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DPD Local 1 star review on 27th October 2023
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DPD Local 1 star review on 31st January 2023
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DPD Local 1 star review on 16th February 2022
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DPD Local 1 star review on 12th November 2021
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DPD Local 1 star review on 12th November 2021
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DPD Local 1 star review on 17th March 2021
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
Rude & very aggressive driving from one of your local DPD drivers in High Wycombe! Driving just right up my A**E, beeping his horn, flashing his lights, swearing at me. I AM driving at the speed limit. UPDATE: we no reply from DPD I have now cancelled my contract with them for my business.
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Posted 5 months ago
The worst. Didn't show up - twice. Then lied about the fact they had been here at all. I took the day off work to deal with this. No apology, no refund. NEVER AGAIN, DPD!
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Posted 1 year ago
Said my parcel would be delivered between 4:30 - 5:30 but never arrived, tracking then changed to customer refused parcel which was a lie as nobody came that day. Seller re arranged delivery for the next day and app said it was being delivered but again never came, chat online totally useless and don’t know why this has happened. Still no parcel and £114 out of pocket plus 2 wasted days waiting in for parcel to arrive. DO NOT USE THIS COURIER if you value your parcel. I thought Evri were the worst but these are down there with them.
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Posted 1 year ago
Unfortunately there is no option of zero star. PLEASE AVOID DPD-LOCAL IS BIG SCAM. They are just broker of DPD company. My Parcel worth £570, we dropped the parcel to their drop point then after never received the parcel. I really wasted my time to contact to both companies DPD-LOCAL and DPD. After so much frustration I contacted of their CEO. I never received the parcel, I had no insurance so they didn't pay anything. When I dropped the parcel then after they have no record where my parcel is, it's clear their own staff mishandled/stolen the parcel. They don't have any sufficient answer to give me. I will never trust DPD again, they are just robbing people with DPD-LOCAL. I request to trade and standard and all consumer rights authorities if they are looking customers reviews then please take serious action how these companies are still operating with lowest standard in UK. They upseted so many customers. Tracking : DPD3462464
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Posted 3 years ago
I saw DPD van passing by my flat, didn't even stopped to deliver my parcel! Now I have to collect it in shop which is half hour way from my home!!! Horrible service! Called there three times and of course, they can't do anything with this! And they can't reach driver. DO NOT USE THIS SERVICE!!
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Posted 6 months ago
If you value your item then please don't use these guys. I sent a set of ceramics, very well packaged and cushioned, to an eBay buyer recently. They were boxed securely, wrapped individually in bubblewrap and separated and cushioned with shredded cardboard and other cushioning materials. I took out the DPD Local 'insurance' to the max value of £50 to cover any loss or damage, and sent off by dropping at one of their parcel shops. Every one of the 6 Toby Jugs inside was smashed when the box was delivered to the buyer. Bad enough you'd think, but then they wriggle out of paying compensation as described as they say now that 'ceramics' are a 'prohibited item'. I used DPD Local as they were one of the three carriers listed when the eBay sale completed, by eBay. These guys are not only negligent and irresponsible in handling parcels, but read their small print VERY carefully if you think they will compensate you for anything they damage. They likely will wriggle out of that. I'd just avoid using them to transport anything you value and which might not work if they throw it about. Safer to find a more professional shipper. Good luck if you do decide to risk it - they're cheap, and the old adage applies - you get what you pay for.
DPD Local 1 star review on 31st January 2023
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Posted 1 year ago
I sent an item to a customer and it was damaged at the delivery depot. Set up an online refund and complaint and attached ALL evidence required. This wasn't good enough for DPD LOCAL as they spent the next 4 months asking for the same evidence I had given on numerous occasions. Because I didn't reply to their request for proof of purchase, which I had already sent (original invoice from Wicks) on numerous occasions they have closed my case. There's no contact phone no or email address and the only way forward is this useless online portal. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! DO NOT USE DPD LOCAL.
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Posted 1 year ago
Disgusting service despite texts telling me it was delayed then another telling me it was going to be delivered still hasn’t turned up NOT HAPPY
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Posted 1 year ago
Terrible company and full of crooks. Avoid at all costs.
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Posted 1 year ago
Do not go anywhere near DPDlocalonline. They are liars and are absolutely useless. Trying to get in touch with them is a nightmare.
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Posted 3 years ago
Very Bad Customer Service I dropped my parcel off at a pick-up point before Christmas where it languished until I retrieved it myself a week later - untouched by DPD hands. That's bad enough but now I can't get my money back. Customer Service ignore my emails, or fob me off to 'chat' which is also useless. I thought DPD was a good company before this experience.
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Posted 3 years ago
Since the beginning of October 2020 this company has lead me on one of the most frustrating, elongated and hellish customer experiences I have ever found my self in. Their customer service platforms filled with people who just process complaints and you may as well be speaking with an automated service as they just follow the script, leaving you to repeat over and over again as you are passed from customer service rep to rep. We are in Jan 2021 and I still don't have my packages, a full refund or any clear answers to what is going on. The best I was offered is an empty apology and a £10 credit. I'm at the point now, where I just want my packages back and can close this most horrible experience behind me. Never again will I use this company, save yourselves and stay clear. So I contacted the online support, again, and was passed around between multiple reps. Some abruptly left the chat in the middle of discussions, in which case I was passed to someone new whom I had to repeat and explain the ordeal over again. It seems my packages have been lost a 3rd time and now I need to provide evidence that I did not receive them, not sure how that works. It's not like I have anything better to do, let's say a full time job and family, than endlessly speak with you lot. Update 20th Jan 2021: I have been told that my packages are lost due to the nature of the business. I was asked to provide proof of purchase and value of the items. I cannot provide this as these packages are monitors from my work place. Apparently there is nothing DPD local online can do if I cannot provide these documents. So in the end I am out of pocket on the delivery as well as the monitors which I need to reimburse my company for. Thanks dpdlocal truly you are the worst amongst the worst.
DPD Local 1 star review on 20th January 2021
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Posted 3 years ago
Pls dont use them. They are not helpful, rude and distruptive
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Posted 3 years ago
Absolutely shocking. I own a business and have used many different couriers in my time. Sent 9 parcels, all of them were not collected for ten days because ‘they didn’t have enough room in the van’ which led to customer complaints. Eventually when they were collected after several time’s of contacting them, 2 of them worth £100 went completely missing, and one of them was stuck in a cage for another additional week and eventually sent back to me! I’ve been refused a refund even though they failed to provide a service and they have caused me to lose out on so much money. Was in the process of setting up a business account with DPD (hence why using the DPD local in the mean time) but am no longer proceeding with this. Little did I know that DPD and DPD local are two different companies (DPD local is actually parcel force), no one tells you this and I originally went on the DPD website that diverted me to this horrific company. For the sake of refunding 9 shipping charges, and after how much upset they’ve caused, you’d think they’d just get on with it! AVOID.
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Posted 3 years ago
2 "Lost Packages" I work with DPD Local for years, and so far never had a single issue. However within one month, I gost 2 lost packages, which one of them is still being "investigated" (which we know how it´s gonna to end). I send a package (DPD4198325) with 4Kg(!!!!), big size, easy to identify as is full of red tape, from London UK to Portugal. After some time of being in the deposit, I´ve asked them what was the reason of the delay and it started the red flag. They said that weren´t sure where it was or even if it left UK (wow). The package was sent without insurance and package value was marked with £250. However I missed to count some of the items which Value was worth it of £600. I´m not even counting the fustration/desperation it caused me, the ammount of work and customers I´ve lost from it. The loss of loosing that package is priceless. After almost 2 months of headaches and lost time contacting them, they said that the package was "lost". They request all the invoices of the content, with dates and receipient, and all the items were the same type (which obviously I couldn´t fake). After few time they said that they could only refund £50 (which if they knew this in advance, why asking for all the invoices of items, making me search and print everything to provide the "standard" refund? Is a fact I could select insurance, but 3 things made me not selecting it, - I was working with them for years without any problems (I used to use insurance before) - The terms & conditions of the insurance almost don´t cover anything, even personal belongings?? It seems insurance was only made to cover themselves - I assumed they were a reliable company. The people I spoke with were all nice to speak with, but none will help you out in nothing, make no mistake! I even got someone saying "you should select the protection when booking", that is correct, which I answered "you may be right, but I didn´t select "disappear package" option either". I can see now from other user feedbacks that this is a common practice, which makes me wonder that working there must be a dream job making disappear non insured packages and even receiving a salary in the end of the month. For them, as a company, it´s better to lose a regular customer throwing him a £50 bone, then stoping to make disappear packages. I hope this experience will get to you that is thinking to use this company "magic tricks services". I´m genuinely thinking to apply to work there, as it´s amazing to be rewarded monthly making packages vanishing without consequences. My last hope is that the second package will not get the same result as this one, but as I can see from other experiences, this one will end in a Circus Show also.
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Posted 3 years ago
What a joke of a delivery driver! He turns up, looks in the back of the van, gets back in his van, looks me in the eye and updates the order to "sorry we missed you" with a picture uploaded of a blank screen. Only way to talk to someone about the order is their online chat who are also useless
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Posted 3 years ago
Sent parcel to grandchildren excellent service at every stage would recommend
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Posted 4 years ago
Worst delivery service ever, lost my parcel almost a month ago now, and they still are saying they are looking for it. 0 stars, worst service ever.
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Posted 4 years ago
DPD Local is rated 1.3 based on 120 reviews