DPD is an absolute joke

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It's not DPD. It's a DPD franchise.
Our local franchise is brilliant.

To the best of my knowledge, DPD is not run as a franchise. Owner driver franchises, yes - but subcontracting like this is widespread in the courier world. As far as I know the actual depots themselves are not franchises.

Each depot will likely have it's own P&L, it's own management structure etc.... but that doesn't make it a franchise.
 
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To the best of my knowledge, DPD is not run as a franchise. Owner driver franchises, yes - but subcontracting like this is widespread in the courier world. As far as I know the actual depots themselves are not franchises.

Each depot will likely have it's own P&L, it's own management structure etc.... but that doesn't make it a franchise.
So whilst not technically a franchise, they operate pretty much independently of each other.
My point still stands.
 
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Every courier is as bad as any other, which is to say the majority of the time they are fine. It's the same as phone networks.
 
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I have a DPD question, when I ordered from another company that goes through DPD they gave me a tracking link which gave me an accurate ETA on the delivery day which told me what place I was in the queue and how many packages the driver has delivered as the day went on, does it work like that with OCUK now?
 
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I have a DPD question, when I ordered from another company that goes through DPD they gave me a tracking link which gave me an accurate ETA on the delivery day which told me what place I was in the queue and how many packages the driver has delivered as the day went on, does it work like that with OCUK now?

I've always had a delivery window when using DPD from OcUK - the other info seems hit and miss available on some orders and not others but the ETA/timeslot has always been there.
 
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Since this is becoming the norm here on OCUK can't we just get a sticky 'Imma mad the post has not been delivery wen they siad. BEEN SAT IN ALL DAY!!!' thread?

Also, make one for: 'lol, orange wednesday code pls' and 'need to vent, ebay rant'.
 
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