View Poll Results: Which parcel service do you prefer
Royal mail
23
26.44%
TNT
9
10.34%
Citylink
7
8.05%
Hermes
7
8.05%
Yodel
5
5.75%
DHL
8
9.20%
Fedex
10
11.49%
UPS
21
24.14%
collect+
2
2.30%
paisley freight
6
6.90%
DPD
30
34.48%
Citysprint
1
1.15%
InPost Locker Drop Off
1
1.15%
APC Streetwise
1
1.15%
Parcelforce (Royal mail)
9
10.34%
DX Freight
2
2.30%
Trakpak
1
1.15%
Direct Entry
1
1.15%
Other
3
3.45%
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26 December 2014, 01:01 PM
#32
Letting the staff know on xmas eve that they could be losing their jobs is a joke, they had known about this for a fair while, they let their staff go out and spend lots of money on xmas then spring it on them that they could be losing their jobs.
26 December 2014, 07:32 PM
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In one of the few growth markets left in the UK you have to wonder how bad the management of City Link must have been to see the company fail! Very sad for the workforce and at Christmas as usual 
26 December 2014, 07:41 PM
#34
High competitive market. Couple with some parts of it were probably performing well but they were carrying other parts that were dragging behind and bring the company down with it.
The competition is so stiff, that no competing company already in this business wants to buy into them. Its better to squeeze them out of business which will automatically increase their market.
I'm currently seeing the same with automotive parts supplies. Its getting really squeezed. ECP have most of the market, Unipart Auto (partco) have since buckled, Andy Pages have joint up with them and will likely be dragged down too. CES has mucked in with them as part of the parts alliance. Car spares is at the back of the pack with other left fighting between them.
Good news for us is we can get cheaper car parts delivered within a few hours. Just need to keep an eye out for the nasty quality pattern parts.
The competition is so stiff, that no competing company already in this business wants to buy into them. Its better to squeeze them out of business which will automatically increase their market.
I'm currently seeing the same with automotive parts supplies. Its getting really squeezed. ECP have most of the market, Unipart Auto (partco) have since buckled, Andy Pages have joint up with them and will likely be dragged down too. CES has mucked in with them as part of the parts alliance. Car spares is at the back of the pack with other left fighting between them.
Good news for us is we can get cheaper car parts delivered within a few hours. Just need to keep an eye out for the nasty quality pattern parts.
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26 December 2014, 09:04 PM
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But unlike so many markets it is one that is growing, by about 4% a year I believe. Although Amazon are likely to take a large chunk of it with their own delivery network that I think is launching relatively soon!
26 December 2014, 09:50 PM
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No I don't think it has launched fully yet. They have set up Amazon Logistics with regional warehousing and sorting etc. but the actual delivery is still outsourced to local and regional operators.The plan I believe is to introduce their own fleet at some point in the next few years although there is nothing official yet.
26 December 2014, 10:26 PM
#38
No I don't think it has launched fully yet. They have set up Amazon Logistics with regional warehousing and sorting etc. but the actual delivery is still outsourced to local and regional operators.The plan I believe is to introduce their own fleet at some point in the next few years although there is nothing official yet.
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30 December 2014, 07:33 PM
#46
07 September 2015, 12:30 PM
#48
Oh dear this video doesn't help my hermes case 
http://video.dailymail.co.uk/video/b...4091443001.mp4
http://video.dailymail.co.uk/video/b...4091443001.mp4
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07 September 2015, 12:37 PM
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Oh dear this video doesn't help my hermes case
http://video.dailymail.co.uk/video/b...4091443001.mp4
http://video.dailymail.co.uk/video/b...4091443001.mp4
07 September 2015, 12:43 PM
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07 September 2015, 07:59 PM
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I'd be very suprised if the people delivering for Herpes are properly insured to do so, since all that I have seen use their cars.
07 September 2015, 09:12 PM
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At what point do you give up and start proceedings
iv a tablet thats gone wrong , 3 seperate days iv been promised , twice by email from manfacturer, once by retailer ( who spoke on phone to manufacturer) - the thing would be exchanged by , ukmail
absolutley nothing, not even note through door ( and iv beeen here anyway)
even got a text from number, supposedly ukmail, with order number and options for redelivery if wasnt in today . This appears to be bogus from what iv read on the net
iv a tablet thats gone wrong , 3 seperate days iv been promised , twice by email from manfacturer, once by retailer ( who spoke on phone to manufacturer) - the thing would be exchanged by , ukmail
absolutley nothing, not even note through door ( and iv beeen here anyway)
even got a text from number, supposedly ukmail, with order number and options for redelivery if wasnt in today . This appears to be bogus from what iv read on the net
07 September 2015, 09:18 PM
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DPD Is great when you're getting a delivery as you can track in real time, and get an estimated delivery slot with a 1 hour window!
Hermes on the other hand are pretty terrible if you miss a delivery from them as getting hold of the item can be really difficult as they're almost uncontactable, however they are cheap and when selling stuff on eBay I often use their drop-off service due to convenience.
Hermes on the other hand are pretty terrible if you miss a delivery from them as getting hold of the item can be really difficult as they're almost uncontactable, however they are cheap and when selling stuff on eBay I often use their drop-off service due to convenience.
08 September 2015, 06:53 AM
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I recently ordered a pair of binoculars from an Amazon seller based in Germany. The order was dispatched on August 27th and the carrier was DHL. The parcel arrived in the UK on September 1st at which point Parcelforce took over, after that it went missing.
08 September 2015, 09:27 AM
#60
Yodel are f**king appalling.
I don't think they've ever managed to deliver a single parcel to my work or my wife's work - where I work is the biggest building on the industrial estate where we are based too, but twice now they've marked it as "unable to deliver" and Amazon had to get the same item dispatched by TNT, who immediately turned up with the item the next day...
This year, flowers Yodel were supposed to deliver (via M&S too who I couldn't believe would use such an unreliable firm) for Valentine's day were marked by the Yodel courier as "left in doorway" - during business hours - at a business address with a full time secretary behind the desk at the front door....
In reality, it sounds like the courier dumped the flowers or took them for their own use - either way, nobody from her company signed for it. How the hell do people like this stay employed!?
I don't think they've ever managed to deliver a single parcel to my work or my wife's work - where I work is the biggest building on the industrial estate where we are based too, but twice now they've marked it as "unable to deliver" and Amazon had to get the same item dispatched by TNT, who immediately turned up with the item the next day...
This year, flowers Yodel were supposed to deliver (via M&S too who I couldn't believe would use such an unreliable firm) for Valentine's day were marked by the Yodel courier as "left in doorway" - during business hours - at a business address with a full time secretary behind the desk at the front door....
In reality, it sounds like the courier dumped the flowers or took them for their own use - either way, nobody from her company signed for it. How the hell do people like this stay employed!?
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