Check your drop off point (parcel shop) still exists before you book

[fitzsteve]

Twice now in the last couple of months the shops I normally use for drop off have stopped doing the service, been caught out again this morning trying to drop off a DPD parcel and the shop stopped doing it a few weeks ago, the only place within 10 miles of me is a shop that is only open office hours (when I'm at work) which is pretty much useless!

So guys, double check before you book, I now have a 10 mile drive in my lunch break to drop off this parcel!

The last place was a convenience store, and that was really, erm convenient with them being open early/late.

 

[RED IMPACT]

DPD are the main culprits here, happened to me too when I went to drop off recently.

 

[fitzsteve]

DPD are the main culprits here, happened to me too when I went to drop off recently.

Annoying isn't it!

The man in the shop explained that they pulled the contract because he also had UPS access point and they won't allow shops to use any other services.

I don't really see how that benefits them, because I'm sure more people like me wont use DPD in future, the whole point of a drop off service is that you can drop the parcel off at a time convenient for you, when they're only open office hours it defeats the purpose somewhat.

As it happens this shop closes at 6pm so I was able to just get there by 5.55pm and drop off the parcel today.

 

[z3spacial]

This has happened twice to me too but with Hermes.....

 

[KBQ]

Yesterday had a post office refuse to take a parcel because the woman working there couldn't be bothered. Then she gave me extremely elaborate instructions to try and take it through the employee car park door of the central post office, instead of using the shopfront. This of course was totally mental and wrong.

Swear to god.

 

[SpeedGeek]

I keep my fingers crossed every time I ship international via USPS. A lady at the local post office told me anything I mailed internationally which required a Customs Declaration form was subject to the package postal rate.

Not true! It's the physical properties of the envelope which make this determination.

USPS has nothing to do with Customs processing anyway, all they do is deliver mail to a destination country and hand it over the local mail service (e.g. Royal Mail) for Customs processing and local delivery. oh:

 

[fitzsteve]

I keep my fingers crossed every time I ship international via USPS. A lady at the local post office told me anything I mailed internationally which required a Customs Declaration form was subject to the package postal rate.

Not true! It's the physical properties of the envelope which make this determination.

USPS has nothing to due with Customs processing anyway, all they do is deliver mail to a destination country and hand it over the local mail service (e.g. Royal Mail) for Customs processing and local delivery. oh:

Had a similar issue with my local post office they were telling me I had to fill out a customs declaration for a package going inside the EU, I had to explain that UK have not left the EU yet.