Why would anyone ship via SAPO?

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Boggles the mind reading on this forum & others how folks are awaiting goods shipped from overseas via SAPO.

All is fine until it hits local shores, then it becomes a real hit or miss & "hurry up & wait" scenario.

Why it pays to ship using door to door:
My son destroyed his dirt jumper's forks at the downhill race in Helderkruin last weekend, so shopped around this week for a replacement set.
Local bicycle shops have wildly varying prices - from mildly overpriced to utterly insane (for the same item nogal).
He finds what he needs (wants ;) ) online from the UK.
Orders & pays for it on Wednesday evening.
Arrived on our doorstep yesterday just before 14h00.

That's collected in the UK, shipped overnight via air freight, ZA customs cleared & then delivered to us in Jozi within 36 hours.

Total cost: for shipping was R569 incl. VAT, customs & disbursements. Mass was 3,9kg, volumetric weight was 6,8kg.

Bicycle assembled last night & he can race again this weekend.

Explain to me again why people still use SAPO?  :nfi:
 

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