Advantages: Ship things around the world Disadvantages: But not in one piece
...I posted back home with DHL just before I left.
One thing that can be said for DHL is that they're almost as prolific as Starbucks - there are offices in every city in Bolivia and a total of seven offices in the capital La Paz. I walked into one of these with my flutes in my arms and was told that I would need a special wooden box made for them, what with them being fragile, delicate, easily breakable instruments and everything, and I was thus ...
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Advantages: There not all bad some good couriers & customer service staff Disadvantages: Some couriers too lazy for their own good!
...going to be delivered by DHL I had never really heard a lot about them and I suppose I just thought they delivered to and from companies but apparently not.
I wondered why they needed to send such a small package by courier then my mum pointed out that I had actually brought my ipod from a French website! So the guaranteed delivery within 48 hours seemed a little unrealistic for my poor postie to meet thus making the penny drop that no wonder European ...
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Advantages: Strong company image Disadvantages: No deliveries on weekends
...may, or may not know DHL is one of the most reputable courier / delivery companies in the world.
A few words on how the company works. Basically you call the company (DHL’s telephone number is advertised in the yellow pages), and give all the details of what you want to send and the destination to one of DHL’s customer service staff. I have to point out that each time I have called DHL, I have ended up talking to members of customer service who ...
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...part of DHL.
Ok fair enough, DHL as far as I knew were not a bad company so hopefully would have some helpful customer services department as well. How wrong was I? I gave them a call on what they call Signline on 0870 2400012. This department is part of the original Securicor and handles all the tracking of their deliveries. After spending some considerable amount of time on hold waiting to speak to an advisor, about 35 minutes, I get an automated ...
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Advantages: Let me think ...... No can't think of one Disadvantages: Lack of Customer service, and far too many more to mention
...it would be delivered by DHL on Monday morning. He had the tracking number and checked on Monday that it was indeed out on the van to be delivered. He stayed in waiting for the parcel to arrive. At 12noon he went to the front door to collect the post and saw a bright yellow card which had been put through the door, stating that DHL had tried to deliver the parcel but we weren't in.
He rang DHL who apologised and said they would redeliver Tuesday. ...
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Advantages: Fast delivery, tracking facility Disadvantages: Slightly more expensive than others
I have been using DHL since the last five years and regularly send documents overseas with them.
I also receive about three to four packets through them weekly.
I have never ever experienced any problems with them.
In fact once you have the DHL Airwaybill number you can go to their website yourself and do a tracking on the particular Airwaybill, wether you are the sender or receiver.
The tracking provides all the information such as:
1) ...
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Advantages: A well reputed company who claim to deliver quickly Disadvantages: Basic lack of communication led to non-collection and very poor customer service
...phone call at all from DHL to let me know they hadnt collected the items, and if the seller hadnt e-mailed me I wouldnt have known for days.
I immediately called them again to ask why the driver refused to collect, and also to make sure my credit card wouldnt be charged for a service I never recieved. To make things worse, they had no record of the reference number they give me, so when arranging another collection date I had to go through all ...
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Advantages: none Disadvantages: they don't deliver your goods
My experience of DHL is one of total incompetance, lazyness and rudeness.
I had a parcel sent from Germany and unfortunately they didn't put the full house name on the parcel, still it had the rest of the address in full and the postcode... as we can't expect the driver to think for himself and call us on the contact number or go by the postcode (we are the ONLY house with that postcode) it was returned to the depot.
I called DHL the next day ...
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Advantages: As friends have told me think of what people lost in the holocaust. Disadvantages: Pay money to have your precious things delivered to a new address, and then watch them disapear without a trace.
...used big named companies like DHL to transport goods. Also when I called and emailed before booking someone actually answered I thought that was a good sign-well it was to be the last good sign of the whole ordeal.
I booked the pick up of the boxes with the idea that I would ship them to my husbands mother in Sweden and we would fly there collect the boxes, as she is too old for the task, and take them out to our cottage in the countryside for ...
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Advantages: The delivery has to be signed for Disadvantages: A delivery driver with his own agenda, no customer service
...a company as large as DHL to have a 1571 answer service, so I was a bit reluctant to leave a message. No problem I thought, Omega Express will try and deliver again because they try three times. If on the third time there is still no-one to receive the package they hold onto it for a week then return it to sender if it is not claimed.
So upon returning home from work on Friday I expected to find another delivery note. Nothing arrived. Called the ...
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Advantages: Nice Logo Disadvantages: No communication (including website) they dont tell you what is causing the delay !
...customer services. I remember when DHL was the number one courier service reputable and excellent customer service. Nowadays its as if DHL and other couriers are employing ignorant, arrogant, egotistical, insolent morons in their customer services and drivers.
Only royal mail have managed to promise what they deliver unfortunately for larger parcels the CityLinks and DHLs are chosen because of their lower costs. I would gladly pay those extra few ...
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Advantages: nothing Disadvantages: cant find your postcode and poor customer service
DHL couldnt find my address ? i have received parcels from parcelforce, tnt and citylink in the past yet DHL with their SatNavs and sophisticated systems. I wasted 3 days and about half an hour in total calling the supplier and courier i wont be getting my time or money wasted back.
I paid for nextday delivery no success its not like i live in the sticks for goodness sake i live in a busy main road. I can only surmise the driver didnt know how ...
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Advantages: None Disadvantages: No customer service, no reason for failed delivery, can't get through to depot.
...O2 and they arranged for DHL to deliver it to my work address on Monday. On tuesday I called up and they said they had tried to deliver it. I confirmed the address was correct and asked why it had been taken back to the depot.
The woman at DHL said the reason box on her system was empty so she couldn't help and gave me the number for the depot to sort it out (surely she should have rang). Asked her why they hadn't left a card or bothered to call ...
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Advantages: I cant think of any Disadvantages: Loads, Read on
...mile from home.
I did the DHL online tracking on the Tuesday Morning it said out with the delivery driver for today’s delivery. So I was happy awaiting my goods. (I always get excited about receiving things for some reason).
I waited, I waited nothing...
So Wednesday morning I went into work thinking it will come today, nothing. At 5.30pm I phoned DHL they said that they had problems with the delivery on the Tuesday. I thought ok, but what ...
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Advantages: Erm, advantages? Disadvantages: Slow, inefficient, no internal communication etc etc.
...say with some confidence that DHL are the worst I have personally found.
Most couriers can find my house and even when I search for my house on Google maps I have no problems seeing it, however DHL seem unable to find it for some reason. At one point I was even speaking to the depot with the guy their on another phone to the driver who swears he was knocking at my door. At this point I was in my house with my door wide open, and of course there was ...
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