Mailbag address? Creating shipping label input - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Falcon69
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 08, 2017, 06:58:12 pm
content: I'm abit confused.Address is:MailbagPO Box 7949Baulkham Hills NSW 2153AUSTRALIAOkay, that's all good and all.Paypal (creating shipping label) asks for city, I guess that is just Baulkham Hills?Zip Code would be NSW 2153?But, where it asks for State/Territory, it gives no Australia. It gives others like Western Australia, Australian Capital Territory, South Australia, etc. Which is it?

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 08, 2017, 06:59:57 pm
content: New South Wales (NSW)Not to mention I am pretty sure the ZIP code would just be 2153, NSW not needed.The analog for US addresses isMailbagPO Box ####Bristol, CT, 06010United States of America

author: Falcon69
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 08, 2017, 07:01:08 pm
content: okay, that option was there, so zipcode is just 2153 and city just Baulkman Hills?

author: Falcon69
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 08, 2017, 07:02:44 pm
content: ya, i know that, just confusing because no commas, LOL. Okay, I should be good then, thank you

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 10, 2017, 07:36:29 am
content: In US terms:Country = AustraliaState = New South Wales (NSW)ZIP = 2153City = BaulkhamHills(NOT BaulkMAN)Didn't you have geography in school?!?

author: Electro Detective
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 10, 2017, 08:52:50 am
content: Quote from: tooki on July 10, 2017, 07:36:29 amDo you have manners and courtesy in yours?

author: Electro Detective
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 10, 2017, 09:01:44 am
content: To: MailbagAddress: PO Box 7949City: Baulkham HillsState: NSW (or New South Wales)Zip Code ( or Post Code) 2153Country: AUSTRALIA

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 10, 2017, 08:50:39 pm
content: Quote from: Electro Detective on July 10, 2017, 08:52:50 amThat's rich, coming from you...

author: Falcon69
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 10, 2017, 08:59:38 pm
content: I've simply learned to ignore people who get their rocks off by putting others down in an attempt to make themselves feel better.Also. He failed to notice that I DID spell Baulkham Hills correctly in the original post.I just had a brainfart for a moment. Here in the US we use commas to separate the city and state so the lack of the commas confused me for a moment, that was all.

author: Electro Detective
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 11, 2017, 09:26:09 am
content: OP has the best say on such matters, I rest my caseFWIW Falcon69, as a long time Australian resident well versed in the delivery game,I can safely assure my layout/format above will/should get your item/s to their destination in Australia every time,with or without minor 'burb grammatical hiccups

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 11, 2017, 12:42:50 pm
content: Electro Detective's tip is good - formatting the address correctly goes a long way to a quick delivery. At the US post website you can insert the ZIP code and it returns the address in the "correct" form, including abbreviations, etc.Seriously, Tooki? I challenge you to properly decode all addresses worldwide - this is not taught in Geography classes. Did you know that Argentinean ZIP codes have letters on them as well? What about Chile, you ask? Nope, no ZIP code at all.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 11, 2017, 01:14:12 pm
content: Technically you don't actually need the city, suburb, or state, as long as the postcode is correct that is all that is used for physical routing.

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 11, 2017, 06:56:58 pm
content: Quote from: Falcon69 on July 10, 2017, 08:59:38 pmBut you did misspell it on the post immediately above mine.I was just perplexed that you'd never even heard the names of the Australian states, such that you didn't recognize that menu as what it was. ::shrug:: That's why I asked if you'd had geography in school. I did. (In USA.)

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 11, 2017, 07:56:02 pm
content: The post office here has been known to deliver at times. one guy at work gets his post at his full name, unnumbered house, unnamed street, pole number, Amaoti, Inanda. There is a Google sat view of the area, but I guess it is a little out of date.of course it will take them from six to twenty weeks to deliver said letter, irrespective of the origin and the recipient location. I tracked an international parcel, and it took a 3 week tour of the country, just about visiting every mail hub in this trip. Was more amazed that the track and trace was online than that the parcel was going on such a tour though, as the typical response online is a server busy message.

author: Electro Detective
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 12, 2017, 12:38:42 am
content: Here in Australia recent packages sent with online tracking must also include the mobile phone numbers of sender and receiver on the package.That makes it difficult for a fiasco to happen even if the address/zip code/post code gets damaged, smudged or torn off.Even the occasional knuckle dragging delivery clown can operate a mobile phone (I think) to contact the receiver/senderThat doesn't guarantee the package won't get dropped, scraped, kicked, flooded, baked in a hot vehicle, stolen, seized by customs,or driven over by a forklifti.e. pack it well, and pray