Incompetence & lies (Amended after delivery & amended 30/11/15 as no response from Interlink) Amended again 12/4/16
16/04/16 - Just to confirm, I NEVER HEARD A WORD from Interlink despite their post saying they will get back to me with a full explanation. I think that says it all.
Firstly, I have to say HOW HARD CAN IT BE to schedule a parcel? If this sounds harsh, you have no idea how I feel about this appalling company.
This company issues a notice of delivery after 10:00am on the same day of delivery, giving no time to arrange your work/home route. My text received at 10:16am on Monday said delivery would be between 18:07 - 19:07. As luck would have it I was due to be at home anyway so I waited.
I was no more than 25 feet from the front door the whole day. Yet at 20:25 hours I received a text informing me that quote "your parcel could not be delivered as no one was in". BS. The driver or the company clearly lied in order to not have to refund the sender who paid for next day delivery. This is a very cheap get out clause that if you are a company working with these people you should know that they clearly LIE to ensure that they keep your money.
The web site they operate is designed to make it as difficult as possible to contact them. They clearly know their customer service is bad so try to avoid any contact with customers. As a result I entered a complaint that they had lied about attempting to deliver using their forms.
So you think the next day they would get it right, NO.
At 10:28 I received a text stating delivery would be today Tuesday between 15:36 and 16:36.
At 12:49pm I received a call from 0844 556 0560, the phone rang for 3 rings before I answered it but within 2 seconds the person hung up without speaking. This is all recorded on my iPhone. At 13:02 I received an e-mail from Interlink Customer Services which states "I tried to call you regarding your delivery however I was unable to get through." This time a half truth, yes she called, but no she did not try to speak to me.
Worse still, what was once ONE shipment has now miraculously become TWO parcels!! At this point it ceased being funny.
They go on to say "The second parcel is currently being held at the depot for delivery tomorrow. Due to operational issues the depot are unable to put the parcel out for delivery today."
WOW - HOW HARD CAN IT BE? Now I have to wait ANOTHER day for a shipment that started as one parcel but has now been split.
When I called the depot to clarify if what I read was true or not, I was told that not only had "a number of drivers reported in sick" but yes the delivery was now split into TWO parts. While they noted my complaint about the driver having lied, they apologised but proceeded to say that next day delivery contract allows them to ship to the next day if no one was in. This is unbelievable, they apologise for lying but then effectively tell you why they lied to you!! This is not an apology it's a systemic and organised way of covering their incompetence and not falling foul of breaching their contract.
The management of this company should be ashamed of themselves, either they know and condone the practices or they are incompetent because they don't know what actually happens.
The lie has now been confirmed by an e-mail from Andrew at Interlink customer services received just now at 13:53 hours on Tuesday in response to my complaint. He says quote "...you're absolutely right, delivery wasn't attempted to your address. His [sic the driver] GPS clearly shows he was over 30 miles away at the time of the failed delivery."
Disgraceful. BE ASHAMED. AVOID this company for your own good.
Addendum after delivery:
The delivery arrived on Tuesday (an hour late). There must be some sensible people who work in the loading bay because contrary to everything I was told today by customer services about the parcel being split into 2 deliveries was WRONG. Both boxes arrived.
Thank heavens this saga is now over.
Update 30/11/15 - Just to show how seriously Interlink take customer service complaints, after 8 weeks of saying "we will review & get back to you" there has been NO, NIL NADA, NIENTE response what so ever.
Like I said on the day, AVOID THIS COMPANY. If you are a business using them, check that they are not doing you a disservice by claiming to have tried to delivered items but "no one was in", when in fact they never bothered. Ask for proof that they tried to deliver as per other complaints check it's actually the property on the address & not a photo of some random house. They have GPS trackers so you can also ask to verify what time they were at the location. It's your money & your reputation they are affecting.
6 October 2015
Unprompted review