Purolator
reviews and complaints

Always a delay of service, never on time as per service level. Something is wrong with company and its ability to live up to its basic service levels. Businesses that use this service need to save themselves from this poor, lack of any any care service provider. Smooth business transactions are not just selling the product or service, its end to end to the actual final delivery. This company is not making that experience good for consumers who rely on the final delivery of those goods to complete a successful transaction. Its so bad with Purolator that I will not order goods that have this company as part of its service.

I don't mind going to your depot to pick up a missed delivery. However I don't appreciate getting a $50 parking ticket while doing it.

Because of a complete lack of signage as to where you can or cannot park and because your employees park in all the available spots in front of your depot, I parked in an area that apparently wasn't yours and was given a ticket for being there only 15 minutes.

When your employee on site was told about the ticket her reply was she got a ticket too. This shows me your office there is aware of the ticketing situation and did nothing to protect your customers. I wasn't the only one that got a ticket.

You may argue that it's the other company's responsibility or the parking company's to put up signage, but I think out of general good customer service you would install signs at the stalls or at least make a large posting on the office door to inform people of the ticketing situation.

I don't think I should have to pay this ticket. I have attached a copy for your reference. I would like you to resolve this ticket with West Park. I have written them to complain about the signage as well. It would be great if your companies can work out something instead of picking on hard working folks just going to pick up a box for Christmas.

It has been more than a week and I still have not received my shipment. My estimated delivery was to be Dec 4th and now the tracking page has not been updated since Dec 5th...

Furthermore, a representative left me a voicemail by the name of Vicky asking for the description of my shipment? Does that mean it is misplaced? This is ridiculous... I tried to call her back several times and left voicemails but cannot get a hold of anyone...

Extremely disappointed...your website said a delay of 1 to 2 days and now its been more than a week and I have not only not received my shipment but they have no idea where my shipment is...

When I initially ordered my supplies, I selected the option for it to be mailed by Canada Post because I have a PO Box, however when I got my confirmation email I noticed they went ahead and used Purolator.
I called as soon as I noticed to give them my physical address and the guy from their customer service team told me to call back with the address later when it says "delivered" on their online tracking so I did just that a few days later. When I did, the customer service guy tells me that I already called with the address and was quite rude and treated me as though I work for him and calling me a liar saying I gave them that address, which I did not. The address they delivered it to was 10 minutes from my home and they just left the package at a gas bar door step. I paid $45 for the contents that the driver just dumped anywhere because he didn't care. Thankfully vista print is reprinting the same contents and resending free of charge to the correct address

I have been trying to get ahold of customer support for 2 days now.
Stayed on hold for 2 hours and did not get connected to an agent.

Submitted an email and haven't heard back within 48 hours.

Tried using live chat and it is not online or keeps closing saying that there are no agents available.

So after 48 hours I am unable to contact customer service.?

My delivery has been on the truck, OUT FOR DELIVERY for 3 days according to tracking.
I received one of 2 items from the same shipment and have not been able to get ahold of anybody at purolator. I have tried all available methods of contacting them

Purolator has now held hostage 3 of my Amazon shipments. The driver cannot find my address and enters it as incorrect/incomplete address and there is a note online to please contact for more information. I have contacted them almost daily. I received 1 package about 4 days late and just yesterday I received one 11 days late and today they are still holding one and it is now 11 days late. My address is NOT incorrect. The issue is that Google maps is wrong and the driver goes only by that and doesn't actually look at street signs and house numbers or it would be very simple to find. No other courier gets lost. No other courier says that I gave an incorrect or incomplete address. But Purolator is useless and their customer service people keep telling me it will go out the next day... Still waiting for 1 at 11 days late. Pathetic. Amazon has been asked to never ever use Purolator again to ship to me.

I ordered a TV from Amazon two weeks ago. It was one-day shipping but Purolator never picked it. A week after the original order, Amazon realized it's not going to happen and created a replacement order.

This time the TV was picked up in Alberta and transported to Quebec. I check the status in the morning and it said "On vehicle for delivery". So I decided to stay at home to wait for it. Around 2pm, I checked the status again, and to my surprise, it became "Shipment refused or could not be delivered", although I had been waiting all the time.

I called their customer service. After about one hour's waiting on the line, I explained the situation to their agent, who was not very surprised. She even said it's probably because the driver did not have time to deliver every package so he just drove back to the facility. Apparently it's a common practice with them.

Amazon needs to stop using Purolator, things don't arrive on time and the tracking into is ridiculous. Picked up date populated 2 days after the pickup, now says it is in the Toronto sorting facility for the past 4 days. They are spouting weather, mechanical and heavier than normal volume is the reason for the delay.

Took me 1hr 20min to get through on the phone and was told that facility is behind 1-2 days and I should see an update by the following morning. Still no change and when I managed to get a Live chat agent I was told they couldn't give me an ETA. What a useless company.

Well a 2 day shipment may be delivered in 2 weeks.

On Monday November 26 I sent a package to Quebec from London Ontario. It was supposed to arrive there the following day. When I checked the tracking the number the next day all it says is "in transit" and "estimated delivery time not available". Now after calling customer service multiple times this week I still have no answers as to where my package is. It is extremely frustrating as this package is worth over $1500 and if it is not returned in the next 10 days I'm going to be out that money. I'm more frustrated that nobody seems to know where it is or have any answers as to what is going on! Every time I've called I've been on hold for almost an hour just to get through and be transferred to someone's voicemail. I will never use Purolator in the future and highly recommend that anyone reading this use another company as the customer service is awful and they clearly can't deliver packages as they promise.

We had a driver 'deliver' a package. He was extremely rude. I asked him why he was rude and for his name. I said your banking my door like your a policeman. He said ya... I have taser right hear an doing to his belt. He told me to give h back his scanner and if not he would call his manager. I gave it back. He took my package and left.

In shock of what happened I called customer service and got no help. They said I'm crying over spilt milk.

Ordered a package online and purolator tried to deliver it once and didn't ever tell me they didn't know the buzzer code or call me to say they couldn't deliver it. One month after the supplier said the package was delivered I still hadn't received it. I called purolator and they said they set it back to the supplier! They never tried to call me or deliver my package. Or leave a note so I can pick it up myself.

The gift was for my sick mother in law. Like really! Worse company!

I went to the Bayview location in Barrie to pick up my parcel as I wasn't home to accept my delivery.
I was told it was still on the truck but would be back at the location at 7:30.
I spent time at my son's only to return at 7:45 as my parcel is important.
The lady that first helped me (her name was ? Tilley) was extremely pleasant and did her best to help me get my parcel...
HOWEVER, as I was waiting for her to return, the guy at the counter said to me, ... is she helping you or am I? He says, you need to find out! Really, like the lady is gone to the back, I have no idea if she's gone to check on my parcel or someone else's..I said, I'll ask as soon as I see her...
He was SO RUDE, IGNORANT and precocious to say the least. He just kept sucking on his lollipop and actually told his helper...don't ever speak to me like that again...in FRONT of other customers...
He MOST definitely needs to be reprimanded and perhaps taught some customer service manners! If he doesn't like his job, I'm sure other people would appreciate a job! This CERTAINLY isn't for him!
It is so disrespectful to not only myself (the customer) but to his fellow employee!
I truly felt bad for Ms Tilley. She kept apologizing to me, and simply told her, it's ok but your co-worker is super rude to be at a desk helping people.
The next customer in line, just shook his head and said to me...I guess they hire anybody here!

There are at least 4 other dates but I don't have them recorded.
November 16, 2018
November 22, 2018
Client Name : A. Birkedal
I live in Maple Ridge. My packages are being left at the top of my driveway by my gate, by a lamp post or on the steps at the parking pad of my driveway. My items are soaked in Water due to the rain. I HAVE A FRONT DOOR WITH A COVERED LANDING. Yes our driveway is long. But if you have a professional driver driving a truck for a living they should know how to drive or back up or down a driveway. I paid for my items to be delivered to my door. If your drivers don't know how to drive a truck down a long driveway, then they should WALK the parcel to the customers front door. NOT LEAVE IT in the rain at the top of a driveway were the package can be stolen or damaged. This is NOT ACCEPTABLE. I have a front door key code for Purolator, to have my items delivered as we live in a rural area.
At this time, due to the lack of capability of your driver, I am in the process of Cancelling all my future orders as I can not trust your drivers will deliver my paid package/parcels to my door.
Incompetent drivers cost me money.

This has happened twice. The first time, the package arrived about a week after it was promised. The second time, I paid extra to have the package of documents sent via expedited delivery.

For both packages, the tracking information shows that my address was "incomplete" and needed to be confirmed. Both times, I called and was placed on hold (about 10 to 20 mins) and confirmed that the address on package is correct. "Must be a scan error, " the agent said.

The expedited package is a 3-day guaranteed shipment so I had the supplier call and ALSO confirm the address is correct. Purolator agent checked, agreed, and said it would be shipped on schedule. It says right there in the tracking information: "Shipment scheduled for delivery next business day."

However, the package was not delivered, it is a week later, and the tracking information shows that my (already confirmed) address "needs confirmation" again and cannot be delivered.

This is unacceptable.

Both I and the supplier have intervened.
Purolator and many other delivery services have delivered to my house before.
The address to my house is well-marked and clearly visible.
It is a quiet street with lots of parking in a central area in a major city
In fact, I received a package from Amazon on the same day the Purolator package was due to arrive.

I then emailed Purolator at their customer care email; they responded within an hour and said they would investigate and get back to me within a few days. I had high hopes! So I waited to post this.

Alas, it has been a week. I have not heard from them despite them promising to have an answer by today.

Meanwhile, the package is still in "Incomplete" purgatory and I am on hold AGAIN for an agent.

My theory is that they have a new fully automated and really bad tracking system.
And, furthermore, the Purolator tracking system appears to have limited options other than blaming the customer or supplier for the system's constant misfires.

Their lack of follow-through is disgraceful, especially since I paid extra to have the package arrive by a certain date, I confirmed the delivery and address the day prior, AND I waited at home for it. There appears to be no hope for human intervention.

The supplier already refunded my expedited shipping fees but I still do not have my package.

Tracking information:
First package: [protected] - received a week late
Second (expedited) package: [protected] - not yet received (one week late so far)
Reference number for the follow up request (where they said they would contact me by today) is CS-8434634.

I suppose the next step is to contact the supplier and get a complete refund for the documents since it appears I am unable to receive them, despite paying extra to get them quickly.

The driver never made any attempts to deliver my Ipad. I tracked the driver most of the day and even saw that he was one street over and left the neighbourhood. I have security cameras on my property, which also shows that he never made an attempt to deliver.

When I called customer service, they lied and said he attempted but once I told them that it was my Ipad and I tracked it all day and saw were the driver was at all times and including security cameras that clearly showed he never tried to deliver, they admitted the truth that the driver never made an attempt.

I then asked for a manager, to which I was handed over to Michael O'Connell and was told that he is a team lead. Once I explained my situation he looked into it while we were on the phone and admitted not attempt for delivery was made.

As my frustration grew with the situation and the multiple lies, I asked what Michael's last name was, to which he answered "I am not giving you my last name". He failed to realize that he needed to give me his email in order to provide a credit, which I have yet to receive. More dishonesty.

In addition and to add insult to injury, my Ipad was damaged in a few spots.

The commitments and the service is horrible and as a chamber of commerce member, I will voice my experience to my fellow business colleagues.

This is very disappointing!

I would appreciate hearing from a manager please.

Thank you!

The customer service I've just received regarding my order was terrible. I literally missed my delivery by 5 minutes. When I contacted them, was told that there was no way of contacting drivers (I was thinking maybe he was nearby in my neighborhood). I asked what they would do in case of an emergency, was told that this was not an emergency. And apparently the local depot does not take calls. I was supposed to receive my order yesterday and received an email last night asking to call. I called at 7 this morning and had my phone numbers put on file so I could receive a call. I was then told that the drivers don't have phones. What an awful experience. Just thought I'd save someone an extra run on TUESDAY (which is when they're telling me I will receive my order). Disgusting!

My parcel a tv antenna, was supposed to be delivered yesterday, I paid extra for expedited service, I waited all day Friday wasted a whole day waiting for delivery!
Tracking on amazon said parcel missed connection at Calgary airport, if you're job is to ship parcels how could you miss a key component like this?
They should have made my delivery over night, What ON EARTH &$***++—##@@@
Are they going to pay me a days wages .
To top it off if I am not home, they leave the parcel at their depot in the middle of nowhere.
I don't drive, no bus service their, Purolator should pay for my cab .
No option to have parcel delivered when your home, or drop off near my home .
Quess what UPS will provide theses options.
Amazon said that there system will not allow me to choose a delivery service.
I am not part of their system, Iam a customer, a person !

They f*cked up everything! I tried fixing it hut they refused, I asked for 300$ insurance, was ina rush cause the line was long and by the time it was my turn I was late for work and I said I was in a rush, I was told it would arrive on thursday. I left and when I got home after work noticed they put the wrong insurance so I went back three times asking for the manager who was never there left my number multiple times and never heard back, the packaged arrived a day late absolutely destroyed, the box was falling apart and everything in side was broken int pieces. No body will take responsibility they keep blaming me and now I am out 300 [censored]ing dollars for your companies incompetence, I have shipped this same item dozens of times with you guys and have never had problems but how after this [censored]ty service will never be shipping with you again and I will now be leaving reviews on every possible website that lets me review your company.

On friday october 19, 2018, I phoned for your same day service and was transferred to a third party delivery service without my knowledge. I spoke to a representative (rami) who was competent enough to take my information. Thank god for small miracles like this! I gave a unit number and said I did not mind if anyone from the unit signed upon receiving my document. I specifically used a name for the receiver but also agreed that as long as it was delivered to the exact unit I would be ok. Two hours later I get a confirmation email and read that the concierge had signed for my parcel. This is alarming because my client and the concierge do not have the same name, nor do they have a relationship. Slightly pissed, I phoned the driver and asked who this person was and if they were in the unit of the building I needed my document delivered to. The driver says he did not want to wait for my client to come downstairs and accept the delivery so he left it with the front desk for her to pick it up. He did not wait to confirm that it was in her hands, nor did he wait for a signature from the exact individual who I had specified as the receiver. My pissed-off levels increased incrementally after this exchange with what sounded like an irresponsible and incompetent delivery man. I phoned back this shady same day department because this doesn't sound like a billion dollar company who goes by the name of purolater. Rami picks up again and informs me that they are a third party company who purolater uses as a subcontractor for such deliveries. He says they are called sci which unfortunately he could not expand on when I asked what the acronym was. Welp! I'm not a hater and respect the hustle of a company who can delegate duties to a third party for the purposes of expansion and (ultimately) to make profitable gains. I proceeded to ask rami who his ceo was and he had no clue. I requested a manager (amina/emina karalasingam) but she was not in the office. I found it disturbing, unfair, inconsiderate that this sci company could sleep good at night not giving a damn if my documents were delivered or not and just despicable that they didn't care to give me any reassurance. I paid and sci received my funds within seconds but I had to wait 48 hours to get a delicate situation escalated to a manager to resolve? Hmm. That did not add up. From a business stand point sci or purolater is directly responsible for making me look like an incompetent individual who has no respect for legal documents for her own clients which pay her. When amina or emina from sci phoned me back on monday october 22, at 10 am, she was rude and adamant on the fact that sci did nothing wrong in the situation. She was dismissive and did not take the time to see my point of view. The fact that she could not sympathize with a customer who paid her for a service her colleagues could not provide correctly is just disgusting. I was mortified. Since when do people pay someone to treat them like a second class citizen? I mean who else is she abusing with her self imposed sense of authority. If she had taken the time to listen to my recorded conversation with rami she would have heard me say that I am asking them to deliver a legal document to my client. Rami did not care as long as my credit card information was correct. He repeated the number several times to make sure it was correct but he could not repeat the instructions I was giving him enough to reiterate it to the driver? Please! In addition to all the tom foolery, amin/emina was just uninterested and beat around the bush when I asked her direct and clear questions such as "do you believe that sci/purolater followed the correct protocol when handling my documents"? She also avoided answering directly by restating my request to have anyone sign upon deliver. I asked her several times to clarify what she heard on the recording because after listening to it myself (yes I recorded the conversation because its 2018 and you can't take chances because people want you to play yourself and idiots like this really exist!) I could hear myself saying on the recording that anyone in unit * could sign it. I completely understand that some buildings have rules where non residents cannot go upstairs however, that does not stop your delivery man from waiting downstairs patiently until anyone from the specified unit comes and signs. Since he was in a rush to leave then i'm also in a rush to get back my $65 for this crappy service. But that won't happen right purolater? Hmmm something doesn't add up here. Moving forward I phoned the senior operations manager-tharshi rajh. I wasn't surprised when she said she was not familiar with all of the details of my issue but to still go ahead and state my side. After a few sentences her objections started. One of her objections were that sci does not deliver legal documents that are intended to serve someone! I was appalled! I was stunned. Here is the superior of amina/emina and she used her mediocre inductive reasoning tactics to derive to the conclusion that my documents were legal in that nature. Lmao (laughing my [censored] off but really just livid because the level of perplexity my mind reached was unimaginable). I stopped tharshi rajh in her tracts and informed her that it would be wise if she stopped talking (since my call was being recorded on my end) and that she review the tapes and hear exactly what was said. Her assumptions were uncalled for because we all know what happens when we make assumptions. Anyway. She continued to say that I was attempting to serve someone and that this delivery shouldn't have happened anyway. Since no one was serving anyone anything (well maybe amina/emina should have served some common sense to tharshi rajh but thats besides the point) I asked tharshi rajh to listen because it was never stated that my legal document was serving anyone. I can't imagine how small someones mind must be to conclude that legal documents are only used for the sole purpose of serving someone. It's 2018 and i'm not a lawyer but google searches are a god sent when attempting to educate yourself on worldly matters. Just saying. Moving forward I advised tharshi rajh to not say anything without listening to what had transpired between me and her subordinates. Then I requested a call back when she had an informed opinion on the matter because her incompetent attitude was disgraceful. Right now i'm waiting for tharshi rajh to familiarize herself with my complaint and call me back so I can get her official opinion on the record regarding this traumatizing matter. It boils my blood that people can take advantage of others in the most unjust ways and think that there aren't any ramifications for their actions. Its almost 2019 and if the word accountability is not in your vocabulary then be prepared to lose millions of dollars. I don't care for your money but it seems like big companies only listen when their finances are affected.in the wise words of kevin hart-"you gon' learn taday!"

Warm regards!
Nina

I always order from Amazon and have my items expeditiously shipped, but every time my orders gets picked up by Purolator, it gets delayed (longest delay was 3 days due to "No weekend hours") every time for 2 straight deliveries now. They give notices that the "Carrier is unable to gain access to front door to deliver the package." But it's just ridiculous, and Purolator should know better! They should give phones to their drivers that way they can call the owners before leaving! This has been going on for some time and I hope that ACTION would be taken. Such a hassle. Tsk