DPD vs UPS

I joined UPS My Choice, only because I get email the night before a delivery. With hit and miss vendors such as CPC this is quite useful.

The My Choice indication of time slot is pure fiction.

I went off UPS in a big way when CPC started using them for their free delivery.

On several occasions they shoved cards through the door when I was in - without ringing the bell. And I had to go miles to collect.

I'd guess they were the cheapest. Not good value for CPC if I go elsewhere, though. But that was some time ago. Last time I used CPC, it came by RM.

They send via RM if it's small and if you don't request next day delivery.

To guarantee UPS, include a lithium coin cell in the order...

Crap driver and you live in an urban area...

If I'm not quick to answer the door ours will have left the package by the door and be half way back to his van. I say "our" as the UPS driver has been the same bloke for years.

Some even use common sense. If there are no cars outside they hide the package rather than just leave it by the door.

Varies depending on size an value of order or if it has something "hazardous" like a lithium coin cell. Only small, low value stuff comes by RM. Which isn't a problem either as the RM 48 tracked often arrives in 24.

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I was at someone's house last week and returning as they were from a fortnight's holiday, they had a postcard from a courier saying "package in Green[1] Bin". It's a lottery whether the householder or the bin men get to something like that first.

Well UPS left the package with the neighbours

Amazon emailed this morning to say they were going to deliver today instead of tomorrow, their website also has no option to delay just to leave it in a "safe" place, which I didn't tick, but they placed it over next door's fence anyway.

So only DPD gave me the choice to have it delivered on a day to suit me.

our UPS driver here is superb. He knows where to put the parcel if I'm out

- he once asked.

If you want completely random illogical deliveries use Deliveroo. That has been my experience! Brian

This one didn't even bother trying a neighbour. I'll concede it may have been just the individual driver. But happened several times. Not had it with any other service.