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> DHL started in the US in 1969 and became German owned a little after 2002 Wow, thanks for pointing this out. I've been under the mistaken impression that DH
by SyneRyder 10y ago
> DHL started in the US in 1969 and became German owned a little after 2002
Wow, thanks for pointing this out. I've been under the mistaken impression that DHL was always German (and that German precision is why they were better than the competition), and I'd assumed DHL stood for Deutsche Something Something.
[From the DHL company history: "On 25 September 1969, Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn (the D, H and L in our company name) incorporate DHL."]
http://wap.dhl.com/info/history.html http://wap.dhl.com/info/history.html
- sanswork 10y ago>and that German precision is why they were better than the competition To me seeing that my package will be shipped with them is a negative since I've never had a positive experience. Is a bit better now that I'm regional so they basically only control the package until customs but still bit great before it reaches the country.
- SyneRyder 10y agoI'm in Australia, so it could be a different experience here (and my Amazon deliveries here are still superior to DHL & other providers). The one that really makes my heart sink is Toll - anytime I see "delivered by Toll", I know there's only a 50% chance of my parcel arriving. [The last time I had to pick up a parcel from a collection point, I overheard someone calling out "Can't use Chrome for that, Toll requires IE6 for the log-in"]
- sanswork 10y agoIn Australia too when I was in Sydney they were both problems now I'm in Yamba so everything goes via one of two local guys who are both really great.