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DPD / EE Partnership Contract

talktogaz
Investigator
Investigator

Guys at EE. 

Disappointingly, the customer journey between yourselves and DPD after an order is placed, has no ‘drop out’ process for when something goes wrong. 
The unfortunate cadence being that a certain number of customers will have an awful experience and, when that happens, neither brand cares. Hard to swallow, but difficult to argue with. 
This group of customers is also probably small enough that you are not worried about the regulator getting involved. So in the absence of integrity and, of course making a purely cost based decision, I can understand why EE chooses not to move to a courier with a better reputation and a higher standard of service. 
Your poor customer service teams are powerless and in the middle of all this. Please have some minerals and remove access to support altogether for DPD related issues. Your staff should not have to demean themselves by apologising because of a business decision your company has made. They are not professional sorry sayers and, no slight on them at all, but the apology sounds somewhat hollow when the process around it shouts loudly … EE does not care! 

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Christopher_G
EE Community Support Team

Hi @talktogaz 

Welcome to the community and thank you for posting about this.

What was the problem with your delivery? I'd like to feed this back to our relevant teams.

Chris

I've had this issue this morning. Ordered a product to be sent to a store. Received order confirmation that it is going to the store, and that I will be contacted when it has arrived in store. Chased it up with customer service today and was told DPD tried delivering to my home last week. EE customer service said that delivering to store isn't an option on my product (despite three confirmations of it going to store and it being an option on the order system). Was advised to go to the DPD depot to try and collect it. The depot is 20 miles away and I do not drive. Seems like EE and DPD don't care about the order.

 

Christopher_G
EE Community Support Team

I'm really sorry to hear that, @AJSOX. Which product was it? Did DPD send any tracking information last week?

Chris

It was a Samsung laptop. I didn't hear anything at all. I had to chase customer service as I didn't receive an order number, and when doing so was told it would be delivered on Monday (ie today). Only today when I checked to find the status was I told that it was sent to my home rather than store and I just have to go to the store and try my luck there to see if they have any in stock. CS said that this product cannot be sent to a store, yet that is still an option on the app right now.

Christopher_G
EE Community Support Team

OK, thanks @AJSOX 

Were they able to give you a reference number? If so, are there any re-delivery options on the DPD app/website?

Chris

AJSOX
Investigator
Investigator

Yeh they gave me a reference however I am not home during the week for delivery, and ordered to store specifically so I could ensure I had the product when needed, which has not happened. I can't really wait another 5 days to get it. It's just as much the lack of communication from EE and DPD as it is the item being sent to a different location to where I ordered it to, without apology.

Christopher_G
EE Community Support Team

I understand, @talktogaz. I'm sorry that you've had this experience. Did you open a complaint with our customer service team?
Chris

Thanks for replying Chris. 
The agent I spoke with mentioned they were raising a complaint, however, I was not told how long the complaint would take to investigate or whether I would receive a reply or any follow up action. 
I presumed the agent had just marked the complaint as ‘resolved’ on the system because the awful service your customers receive from DPD is a known issue (lots of mentions on this forum) and, short of changing your courier relationship, I don’t see what EE can do about it. 
I received a very hollow ‘the relevant teams will look into it’ response, which teams? What will they do? Will my problem be fixed?
selfishly, as the customer that’s all I care about isn’t it? It’s nice to give your company ‘feedback’ but that doesn’t really resolve my problem. 
It was an Apple Watch ultra 2. It’s probably back with you guys by now so when it’s scanned in the warehouse can you get someone from EE to actually phone me? Last time I had to chase it all up myself (again, a lovely experience for your customers) and wait 50 minutes on hold. 

you’re lucky I want to retain my relationship with EE (the rest are all as bad as you so what point is there switching networks?). I’ve been loyal for 12 years, my bill is in the hundreds every month and it’s paid without fail, I have 4 lines on my account. What about me as a customer screams ‘treat me badly?’ 

James_B
EE Community Manager
EE Community Manager

Hi @talktogaz,

The Customer Care Agent has done the right thing in raising a complaint on your behalf. Our complaints team will contact you directly as soon as they've looked into the issue with your delivery.

What happens next with your order will depend on the reason for the failed delivery.

James