I ordered a photobook from Paris which I needed quickly so I decided to opt for the DHL EXPRESS 24 hour service which cost me about four times what a normal postal service would have been.
My shipment was picked up at Orly on Thursday afternoon, at the time of writing this message my tracking info looks like this...............
Read from the bottom up, I REALLY wonder if I will ever get my package, could well be winging it's way to OZ right now................
Waybill: **********
Origin Service Area: ORLY - SARTROUVILLE - FRANCE
Destination Service Area: COPENHAGEN - DENMARK
Saturday, May 26, 2012 Location Time
13 Arrived at Sort Facility LONDON-HEATHROW - UK LONDON-HEATHROW - UK 15:22
12 Departed Facility in EAST MIDLANDS - UK EAST MIDLANDS - UK 12:05
11 Transferred through EAST MIDLANDS - UK EAST MIDLANDS - UK 12:04
10 Departed Facility in LEIPZIG - GERMANY LEIPZIG - GERMANY 02:48
Friday, May 25, 2012 Location Time
9 Processed at LEIPZIG - GERMANY LEIPZIG - GERMANY 21:04
8 Shipment on hold LEIPZIG - GERMANY 09:13
7 Arrived at Sort Facility LEIPZIG - GERMANY LEIPZIG - GERMANY 01:59
Thursday, May 24, 2012 Location Time
6 Departed Facility in PARIS - FRANCE PARIS - FRANCE 23:31
5 Processed at PARIS - FRANCE PARIS - FRANCE 22:09
4 Arrived at Sort Facility PARIS - FRANCE PARIS - FRANCE 21:03
3 Departed Facility in ORLY - FRANCE ORLY - FRANCE 19:44
2 Processed at ORLY - FRANCE ORLY - FRANCE 17:04
1 Shipment picked up ORLY - FRANCE 15:59
Hamish
Unacceptable level of service, but I've found that if you give DHL the evidence that they've cocked up you'll get your postage returned, and (usually), a voucher for the next time you use their service. ;)
Here is the last registered moment from 15 hours ago as it left LHR, 15 hours hmmmm, could be on the way to bloody Fijii >:(
Saturday, May 26, 2012 Location Time
15 Departed Facility in LONDON-HEATHROW - UK LONDON-HEATHROW - UK 19:29
14 Transferred through LONDON-HEATHROW - UK LONDON-HEATHROW - UK 19:28
DHL = Dropped, Hidden, Lost.
And just to finish the circle......................
This was a 24 hour service...............Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 Location Time
19 Delivered - Signed for : COPENHAGEN - DENMARK 15:47
18 With delivery courier COPENHAGEN - DENMARK 10:24
Monday, May 28, 2012 Location Time
17 Shipment on hold COPENHAGEN - DENMARK 06:38
16 Arrived at Sort Facility COPENHAGEN - DENMARK COPENHAGEN - DENMARK 00:53