Subject: Ongoing Delivery Issues – Urgent Resolution Required
I am writing this regarding the failed delivery of a phone ordered for my 89-year-old mother, a Sepsis survivor who urgently needs the device for hospital appointments, consultations, medication orders, and physiotherapy sessions. DPD has failed to deliver the phone on three separate occasions, each resulting in considerable stress and anxiety for her. Delivery Attempt 1 – Saturday 31st May We received a notification from DPD with a tracking number and a delivery PIN. Unfortunately, the person who answered the door was 91 years old and unfamiliar with the concept of a PIN. The delivery driver made no attempt to assist or clarify and promptly left. We spent the rest of the day on the phone and live chat with DPD, Currys, Carphone Warehouse, and iD Mobile. Only by logging into the DPD tracking system on Monday did we discover the parcel had been returned to Currys. Delivery Attempt 2 – Wednesday 4th June The driver arrived without prior notice—no email, no PIN, no tracking update. Again, the delivery was unsuccessful, and we had to repeat the same cycle of contacting multiple customer service teams. Delivery Attempt 3 – Thursday 5th June We contacted the iD Mobile complaints line and arranged for redelivery between 5:30 and 6:30 PM. We were advised that if we didn’t receive a PIN, the driver could either call his office or use his handheld device to send a PIN to our phone.We contacted DPD again but were told they didn’t have our phone number. After returning to iD Mobile's live chat, we confirmed our phone number, email, and address, and were assured we would receive an email notification and that the driver would not turn up unannounced. At 5:45 PM, the driver arrived without any prior notification or PIN. We explained the alternatives provided by iD Mobile, but the driver could neither contact his office nor send us a PIN, claiming he still did not have our phone number. Furthermore, the tracking number on the parcel differed from the first delivery attempt. When checked on the DPD tracking system, it showed that this same tracking number had been used on the second attempt as well. This situation is entirely unacceptable. According to the Consumer Rights Act 2015, Section 29(2): "The goods remain at the trader's risk until they come into the physical possession of the consumer, or a person identified by the consumer, to take possession of the goods." We do not have physical possession of the phone, and it should not be our responsibility to resolve this situation. We require answers to the following: Why was the tracking number changed, and why were we not informed? What contact information (e.g. phone number) was shared with DPD for the new tracking number? Why did the driver not have our phone number? Why did we receive notification for the first delivery attempt but not for the subsequent two? If attempts were made to notify us for the last two deliveries and a phone number was unavailable, why was email not used? What do we do now? We need this phone delivered as a matter of urgency. If it cannot be delivered we request that the order be cancelled immediately so that we can place a new one without further delay.