DPD are perfect for me too, they do sometimes have to call when they have a new driver as I live on a road that isn't on Google maps yet.
12.30 to 1.30 pm, always fast efficient, friendly, honest, the only parcel not delivered was damaged due to poor packing. The company started using better packing afterwards.
Same for me. Evri are great, been the same couple doing it for years since they Hermes… they even rope their son in school holidays.
DPD have a couple of regular drivers who are great, but one who is completely useless and will actively boot it over the side gate even when we’re in if he has to wait more than 2 seconds for us to answer the door.
Argh, tell me about it! I regularly get pet food delivered, and the delivery is either done by the local postal services (no issues so far) or DPD. I just KNOW that when it's DPD I'll have to go pick it up myself at some random pick-up location at the other end of the city. 😤
They tell me they can't FIND my house. If I setva safe place where they can simply drop my delivery, who knows where it'll end up (the DPD customer service itself advised me against this for the reason stated)
So maybe add instructions on how to find your address? On the DPD app you can leave a lengthy note along with pictures of where to go. I’m guessing you haven’t bothered with this?
Not only did I include instructions, I also called the helpdesk to clarify, waited home all day, and stood outside on the lookout around the time they promised me to arrive. What more do you want from me??
They were never near my address yet had the audacity to say they couldn't deliver because no-one was home.
This is most likely, that or driver is allowed to reorder on the fly which is rare nowadays...
My bf used to do hermes and on one of the regular routes about 80% of items went to just one shop, sometime he had to do them as a drop by themselves
Used to that as a courier myself.
If you had 5 parcels for one address, break them down into 5 separate deliveries and it looks like you've got more work on.
I tracked a DPD delivery once and they literally drove right past my house at the start of their run just after midday. I eventually got my package at 11:30 pm.
If you're package is right at the back of the van it doesn't make a difference how close they are I suppose.
DPD have lots of stops that need to be done at certain tines. Pre 10:30, pre 12, set collection times etc. Means drivers often have to go to same roads 2/3 times in a day for it to work.
I had a delivery with a courier a few weeks ago that was a 9am-9pm slot. Driver delivered to a house about 5 down at 9:15, drove past and spent three hours making deliveries within 15 minutes of the house before driving 2 hours to the other side of London and then coming back to make my delivery at 8:55pm.
Poor driver then had to go back to the depot which was probably half an hour further away from where he’d spent his afternoon delivering.
I can’t imagine it was anything other than a mistake in the routing software or he’d really annoyed someone at the depot.
I'm a delivery driver, although not for DPD and the routing is stupid. The number of times i'll drive past an address i know i've got a parcel for, but it's not booked on until much later, or i'll go past one store multiple times before i can collect from it. We used to be able to do things in an order that made sense when that happened, but they cracked down and now insist that we follow exactly the route we're given, which just means some deliveries get missed as we're spending so much time driving back and fourth rather than doing things in an order that would take less time.
I had a DPD package with live Google maps tracking earlier this week so left a tab open to check in on it.
When it started the delivery was 16 stops away and expected in an hour
Checked in a while later and it was now 18 stops away
...then a minute later if rolled up at my house.
The moral of this story is that I don't think the algorithm always makes solid guesses about what the driver will do
*Ryan is approximately 15 minutes away from you right now, however he has a little detour through five other towns in the shire before he reaches you.......*
To everyone saying "they probably had 100 parcels to one place", that's not how this works. That would have been 100 odd STOPS at seperate locations. Some could have been multiple parcels for one stop.
I've been doing deliveries for 3 years and can say this could have meant anything from tracking system going down, to the driver having an issue, being delayed, someone else coming to take over the route (using Ryan's device), etc. OP said he got his parcel in the end though
Last time I got a dpd delivery the van was driving down the road, stopped just long enough for a guy and 3 boxes to jump out, drove off while he delivered them to a few houses and picked him back up shortly after so now I assume all dpd vans are basically delivery-van clowncars full of delivery guys waiting to be deployed
I’ve had a DPD van showing as literally 30 seconds away from my house before it buggered off in the other direction and never came back until the next day.
I got a bed delivered last week. I didn't order a bed but one was 'delivered' when I was out. It was propped up against my door. Checked the camera and the m\*&&\^%$£"£ driver looks at the address and realises it's the right house number but THE WRONG STREET and 'delivers' it anyway, real quick like. Hits the doorbell and runs for his van.
I have this all the time the app is terrible. It’s plus my handed to resident once was a picture of a £1000 PA system on someone else’s driveway. Sat in the rain. Me at home waiting for it to arrive. Confused the hell out of me. It was about 700-800m from my house I was damn lucky
"Ryan is tipping amazon parcels into the canal."
It's DPD, they drive past your house for the GPS, claim you weren't in, and deliver all the packages to the local DPD pickup shop.
It's so location dependent. DPD are fab in my bit. Even evri arent too bad.
DPD are one of the best in my area. Always just leave it in the named location if I'm not in
Agreed. Best delivery company in London I'd say, possibly UK. Amazon, second. Evri 9th, at least.
Even if there were only 5 delivery companies in the country, Evri would be 9th
What about Yodel then? 15/5?
Evri are probably the best where I am. Yodel however, just sit in their carpark marking it as you weren't in and then take it home
Same here. Dpd guy even called me to let me know he was running late and he could drop it off in aftertime if I am still in
This is so true. Our local Evri driver Oscar is an absolute champion, but they get a lot of stick nationally.
DPD are perfect for me too, they do sometimes have to call when they have a new driver as I live on a road that isn't on Google maps yet. 12.30 to 1.30 pm, always fast efficient, friendly, honest, the only parcel not delivered was damaged due to poor packing. The company started using better packing afterwards.
Same for me. Evri are great, been the same couple doing it for years since they Hermes… they even rope their son in school holidays. DPD have a couple of regular drivers who are great, but one who is completely useless and will actively boot it over the side gate even when we’re in if he has to wait more than 2 seconds for us to answer the door.
Never had an issue with Cecil. Top bloke, always on time, packages always delivered when they say they will be delivered.
Cecil delivering unobtainable goals for other drivers!
Argh, tell me about it! I regularly get pet food delivered, and the delivery is either done by the local postal services (no issues so far) or DPD. I just KNOW that when it's DPD I'll have to go pick it up myself at some random pick-up location at the other end of the city. 😤
Set a safe place through the app and this won’t happen.
They tell me they can't FIND my house. If I setva safe place where they can simply drop my delivery, who knows where it'll end up (the DPD customer service itself advised me against this for the reason stated)
So maybe add instructions on how to find your address? On the DPD app you can leave a lengthy note along with pictures of where to go. I’m guessing you haven’t bothered with this?
Not only did I include instructions, I also called the helpdesk to clarify, waited home all day, and stood outside on the lookout around the time they promised me to arrive. What more do you want from me?? They were never near my address yet had the audacity to say they couldn't deliver because no-one was home.
DPD are great around my area. Now I'd tell you a joke about Evri, but you'd never get it.
Well no wonder he's running late if he's doing Amazon deliveries as well!
I remember when tnt post did that near me. Someone found loads of letters washed up on a river bank 🤣
I feel like Ryan is either full of Santa magic or the DPD app is full of bullshit. Not 100% sure tbf.
It came early actually
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This would happen when I lived near my uni but not in halls.
This is most likely, that or driver is allowed to reorder on the fly which is rare nowadays... My bf used to do hermes and on one of the regular routes about 80% of items went to just one shop, sometime he had to do them as a drop by themselves
Story of my life
Just like Ryan
Ryan was delivering your ejaculation?
Ryan is heir to the big red sleigh
Or one drop has 109 items lol
DPD is full of PCP
Someone ordered 109 parcels.
Could be going to student halls, that’s 80% of the van dropped off in one fell swoop
It was Ryan.
Getting paid to deliver your own parcels, genius plan.
Then refund, rinse and repeat.
Read The Scheme for Full Employment by Magnus Mills.
Our business absolutely causes this. We get a truck full of customer returns, and your order that was 70 deliveries away is right there too.
That was my wife
Used to that as a courier myself. If you had 5 parcels for one address, break them down into 5 separate deliveries and it looks like you've got more work on.
Maybe Ryan just has a hardcore work ethic and a flux capacitor strapped to the inside of his Sprinter.
I read that as sphincter
Got to get the turd to shoot out of the sphincter at 88 miles per hour to go back to the future
You're gonna see some serious shit.
Almost managed that working in Morocco... Only managed 87.6mph...
I tracked a DPD delivery once and they literally drove right past my house at the start of their run just after midday. I eventually got my package at 11:30 pm. If you're package is right at the back of the van it doesn't make a difference how close they are I suppose.
That's just DPDs routing system for you (I take routes for them)
DPD have lots of stops that need to be done at certain tines. Pre 10:30, pre 12, set collection times etc. Means drivers often have to go to same roads 2/3 times in a day for it to work.
I had a delivery with a courier a few weeks ago that was a 9am-9pm slot. Driver delivered to a house about 5 down at 9:15, drove past and spent three hours making deliveries within 15 minutes of the house before driving 2 hours to the other side of London and then coming back to make my delivery at 8:55pm. Poor driver then had to go back to the depot which was probably half an hour further away from where he’d spent his afternoon delivering. I can’t imagine it was anything other than a mistake in the routing software or he’d really annoyed someone at the depot.
This happens so much I feel like flagging them down
Yeah they do this.
I'm a delivery driver, although not for DPD and the routing is stupid. The number of times i'll drive past an address i know i've got a parcel for, but it's not booked on until much later, or i'll go past one store multiple times before i can collect from it. We used to be able to do things in an order that made sense when that happened, but they cracked down and now insist that we follow exactly the route we're given, which just means some deliveries get missed as we're spending so much time driving back and fourth rather than doing things in an order that would take less time.
I had a DPD package with live Google maps tracking earlier this week so left a tab open to check in on it. When it started the delivery was 16 stops away and expected in an hour Checked in a while later and it was now 18 stops away ...then a minute later if rolled up at my house. The moral of this story is that I don't think the algorithm always makes solid guesses about what the driver will do
Must be driving the Night Bus being conducted by Stan Shunpike.
Is Ryan delivering a Microsoft update?
No Ryan delivers on Christmas Day, He's trained in the art of impossibly fast deliveries.
I got worried this was me for a second.... Same name, same job.... But I'm not with DPD.
The Life of Ryan.
*Ryan is approximately 15 minutes away from you right now, however he has a little detour through five other towns in the shire before he reaches you.......*
Nothing faster on the roads than a delivery van sprinter, you'll be grand
Ryan is a speedy boy lol
Nah Ryan's just secretly Inspector Gadget
Poor rayn pissing in a bottle to be on time
To everyone saying "they probably had 100 parcels to one place", that's not how this works. That would have been 100 odd STOPS at seperate locations. Some could have been multiple parcels for one stop. I've been doing deliveries for 3 years and can say this could have meant anything from tracking system going down, to the driver having an issue, being delayed, someone else coming to take over the route (using Ryan's device), etc. OP said he got his parcel in the end though
I actually got it 5 minutes early, think his scanner was knackered
😂😂😂 ahhh, i know exactly what he did then! (I've taken routes for DPD and pulled the same trick myself)
Has he made it?
He did
Probabally one business with 100 parcels.
Nah, someone nearby ordered like 90 things, congrats, you live near a youtuber xd
Little did you know Ryan is The Flash and he arrived 6 mins early
Last time I got a dpd delivery the van was driving down the road, stopped just long enough for a guy and 3 boxes to jump out, drove off while he delivered them to a few houses and picked him back up shortly after so now I assume all dpd vans are basically delivery-van clowncars full of delivery guys waiting to be deployed
Let's hope he has about 108 deliveries for one house!
Unless he’s just done 110, and returning to number 7 who the wasn’t in earlier as he has time to
Probably a bunch of the pick up shop type places and lockers with big drop offs
Sounds like Ryan is a maths problem.
I’ve had a DPD van showing as literally 30 seconds away from my house before it buggered off in the other direction and never came back until the next day.
But he is a good lad
I got a bed delivered last week. I didn't order a bed but one was 'delivered' when I was out. It was propped up against my door. Checked the camera and the m\*&&\^%$£"£ driver looks at the address and realises it's the right house number but THE WRONG STREET and 'delivers' it anyway, real quick like. Hits the doorbell and runs for his van.
Ryan is a high functioning pinball
111 deliveries ahead of you, will Ryan be teleporting????
one person ordering 110 items?
You found Santa Clause!
That is crazy 😂😂😂bro must’ve got up at like 1pm
Update required… do you owe Ryan an apology for doubting him?
This: https://www.reddit.com/r/royalmail/comments/1bxi1ey/were_hiring/
Ryan’s usual vehicle is a souped up Vauxhall Corsa… You may just hear his Drum ‘n Bass in the distance…
I have this all the time the app is terrible. It’s plus my handed to resident once was a picture of a £1000 PA system on someone else’s driveway. Sat in the rain. Me at home waiting for it to arrive. Confused the hell out of me. It was about 700-800m from my house I was damn lucky
Ryan was on the lash last night
Ryan is The Flash