longirostris
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A question for the members of the forum, particularly members who live in a regional centre who have recently freighted animals to or from an interstate destination. How difficult has the shipping process become with respect to your shipment. I am finding that Qantas are making the process harder and harder (Covid 19 is the BS excuse) and in particular they have people in their freight area that don't know how to ship anything once another airline is included in the transhipment process. Even worse are these so called pet freight specialists who can't seem to get a small container of dragon lizards from Sydney down to Moruya on the south coast of NSW. I have one company that says they can't do it and I have another company that can do it (so much for the ridiculous company that says it cant be done) but they want $350 for the total shipment from Cairns to Moruya which is the same amount of money as the animals I am trying to get shipped actually cost. WTF is wrong with these morons. I can get crickets shipped from Brisbane to my home in Narooma, (which is a further 50 kilometers south of Moruya airport) next morning delivery but I can't get Qantas to ship from Cairns to Moruya AT ALL, so I am told, unless I pay ridiculous freight rates. NO WONDER PEOPLE DONT WANT TO SELL ANYTHING INTERSTATE, it just isn't worth the drama, permit applications, packing, driving to airports, screwing around trying to sort out freight for incompetent morons that are supposed to be freight experts and in the business of providing the freight. Looks like I am going to have to drive to Sydney or Canberra to pick up my lizards, 7-8 hour roundtrip to Canberra or 12 hours plus to Sydney. Worst of all is nobody really even gives a crap. So damned frustrating.