Parcel delivery firms: which are the best and worst?
The festive season is behind us, the big red man in a suit has hung up his boots for another year, yet the parcel delivery firms which help are still zipping around the UK. Sadly parcel delivery horror stories abound – ranging from no-shows to “they threw the goods over the fence” or “they lied that we weren't in”.
So it’s time for our annual poll to sort the good guys from the cowboys...
Please rate your experience with each of these firms DURING THE LAST YEAR (don’t rate if you haven’t experienced their services).
Results
| Great |  |
2346 votes (46%) |
| OK | |
1969 votes (39%) |
| Poor | |
742 votes (15%) |
| Great | |
207 votes (20%) |
| OK | |
551 votes (54%) |
| Poor | |
257 votes (25%) |
| Great | |
115 votes (13%) |
| OK | |
460 votes (51%) |
| Poor | |
334 votes (37%) |
| Great | |
1087 votes (47%) |
| OK | |
955 votes (42%) |
| Poor | |
254 votes (11%) |
| Great | |
1643 votes (41%) |
| OK | |
1971 votes (49%) |
| Poor | |
438 votes (11%) |
| Great | |
5045 votes (71%) |
| OK | |
1366 votes (19%) |
| Poor | |
671 votes (9%) |
| Great | |
191 votes (18%) |
| OK | |
501 votes (46%) |
| Poor | |
387 votes (36%) |
| Great | |
961 votes (39%) |
| OK | |
1151 votes (47%) |
| Poor | |
324 votes (13%) |
| Great | |
2484 votes (30%) |
| OK | |
2381 votes (29%) |
| Poor | |
3477 votes (42%) |
| Great | |
650 votes (32%) |
| OK | |
961 votes (48%) |
| Poor | |
393 votes (20%) |
| Great | |
151 votes (16%) |
| OK | |
467 votes (48%) |
| Poor | |
350 votes (36%) |
| Great | |
2430 votes (41%) |
| OK | |
2706 votes (46%) |
| Poor | |
793 votes (13%) |
| Great | |
3650 votes (49%) |
| OK | |
2936 votes (40%) |
| Poor | |
843 votes (11%) |
| Great | |
418 votes (24%) |
| OK | |
901 votes (52%) |
| Poor | |
400 votes (23%) |
| Great | |
1482 votes (47%) |
| OK | |
1188 votes (38%) |
| Poor | |
492 votes (16%) |
| Great | |
756 votes (25%) |
| OK | |
1416 votes (47%) |
| Poor | |
868 votes (29%) |
| Great | |
1324 votes (18%) |
| OK | |
1859 votes (25%) |
| Poor | |
4275 votes (57%) |
| 16 votes |
| 174 votes |
11,354 people have voted.
We try to use technology to limit voting to one per person. Occasionally, this may erroneously block a few people's votes (eg, from shared offices). Apologies for that.
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