Parcel collection at post office

[Mrblobby]

Is this the box system Dominic saw last year and thought was an Amazon collection point ?


The Parcel24 service in the fight against the coronavirus
3/04/2020

To help you avoid visiting the Post Offices during working hours, Cyprus Post is throwing the 24-hour Parcel24 locker systems in the fight against Coronavirus.

From Monday, April 6, 2020, and as long as the restrictive measures are in force, a number of registered items (barcode "R") and parcels (barcode "C") containing goods, provided that they bear the recipient's mobile phone, will be placed in the Parcel24 systems, regardless if the recipient is a subscriber.

https://www.cypruspost.post/en/news/par ... oronavirus

[Mrblobby]

Update .

Parcel 24 service
29/05/2020

Cyprus Post in order to avoid congestion at the Post Officeς, during the period of the COVID-19 outbreak offered free of charge the use of Parcel 24 service. During that period 4000 customers were duly served and more than 5000 items were delivered through Parcel24 lockers.

Due to the relaxation of the restrictive measures , Cyprus Post announce that as form 1st June 2020 the Parcel 24 service will be offered to subscribers only.

[trevnhil]

Has anyone been to the General Post Office recently.. Is there a restriction on how many are in the building and is the 2 mt rule being adhered to ?

[Kili01]

At the Old Post Office, near the market, its one at a time inside the room. Enter by the main door, exit by the side door.
Much quieter that the Anavargos P O.

Dee

[trevnhil]

If you are collecting Parcels i assume you go to the Anavargos one

[mike strand2]

If you are collecting Parcels i assume you go to the Anavargos one

It depends what it says on the form Trev.

[Kili01]

Trev,
Not necessarily. Usually only if the parcel is from a country outside the EU and needs custom clearance.. Yesterday my parcel came from the UK, so I picked it up without problem at the old Post Office.

Dee

[trevnhil]

I have always had to collect from Anavargos where ever the Parcel has been from.. Even large ones from the UK and from Germany . But that is just fine it is easier parking, unless you need to be right on the doorstep

[trevnhil]

Or queuing outside in the midday sunshine.. But that was why I asked if there were restrictions on how many people were allowed in at one time ??

[Mrblobby]

They have that style of parcel boxes in Estonia, outside the shopping malls, works really well. Don't think it is a subscription thing, you just specify where you want it delivered and they text you an unlock code.

I think the system here in Cyprus requires a subscription , about 18€ a year ...so not for me .

[trevnhil]

Yes you do have to pay in Cyprus. I believe they allowed not subscribers to use them in recent months, but that has been cancelled now