Spring GDS - Global Reviews 851

TrustScore 1 out of 5

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Most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Many customers expressed significant dissatisfaction with the delivery service, citing extremely long transit times, lost packages, and items not arriving as expected. People also encountered issues with their orders, including products arriving damaged or incomplete. Reviewers frequently reported difficulties in contacting the company, with many finding the provided contact methods unhelpful or unresponsive. Some people, however, were satisfied with the service, reporting reasonable delivery times and positive experiences with international parcel handling.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Horrible!!! Zero customer support or response from multiple attempts of reaching out. In addition, they didn't deliver a package (after three months of transit) and then take more than two mont... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

There is Contact Us link on their website (no telephone number) but if you fill this out you are wasting your time. GSD simply cannot be bothered to respond and clearly do not value their unfortunate... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ordered and payed for an item from Germany on 12 Nov. 17 November a message from Royal mail telling me they have received a nessage from the seller stating the item was now in the system and they woul... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I ordered some goods from SmashInn and for some reason they havent managed to sort the dleivery process out. On this occassion they used Spring. My goods sat in their sorting office for 5 days without... See more


Company details

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The Coronavirus has an impact worldwide, also on our deliveries. We are continuously monitoring the situation in all countries and will update on the latest situation. https://www.spring-gds.com/support/international-service-alerts/ Spring Global Delivery Solutions provide mail, parcel and return solutions to businesses worldwide. As an autonomous broker and an expert on international shipping, we handle international deliveries across the most reliable networks. By using our expertise in creative ways we offer clever solutions for your global deliveries. Thanks to our global network, we connect 3 continents and cover 190 countries. We are fully part of the PostNL Group and outside the Benelux we are their exclusive sales agent. In addition, we are also the preferred sales agent for Royal Mail outside the UK. You can therefore benefit from unparalleled and direct access to the Dutch and British distribution networks. In the 15 years of our existence, we have proudly become the largest independent cross border logistics provider in the market. Thanks to our fresh spirit and our solid background. In 2001, Spring was brought to life by founding fathers PostNL, Singapore Post and Royal Mail. Since 2013, we are fully owned by the PostNL Group. PostNL is the national mail and parcel services provider of the Netherlands. It operates the largest mail and distribution network in the Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg) region. Together we deliver over 1.1 million mail and parcel items to 190 countries. Each day. PostNL offer us a solid backbone, and at the same time gives Spring the freedom and autonomy to do things “the Spring way”. Whatever it takes. We’re committed to create the best global delivery solutions for everyone. We listen. We inspire. We deliver.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Just horrible

Just horrible. They are impossible to contact and redirects you everywhere else, whilst they are the only problem, the "attempted delivery" trick is so pathetic and sad, give me a break.

November 20, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If I could give zero stars I would

If I could give zero stars I would. Extremely slow delivery and then when it finally arrived I needed a pin to retrieve item but no emails or texts contained pin so my parcel is in a drop point across the rd and they won't give it to me without a pin. So much time wasted on this! I think companies should say what delivery company they use as that would definitely influence where I buy!

October 24, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Waiting on a small parcel to be shipped…

Hi i am waiting on a small parcel to be shipped to me in Ireland from France. Tracking number 6F5100015921 its been 8 working days has passed. stuck in NL transit hub no updates the last week. Its stuck in crossdock status. Will the status update change today Going to be next week at the earliest so that's like 9 to 10 working days. Shocking to think it takes this long. I've never wait 8+ working days for an order from the EU. Be the last time I'll use them. Very poor updates. 48hrs between updates. Unreal. Should leave it to the pros to deliver. DHL UPS to name a few only 3 or 4 days off them.

You quote 6 days max. Well that time has passed. I could have got the boat to France picked it up and be back to Ireland in 60hrs. Don't quote a time frame that you can't meet.

October 18, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Dreadful

Apparently the driver couldn't make the delivery and didn't leave any delivery note or way of contacting the company to organise receiving my order.

October 3, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Expensive and slow

Expensive and slow. On top of that information about the shipping and transition is totally missing or many days after. Is like they use runners to get back to someone in the office that can put in the information. If they at least could start use pigeons for deliver messages, it would make a huge improvement. Package should have arrived days ago, still not get. And no idea of where can be

September 25, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Carousel of non-delivery, F-ups and delays

They moved up the delivery date (yay), but no one home: no note, not left at door/safe space, not taken to collection point (do they have any..?).
"Article returned to sender." -> I contact support of vendor. "They'll send it again on date X."
"Something went wrong when sorting the parcel, it's delayed."
"Delivery on date Y". -> I'm at home all day, no ring no nothing.
Delivery status today "We ran out of time yesterday, new delivery coming soon."
"Oh no, parcel sorted incorrectly..."
And round we go.

> As a buyer, I would not proceed when Spring GDS is the delivery partner. Hard pass.
> As a seller, you are likely to annoy your clients and lose them when working with Spring GDS.

September 17, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolute joke of a company

Absolute joke of a company. You have no idea where your package is and it will get delayed without fail, no communication, and if you try and email them all you get is an automated response saying contact the sender. Beyond useless, find another carrier

September 7, 2024
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Long wait and no tracking package in Ireland from…

Awaiting a package in Ireland from Germany. The selling company send me a shipping confirmation 24th of July with tracking code 6F5100013649.

On spring website that tracking number since 24th of July has status parcel created only. I’m waiting now for 21 days.

Upon trying to reach spring I got an automated email stating I needed to contact sending company. But they do not reply at all. Stuck in limbo so. Dreadful experience.

Update 28th of August it was delivered.

August 14, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolute Scam

They say the package is ready to be collected but NEVER say where and how to get it, they also have VERY bad customer support and ACTIVELY try NOT to help you. Should be punished and criminalized and shouldn‘t be allowed in Europe, absolute scam. It‘s amazing how they‘re even allowed to deliver in Europe out of all places, where Customer rights are protected under many laws.

July 26, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The most unhelpful service I have ever…

The most unhelpful service I have ever used. I will never buy from a company that uses this service. The dont deliver the product, say they do, with a photo of the package in a dark unidentifiable place and claim its delivered - when you ask for help they says its nothing to do with them SCAMMERS

July 25, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I ordered a seatpost and all of the…

I ordered a seatpost and all of the sudden a week after the delivery expectancy, they said the package was unable to be delivered. It should’ve been here by now. They told me to contact them, or else the package would be returned. I also still haven’t gotten my money back from them.

July 19, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I bought a dog from Florida

I bought a dog from Florida. the lady shiped it. Thats when the fun started. They told me I had to pay $800.00 and it would be refunded. well I payed it. Then they told me because the dog had to stay it was going into quarteen. well after that they told me I would have to pay $450 more, so I did. then they said because I was so rude I would have to pay another $450.so I did. then they said because it took me so long to get it I would have to come up with more. well I am on SS, I am 76 years old. it took me a long time to save that kind of money & they took it all. I will never get my money or my dog. thay took a lot of money from me & I still don't have my dog.
Verna Lee

July 2, 2024
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Tiny problem

Package came on time, always updated on where the package is. However, the package on Spring GDS is still "on delivery" and I only knew that the package was delivered because I got a call from the local carrier (Portugal was the country of destination). 4 stars.

June 25, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

NO updates since departed from the Netherlands for 9 days ago

I placed an order in Cult Beauty on May 2nd. The parcel arrived in the Netherlands on May 6th and until this day (May 15th) still is marked as departed from the Netherlands with no updates. It was supposed to arrive from 13-15 May and is simply not moving! I don't think it takes more than 9 days to go from there to Italy! I've never had ANY problems with any carrier, but in my first ever order with Cult Beauty - with an event on May 22nd, when I need my products - I simply have no idea where they are! And I spent over 100 euros on that... Terrible!

May 15, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

no help from cs staff

a friend sent a package to me. no updates received for a while, just “item being held”. sent them an email, their response?? “to contact the seller”. bruh it wasn’t a seller, a friend sent this to me. wth?

May 1, 2024
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