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Purolator on time delivery

A package I was expecting Friday am, was not delivered. It was scanned at the depot at 5:37 am, but did not get put on a truck. I called them and begged them to do something, but they said it was impossible. They phoned my store and said it could not be delivered Saturday morning. It was not delivered Monday morning and when I called to find out why I was told it had been mistakenly sent to another city and I would not get delivery until tuesday. I have lost the sale on the part I had ordered and Purolator made no attempt to get my parcel to me any quicker, or to compensate me for my loss. Every time a package is delayed or "misdirected" there is never any attempt to go out of their way to solve my problem. Customer service is not something I associate with purolator.

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Purolator poor time management - missed/delayed delivery

It's not like I live in a rural area, I live in the city! Yes there's traffic to deal with but they had over 10 hours to deliver packages yet didn't make it:

2015/09/09 07:44 On vehicle for delivery
2015/09/08 17:09 Delayed due to missed delivery
2015/09/08 06:42 On vehicle for delivery

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Davey Crocket2
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Dec 13, 2020 4:49 pm EST

I'm just waiting and praying you guys get shut down soon! worst company i've ever seen! 2 weeks my package has moved 19km in the wrong direction. u claim its due to bad weather during the nicest december in years! you think people are idiots?! my package has moved 19km in the wrong direction in 2 fricking weeks and your god dman excuse is bad weather with clear fricking skies! you are fricking lying pos comapny. gfy

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Barrie, CA
Dec 09, 2020 9:59 pm EST
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I concur with the complaint above. I paid extra to have you deliver in 2 days which should have been yesterday and first it said “delayed due to missed delivery” on Dec 8 and rescheduled for Dec 9. Then at 3:42pm today December 9 it was sent back to Toronto. I live in Barrie so now I’m At least 4 days if it arrives tomorrow. This is ridiculous. I paid extra for delivery.

I need this shipment.

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Absydion
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Nov 18, 2017 9:22 pm EST

Purolator is seriously the worst shipper I've ever dealt with. Two days in a row my parcel is "Delayed due to missed delivery, " meaning the driver decided not to deliver it two days in a row. Now it's the weekend. Seriously, I will NEVER spend a penny at Purolator, and I will advise anyone shipping anything to avoid them like the plague they are.

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Mississauga, CA
Nov 20, 2017 7:26 am EST
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Hi Absydion,

I am very sorry you've had a negative experience with us.

Could you please email me your tracking number to customer.care@purolator.com? Once we receive your email we'll follow up with you directly.

Thank you,

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Customer CareTeam/ Purolator Inc.
E-mail: customer.care@purolator.com / Twitter Handle: @PurolatorHelp

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Purolator theft of laptop. again...

Once again a laptop I have ordered from Dell Canada "went missing" while in the care of Purolator Courier. They claim they attempted to deliver it last Friday but left no notice and only a garbled message from a driver and then claim it was delivered today at 12:08 pm and signed for by someone called 'Ellen'. I can assure you that there is no Ellen here and that we were home. I recommend companies stop using Purolator. There have been too many thefts. What do expect from Canada Post!

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Danaconda
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Mar 13, 2017 9:05 am EDT

Call the BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU THAT'S YOUR ONLY WAY TO QUICKNESS FOR THESE LOSERS

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Wasee
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Mar 13, 2017 5:42 am EDT
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The exact same thing happened to me. It got delivered by Purolator and was signed and taken by someone named "timu tenant". Now its lost or stolen and I have go through police investigation to find whats going on. Been 3 months I ordered my laptop. Purolator alone took a month to "investigate" about the missing laptop. Worst experience of my life!

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Purolator delivery

I ordered a network usb adapter from Neweeg.ca on 6/29/2015. They shipped it out that evening.Purolator was the shipping method used. On 6/30/2015 Purolator tracking showed picked up, sorted, on truck for delivery. So I waited at my apartment to receive it. I was home all day waiting. My Cell is on to receive the bus from the front door of my building. By 4:00pm I went down to see if the enter phone is working. It is working well. Then I saw the Purolator tag saying we missed you time 3:30pm. Note also said you can pickup the parcel at the depot. I was so upset, that The guy did not even bother to bus my Apt.
We have a giant board showing Apt no. with the bus code. I believe the guy was in a hurry to go back and go home as next day is a Holiday Canada Day. I did a chat on line to Purolator. The package has an Apt. no on it as confirmed on my Newegg.ca order. They will attempt to deliver tomorrow. I hope that they bus me as I will be home the whole day again. I hope that Newegg.ca use a different delivery company that has better service I have lost my confidence on Purolator. Thank you for allowing me to post this on your board.

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Purolator jaylee automotive depot in cranbrook bc - lack of customer service

I ordered a pair of teva sandals from Shoeme.ca for my husbands birthday. Shipping was free- says so on my invoice BUT when I went to pick up my package at Jaylee Auto I was told I owed $38+ for collect shipping. I called Shoeme and they said, no it's been paid. We will send a fax to Jaylee. So the young lady there (I use that term loosely), proceeded to tell me that this wasn't good enough. "you could be talking to your friend on the phone or anybody or just pretending to avoid paying these charges". My jaw hit the floor that she would actually say that to my face. I almost lost it. Then she said they needed to send a fax. So Shoeme sent a fax saying that there was an error, shipping was no collect. Not good enough for little miss morning sickness! Nope, now it had to be on letterhead and from Purolator or the company that shipped the shoes for Shoeme. The sticker on the box looked like someone had just put it on. Another friend said that she had the same issue with random packages saying collect with some handwritten amount. I think it's a scam but right now, I just want my husbands birthday present before his birthday is over!

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Michael500ca
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Jul 12, 2018 7:08 pm EDT

Package not delivered. I emailed them and they did not respond and then hid their email address. Package not delivered at less than 1 kg. Stay away from these people, not worth it. I know Canada Post sucks, but at least they deliver eventually. Jaylee Automotive might be a front for stealing packages. I really hope they are not. They have been very late with packages lately, and even sending those back to the mailer to people who complain. If they do that to me, I will take legal action and raise hell that they do not want and the RCMP will investigate (It is good having RCMP as family members). Sellers really need to stop using them. I'm sure now I will not get my package as per their retaliation, but I will be refunded and will look elsewhere. Look for an update on this stolen property. I still have not gotten my package so the RCMP are now investigating. They are frauds! Jail times are minimum to the law! Bottom line, package not delivered on time and not as promised. Waited 16 hours for delivery with anxiety disorder and no delivery and now frayed nerves. If someone else can deliver as promised at a time I could be available then order would be accepted for only 16 hours 6 am to 6 pm for that Friday Jul 13, 2018. Doubt will happen.

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Michael500ca
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Jul 13, 2018 11:33 am EDT

July 13, 2018. They finally delivered it. I would delete this complaint if I could but I don't see an option to.

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Col Nago
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Apr 03, 2018 12:44 pm EDT

Jay lee has the worst customer service I've ever encountered. It seems as though they should look for new jobs where they do have to interact with the public as customers obviously upset them.

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Purolator ripping off at invoicing

There is a known problem with purolators laser arc system, on line at their depots (Current), this results in you paying much more. Re: do you see 'adjusted weight' on your invoices? This means you are paying them more, than what you were told/saw online, and in eship, result, you lose money; and lots of it. Example, I send a package that weighs 8 lbs, now the calculated cubed weight is actually 27.34lbs in box with the dimensions of 21x15x10". But, because purolators scales/system is messed up the laser arc somehow calculates 32x22x10". So instead of the cost being $59.34, you end up paying $115.95. This means you are out some $60 xx. This may be more of an extreme example, but it happens, and more often than you think. Anything where you see 'adjusted weight' on your invoice, means your paying more for shipping than you were told. I suggest you use another courier like loomis etc. Until they fix this problem. To date I am still battling with them on this, and they refuse to give us credits for their errors; we have lost thousands of dollars.

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Cinaler
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Mar 02, 2012 1:15 pm EST

My parcel was 5 weeks late and when I finally called the company I was told it was sitting in the next town for over 3 weeks. Nobody had left a door pamphlet or anything. So unprofessional and hard to contact (I was on the phone for 55 minutes before someone even answered.) I will NEVER ship through them again.

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Halifax, CA
Mar 05, 2009 2:38 pm EST

Purolator lost a package that I was sending to a very important customer in Labrador City. This is the second package Purolator has lost going to Labrador City in three months. I may get fired over this because I should have learned the first time that Purolator is more of a disposal company than they are a courier.

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Purolator poor delivery

After receiving a notice from Purolator I went to their depot to pick up a package. The person at the counter told me it had gone out for delivery that very morning. The status of this package that very morning stated it was available for pickup. Why would they suddenly change it from available for pickup to out for delivery. The best the person at the counter could do was shrug.

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Apr 03, 2015 9:26 am EDT

just another note to my original post i have to give a laurel to Canada Post. They deliver almost as quickly and the CP depot is around the block from me. Very convenient but the shipper Newegg.ca does not offer this as a shipment method.

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Richmond, CA
Jul 31, 2015 4:23 pm EDT

Yes, they don't seem to have a very good system and they don't tell the truth when you phone them.

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Purolator item not delivered

We needed to send something overnight for a tech that was onsite, the only one who offered this service was Purolator, well the Purolator truck arrived and surprise suprise no parcel. I just inquired today as the shipment was still not delivered was that there was bad weather and they are not responsible HELLO! The weather has been perfect for the last two days. This is just an excuse they use all the time, as a way not to give your money back. I asked them will they ship the parcel back and they said yes for a charge. Well I am not paying again for something this company did. I hardly ever use Purolator as they they proven more expensive and unreliable, as everyone else on here I will never recommend them.

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Purolator failure to deliver, no refund, rude service

An unacceptable experience.

1) The rep at the store was rude to me.
2) The delivery person failed to deliver the package and gave no reason why.
3) The representative did not refund my money even though they had failed to deliver the package and he was very rude and sarcastic to me over the phone.

I will never use Purolator again, and I strongly suggest you don't either. $45 wasted.

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Purolator no ring, 5 days until I can pick up. absurd

So, I ordered I microphone from newegg.ca as my Christmas gift to myself. The expected delivery was to a friends house as I work in the am on weekdays. upon delivery day, there were people home. the doorbell does work, I used to live in the house. Nobody rang, and was tracked as a failed delivery and left the pickup note of doom. People were home, if there was any effort to actually deliver the package, it was the lightest knock on the door. I called the office at 2 pm upon seeing the failed delivery, I live in the capital of my province, a major city, and on Christmas eve they told me all the packages were locked up now and all the drivers are not working and that they couldn't redirect my delivery to my business. firstly, Hell would freeze over before a major city has its Christmas eve deliveries finished by 2 pm. That was a lie. so this Christmas, nothing for me that day, my Christmas is locked in a cage somewhere. Now, I wouldn't be as angry as I am, if I could have just gone to the pickup location on boxing day to retrieve my microphone. no. This company feels its ok to take a 5 day vacation and shut down until the 29th. This company obviously does not care about its customers and I will never ship with them again.Thank you for ruining my Christmas, and by the looks of your Facebook page, countless others as well.

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City of Industry, US
Dec 29, 2014 9:50 am EST
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Hello David,
We are so sorry to hear about the difficulties you have encountered with your shipment. Please feel free to email us at wecare@newegg.com and reference this post. We would be happy to help in anyway we can.

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Purolator didnt receive my package

The guy from purolator came to my place on the 17 dec 2014 in the morning. He knocked the door and went away frequently and hanged the paper at my door which I will attach in the " Attach proof photos". I was not at home but I know about this because my friend gave me that paper from purolator. He didn't even used the buzzer for unit no. 102 in my building. Now, I called them on 18 dec 2014 in the morning and the evening also telling them my tracking numbers that are JWD004454493 and LPJ004284106, which the dell gave me by calling. Purolator was not having any information about my packages. I talked to katy, barry and one more lady from the purolator on 10:20 am, 18 dec 2014. Agent name from the dell who called me is samit bhatia who told me that he is from chandigarh, India. He called me on 17th december 2014 around 12 pm which was the time in calgary, Alberta. I am totally unhappy with your purolator services. You can check with the purolator by calling them.

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Purolator lost or held shipment

i sent a shipment through purolator to Nigeria, on the 1st of december 2014, they delayed or held the shipment for 10 days, called their customers service, they were just giving me conflicting information, On the 10th day, a lady called me from purolator to inform me that purolator had lost my package that i should file a claim. how can my shipment be lost when infact there was a scan on the 10th day showing Dec 10, 2014 7:11 a.m. Toronto Sort Ctr/ctr Tri, ON Held at U.S. / international gateway - missing country of manufacteur.
i told her this and she said the scanning wasn't real. i was shocked to hear that from a purolator tack and trace specialist. Purolator is the worst courier company. i wount stop saying this until they return my package or send the package to the destination, telling me the package is lost is totally unacceptable for me, and am going to sue them, i will go on every social media, to let the whole world knows what they are doing.

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Purolator didn't leave pickup slip

I ordered items over a week ago and wondered how on earth they had not arrived yet since it was a GTA to Toronto shipping matter. I looked up the tracking code to find out that they 'attempted' delivery on Sept 22nd, which I highly doubt as they didn't leave a pickup notice nor did they try again the following day. I have multiple packages from the one location sent out at different times and not one made it to the door. I have an enclosed porch so the attempted delivery notice(s) would not have blown away. I now have to make a trip out of my way on a Saturday to get the items at their facility when it could have been easily been done during the work week, as my husband drives by the area each day. On top of this, I'm one day away from everything being sent back to the store. An awful courier company. I don't know why Canadian companies don't use Canada Post with easy to pickup locations all over the place!

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Purolator very bad service

I'm not one to file formal complaints but I feel as though this situation warrants one. Purolator came to drop off a package today at my house, and I was home when delievery was attempted. The driver rang the door bell once and when I got to the door no one was there but I could clearly see that the truck was parked right in front of my house still so I opened the door and walked outside. I proceeded to wave to the drive from my front porch, he looked right at me and when had eye contact for a good 3 seconds. I even felt relieved at that point because I had caught him on time. To my utter disbelief after he looked at me he looked away and drove off!

I collected the delivery notice he left on my door and then called customer service, I explained the situation and asked them if there was anyway they could get the driver to turn back around as he was still in my neighbourhood as this had literally happened a minute ago.Customer service was very rude to me and then put me on hold for 10 minutes. When he came back on the line he told me that he got in touch with the supervisor who would then send the driver a message and he would see if it was possible for him to come back in the afternoon and make a second attempt to deliver.He didn't come back and now I have to go and pick up my package from their offices as they do not attempt to deliver again like other companies do. I purchase things online very often and this is the first time I've used Purolator. It will be the last.

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Purolator bad service

A packaged was delivered to me by Purolator Montreal (canada) on April 15. I live in a walk up apartment (4 floors) and to enter the building you need a buzzer code. I was not home on Tuesday during the delivery so the deivery man left me a delivery notice on my mail box. I called Purolator to reschedule a delivery on Thursday April 17. I was told delivery could be from 8am to 6pm. I was awake and at home from 8am to 1:30pm on Thursday April 17. I was tracking my package online as well and at 1:03pm, my online tracking told me there was an attempt to deliver the package but the received was not home. THIS IS BULL ###. I was home the entire time. I even left Purolator instructions for the buzz code to enter the building, my apartment number, which floor I lived on and a cell phone number to contact me if they experiernce problems. The delivery man entered the building on April 17, literally just left another delivery noticing stating I wasnt home when he DID NOT EVEN ATTEMPT TO WALK UP THE STAIRS to my apartment, KNOCK on my door to check if i was home. THIS IS unacceptable. NOT only is this delivery man not doing his job, IT would have taken him literally 2 minutes to walk up those stairs to my apartment and check If i was home. the package I am having delivered is not even HEAVY. its 1 envelope with a shirt inside. I understand the disincentive to carry a heavy package up flights of stairs but this is RIDICULOUSLY. especially since when I scheduled my first delivery, I provided Purolator all the necessary information on how to enter my apartment building.

I did not chose to use purolator, the company I ordered the shirt from uses purolator. however, if I know a company is using this postal service, I may consider not buying from them again just because they are using purolator services.

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Purolator transit time

Shipped parts from supplier on Dec 20th from Delta, BC. As of Dec 30th, there's no guarantee they'll arrive in Powell River by Dec. 31st. Purolator sent in error to Cranbrook but did not notify anyone. Now sitting in Vancouver with a weather delay. My office is in Vancouver and from my window it's light overcast and 7 degrees C. They claim they cannot help expedite and therefore will not. DO NOT USE PUROLATOR.

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Purolator worst courier company ever!

Worst delivery company ever - never again!

Purolator has got to be the worst delivery company. Absolutely worthless with rude clerks and lazy drivers!

I purchased tires and had them delivered to me by purolator. On the day of the arrival, I noticed from the window of my house that the purolator truck came and so I waited at the window to see if the driver would need my help. So i'm standing there at the window, in full view of the driver who comes out of the truck, sees me there at the window, and then goes ahead and puts something in the mail box at the edge of the driveway. He then goes ahead and gets back in the truck and starts driving away!

Flabbergasted, I open the door, without a coat on (Snow around us is about 2 meters high in montreal) and start running after the truck, to wave the driver down and in the process fall down on the ice, break my eye glasses, my wallet flies out of my pocket.

So I pick myself up, I head to the mail box and inside the lazy driver has put a delivery notice saying that I wasn't home! I do a tracking on the web and the results say that I wasn't home!

So I take the delivery notice, and go to the purolator office to pick up my tires, for which I paid extra for door to door delivery. I'm at the purolator office and they ask me for an id and that's when I realize that when I fell down, the transparent nylon pocket that holds my drivers license and medicare card is not there, it had fallen out of my wallet when my wallet flew out of my pocket when I fell. Meanwhile this is the day of the big storm in montreal and I had driven to the purolator office under treacherous conditions. So the clerk refuses to release the goods to me unless I show a government id with my photo. I show her my social security card with my name on it and all my credit cards with my name on them and my costco card which has my picture on it, but she's not budging so I get extremely angry and we have an argument. Bottom line is that she won't release my goods unless I show her a government issues photo id.

So I drive back home, grab my canadian permanent resident card which has a photo of me and is government issued and drive back to purolator office. This time they won't release the goods because the canadian permanent resident card has no address on it but in my presence they just gave merchandise to another person who came to pick up and he showed them his medicare card which does not have an address on it!

So now the manager gets called because the matter is escalating beyond reason, and after making my case with the manager why I don't have another id for 40 minutes, they finally give me my goods.

The driver who caused all this mess did not even ring my door bell to check if I was at home, even if he didn't see me at the window - which is impossible not to because my windows are large and I had all the lights on and I was standing there waiting for him!

I will never buy from a company again who uses purolator to ship their goods, I will never use purolator for any of my shipping needs. Absolutely worst company ever!

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Dec 23, 2013 11:05 am EST

Worst delivery company ever - NEVER AGAIN!

Purolator has got to be the worst delivery company. Absolutely worthless with rude clerks and lazy drivers!

I purchased tires and had them delivered to me by Purolator. On the day of the arrival, I noticed from the window of my house that the Purolator truck came and so I waited at the window to see if the driver would need my help. So I'm standing there at the window, IN FULL VIEW of the driver who comes out of the truck, SEES ME THERE AT THE WINDOW, and then goes ahead and puts something in the mail box at the edge of the driveway. He then goes ahead and gets back in the truck and starts driving away!

Flabbergasted, I open the door, without a coat on (snow around us is about 2 meters high in Montreal) and start running after the truck, to wave the driver down and in the process fall down on the ice, break my eye glasses, my wallet flies out of my pocket.

So I pick myself up, I head to the mail box and inside the lazy driver has put a delivery notice saying that I wasn't home! I do a tracking on the web and the results say that I wasn't home!

So I take the delivery notice, and go to the Purolator office to pick up my tires, for which I PAID EXTRA for door to door delivery. I'm at the Purolator office and they ask me for an ID and that's when I realize that when I fell down, the transparent nylon pocket that holds my drivers license and medicare card is not there, it had fallen out of my wallet when my wallet flew out of my pocket when I fell. Meanwhile this is the day of the big storm in Montreal and I had driven to the Purolator office under treacherous conditions. So the clerk refuses to release the goods to me unless I show a government ID with my photo. I show her my Social security card with my name on it and all my credit cards with my name on them and my costco card which has my picture on it, but she's not budging so I get extremely angry and we have an argument. Bottom line is that she won't release my goods unless I show her a Government issues Photo ID.

So I drive back home, grab my Canadian Permanent resident card which has a photo of me and is government issued and drive back to Purolator office. This time they won't release the goods because the Canadian Permanent resident card has no address on it but in my presence they just gave merchandise to another person who came to pick up and he showed them his Medicare card WHICH DOES NOT HAVE AN ADDRESS ON IT!

So now the manager gets called because the matter is escalating beyond reason, and after making my case with the manager why I don't have another ID for 40 minutes, they finally give me my goods.

The driver who caused all this mess did not even ring my door bell to check if I was at home, even if he didn't see me at the window - which is impossible not to because my windows are large and I had all the lights on and I was standing there waiting for him!

I will never buy from a company again who uses Purolator to ship their goods, I will never use Purolator for any of my shipping needs. Absolutely worst company ever!

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Jan 12, 2021 6:06 pm EST
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I found this after searching for "Purolator worst delivery company" because I, too, have had nothing but bad experiences with this shipping company here in Canada. They almost never ring the apartment because they don't want to have to go in to deliver the package, so they say they tried but couldn't reach you so you are forced to go pick it up at one of their offices. That's called PICKUP, not DELIVERY. I paid for delivery. Recently they just left a package sitting in the lobby of my apartment building without telling me! Someone could have easily stolen it. I only found out about because my neighbor told me she saw a package for me sitting in the lobby.

I'm not going to ever buy from any company that uses Purolator as their delivery company, they truly are the worst.

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Sep 09, 2019 1:26 pm EDT

I have to agree that Purolator is THE worst delivery company that I have ever dealt with. I too will avoid doing any business with Purolator in the future!

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Purolator awful service

I have already submitted a complaint, filed 2 complaints with the depot, and spoken to a manager, and still...NOTHING! Purolator has the worst customer service I have ever experienced. I asked to speak to a manager last Friday after my parcel was again, for the second time delivered to an address that is not mine. It was explained to me by the manager (Mark) that Purolator is too busy to deliver my parcel to my house so instead drop it off at an agent counter. So basically I pay shipping for nothing, because now I have to go and pick it up myself. You know, I wouldn't have had such an issue with this, except that my parcel was already delivered to this address on the Monday of the week...sent back to Purolator the following day...and then Purolator lied on their website updates saying that they attempted to deliver the package each day until the Thursday...then updated and said that my address was incomplete/incorrect. I then called in to find out what the heck was going on. I never received a phone call, email, no form of contact regarding this. The address they had was confirmed to be exactly correct. I was told the parcel would be put on the truck for delivery that Friday but I was to call at 10am to make sure that it got put on. So, I took time out of my day to call Purolator to ensure that they did their job properly (very sad, very sad indeed). Sure enough, it was not on the truck. I filed a complaint. Then I get a phone call at 5:30pm from some Bob guy at a counter saying that he has my package because Purolator dropped it off. Awesome...as I needed this package for a Birthday party that afternoon. So, I then called and asked to speak to a manager. I spoke to Mark. He was of no help, argued the entire time and told me that Purolator is too busy to deliver my package and that because I didn't pay for expedited delivery it doesn't matter to them and that it would be delivered within 2 weeks. 2 weeks? I don't think so Purolator. I asked to be reimbursed for the shipping amount. He said that the seller has to reimburse, in this case it is NorthFace and I have spoken to them and they are now considering switching shipping companies to Canada because they have also had problems. I paid good money to have my item shipped and I still do not have it in my hands. Mark (manager) told me that I could also file as many complaints as I would like because they are too busy to get back to them and that they don't care about complaints of this nature. (I had it on speaker phone for my entire family to hear). He refused to listen to my concerns. I asked him why I wasn't contacted the first day that it was "dropped off" at the counter. He said that he has no idea but that he is too busy to care or deal with that. He said that I am lucky to have had it dropped off for the second time and then told me to send it back and it wouldn't make it here until after Christmas. I ended the conversation telling Mark that he is a sad excuse for a manager and that Purolator should be ashamed to call themselves a delivery service, let alone a company. I am sorry but if this is what your company prides itself on, I am disgusted. I am waiting to hear back from someone by the end of this week and if I don't I have every intention of going to Trouble Shooters in Edmonton with this story and I also have a written story to send to all of the surrounding newspapers for their columns. This was a disgusting display of customer service. There was no responsibility taken for any of the actions. There was no explanation for any of my questions or concerns. Absolutely disgusting and disappointing. I sincerely hope that you take the time to resolve this issue with me at this point in time.

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Purolator rotten service

Worst service EVER! Got a pacjage through them and they never attempted delivery and they never contacted me that they had it! The package was returned to Toronto and I was told that the sender had gotten it back after it was sent back by the sender- not these idiots. Also- they listed the resent item as being at their Vancouver depot when it wasn't even there! Several hours wasted getting there for nothing! Go with ANY other courier service!

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Purolator poor policy

Horrible policy I found out after they had sent my package back for the second time. If you live in an apartment, don't expect a notice after that they attempt to deliver. Instead, they will call. If they don't have a number, they will just send it back. My parcel arrived for the second time with no notice. I called the customer number I found on the website, spent about five minutes trying to get through to someone. Talked to someone and was informed they would hold my package for pickup. Great I thought, until I arrived a few hours later to find out they had sent it back, again! The explanation I got from the clerk was that the customer line doesn't always get in touch with the shipping building in time, but here's the new tracking number. WTF!? So I can watch it get further away from me, really? How are they still in business with such poor service.

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