DPD Pickup - new service?

bk

Looks like DPD are about to start a new service in Ireland called DPD Pickup.

They already operate the service in the UK and across Europe.

It works by allowing you to opt to have deliveries delivered to a local convenience store from where you can then pick it up. You can also opt to have missed home deliveries redirected to the closest local DPD Pickup.

Finally it also seems to allow you to return and send items via the local store.

It looks like this service is about to launch in Ireland as my local shop suddenly has DPD Pickup signs all over it.

Great to see a new service launch. I hope it also works with ParcelWizard (for those Northern Ireland deliveries) and I also hope it allows you to to do returns to the UK via CollectPlus, RoyalMail, etc. like Parcel Motel does.

slinky2000

This will be truly great. I can stop taking time off work to go pick up the undelivered parcels and stop pestering my next door neighbors or the security guy in work about my delivered parcels.

I wonder though how much this service will cost......

Have you a link or any more info?

slinky2000

Actually for this to work though you need to know if the supplier of your parcel will be using DPD in the first place? In that case it would be essential for it to work from day 1 with parcel wizard for the virtual address.

bk

slinky2000 wrote: »

This will be truly great. I can stop taking time off work to go pick up the undelivered parcels and stop pestering my next door neighbors or the security guy in work about my delivered parcels.

I wonder though how much this service will cost......

Have you a link or any more info?

Only the link to how the service works in the UK:
http://www.dpd.co.uk/content/products_services/dpd_pickup.jsp

As for cost, I'd assume no more expensive then their normal parcelwizard/dpd delivery costs.

BTW I also notice that they operate Parcel Lockers in France, similar to ParcelMotel.

bk

slinky2000 wrote: »

Actually for this to work though you need to know if the supplier of your parcel will be using DPD in the first place? In that case it would be essential for it to work from day 1 with parcel wizard for the virtual address.

I see it working in three ways.

1) Specific retailers add DPD Pickup shops as an option on their website when you check out. This is very common with many retailers in the UK.

2) You order an item to your parcelwizard UK virtual address and if you had it selected in your options, it redirects the parcel to the closest pickup location.

3) If you are signed up to parcel wizard and have your options set to redirect to the pickup store and the retailer you buy from happens to send it via DPD (without you knowing), DPD could recognise your address/mobile details (yes even without PW ID) and redirect it per your parcel wizard options.

So, strictly speaking it doesn't need parcel wizard (just option 1 above), but it makes far more sense to support all three optnios and thus parcel wizard.

slinky2000

The issue there is when I order from Amazon etc that could send delivery by any number of couriers. I would want all of them to go via the DPD pickup. This is where a central address works.

bk

slinky2000 wrote: »

THe issue there is when I order from Amazon etc that could delivery by any number of couriers I would want all of them to go via the DPD pickup. this si where a central address works.

Agreed, which is where the €3.95 Parcel Wizard option comes in.

Though Amazon could implement DPD Pickup as an option during check out, I don't expect they will, but other retailers certainly will, specially as I assume it would be cheaper then home delivery for them.

nava

MOD: as it's another DPD parcel service will move thread to main DPD Parcel Wizard.Ok Moved back to own thread as not realted to DPD Ireland.

Yggr of Asgard

Announced today:

http://dpd.newsweaver.ie/flyer/1ndnywa2tkp

nava

MOD: I will close the thread as already talking about it on the Parcel Wizard thread on the sticky.

If anyone thinks we should also keep the UK Dpd Pickup thread open let me know and I will re-open it.