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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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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
This company are completely and utterly incompetent. I have been given numerous dates on when they plan to deliver my parcel and have been let down each time and have been given no explanation. When I ring them they give me yet another date which I know they won’t keep to. My neighbour bought an item from Argos and has had the same issue with non delivery. If you are thinking of buying from Argos it’s best to avoid them and use Amazon.
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Posted 4 years ago
DHL were contracted, via Parcels2Go, to deliver a product purchased from the Claening Club. A litany of actual lies and incomptence from DHL Three broken delivery date promises.
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Posted 4 years ago
Must be the worst courier I have dealt with. Trying to locate a parcel their website is hopeless as you can't speak to anyone.
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Posted 4 years ago
Lies lies lies false information sent still no parcel after a week of being totally messed about, staying in for a delivery that was never coming Do Not Use This Company
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Posted 4 years ago
Awful to deal with, can't get proper response from DHL and most emails go unanswered. DHL sent an invoice for something they said they had and wouldn't deliver until I paid, then turned out to be something I had already received weeks before, then the amount kept changing (4 different amounts so far!) and now threatening debt collectors rather that clear up the mess they have created. I'll never use them and will ask anyone sending something to me not to use them in future. Can;t even get the email address of their complaints department. It's all set up to make it as hard as possible for the customers.
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Posted 4 years ago
You can't actually speak to anyone to find out why they've not brought your parcel. Iv waited all day, iv got nothing to drink because I couldn't go to the shops and I cannot believe you don't have online tracking. I hate this company
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Posted 4 years ago
Deceitful company, stated they had tried to deliver a parcel to our business. Cctv shows no attempt was made. Blatant lies. Not for the 1st time either.
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Posted 4 years ago
Lazy & incompetent. Drivers dumped my Halfords parcel near bin shed outside flats, instead of pressing security link. They couldn't even be bothered to let me know. Anyone could have stolen it.
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Posted 4 years ago
This company seems to hide behind a complex set up of entities to ensure no responsibility is taken centrally, maybe why DHL has such a poor reputation and trust scores. They would benefit from some serious CX reviews, from using their website(s) to the cards they leave at delivery addresses. All in all, a lack of transparency and poor communication means the likes of Hermes and Yodel will take over.....and who would've thought that a few years ago. Come on DHL, else you'll go the way of Nokia and Kodak!
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Posted 4 years ago
I am disabled and live on the first floor and on both occasions DHL have left my parcels OUTSIDE the block of flats I live in - the delivery driver didn't want to actually bring it to the correct door because he'd parked in the middle of the road. abysmal service.
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Posted 4 years ago
I ordered item from sophiawebster.com DHL was carrier and my shoes never arrived! I emailed them and they ignored my email. They put fake signature, saying that someone signed the package with initials that doesn’t exist! They are scammers be aware! I lost more than 900$ because of them!
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Posted 4 years ago
Never Ship with DHL I run a startup business. We have had about a dozen shipments come internationally via DHL. About 3/4th of the shipments are not delivered as promised. I am so frustrated with DHL that I'm investing my time to write this review. Their Customer Service is worse than terrible. Their Customer Service does not exist. You can't get a person on the phone, and their website doesn't provide enough detail to let you resolve the problem yourself either. The most recent issue is apparently there was an import duty due. They never informed me of this (even though the shipper provided them my contact information), they simply let the package sit on hold. I finally requested the assistance of my lawyer and he was able to get a person on the phone. Never ship with DHL. Even if UPS or FedEx is more expensive, go with UPS or FedEx.
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Posted 4 years ago
Bad place to work, only worked one night, what I saw is impressive. packages thrown into the conveyor roller and onto the ground without any care. the incorrect pay for the type of work and especially for the night. 8 hours worked at night from 10pm to 7am paid £ 59.19 I don't recommend working in DHL parcel in Milton Keynes magna park.
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Posted 4 years ago
Sent international parcel by DHL from Uk last week, Parcel has taken more than 1 week, still not yet sent. Pathetic customer care. Never ever again will I use DHL, and I will make sure I discourage everyone I know never to use them. Considering the money we pay, the services are bad. I wouldn’t recommend them to my worst enemy.
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Posted 4 years ago
Parcel never picked up had to pay another courier to deliver. Third time this has happened. Will never use DHL again Be warned
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Posted 4 years ago
Worst company ever. Spent a whole day awaiting a time critical resupply of veterinary medication due to temperature. Sat looking and waiting when the van passed our home, no sign of van and driver for hours and no explanation given except '' delayed driver would be with us shortly". Here's something to understand, if you really care about your customers and staff then avoid them like the Covid virus. Thanks to Animed who are now having to resend our order again. The time critical is Canine insulin, without this our dog would die. So thanks DHL, your company should be destroyed. Hold your heads in shame. And I am being nice about this. Glenn Service.
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Posted 4 years ago
I tried to send a package internationally via DHL. They needed some additional information for customs and gave a deadline for me to provide. After many many emails and twitter messages (I requested a phone call several times but was ignored and tried the customer service number but couldn't get to a real person) they acknowledged that I emailed the information to them on time as can be seen in the timestamp of the email but are claiming that they did not receive it in time. Based on this they returned my package and partially refunded my money. They kept an £8.50 admin fee and refuse to refund it even after many messages and them acknowledging that I provided all required information within the timeframe that was specified. I have used DHL many times in the past and they've been great when nothing goes wrong. This is the first time I've needed customer service and it was absolutely unacceptable. I've sent my parcel via UPS with no issues and will never use DHL again. It's not worth the risk of needing even the most basic competence from their customer service team.
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Posted 4 years ago
The dilettantism of the German DHL is incredible. It's been more than three weeks since the DHL took over my package to be delivered and all they've done is to move it back and forth inbetween the warehouses. At first, it was sitting in Börnicke near Berlin for two weeks. After that, I was cheering that it has been dispatched to another warehouse - Radefeld and was hoping that it would be delivered soon. Sadly, it was sent back to Börnicke for being reprocessed and it has been there eversince. I was patient due to the ongoing plandemic as the DHL states that there might be delays, but enough is enough. I once ordered a package from the UK, which was delivered by the DHL in three days!!! And they're not able to deliver it in time from Germany! Terrible company! In addition, their call centres seem to be constantly overwhelmed by (presumably) angry customers and I couldn't reach them. I wouldn't recommend DHL to my worst enemy, it's the most unreliable delivery service in the world!
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Posted 4 years ago
Been waiting for my parcel, till I see the update in the tracing system "Delivery attempted; recipient, not home" but they didn't even try to contact me. I'm on my child care leave and sitting home almost 24/7. They didn't call, didn't ring the doorbell, but updated that couldn't reach me. How can they do it????!!! Unfortunately, for some shipments, I cannot choose another company, but if I could, definitely would choose another delivery company. Try to avoid DHL as much as possible.
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Posted 4 years ago
We paid for the fastest World Air option, 1-3 days. My parcel was supposed to arrive either today or tomorrow. Tracking says now that it won't arrive until Saturday - at least 4 days. Saturday is my wedding. The parcel is my ring. Saturday is too late. I've been trying to reach them for 3 days. I've been passed around to 5 different departments, and the online customer service options are an absolute joke; I've been waiting 3 days for a single reply from 3 different online DHL services that claim to reply "typically within minutes". This is hands-down the worst service I've ever had in my entire life. What a joke of a company.
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Posted 4 years ago
DHL is rated 1.3 based on 1,569 reviews