the sender's name and address. He fetched the
\nparcel and was charged the equivalent of Rp 221,600. It turned
\nout that the address to my brother was incomplete.<\/p>\n
On April 1, 1997 he sent me another letter, which I passed on
\nto my brother so he could pick up the parcel from Gunawan in
\nSydney.<\/p>\n
A similar incident happened when I sent a parcel to another
\nbrother living in Perum Tawang Sari Permai III Block B33, Taman
\nSidoardjo. I sent the parcel express airmail on May 5, 1997, at a
\ncost of Rp 4,950. Ten days later, when I checked with my brother,
\nthe parcel had not yet arrived. I sent him the post office
\nreceipt. After making several inquiries, the package finally
\narrived on June 1997.<\/p>\n
From these two experiences, I have come to the conclusion that
\nPT Pos Indonesia's expertise still falls short of customers
\nexpectations, despite the use of new and sophisticated equipment.
\nI am very concerned, especially about express letters and express
\nmoney transfers, which seem to take more than a week to reach
\ntheir destination.<\/p>\n
A foreign friend of mine joked once that airmail was slower
\nthan sea mail.<\/p>\n
DR. H. AZIS E. SIREGAR<\/p>\n
Jakarta<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/quicker-by-air-1447899208", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }