GLS

Worked ok for my delivery from Poland, but that was before Covid screwed everything totally.

I got an email from them saying they had received the parcel information but that they haven't received my parcel even though the sender knows they shipped it Thursday night. Probably just skipping scanning steps and things a bit all over the place at the minute. I don't expect to get my item this side of Christmas, especially with the travel ban etc. adding to the mix.

From the parcelforce website:

Due to the exceptionally large volumes of parcels that our delivery partner GLS Ireland are currently processing, they have advised that parcels arriving after Monday 14 December may not be delivered before Christmas.

They will be continuing to make every effort to deliver as many parcels as they can in the run up to Christmas.

We’d like to thank you for your patience and understanding during these extremely challenging times.

Following recent announcements regarding the concerns over the new coronavirus variant in the UK, the French government have imposed a 48hr ban on any accompanied freight entering France by road, from the UK. . Freight lorries cannot cross by sea or through the Eurotunnel and the Port of Dover has closed to outbound traffic. Ireland has also banned ferries and flights for 48 hours. There are many other countries responding in a similar vein, so we expect significant disruptions to our international services. All European exports and imports will be impacted, plus Canada and, we expect others that will follow.



It is unclear how long these disruptions will remain and we will update this site as soon as we have more information to share. In the meantime we ask our customers to please hold any shipments to Europe and any other countries that have closed their air passenger routes.



We know how important these deliveries are to our customers and we would like to thank you for your understanding as we ask for our customers to be as patient as possible during these completely unprecedented times we are all facing. We will of course update you as soon as we can. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause

A parcel for me was meant to be delivered by tee 14th got to a parcel centre in Ireland says its its final destination as they can't find my address though delivered to me before. Thei number as useless btw always on engaged and no emails nothing I had to contact the sender for that info.

My tracking had nothing saying it was waiting to be received by GLS up until an hour ago and it just updated with all the details. Hopefully will be delivered tomorrow

Caranica wrote: »

As I'm sure you'll know by now, it won't have arrived on the 24th. My parcel arrived in their parcel centre on the 8th, made it to the final parcel centre on the 16th and was delivered to me on the 18th. Meanwhile DPD were delivering next day. Have another GLS delivery that was sent on the 18th and God only knows when I'll get it.

The worst couriers by a long long shot in my experience. Even worse than fastway which is something I thought I'd never say.

Yep, definitely the worst I've dealt with also. They don't even seem to be a ble to use eircodes. Get a phonecall looking for directions every time. Hopefully will have it in the next few days. As for fastway I've always got my stuff before 9am the day after ordering but I know I'm less than an hour from the southeast depot so that might play a role in it. Each depot is a franchise so maybe some are better than others.

By any slim chance has anyone ordered anything from the EU shipped with these lot lately?? just wondering if they are bypassing the UK or what the setup is...Want to order something from Spain,but am hesitant these days as I ordered something from Germany with DPD as courier and it disappeared into the brexit hole that is the UK and was never to be seen again...

The tracking tends to skip from received from sender to arrived. Hard to know the route

corkie wrote: »

^^^ >>> https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058142629

thanks man didnt see it

Im waiting since Dec 30th for a screwfix order.

Disgrace. its in Ireland since Jan 21st, and they still haven't delivered it.

GLS History
03/02/2021 18:54 The parcel has reached the parcel center. Ireland
23/01/2021 14:11 The parcel has reached the parcel center. Ireland
21/01/2021 15:36 The parcel has reached the parcel center. Ireland
08/01/2021 02:12 The parcel has been picked up. United Kingdom



Item tracking history - UK PARCEL FORCE
Date Time Location Tracking event
13/1/2021 18:36 International Hub Sorted for export

yrreg0850 wrote: »

I have the same problem

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screwfix/ parcelforce /GLS

My tracking showed parcel clearing Irish customs 8th Feb

11th Feb I rang GLS - no reply after 35 mins

Then sent email with all data just asked what was the status of my parcel.

Reply from GLS quote "We have no idea where it is"

Some courier company !!
I will be dealing with screwfix again but, will ask them not to use GLS

My Parcel arrived 4/5 days after i posted this. it appeared in the tracking info that it was now released by customs. i think it appeared twice, the following day or so the parcel arrived. battered, and box open, all bits were there. and nothing that could break.
ill think twice about screfix again, as they use parcelforce in the UK who use GLS in Ireland.
I thought a screw fix order would be relesed from an irish outlet, they have store locations in ireland dont they.

Hogzy wrote: »

Im waiting for car parts from Poland.

9 Feb - Item Collected
10 Feb - Item reached the Parcel Centre (Strykow Poland)
11 Feb - Item reached the Parcel Centre (Neuenstein Germany)


Hasnt moved in 5 days and its stuck in Germany, I thought there might be a bit of efficiency with the German warehouses but no. :mad:

My item dispatched from UK 1st Feb, Cleared customs 8th Feb . Finally arrived Limerick 15th . 7days Dublin to limerick !!