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Same in the UK. Only Amazon is reliably delivering(1) to my address. I have received parcel for somebody else, at a different flat number of a different buildi
by gutnor 10y ago
Same in the UK.
Only Amazon is reliably delivering(1) to my address. I have received parcel for somebody else, at a different flat number of a different building ( building have names here ) at a different street name and number, and different postcode ( postcode contains generally very few buildings, mine for example only contain my tiny block of 11 flats ).
I have 3 parcels that were lost in the last month. And I live in London, on a High Street, in a building that has existed since the 70's and is found precisely in literally every mapping application.
I can see why people paint Amazon as the evil empire bound on destroying everything it touches and I actually agree with it. But it is hard to ignore how incredibly reliable they are compared to basically everything else. I buy from Amazon even if they are more expensive, and often I don't buy stuff when they are not available there. The "Dispatched from and sold by Amazon." is worth paying for.
(1) Within the parcel shipping companies. I must say that Royal Mail is doing great at my address.
- vidarh 10y agoIn three different locations in London I've had problems with three different carriers. At my current address Amazon Logistics is by far the worst. DPD is the only one I've found entirely reliable across those three locations (two offices and my home; one of the offices some of the carriers insisted didn't exist, while DPD had no problems delivering to it), but from what I see they too get plenty of complaints in other locations. It seems to vary hugely depending on which depots and drivers delivers to your address.
- lmm 10y agoFor me in London, DPD are the only reliable one. Royal Mail and Amazon both do terribly. Everyone has their own experiences; I think the only thing that would work for everyone is choice of carrier on checkout.