OZ Post Refusing To Ship Soundbars Due To Size & Shape Issues

Australia Post whose service is widely used by CE retailers and suppliers is refusing to deliver soundbars due to size and weight issues.

This has resulted in sound bar manufacturers and retailers ranging soundbars on their web sites having to use alternative delivery Companies.

According to one retailer “Soundbars are a pain in the backside to ship, they are an odd size, and some models ship with a separate subwoofer”.

Phil Newton the CEO of UK audio Company Bowers and Wilkins said “Shipping sound bars is a problem due to Australia Post issues. We have to use a separate freight Company”.

At this stage Australia Post has not commented.

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David Richards

David Richards has been writing about technology for more than 30 years. A former Fleet Street journalist, he wrote the Award Winning Series on the Federated Ships Painters + Dockers Union for the Bulletin that led to a Royal Commission. He is also a Logie Winner for Outstanding Contribution To TV Journalism with a story called The Werribee Affair. In 1997, he built the largest Australian technology media company and prior to that the third largest PR company that became the foundation company for Ogilvy PR. Today he writes about technology and the impact on both business and consumers.

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