Poll: The great international parcel race.

Who wins?

  • UPS

    Votes: 69 27.4%
  • TNT

    Votes: 12 4.8%
  • FedEx

    Votes: 59 23.4%
  • DPD

    Votes: 112 44.4%

  • Total voters
    252
  • Poll closed .
Sgarrista
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Update 23:

Fedex Delivered.

FedEx: Collected 9:50
FedEx: Sent a second van just in case! 12:15
Scanned at Hartlebury
Left Hartlebury 16:21
Scanned Kingsbury 23:58
Left Kingsbury
Scanned Stansted 1st. 11:42
Left Stansted 11:49
Arrived ROISSY CHARLES DE GAULLE CEDEX FR 3rd at 19:29
Out for delivery!
Delivered! Third


UPS: Collected 10:10
Scanned at Tamworth
Left Tamworth 19:04
Arrived Castle Donington 19:36
Left Castle Donington 21:54
Scanned Koeln
Left Koeln 04:30
Arrived Customs CH: 05:35
Cleared Customs 06:12
Arrived Delivery Hub 08:17
Out for delivery 10:36
Failed delivery will try again tomorrow
Was at the wrong delivery depot.
Left current delivery depot 21:30
Out for delivery!
Delivered! Second


TNT: Awaiting Collection
Collected: 11:01 a day later than everyone else.
Worcester scan: 11:48
Left Worcester 18:57
Arrived East Midlands Airport 20:34
Departed East Midlands to Geneva 20:58
Arrived Liege
Delay reported 03:47
Departed Liege 2nd. 19:04
Arrived delivery depot 08:32
Loaded van 08:33
Out for delivery!
Delivered! First


DPD: Collected 13:07
Scanned at Dudley
Left Dudley 16:08
Arrived Brum 20:18
Scanned BHX 23:27
Left BHX 05:52
Scanned London. 10:10
 
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Scanned London. 10:10

DPD like

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Soldato
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Voted TNT on the poll whilst these were awaiting collection.

The business I worked for previously used TNT for time sensitive delivery of machinery parts from (mostly) Germany and were very reliable.
 
Sgarrista
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Update 24:

DPD realized they needed to deliver something.

FedEx: Collected 9:50
FedEx: Sent a second van just in case! 12:15
Scanned at Hartlebury
Left Hartlebury 16:21
Scanned Kingsbury 23:58
Left Kingsbury
Scanned Stansted 1st. 11:42
Left Stansted 11:49
Arrived ROISSY CHARLES DE GAULLE CEDEX FR 3rd at 19:29
Out for delivery!
Delivered! Third


UPS: Collected 10:10
Scanned at Tamworth
Left Tamworth 19:04
Arrived Castle Donington 19:36
Left Castle Donington 21:54
Scanned Koeln
Left Koeln 04:30
Arrived Customs CH: 05:35
Cleared Customs 06:12
Arrived Delivery Hub 08:17
Out for delivery 10:36
Failed delivery will try again tomorrow
Was at the wrong delivery depot.
Left current delivery depot 21:30
Out for delivery!
Delivered! Second


TNT: Awaiting Collection
Collected: 11:01 a day later than everyone else.
Worcester scan: 11:48
Left Worcester 18:57
Arrived East Midlands Airport 20:34
Departed East Midlands to Geneva 20:58
Arrived Liege
Delay reported 03:47
Departed Liege 2nd. 19:04
Arrived delivery depot 08:32
Loaded van 08:33
Out for delivery!
Delivered! First


DPD: Collected 13:07
Scanned at Dudley
Left Dudley 16:08
Arrived Brum 20:18
Scanned BHX 23:27
Left BHX 05:52
Scanned London. 10:10
4th - Landed in Swizerland. 20:41
 
Soldato
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Tbh I'd go gay for my DPD driver. What a man. The fact he can reverse a full size Sprinter down a street with about 3 inches either side at 30+mph just adds to the fact.
 
Soldato
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I voted TNT at the start of the thread, they were excellent with my package over xmas, I was rather shocked to see the vast majority of votes for other companies too, what do the winners get? :p
 
Soldato
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Did any of the couriers give the intended recipient a 1 hour delivery window?

TNT and DPD do in the UK, but Suer / Chronopost don't always do so abroad.

UPS now seem to give me a 1 hour window a day or two in advance.
 
Soldato
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Did any of the couriers give the intended recipient a 1 hour delivery window?

TNT and DPD do in the UK, but Suer / Chronopost don't always do so abroad.

UPS now seem to give me a 1 hour window a day or two in advance.

Amazon logistics don't, I got an email stating "arriving today before 10pm" thats a pretty wide delivery slot. It actually arrived around 10am
 
Sgarrista
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Update 24:

DPD oh dear, oh dear oh dear.



FedEx: Collected 9:50
FedEx: Sent a second van just in case! 12:15
Scanned at Hartlebury
Left Hartlebury 16:21
Scanned Kingsbury 23:58
Left Kingsbury
Scanned Stansted 1st. 11:42
Left Stansted 11:49
Arrived ROISSY CHARLES DE GAULLE CEDEX FR 3rd at 19:29
Out for delivery!
Delivered! Third


UPS: Collected 10:10
Scanned at Tamworth
Left Tamworth 19:04
Arrived Castle Donington 19:36
Left Castle Donington 21:54
Scanned Koeln
Left Koeln 04:30
Arrived Customs CH: 05:35
Cleared Customs 06:12
Arrived Delivery Hub 08:17
Out for delivery 10:36
Failed delivery will try again tomorrow
Was at the wrong delivery depot.
Left current delivery depot 21:30
Out for delivery!
Delivered! Second


TNT: Awaiting Collection
Collected: 11:01 a day later than everyone else.
Worcester scan: 11:48
Left Worcester 18:57
Arrived East Midlands Airport 20:34
Departed East Midlands to Geneva 20:58
Arrived Liege
Delay reported 03:47
Departed Liege 2nd. 19:04
Arrived delivery depot 08:32
Loaded van 08:33
Out for delivery!
Delivered! First


DPD: Collected 13:07
Scanned at Dudley
Left Dudley 16:08
Arrived Brum 20:18
Scanned BHX 23:27
Left BHX 05:52
Scanned London. 10:10
4th - Landed in Swizerland. 20:41
6th - Landed in London 09:00
 
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