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DHL 1 star review on 11th October 2025
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DHL 1 star review on 13th September 2025
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DHL 1 star review on 6th September 2025
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DHL 1 star review on 6th September 2025
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DHL 1 star review on 6th September 2025
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DHL 1 star review on 6th September 2025
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DHL 1 star review on 25th June 2025
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
Australia Post says DHL lost my parcel as they work together. This is so so disappointing. How in professional it is to lose a parcel. You had one job DHL and Aus Post!!! I sent a gift to my family, and it has been months that my parcel didn’t even leave Sydney yet, it is lost. DHL never even tried to deliver but they lost it straight away! Is that because people work for you steal our stuff or you just don’t know how to deliver delivery service? Shame on you.
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Posted 4 years ago
No other way to say it really DHL are the pits of hell.
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Posted 4 years ago
USELESS Useless , i will try my best to dont use this service again and tell all my friendsis all Somebody sent me a parcel from italy , i live in uk, it took 3 days to arrive in uk and after i have been waiting another 6 days and i still not having it I've spent about 40-50 pounds on phone with them everytime they put me on hold for like 10-15 min and everytim3 i call they have a diffrent answer to give.
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Posted 4 years ago
I ordered a chicken coop door opener from Amazon. It shipped from Slovenia, through, Italy, Germany and then New York. It landed in Cincinnati on the third day. It then went on hold. It's been on hold for 12 days. I called DHL and was told that it's on hold because they can't find a truck to take it to the West Coast. The also told me I SHOULDN'T FEEL BAD because there are THOUSANDS of packages all on hold because they can't find a truck to the West Coast. They have no idea when the backage will come off of hold. Not sure why they don't put them on a plane or give them to UPS or the Post Office if they are incapable of doing their own job. I'm worried that they've lost the package and don't want to pay for the contents. Have no clue how to get them to admit it or move the box.
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Posted 4 years ago
DHL refuse to take our parcels after working together for over 5 years. And they will not refund me for the last 5 parcels they returned.. Absolute jokers and rip of cnts
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Posted 4 years ago
Waiting on a delivery as we speak... was supposed to come on the 17th, called a day later, was told this Monday after 2pm I'll have my package. Nothing, so I called again, they said they would investigate and I would hear back by 10am today, again Nothing. Called this afternoon, told absolutely nothing about my package, was hung up on multiple times, until finally an agent/ moron scheduled a store pickup this Thursday. So that means I have to drive an hour a way to do their job. TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE COMPANY AVOID AT ALL COST
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Posted 4 years ago
Count me in with everyone else who's had a negative experience with DHL Express! Two overseas shipments from the same shipper, at the same time, with the same physical dimensions, arrived in Cincinnati on 4/28. One of the two caught a hop the same day and was delivered to me in TX. The other package is languishing "shipment on hold" in Cincinnati with no expected delivery date. I had been on the horn with customer service many a time with no resolution to facilitate delivery, and finally demanded to speak with someone higher up. I got the number for DHL Research? and they were zero help as well. The issue I have, is that saying a shipment is on hold for an indefinite period of time inspires no confidence and instead, sounds like a cover for either a lost, damaged, or stolen package. Whatever issues DHL is having seem to be endemic to them as UPS, Fedex and USPS don't seem to be mired in any sort of shipping backlog. I'd suggest to them that if a package is on hold with no definitive delivery date, it should receive scans every couple of days. Don't have enough people? Hire temps. A search engine query of "DHL Cincinnati problems" will bring up a number of hits which bear out numerous customer frustrations. If DHL was a volunteer service, or I thought they had some extraneous circumstances which only affected them, I'd temper my review, but it seems like they simply cannot get out of their own way and the customer is paying for it in more than one way!
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Posted 4 years ago
NEVER accept drop parcel to your front door step. Always make sure you sign for it. They will send you a photo that it’s on your front door step but the photo is not my house, someone else’s house. They will a few days later ask you again if I got my parcel. I already said I never got it on my door step and the photo is not my house. I never got my parcel delivery. 😡
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Posted 4 years ago
Cost me £6 to call about them not turning up to collect my parcel!???
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Posted 4 years ago
I followed all of the instructions provided on the DHL Parcels website, attaching all of the paperwork to my parcel then driving 30 minutes to my nearest depot only to be told that my parcel wasn't recognised by the shop owner trying to scan the bar code. I couldn't get hold of anyone at DHL on the phone or any support anywhere else and was left dealing with automated systems that proved completely inadequate. I've now missed the deadline I was hoping to get my parcel to it's destination and have potentially lost a huge client. What a crappy service. Don't even bother with these guys!
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Posted 4 years ago
Delivery driver rude and unhelpful. Doesn't follow delivery instructions. This is the 3rd time we've had deliveries by this courier, and each time the driver has failed to follow instructions.
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Posted 4 years ago
I shipped my items and clothes from Egypt to Canada. First, the bags were delayed 33 days from the date that was agreed upon.  Second, the bags were searched so poorly that the clothes arrived very dirty.  Third, and most importantly, they stole a lot of things from my bags. Many clothes and personal items. Unfortunately, you are a company that doesn't have any credibility in dealing with it and there is no insurance on the shipment.  I spoke to customer service in Egypt, they didn't give me any solution, and in Canada as well.  Can you tell me how do I get my stolen items back or at least do an investigation on how they disappeared, or at least offer some kind of compensation as a last resort... I'm missing stuff estimated at around $ 560!! I will never repeat dealing with DHL again.  I do not advise anyone to deal with them, and I will publish this review everywhere on Social Meda so that those customers dealing with you will be careful
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Posted 4 years ago
Don't ship wit DHL May package sat at the Austin,Texas location from May 5th to May 7th when it was supposed to be delivered May 6. Its Friday night May 7th and still no package. And of course they are closed so now I have to wait till Monday May 10th to start all over to try to get my package. I LEAVE IT TO YOU TO DECIDE. as I am still waiting for my package. even signed up for notifications which I did not receive.
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Posted 4 years ago
Useless. Contacted, several times, by DHL saying that 4 crates (costing several thousand) would be delivered 'by end of day' on a specific date. Towards the end of the day, still no delivery. DHL website provides conflicting delivery information - part of the site says due for delivery, another part says it is still at the depot. Basically a completely wasted day waiting in so far. Of course, no way to contact them - live chat is inundated so they're not even letting people join a waiting list. Automatic customer service line has no option to speak to a human. Automated system doesn't even recognise the tracking number which is working on their site. Utterly atrocious company. Will never, ever, use them if I need to send an outgoing parcel.
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Posted 4 years ago
Bad service, never deliver on time keep delaying. Please do not use DHL anymore, you will be disappointed.
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Posted 4 years ago
Delivery was left on doorstep despite instructions clearly printed on parcels to leave in shed. Driver rang door bell and left before checking someone was in. This is not acceptable and not the 1st time we've had issues with this courier.
DHL 1 star review on 6th May 2021
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Posted 4 years ago
I am surprised to find so many negative reviews because, twice this week, I sent an envelope from Perth, Scotland to Hong Kong and it reached its destination exactly at the time DHL promised me. It was a BIG deal to me and twice DHL filled its promise. On top of that, I got really excited by the fantastic DHL tracking website giving me regular updates on my international letter. It may sound trivial but I cannot get over the mesmerizing technology allowing me to follow my envelope every step of the way until it lands tomorrow on the desk where it needs to be. Even the disruption in updates speak to me as I am certain it is now flying over Europe and Asia for an 11 hours flight. Silence means something good is happening. Thank you DHL. Thank you to all the men & women making this possible. I am not taking you for granted. You have a grateful customer. Clara B. in Perth, Scotland.
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Posted 4 years ago
A 1 star review is too generous. I ordered cookies to a friend and paid £8 for Saturday delivery. They not only failed to deliver but did not bother to let me know they wouldn’t, they sent it to a facility the wrong side of the country. I then got in contact to ask the package be left with a neighbour if they’re not home when they redelivered it on a weekday (thus sat). They then failed to deliver again and didn’t attempt communication or the other address. They then responded to my email complaint with an admittance of fault but not even an apology. Incompetence and rudeness.
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Posted 4 years ago
DHL was working in conjunction with Dunelm to deliver a single bed frame I ordered. They both boasted that the item would arrive on Friday 30th April. They both sent me an email & text to confirm this. Come Friday, there were no texts or emails from either of them & in the end there was no delivery. DHL even say if they can't deliver on the day they will deliver the next day. This did not happen either. Contact customer service & all they did was send an email with a case number & said they would respond within 3 days. They are showing total comtempt to not just me but all the Customers who have spent their hard earned money to purchase goods online only for incompetent delivery services like DHL & other courier services to screw up & they are so blaise about it. So now I have to spend more time sleeping on a mattress on the floor with a foot injury & a testicular condition which is not ideal. I will find out if I can take this matter any further !
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Posted 4 years ago
Extremely poor customer service do not use this fake company
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Posted 4 years ago
DHL is rated 1.3 based on 1,614 reviews