Will you buy abalone from postal clerk

[Yeobh]

I am a regular visitor to a post office - over the yrs I have witness the number of new business taking place in the particular postal outlet, ranging from money lending to housing agent and selling of small items. Last week one of th postal clerk soft sell to me plastic containers which I turn down. At the sametime, another old uncle was offered some canned abalone. I was wondering who was thier smart Alex in implementing all this diversified marketing of goods which is no where even near to postal material or services. I wish they pay more attentions to training thier staff and try to provide more efficient services rather then encouraging thier postal clerks to soft sell products that got nothing to do with postal services.

Edited January 21, 2008 by Yeobh

[Tatsit]

wun buy cos i dun find tat abalone is nice to eat...

[Sabian]

SingPost under pressure to deliver mah. Now listed co.

 

In fact their CEO just left, he was supposed to spearhead its evolution. That's why u find GE $ there and insurance sales staff.

 

With a network like the local banks, inevitable that they have to make FULL USE of that asset.

[Sniperben]

me too

 

like tasteless..

[Apollo]

dunno if they wanna play safe and stock up apollo condom.

[Sabian]

PT Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) and Singapore Post said on Tuesday that they will offer a remittance service targeted at the over-300,000 Indonesian workers in the republic.

 

The service will allow customers to transfer money to Indonesia using 51 designated SingPost branches.

 

BNI is Indonesia's third-largest lender with 972 branches across the country, while SingPost is the Singapore's dominant postal operator. -- REUTERS

[Law_ong]

as wat one of the forummer has explained, they had the network available and its how you leverage on the network to get more businesses and earn commissions...postal are dropping, liberisation and need to answer to stakeholders will comes with new ideas..

 

furthermore, the postal clerks are not that highly paid...with this, they might get bigger performance bonus... likewise, if you pump, the cashiers also soft sell products to you, "sir, you want some skylight abalone?' before they close the pump account...

[Yeobh]

As a customer, I don't care how they diversified thier business, my biggest concern is don't do it at expense of your core business. If they being currently the only postal service provider cannot make money who can.

[Yeobh]

Western Union is already the big boy in this business - cheap good and fast.

[Comfy]

maybe the post branches in geylang can consider a vender machine selling your apollo condoms...

[Comfy]

300k indon workers!!! so many ar! if a small percentage of them uses singpost service to remit the bucks, they gonna strike gold...

[Comfy]

from what i see that singpost is one of the few 'state-owned' postal who really make $ every year.

[Sabian]

i doubt it abt them striking gold, it's more like another stab in the dark.

 

foreign workers have their own informal banking system that exists outside the legal banking system.

[Kianbeng]

They cannot sell advanced engine monitoring tools

[Typhoonz]

I find our post office very chap... Perhaps way too diversified liao... Companies just tabah their services there... Loans, insurance and now selling abalone?

[Kezg1]

  On 1/22/2008 at 12:56 PM, Yeobh said:

Western Union is already the big boy in this business - cheap good and fast.

 

 

 

 

I 2nd that...3 years back, I sent S5k to a friend in Downunder to be collected within 2 hrs and the fee is $210.....I think it is more now.

[Blackyv]

  On 1/21/2008 at 1:49 PM, Yeobh said:

I am a regular visitor to a post office - over the yrs I have witness the number of new business taking place in the particular postal outlet, ranging from money lending to housing agent and selling of small items. Last week one of th postal clerk soft sell to me plastic containers which I turn down. At the sametime, another old uncle was offered some canned abalone. I was wondering who was thier smart Alex in implementing all this diversified marketing of goods which is no where even near to postal material or services. I wish they pay more attentions to training thier staff and try to provide more efficient services rather then encouraging thier postal clerks to soft sell products that got nothing to do with postal services.

 

 

any possibility in near future, they venture into "chicken" business and supply to the up and coming casinos?.... that one sure make money and recession proof...

[Davidklt]

Postal dont earn much from postal services anymore. How much is your stamp? 26 cents? Plus with email,there are fewer mails they process.

 

They need to find ways to be profitable.

 

  On 1/21/2008 at 1:49 PM, Yeobh said:

I am a regular visitor to a post office - over the yrs I have witness the number of new business taking place in the particular postal outlet, ranging from money lending to housing agent and selling of small items. Last week one of th postal clerk soft sell to me plastic containers which I turn down. At the sametime, another old uncle was offered some canned abalone. I was wondering who was thier smart Alex in implementing all this diversified marketing of goods which is no where even near to postal material or services. I wish they pay more attentions to training thier staff and try to provide more efficient services rather then encouraging thier postal clerks to soft sell products that got nothing to do with postal services.