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Irish Parcels Reviews

4.6 Rating 2,673 Reviews
90 %
of reviewers recommend Irish Parcels
4.6
Based on 2,673 reviews
Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods
Courier
Average Delivery Time
Within 5 Days
On-time Delivery
Greater than 88%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders
Greater than 94%
Customer Service
Communication Channels
Telephone, Email, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In
Under An Hour
Customer Service
4.8 out of 5
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About Irish Parcels:

Get a quote from the top courier companies in Ireland. We compare couriers based on your route and the size of parcels. We then display them in one simple quote which you can book online. Save up to 80% on your Parcel Deliveries. Due to the high number of Parcels we send we have unique contracts with major carriers such as TNT and DPD, this allows us to get the lowest shipping prices which we pass on to our customers. Our prices are up to 80% cheaper that going the courier direct. If your parcels are over 2kg most of our service are also considerably cheaper than An Post. Send your Parcels within Ireland, to the UK or Worldwide with Irish Parcels. We offer a full door to door service for both business and individuals. Your Parcel is in safe hands with Irish Parcels, we offer online tracking so you can see your shipment each step of the way. Irish Parcels only works with the best couriers in Ireland and Worldwide. Get a quote now and see how much you can save on your Parcel Deliveries!

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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
Delivery took two weeks. On hold over one hour on two occasions and ended up having to hang up. No reply to emails. Very disappointed. Poor Service
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Posted 7 years ago
Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback on your experience with Irish Parcels, Patrick. We are very sorry for any issues you experienced with your Irish Parcels shipment. Unfortunately, due to the extremely busy December period, couriers were handling a very large volume of shipments, causing knock-on effects and delays. Although 98% of all of our deliveries arrive within the expected time-frame and severe delays are very rare; some services may be subject to delays during the December period. We are also very sorry if you were unable to contact our offices; when our offices are open, phone lines are answered extremely quickly. If you were trying to contact the courier directly, we can only apologise on their behalf. I can see that you did email us; a member of our team will get back to you with regards to this as soon as possible. Again, we sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused in this case.
Posted 7 years ago
Got quote on morning of Tuesday December 19th. for 2/3 day delivery to Glasgow, Scotland with parcel collection scheduled for Wednesday December 20th. Parcel was not c0ollected on Wednesday as promised. Emailed Irish Parcels on THursday morning and the reply stated that "GLS" were very busy and had not collected, but were working after 6.00pm ., I left our office at 10.30pm on Wednesday and they still had not collected . It is now December 26th. and the p arcel has not arrived in Glasgow !! really disappointed, Seán Feehily, Sligo.
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Posted 7 years ago
Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback on your experience with Irish Parcels. We are very sorry for any issues you experienced with your Irish Parcels shipment. 98% of all of our collections and deliveries take place on the expected dates and issues such as these are extremely rare. We are more than happy to look into any issues or delays with your shipment; please contact us directly at info@irishparcels.ie and a member of our support team will get straight back to you. Again, we sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused.
Posted 7 years ago
Dear Katy, or whoever may read this email, With regard to my previous email, I am writing again because my parcel didn't arrive as it was promised. Even worse, it was lost. When I have chosen Irish Parcel Service and paid for service it was claimed on your web site that I am paying for reliable delivery, that would give possibility to track my parcel and that would take 6 days to arrive (18th of December). However, it seems that none of this claimed facts were true. Apart from your nice customer service people answering immediately (only during the working hours 9-6pm, though- what is a bit strange practice bearing in mind the type of business you are in) but obviously not being in position to help, nothing seems as a professional service. After I got your email, giving me the same info as I was able to see on the web site. I simply couldn't accept that parcel tracking status wasn't changed for days. Btw, I am surprised that you didn't react on this at all. So, seeing that there is no use of emailing, I tried my luck calling the customer service number on your web site. Your colleague who answered was very nice, well trained to deal with such a situations (which obviously are the usual practice of Irish Parcel, not exceptions). He followed up a few times, calling me back and being very polite but with vague and unuseful information..you parcel is lost (he avoided to use word lost) but we will investigate and when we find out, I will let you know...bla bla. .."When", "how", "what" exactly will you do.., I didn't get information about, so far. When I asked him how long that investigation could take...he confirmed what I doubted...days...months....I wouldn't be surprised that you don't find my parcel at all. Only once I heard apology. When I asked about the refund (even though it is of least importance now to me), due to the not professional (lousy service, meaning what was promised and sold as such wasn't delivered + lost parcel value+.....), he started to explain again vague theory... Anyhow, despite of politeness of your colleague on the phone, he left me under impression that will not be able to do anything to me but wait and see what will TNT your (obviously lousy) partner do. This parcel I sent with you was of sentimental value to me and it was of utmost importance that arrives on time. I am really exasperated and crying right now because I simply cannot believe that it actually happened. The funniest thing above all is that you are asking your customers to submit review, before service was even completed. Maybe that is kind of trick, to get us all write a nice review and than disappear. I don't know what to say anymore. I simply can't believe that this is happening and of course I don't expect that you would do anything. My case is funny to you and if anyone reading this mail, probably is laughing and thinking ..one more silly customer. I spent more than 17 years, being director of marketing, sales, customer service of various international huge companies, being at disposal to my customers and struggling to please them ad I know what I am talking about.
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Posted 7 years ago
Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback on your experience with Irish Parcels. We are very sorry for any issues you experienced with your Irish Parcels shipment. I can see that our customer support team is currently investigating this issue for you, we sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused. If you have any questions about this process, please contact us directly via email at info@irishparcels.ie and we will be more than happy to assist in any way that we can. Again, we sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Posted 7 years ago
I send the parcel they tell me parcel will recived 04-12-2017 today is 11-12-2017 he did not recived parcel
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Posted 7 years ago
Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback on your experience with Irish Parcels. Our customer support team has liaised with our courier with regards to this delay and they have advised that you have not provided the appropriate customs documentation for your shipment. When shipping outside of the EU, providing customs documentation with your shipment is a legal requirement and your responsibility. A member of our customer support team contacted you via email about this on the 5/12/17. As advised in the email, please complete your customs documentation by logging into your user area on the Irish Parcels website, go to "My Orders" then click on the "Customs Doc" button. Once you have completed the form, please save the document, download it to your computer and email it through to our support team at info@irishparcels.ie. Once this has been sent through to us, we can then pass this on to our courier partner and the shipment can be moved forward. We hope that this helps. Please do let us know if you have any further questions about this process.
Posted 7 years ago
Still no parcel
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Posted 7 years ago
Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback on your experience with Irish Parcels. We are very sorry for any issues you have experienced with your Irish Parcels shipment. I can see that the item has not yet been collected. The reason for this is because, although the collection was attempted on the expected date, the driver noted that there were no goods available. I can see that this was then re-scheduled for later in the day, however, it does not appear that the collection went ahead. If the item was left unattended, with no contact available to hand the item over to the driver for collection, this may be why the collection failed, as it is at the driver's discretion as to whether unattended items will be collected. In many cases, they cannot do this for security reasons. We are more than happy to look into any issues or delays with your shipment, please contact our customer support team directly at info@irishparcels.ie and they will get straight back to you. Again, we sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Posted 7 years ago
You failed to notify me of a failed pick up. Therefore rendering me unable to do anything about it until it was too late.
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Posted 7 years ago
Thank you very much for taking the time to provide feedback on your experience with Irish Parcels. We are very sorry for any issues you experienced with your collection. As we handle such a large volume of shipments on a daily basis, we are unable to individually monitor every one. For this reason, as per our T+Cs, we advise that collections that fail are not automatically re-booked, and we ask that you contact us at your earliest convenience so that we may reschedule this for you. If you contact us directly at info@irishparcels.ie our customer support team will certainly look into this further for you and get straight back to you. Again, we sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Posted 7 years ago
They picked up the package as instructed from the person I was purchasing it of and then emailed me to tell me to collect it in Carlow (I'm in Dundalk) as it was too heavy. If it was too heavy then don't pick it up. When I called up about it the man wasn't 1 bit helpful. I then had to arrange for it to be picked up from the courier depot.
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Posted 7 years ago
Thank you for your feedback. We are very sorry for any issues you experienced with your shipment. I can see that the shipment was cancelled due to the item not being packaged correctly. Due to this, our courier was unable to fulfil the delivery and the item needed to be collected directly from the depot. I can see that our customer support team emailed you to advise this. I cannot see that you spoke with our customer support team via telephone with regards to this, as such, we can only apologise on behalf of the courier if you spoke with an advisor and found them to be unhelpful. Again, we apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Posted 7 years ago
The delivery got completely destroyed. It was insured and not on the list of exemption, yet Irish parcels did refuse to reimburse for the damage. This is not just poor but on the border to criminal behaviour....
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Posted 7 years ago
Thank you for feedback. We are very sorry if there was any damage to the items you sent with Irish Parcels. We are the booking agent for your shipment and we work with the courier on your behalf. Damage is extremely rare on any of our couriers services and we sincerely regret that this happened in your case, as this is not the type of experience we wish for any of our customers to have. Unfortunately, the item sent was a non-compensation item. This is specified in our Terms and Conditions. We advise that these items are sent entirely at your own risk. Despite this, we did still try to pursue a claim with our courier for compensation on your behalf, as all claims are dealt with on a case-by-case basis. However, this was rejected by our courier and unfortunately this decision is beyond our control. I can see that, as a result of this, you were offered a form of compensation from Irish Parcels 7 months ago, however, we did not receive any response to this. I hope you can understand we were in the middle trying our best for you, but as you willingly shipped a non-compensation item there was nothing further we could do. I would like to apologise again for the inconvenience that has been caused and can assure you that this is a very rare occurrence. Irish Parcels ships thousands of items without any problems and I am very sorry that your item was not one of them.
Posted 7 years ago
My parcel broke dawn. And I lose 290 euros.
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Posted 7 years ago
Thank you for your feedback. We are very sorry if you experienced any issues with your Irish Parcels shipment. I can see that the shipment was collected and delivered within the expected time-frame and you have not been in contact with our customer support team with regards to any issues. If you need assistance with your shipment, please contact our customer support team directly and we will be more than happy to help. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience that may have been caused.
Posted 7 years ago
GLS did not collect on their suggested collection day. At closes of business on that day it was changed on system to "In Transit". It was Friday and no one was contactable until Monday.
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Posted 7 years ago
Thank you for your feedback. We are very sorry if you experienced any issues with your Irish Parcels shipment. Although the vast majority of our collections take place on the expected date, Irish Parcels is not a time-guaranteed service, only estimated. We recognise that occasional delays may occur due to factors beyond our control. I can see that a member of our customer support team rescheduled this collection free of charge, however, was not made aware that the item was left at a GLS ParcelShop. GLS advised that they were surprised that the GLS Parcel Shop accepted this item as the item was prepaid and this is not normal protocol. This rescheduled collection attempt then failed as the driver went to the original collection address provided at booking. I can see that, once we were made aware of this, our customer support team requested that the driver collect from the GLS ParcelShop, despite this being beyond normal protocol. I can see that the item was then collected and has since been delivered successfully. Again, we apologise for any inconvenience caused. If you have any questions, please do let us know and we will be more than happy to help.
Posted 7 years ago
Collecting day was 25.7 time frame from 9:00 to 18:00. Nobody collected my parcel that day. I contacted Irish parcel via live chat told them that problem all I got after 15 minutes was number for GLS what I can find on google in 15 seconds. Useless
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Posted 7 years ago
Thank you for your feedback. We are very sorry for any issues you experienced with your collection. Although the vast majority of all of our collections and deliveries take place on the expected date, Irish Parcels is not a time-guaranteed service, only estimated. I can see that you contacted us via live chat before 6pm on the day of your collection; as the collections can take place right up until 7pm, you were provided with the contact number for the courier to enquire when the driver would be with you. This number is provided as Irish Parcels does not have direct contact with our courier partner's drivers, and this is the best way to get a more specific time for the collection. Unfortunately, the collection did fail after this time. However, I can see that it was collected successfully the following day. Again, we sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused. If you have any further questions about your shipment, please contact us and we will be more than happy to help.
Posted 7 years ago
Arrange collection of one parcel and then another, but the 2nd was going to be collected the next day so I called to see if they could both be collected the same day, it was suggested I phone carrier - what am I paying IrishParcels for? Collection of first parcel was at 10 to 6, so whole day wasted with no indication of collection time and driver would not take 2nd parcel although he said it would be him collecting the next day, also he could not narrow down between 9am and 6pm when he would collect. Very unlikely to use service again.
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Posted 7 years ago
Thank you for your feedback, Daragh. We are very sorry you feel let down by the service. With regards to the collection time-frame, we do advise within our Terms and Conditions that all of our collections and deliveries take place between 9am-6pm. We may be able to narrow down this time-frame on the day however, we are unable to guarantee this as these times are set upon by our courier partners. Your first collection took place within the advised time-frame. With regards to your second collection, our customer support would have advised to contact the courier directly to enquire whether this could be collect a day in advance as this would be at the courier's discretion. Typically, collecting items ahead of when they are actually booked can cause complications with the shipment, potentially causing delays; which is why the driver ultimately refused to do this. With regards to Irish Parcels' role; we are the booking agent for your shipment. We offer courier services at a significantly discounted rate in comparison to booking these directly. Again, we apologise for any inconvenience caused in this case.
Posted 7 years ago
I have been waiting for a week for my package to be collected! I called GLS and spoke to an extremely rude and disinterested member of staff also. I am requesting a full refund for the lack of service I have received.
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Posted 7 years ago
Thank you for your feedback, Sara. We are very sorry for the issues you have experienced with your collection. As our courier partner are a third party company, we cannot comment on their behalf, we can only apologise on behalf of how you feel you were treated. We do ask that, if a collection fails, to contact us directly so that we may rearrange this for you. I can see that the collection has been attempted during the hours of 8am-7pm as advised in our Terms and Conditions however no contact was available for this; as our courier partner sets the time-frame for collections, we may only request more specific time-frames however, these are not always guaranteed. Again, we sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused. If you have any further questions about your shipment, please contact us directly and we will be more than happy to help.
Posted 7 years ago
Parcel still not delivered your tracking system showing in transit . At the time of booing it's showing 2 to 3 days it was urgent document Found Very bad service need our money back now it's useless for us .
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Posted 7 years ago
Thank you for your feedback, Riaz. We are very sorry that your item has not arrived. It is advised during booking, 'Please note that TNT is experiencing some delays due to an IT update. Please allow an additional day than normal for collection and delivery.' We do understand that this is now outside of the time-frame; unfortunately this issue is entirely out of our control and we can only profusely apologise for this on our courier's behalf. I can see that you have been in correspondence with a member of our customer support team with regards to this who has advised that the tracking information should begin to update shortly. Again, please accept our sincerest apologise for the inconvenience caused. If you have any further questions about your shipment, please contact us directly and we will be more than happy to help.
Posted 7 years ago
I booked a parcel to be collected from Spain on Monday and delivered to Dublin on Tuesday. It never arrived, I have been chasing this and can't get any information. If I hadn't checked I would never have been informed that it hadn't even been collected. I have basically paid for a courier service and nothing has happened and I can't get any information.
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Posted 7 years ago
Thank you for your feedback. We are very sorry for the issues you have experienced with your shipment. I can see that you have been in contact with Aaron from our customer support team with regards to this. At the moment, we believe that the initial collection was unsuccessful. Aaron is currently liaising with TNT in order to ascertain this and to reschedule this collection however, as advised, TNT's systems have unfortunately been down throughout this week. Because of this, TNT have been unable to provide us with any further information and unfortunately, are unable to do so until their systems are back up and running. This matter is, of course, extremely rare, and unfortunately beyond our control. As soon as we are are able to get an update from TNT with regards to this issue, our customer support team will be in touch via email to advise on how we can proceed and seek a resolution. Again, we sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused. If you have any further questions, please contact us directly and we will be more than happy to help.
Posted 7 years ago
Parcel arrived totally smashed. And it was metal mirror frame. Would not expect that from Currier.
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Posted 7 years ago
Thank you for your feedback. We are very sorry if any items sent with Irish Parcels were damaged. Damage is extremely rare on any of our services and we sincerely regret that this happened in your case. Please email us directly at info@irishparcels.ie with photos and details of the damage and we will investigate this further with our courier in order to pursue a claim. Again, we sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused. If you have any further questions, please do let us know and we will be more than happy to help.
Posted 7 years ago
I dont know if it is your fault or the company GLS, but something went wrong and I have paid for two shipments from Ireland to Denmark for only one order. It went wrong as I checks my track and trace number , and discovered that GLS, wrote that my pick up had failed, because there was no order to pick up. I got worried and wrote a mail to you, and you told me to book again, and so I did, you said that I could get a refund for the failed pick up. You wrote again and said that the refund was refused because the order was picked up......But you didn't give me a refund for the new order I booked, instead I have received an order I never ordered, so someone is missing their order.
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Posted 7 years ago
Thank you very much for your feedback and for using Irish Parcels. I can see that you booked one shipment with us and, as well, re-booked a second shipment. As per the tracking information on each of these shipments, items were successfully collected and delivered on both occasions, which is why this refund was refused. If you believe that the incorrect items may have been handed over from DSV on one occasion, you would need to clarify this with both DSV and the delivery side, because as per the tracking information, our courier fulfilled both shipments that were booked. If you have any further questions about this, please contact us and we will be more than happy to help.
Posted 7 years ago
Booked a parcel on Thursday 1st june, wasnt picked up until the 7th June, customer was meant to have it by 8th of june and wont have it until 15th June at the latest now, hes not happy, it makes me look bad and Im not happy
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Posted 7 years ago
Hi Mark, thank you for your review. I can see you booked an economy service to send a parcel from Ireland to Australia. We also offer an express service if the items were urgent. Did you get in touch when the item was not collected to book another collection? If you miss the collection or the driver does not arrive we can book another collection as soon as we are made aware of this. Simply email, live chat or phone us and we will be happy to help.
Posted 7 years ago
The delivery man didn't help carry my boxes. I had 5 and I leave on the first floor of a block of apartments. I had to carry all of them by myself and one of them was close to 20kg. Not a good service in my opinion
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Posted 7 years ago
Thank you for your feedback. We are very sorry that you feel let down in this case. As our courier is a third party company, we are unable to comment on their behalf. However, we will certainly pass this feedback on to them. Again, we sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused. If you have any further questions about your shipment, please do let me know and I will be more than happy to help.
Posted 7 years ago
Service advertised as tnt, which was the reason we chose it as continuous tracking but GLS was courier for pick-up. GLS picked up a day late. Had to chase Irish parcels the following day to ensure it was picked up. Tracking stops when GLS hand over to UK courier.
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Posted 7 years ago
Thank you for your feedback. We are very sorry for the confusion in this case. We have checked this on our side and can see that the service advertised is GLS however, the image shown may have been TNT. We are unsure what may have caused this however, if this is the case, we are very sorry for any confusion. As per the price of the shipment, the service booked was GLS, as booking TNT for this shipment would have come in at a much higher price. Again, we sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused. If you have any further questions, please do let us know and we will be more than happy to help.
Posted 7 years ago
Irish Parcels is rated 4.6 based on 2,673 reviews