dpd are useless

shanky887614 · Jul 12, 2015

had a delivery from test meter scheduled for today and it hasnt even left there depot.

the cheek of it is they charged me for it as well

shanky887614 · Jul 12, 2015

why anyone uses this useless carier is beyond me. type dpd into google and all you see is complaints going back years.

i havebt used a worst delivery company and i buy practically everything online

dansk · Jul 12, 2015

That's a tad harsh to judge them on one delivery.

my experience of DPD has always been a good one.

APC Overnight always come out the best for me.

shanky887614 · Jul 12, 2015

dansk said:
That's a tad harsh to judge them on one delivery.

my experience of DPD has always been a good one.

APC Overnight always come out the best for me.

on one delivery? ive had at least 10 over the last 3 years and they have always been awful.

anyway i agree apc in derby is ace.

dansk · Jul 12, 2015

Ahh well in that case! Yep APC all the way.

shanky887614 · Jul 12, 2015

dansk said:
Ahh well in that case! Yep APC all the way.

apc,yodel,ups,dhl,hermes,royal mail etc ive used them all in the last year

dansk · Jul 12, 2015

Same, Hermes is the one I'm not overly keen on, cheap = really slow service and lost items.

shanky887614 · Jul 12, 2015

dansk said:
Same, Hermes is the one I'm not overly keen on, cheap = really slow service and lost items.

ill be honest that will be down to your local driver, it doesnt change its the same person.

i know my local driver

gutterball · Jul 12, 2015

Our DPD driver is excellent. Hermies on the other hand are a waste of space.

shanky887614 · Jul 12, 2015

gutterball said:
Our DPD driver is excellent. Hermies on the other hand are a waste of space.

the problem a lot of the time is the driver rather than the company but in dpd's case its the depot as well

123 · Jul 12, 2015

Most are down to local driver. My Herpes left parcels in my bin, my neighbour leaves my bins out. My delivery went into the bin lorry

Darkwood · Jul 12, 2015

123 said:
Most are down to local driver. My Herpes left parcels in my bin, my neighbour leaves my bins out. My delivery went into the bin lorry

Sorry about your lasses condition :sosp:

shanky887614 · Jul 12, 2015

123 said:
Most are down to local driver. My Herpes left parcels in my bin, my neighbour leaves my bins out. My delivery went into the bin lorry

sounds nasty, you should get it checked

darkwood said:
Sorry about your lasses condition :sosp:

i think he means hermes lol

Darkwood · Jul 12, 2015

shanky887614 said:
sounds nasty, you should get it checked

i think he means hermes lol

I know but sometimes auto correction is too good to miss out on a comment :yesnod:

UNG · Jul 13, 2015

Yodel are streets ahead in the worst carrier stakes a few years ago it took me nearly 4 hours one Saturday morning to extract my parcel from their local delivery hub that they had attempted to deliver to a business address at 7pm on Friday, there was nearly a riot when the staff suggested that they were going to close the collection counter at 12:30 with about 30 - 40 people queued up waiting to collect parcels. Their previous incarnation HDNL or home delivery network were just as bad. For me DPD is one of the better ones but as people keep pushing for cheaper and cheaper deliveries what can you expect you only get what you pay for

shanky887614 · Jul 13, 2015

UNG said:
Yodel are streets ahead in the worst carrier stakes a few years ago it took me nearly 4 hours one Saturday morning to extract my parcel from their local delivery hub that they had attempted to deliver to a business address at 7pm on Friday, there was nearly a riot when the staff suggested that they were going to close the collection counter at 12:30 with about 30 - 40 people queued up waiting to collect parcels. Their previous incarnation HDNL or home delivery network were just as bad. For me DPD is one of the better ones but as people keep pushing for cheaper and cheaper deliveries what can you expect you only get what you pay for

the thing is, if it was loaded onto the van and i didn't pay to upgrade to a specific day delivery i wouldn't have minded

Risteard · Jul 14, 2015

123 said:
Most are down to local driver. My Herpes left parcels in my bin, my neighbour leaves my bins out. My delivery went into the bin lorry

LOL. I've had that problem before with deliveries being left in the bin (can't remember which courier). Thankfully it wasn't on bin day!

shanky887614 · Jul 14, 2015

i got the item in the end but the only dpd click and collect place's are in anoying places to get to.

Darkwood · Jul 14, 2015

Just done one of those collect+ services for first time.. 3 shops all within half mile and one on my street, thought I have to go into city or something like.

shanky887614 · Jul 14, 2015

darkwood said:
Just done one of those collect+ services for first time.. 3 shops all within half mile and one on my street, thought I have to go into city or something like.

amazon collect+ is very good.

i got prime just because it doesnt cost anything then for collect+

LankyWill · Jul 14, 2015

It all depends on the driver in Gloucester

DPD- Fast and Reliable rarely late the bloke is really good at faking my signature and giving it to my neighbour(lad).
Yodel- They must be on price by the way i have seem them drive and your parcels usually pay for this!
Royal Mail- Okay not the fastest but defiantly the safest way to transport goods.
UPS- Slow and they look like ****s in their yank uniform and van.