DPD - Follow My Parcel *5th August*

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Some great news on our delivery service DPD, with some massive improvements!

DPD are already brilliant with giving you the one hour time window, they tell you the hour in which they will deliver! Saves you waiting in all day for your parcel!

You can see the video here:


They have gone a step further. Not only do they give you the hour time window, you can now FOLLOW your parcel.

Check out this video below, they are looking to start this on the 5th of August!


This means, you can see the parcel coming to your house, either on your smartphone or on the internet, meaning the time window is reduced to 15 minutes!

This is why we use DPD, for the excellent delivery success rate, great handling of parcels and fantastic information given so you know where your parcel is!

Deliveries are getting more and more advanced, soon will all delivery drivers be wearing a camera on their head so you can see the parcel being delivered through a live stream? :p

*EDIT*

This is what it looks like on your phone. Nifty huh? :)

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NooBish AbbZ said:
Received a couple of things through DPD and always been impressed by the service
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In my experience with couriers it is always driver + depot (local management) specific to whether a company gives you good service or not. Good to see a company opening up GPS :-) That's pretty cool.
 
just the 1 hour timeslot is brilliant enough when you compare it to other stuff you have to wait in all day for. i don't really feel the need to watch it come via GPS. :p
 
O dear i can see me just watching the driver dot on the map, just like i watch the squares change colour on the defrag page! Not good.

Top service tho.
 
Quicken said:
O dear i can see me just watching the driver dot on the map, just like i watch the squares change colour on the defrag page! Not good.

Top service tho.
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Don't those activities get in your way of watching paint dry? :p

Really glad to hear about this new addition to their service, they're already my favourite couriers so looks they're only getting better.
 
I have never even had a 1hr timeslot when DPD delivers something to me, no matter where i buy from, so no doubt this won't make the slightest difference either.
 
pastymuncher said:
I have never even had a 1hr timeslot when DPD delivers something to me, no matter where i buy from, so no doubt this won't make the slightest difference either.
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Pretty sure Scotland is covered, are you really far out in the highlands? - Next time you order from us, and it doesn't work, let me know so I can see if it is a problem, or if it just means your area is unfortunately not covered.
 
We are not even in the Highlands but our postcode is classed as the highlands anyway. They see AB38 and that's that even though it covers a vast area. The thing that get me is that one of the three main North/South trunk routes (A95) go straight through our village!! Even worse is that most of the time couriers main hub is in Inverness meaning that our goods then have to travel back south again to get to us. No next day deliveries anymore either. At least Citylink delivered next day for us. Don't even get me started on the loss of free deliveries.

I don't blame OCUK. It's a business and has to do whatever it feels is best for itself. I just wish couriers could give us a fair and efficient service.
 
pastymuncher said:
We are not even in the Highlands but our postcode is classed as the highlands anyway. They see AB38 and that's that even though it covers a vast area. The thing that get me is that one of the three main North/South trunk routes (A95) go straight through our village!! Even worse is that most of the time couriers main hub is in Inverness meaning that our goods then have to travel back south again to get to us. No next day deliveries anymore either. At least Citylink delivered next day for us. Don't even get me started on the loss of free deliveries.

I don't blame OCUK. It's a business and has to do whatever it feels is best for itself. I just wish couriers could give us a fair and efficient service.
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Ah. If the postcode is classed as it, then maybe that is why. - Hopefully it will change sooner rather than later, if technology like this is rolling out, I am sure getting deliveries to further parts will become easier and more efficient. Fingers crossed!
 
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