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TrustScore 3 out of 5

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Most reviewers were somewhat happy with their experience overall. Consumers have mixed feelings about the delivery service and the products. Some appreciate the staff, particularly drivers like Andy, who are consistently mentioned for going the extra mile with their friendly, professional, and patient service. People appreciate when the delivery drivers are courteous and accommodating, especially when they take the time to read and respond to delivery notes, or when they allow enough time to answer the door. However, many reviewers report negative experiences with customer service, citing long wait times for email responses that often don't address their concerns. Some consumers report issues such as a lack of delivery updates, parcels stuck in transit for extended periods, and difficulties in resolving issues with customs. Others express frustration with the inflexibility of delivery options and the unhelpful nature of customer service interactions, with some even describing being hung up on or given contradictory information.

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Around December my parcel was handed over to ups by the retailer the tracking showed awaiting your parcel it sat like that for 7 days. When the package arrived it was opened up very clearly on purpose... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We absolutely love having Andy (GTW42) from Gatwick as our UPS driver! He’s friendly, professional, and incredibly patient. Andy always goes above and beyond to make sure our packages are handled smoo... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Very poor service. Tracking App is also inaccurate. No delivery updates received. Two weeks now im waiting on a very small parcel from Rep of Ireland to uk. Customer service you wait for 2 days to ge... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Further update - It has now been almost TWO MONTHS and still no delivery. I have already supplied UPS with consignment details and they have washed their hands of responsibility saying it is with US... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Would strongly recomend never buying an item from anywhere if they use UPS for delivery! Worst experiance ive every had from a delivery company. Delay after delay and ignoring emails with infomation t... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Really want to praise delivery driver for reading and responding to note on package. Allowing me enough time to answer the door, (as disabled & needed to use stair lift & takes time). Most companies k... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Courier was cheerful and friendly despite dreadful weather. Timely careful delivery and did not trample my grass as many couriers do but used the path around the edge. Package was handled with care.... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

For years UPS has been saying “use UPSmychoice to change delivery date” yet this has never worked. There is simply no option to do this. Every other carrier supports this. Can’t list a safe place for... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

In spite of Gilmore Place’s road work and closures my eye medication has been delivered today on time as predicted by UPS. Great delivery to my suffering eyes! The winter storms in USA also caused... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

UPS has proven it is impossible for them to deliver a sofa. They provide zero communication—no emails, no arrival calls, and no follow-through on customer service promises. I have spoken to their "a... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Superb service today from UPS UK. Spoke to Robert in customer service who tracked down my parcel only to discover it couldn’t be delivered due to a local road closure. However, he managed to get hold... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

UPS somehow manages to make shipping feel harder than it needs to be. The app is completely useless when it comes to changing delivery dates — it pretends to offer options, then sends you in circl... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Once again, UPS has failed to deliver. I was home all day, yet no one called, knocked, or rang the bell. I simply received a message stating I was 'out' and that my parcel was dumped in the next town... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Parcel has been notified as ‘out for delivery’ , signature required…6 days. It gets to 6.30 and another email arrives to say it’s delayed…same palaver. Virtual assistant is useless, phone line slo... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I just want to say thank you very much and what a brilliant delivery driver who dropped off my parcel today! He walked up our track, carrying a very heavy parcel in the rain and I really, really appre... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Appalling, again. Totally confusing messages as to where - 5 days since ‘next day’ despatch - the parcel is. Two claimed attempts at delivery- at least 2 people resident on each occasion. Utterly con... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Parcel due to arrive 30/1/26 by end of day. Checked at 19.00. Parcel arrive at Stanford Le Hope at 18.31, 430miles away. Parcel "Out For Delivery" 31/1/26...... "Rescheduled Delivery Requested" which... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

No attempts made to deliver the parcel while I was at home and was dropped at a pick up point. I received online order from Royal Mail with no issues hence doubt any attempt was made to deliver. Cont... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Appalling. Their online platform is clunky, full of bugs, and unreliable. Customer service team are also poorly trained and do not know how to troubleshoot anything other than tracking issues (their r... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely useless. Two attempts made to deliver parcel. No information left on second card as to where parcel was being taken to other than it being their final delivery attempt. Unable to sign up... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

December needed a 42" tv picking up and after 8 days of nobody actually coming to my house and telling Amazon they had tried but the parcel wasn't ready eventually I was issued a refund and the faulty... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

It’s the worst courier company. Everyone saying bad things about the cheapest competitor, but actually I’ve never had a problem with them. However, I have problems every single time when using UPS. T... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ordered Wine glasses from Shopbetter24.co.uk and paid £47.00 inc. delivery. Unfortunately they instructed UPS to deliver. 13 days later UPS van arrived but driver demanded I pay £23.01p for disbursem... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The item was sent to Czech Republic which sat over a month in the local depot. The incompetent UPS local office did not deliver the item to the receiver despite various contact made to local office. T... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Important parcel did not arrive on day/ time expected. after calling someone at UPS i was then told it wasnt delivered because my address is wrong.. i think i know my own address, no one else has a pr... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Having had to re book my order due to previous issue below driver sat outside with his van running for 1 minute but forgetting his job was to actually get out of van,knock on door,collect parcel which... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Originally sent me an email saying delivery would be Monday 3rd November. No delivery! then Tuesday, then Wednesday then Thursday then Friday then Monday10th Nov. No Delivery made or attempted. No apo... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

No information.except that my delivery will be today with an email at 5.48am which woke me up! So I waited all day until 5pm only for the app to be updated that my delivery will be delayed... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Failed to follow delivery instructions; took to an access point 2 miles from me despite there being 5 in half a mile away; took 4 days to respond positively to a complaint. Despite me requesting redel... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolute disgrace of a company. Trying to raise a claim for a missing consignment but cannot do this on their website as booked it as a guest through their website. Claim keeps asking for an account... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If you are a business thinking about using UPS for international shipments then don't. If anything goes wrong you will never get it resolved. You are sent on an endless loop of call centres around th... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

DONT APOLOGISE Trustpilot UPS for not delivery my £5,000 parcel or returning it to me Do something instead here is the tracking details 1Z61R8X7DA98655772 Google this tracking Fello... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Consistently bad. Useless tracking, so many delivery issues, abysmal contacts availability, just very, very poor all round. I would never choose to use UPS and it frustrates me when merchants do . Fin... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Germany to the UK, no problem. Then UPS got hold of it, 24 emails/texts over 5 days advising where it was up to, all irrelevant as it didnt come. Friday & Saturday it was arriving, nothing. So i arran... See more

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Package arrived but import duty/VAT charges totally wrong. Over an hour on the phone being passed from 1 department to another and no closer to getting a refund - DHL did a similar delivery this week... See more

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Getting worse by the day. Last month had several problems with them lost parcel and now again today random delay when it said it was arriving finding myself forced waiting in for ups to not show up

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Parcel was meant to be delivered last week Tuesday, it was not. All I have gotten every evening since then is an email stating that my parcel will be delivered the next day between 12 and 3. Same em... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They are wind up merchant. Parcel arrived in Castle Cannington, paid custom duty and confirmed that the parcel cleared from custom. after two weeks still no parcel in sight, customer service awful, th... See more

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UPS® is a global leader in logistics, offering a broad range of solutions including the transportation of packages and freight, the facilitation of international trade, and the deployment of advanced technology to more efficiently manage the world of business. UPS serves more than 220 countries and territories worldwide.

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UPS is the only carrier to offer Saturday Standard delivery for residential parcels across the 8 largest European markets, reaching 130 million homes, without additional charge!*
*Ipsos, 2022; Future Shopper Report, 2023; UPS Survey, May 2024

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolute joke company

Absolute joke company. Now telling me I have to contact eBay seller for updates or refund for delivery and import duties. Cannot contact company via ebay messaging and ebay customer care though helpful stated it was UPS who should resolve matter. So I pay £28.45 after an email from Ups addressed to me to deliver item. They lose item, falsely claim it was delivered and now state I cannot have information for a service I paid to them and only the seller can release any information on compensation/details on item. Laura you are a joke company, sorry, a joke. To anybody who reads this, please don't get ripped off like me by these cowboys.
This is their last reply earlier today. Remember you cannot contact the seller via ebay messages and no phone number also remember it was UPS who billed me before they would deliver the item. Trading standards or cab, out of principle I shouldn't just give up on reimbursement.


Hi Peter.

For any reimbursements you need to reach out to the UPS account holder.

Our system does not show that the delivery has been delivered.

I am sorry for the inconvenience ca

12 February 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Dear UPS Customer Service,

Dear UPS Customer Service,

I am writing to submit a formal complaint regarding a serious service failure connected to booking number 2959CEFD78D.

According to the confirmed booking, UPS was required to collect 5 parcels on 12/02/2026 from my address. However:

The courier never arrived on 12/02/2026.

No phone call or collection attempt was made.

Earlier in the week, on Monday, the courier incorrectly collected only 1 parcel from this shipment without my authorization, leaving the remaining 4 parcels uncollected.

The collected parcel is associated with tracking number 1Z7491209194185655 and is currently in Germany.

The other 4 parcels were never collected and are still located in my concierge room.

This situation represents a clear failure of UPS collection service. I was subsequently advised by customer support to create new shipment labels and pay again, which is unacceptable because the failure to collect the parcels was entirely caused by UPS.

I therefore request an immediate resolution, specifically:

Free re-collection of the remaining 4 parcels under the original booking,

Please treat this matter as urgent and provide written confirmation of the solution as soon as possible.

Booking number: 2959CEFD78D
Tracking number already collected: 1Z7491209194185655
Scheduled collection date: 12/02/2026

I look forward to your prompt response.

Kind regards,

12 February 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Diabolical Company

Diabolical. Failed to attempt to deliver the parcel to my home address instead dumped it at a UPS collection point approximately 1 mile away which wasn’t even the nearest one, so that means a 2 mile round trip to collect it. No updated communication from the company, I had to use the tracking number to locate it. Why anyone would use this firm as a delivery company is beyond me. If I could give it a minus no stars I would.

12 February 2026
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Have to check my watch

Have to check my watch? Apparently people who knew me near fourth years ago are experts. Burned me in youth. Not mates. Still despite trouble clearing customs the delivery was fine despite the ugly reminder.

12 February 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This is our 2nd 1 star review as this…

This is our 2nd 1 star review as this company cannot even unpick the issues raised on the first 1 star review. Trustpilot Review Case Ref 5931412.
We left UPS as a carrier and 5 months after doing so they decided to reactivate our account and raise invoices. Our former area rep sent an email to ask for a credit. This was clearly ignored as the company took money from our account which was unauthorised - and therefore a fraud. We have had various people and departments from UPS contact us to say we have closed the account and will pay the money back. We have looked at the account and despite numerous emails from people and departments the account is still open as are the invoices. We have still not received the money back - despite emails we have been CC'd into from people from UPS instructing other departments to pay it. This company is pure chaos with not one single person capable of resolving a very simple matter. We have cancelled the Direct Debit which strangely does illicit a response (even though all attempts by the UPS rep and our initial emails drew not a single response). UPS is truly useless by every possible stretch of the imagination - This company has said they will close the account and pay the money they took from us. But still do not do it as they seem so chaotic they cannot actually manage anything other than email one person or department with not one single entity able to achieve anything. It seems like an ideal job opportunity for anyone who is an abject failure at work to gain employment with this company. You require absolutely no skills to work for UPS as you do not have to achieve anything except send pointless emails.
Needless to say you should not use this company to handle any business packages on account as they cannot achieve anything - except collect money not owed to them by direct debit and not pay it back or even close an account which they were told to so. Horrific service and the worst we have ever had from any company by a country mile. Account number 0000J400V1.

12 February 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

After apparently 4 attempted delivery's…

After apparently 4 attempted delivery's at a time i was in my house ,with photo evidence ,my very expensive parcel is being sent back to sender in Spain. They give no time slot in a day ,no emails ,no phone calls ,no cards through through the door ,sorry I missed you Should not be in business, I hope they go under.

12 February 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Awesome driver he lifted 30kg plus I…

Awesome driver he lifted 30kg plus I should have helped!

12 February 2026
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Reply from UPS UK

Hello, and thank you for your fantastic review. We are delighted to hear that our driver was both professional and courteous. It truly makes a difference when our UPSers go above and beyond, which is why we strive to prioritize the customer in all our efforts. Best regards, Daniel.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

UPS going above and beyond

Excellent service and communication from UPS

12 February 2026
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Reply from UPS UK

Hello Ellie. Thank you for your wonderful review. We're pleased to see the experience was positive and our service is held in high regard. Our goal is to prioritize the customer in all our actions. Best regards, Daniel.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Punctuality and information on delivery…

Punctuality and information on delivery and tracking.

12 February 2026
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Reply from UPS UK

Hello Paul. Thank you for the kind review for our service. We're pleased to see you were kept up-to-date throughout the transit of your package, and that it was delivered on time for you. We look forward to delivering to you again soon! Thanks; Daniel.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I’ve had few deliveries with UPS and…

I’ve had few deliveries with UPS and they never let me down. Two of them were from Germany to UK; no issues at all and quick delivery. Out of many companies I have had to deal with, UPS is the one to go. Others should learn from them how things are done.
Thanks!

12 February 2026
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Reply from UPS UK

Hi Dom. This is exactly what we aim for! We're so pleased that you find our services to your liking. Thank you for taking a moment to share your experience. We hope to be delivering to you again soon! 😀 -Laura.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Rather stop for lunch than deliver on time

UPS delivery windows are a joke, the don't even try to honour them. The very helpful tracking window shows my delivery driver hasn't moved for almost an hour now, within a few streets of my address. Clearly lunch is way more important than my time as I simply got an email saying my parcel will still arrive today, but with no update on when - not even a new delivery window.

UPDATE 1: UPS npw say they will deliver my package by 21:00 a full 8 1/2 hours past their original delivery window, and for a delivery van parked less than 1/2 mile away

12 February 2026
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Reply from UPS UK

Hi. We're really sorry to hear that you have yet to receive your delivery. If you would like us to look into this, please provide the UPS tracking number, along with your full address, telephone number, quoting case number 5965844 by emailing our UK & IE team at [email protected]. - Laura.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Spot on

Very efficient and professional service. Cheers

12 February 2026
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Reply from UPS UK

Hi Allen. Thank you very much for taking the time to give us this great review! We're so pleased with your positive feedback on our delivery service 😀 Many thanks, Laura.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

I gave it two stars because the parcel…

I gave it two stars because the parcel arrived quickly, but the problem is that the parcel costs £50, and this price includes the total shipping cost from the UK to the Netherlands. An additional €36 was added that I have to pay extra without being informed beforehand. Please be aware of this.

12 February 2026
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Reply from UPS UK

Hi, I'm really sorry to hear about the bad experience you have had with UPS. Naturally, we would really like to look into this further. Can you please email our UK & IE team at [email protected] quoting case number #5965653? Please also include your UPS tracking number, full delivery address, and any other details you feel are important. Best wishes, Connor.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

On time friendly delivery

On time and friendly delivery person

12 February 2026
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Reply from UPS UK

Thank you for your feedback, Joanie! We're delighted to know that you appreciated our service and that our driver left a great impression! Best regards, Raja 👍

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible service

Terrible service, our packaged has been held for more than a 1 week in a warehouse, stating that there is wrong address, even though the address is clear on the label. Call center useless, not care to help with a solution.I have mentioned that the sender from china is not able to help changing anything from the app.

12 February 2026
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Reply from UPS UK

Hi Lorenzo. We're really sorry to hear about your experience with us. Should you wish to seek additional support, please provide the UPS tracking number, along with your full address, telephone number, quoting case number 5965594 by emailing our UK & IE team at [email protected]. Many thanks, Laura.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Not a reliable service

I got a notification to say there was an attempted delivery however that was not the case as I was in all day and to add I have cameras around my house to show that no one attempted to deliver my package

11 February 2026
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Reply from UPS UK

Hi Ursula. Thank you for sharing your experience with our service on our Trustpilot page. We are really sorry that this has happened, and we would like to be able to support you. If you still need any help resolving this issue, please email the UK/IE Trustpilot team at [email protected] with the tracking number, delivery address, phone number, and reference #5965568. Regards; Daniel.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Efficient on time polite

Efficient on time polite. The delivery person picked up the parcel and handed it to me rather than just leave it on the doorstep

12 February 2026
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Reply from UPS UK

Hi Patricia. Thank you so much for your positive feedback; it is always nice to receive. We appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review. We hope to be delivering to you again soon 😀 – Laura.

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