Whistl UK Ltd Reviews 

1,148
TrustScore 1 out of 5

1.2

While we don't verify specific claims because reviewers' opinions are their own, we may label reviews as "Verified" when we can confirm a business interaction took place. Read more

To protect platform integrity, every review on our platform—verified or not—is screened by our 24/7 automated software. This technology is designed to identify and remove content that breaches our guidelines, including reviews that are not based on a genuine experience. We recognise we may not catch everything, and you can flag anything you think we may have missed. Read more

Review summary

Created with AI, based on recent reviews

Evaluating 54 reviews, most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Many people encountered significant issues with delivery, including parcels being lost, experiencing extensive delays, or items being delivered to incorrect addresses. Reviewers frequently reported that tracking information was unhelpful or nonexistent, with packages often getting stuck at depots without updates. Furthermore, customer service was widely criticized for being ineffective, difficult to reach, and sometimes rude, offering little assistance with missing or delayed orders. Conversely, a small portion of people felt satisfied with their experience. Some reviewers mentioned that their items arrived quickly and on time, indicating a positive delivery speed in those instances.

What people talk about most

Delivery service

People report negative experiences with delivery service, citing excessive delays and packages vanishing or... See more

Order

Customers had negative experiences with order fulfillment, frequently reporting that items either never... See more

Service

Users describe significant dissatisfaction with the service, often citing it as dreadful and inefficient,... See more

Product

Consumers find product experiences to be ambiguous, with some expressing disappointment with delivery, citing... See more

Customer service

Reviewers express widespread dissatisfaction with customer service, often describing it as non-existent or... See more

Reviews shaping this summary

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ordered a book on Ebay, the book was handed over to these tossers 2 days later, same book finally arrived at my house 27 days after it was handed over to them. No tracking nor even a remote idea of... See more

Company replied

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Bought some CD's from MusicMagpie delivery stated by them 4 to 7 days . Delivery did not come MagicMagpie no help said check their tracking, Whistl tracking shows after 7 days still with them and n... See more

Company replied

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Dreadful. Multiple packages reaching a depot and… that’s it. No delivery, no communication, no updates, no way of contacting a person. Useless chatbot that goes round in circles. Neither sellers or re... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ordered from music magpie via eBay like I have so many times before with no issues. But this time 3 cds coming as 2 separate parcels. 1 saying delivered at 03.24am on Tuesday 7th October not received... See more


Company details

  1. Business-to-Business service
  2. Logistics service
  3. Warehouse

Written by the company

Whistl is a logistics company providing efficient, high-quality, and competitively priced services across delivery management for Businesses sending Parcels and Business Mail and third-party logistics services for Fulfilment. In addition, Whistl offers advertising services such as Doordrop Media and Sampling, as well as Contact Centre Services.


Contact info

1.2

Bad

TrustScore 1 out of 5

1k reviews

5-star
4-star
3-star
2-star
1-star

No recent history of asking for reviews

This company hasn't invited customers recently, so reviews may not be representative

Replied to 18% of negative reviews

Typically replies within 48 hours

How this company uses Trustpilot

See how their reviews and ratings are sourced, scored, and moderated.

1.2

All reviews

(1,148)

186 reviews in the last 12 months

Write a review
Companies on Trustpilot aren't allowed to offer incentives or pay to hide reviews. Reviews are the opinions of individual users and not of Trustpilot. Read more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If you thought EVRI are the worst…

If you thought EVRI are the worst courier think again. This mob are even worse. Ordered a CD via Music Magpie on ebay. They say it was sent EVRI. Anyway after chasing EVRI for two weeks the CD finally arrived two weeks late and was delivered to my neighbours who thankfully have a porch but it was smashed to bits. The delivery label said Whistl and not EVRI! Go figure? Anyway Music Magpie did not refund me but Ebay stepped in and refunded me. Why do MM use such terrible delivery companies? They are cheap for a reason....that is they are rubbish.

8 August 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst company ever

I buy from music magpie and every delivery haven't arrived . I had 2 parcels just left outside my block of flats where luckily neighbors gave me . Then I have nine parcels saying been delivered when they haven't and according to my delivered at 4.30 am please who delivers at the time worst company ever

2 August 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Big problems with new orders

Big problems with July orders from rarewaves website. Got a refund today for one order. Tracking been stuck at scheduled for collection for 9+ days. Another order also seems to have issues. Massive delays at the moment or someone not scanning them and just taking them? Crazy stuff.
I gave 2 because they were doing fine till July it seems

7 August 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Earth Calling Whistl...

Earth Calling Whistl...you've had my package since 15th July, WHERE are you? I seriously thought you were a courier company NOT a safe-deposit box! I phone and you swivel to the manufacturer when it's plainly your fault; mind you they're (Thimble Co, Leicester) are just as bad and won't answer the piggin' phone Tommy. Tosspots, one and all.

3 August 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

How are they still in business?

Recently I ordered a few DVDs off of Ebay (Music Magpie) and was excited to receive everything within three days ... only for none of it to have arrived even weeks later. The craziest part is that my parcel was noted as having been delivered, but the delivery code they gave me was for my neighbour's own, entirely different order. I filed a report with Ebay after a week with no update from Whistl, and I'm grateful to say I was issued a full refund, but I've now learned to avoid companies using Whistl, especially since this type of thing is apparently common with them. I'm questioning if my package will randomly turn up one day, and that - and the worry of the situation repeating itself - has put me off from reordering what I wanted in the first place.

10 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Possibly the worst delivery company on…

Possibly the worst delivery company on the planet!

3 out of 4 recent (in the last 2 months) deliveries not received and musicMagpie customer service have told me categorically that it is 100% due to this useless courier loosing all their packages!

One might wonder, with such a bad record, why MM would continue to use them… but they do!!

They apparently ship the items straight from their warehouse in good time but then I’m left for weeks with no tracking update and all I see when I check is “collection scheduled”, nothing else… EVER!

After 2 weeks or more of waiting for “unexpected delays” musicMagpie then kindly refund me my own money (which they just hold onto for fun in the meantime) but what a complete waste of time the whole thing is for me (the customer) and I do wonder where do all these goods end up going when this courier picks them up - someone is getting off with a whole load of valuable goods somewhere if what MM are saying is true! Disgusting!

DO NOT USE!

3 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Pot luck when anything gets delivered

Pot luck when anything gets delivered. No emails. The courier they hand off to then attempts delivery on the wrong day and of course I'm not in. I immediately stop using a supplier if I can get the product from someone else who doesn't use them, even at a premium. Last time I paid the supplier Elixir garden supplies £11 delivery and I'm having to pick the item up myself 3 days late.

23 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Poor tracking information

No issues with the delivery itself. However the tracking available on their website is limited. If you use parcels apps website it provides better tracking for you and shows which courier service is delivering the parcel as well as estimated time

23 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Over the last month or so…

Over the last month or so several Whistl parcels have either not arrived at all or taken over 4 weeks to reach me. Their tracking is dishonest and inconsistent - Ebay sellers are apparently being told things have been delivered even while Whistl's own website shows that they have not. This, of course also makes it harder for the purchaser to claim a refund as sellers are arguing in good faith that the items have arrived when they have not. One that did arrive looked as though it had been ripped open by wolves, the contents obviously damaged and yet they just left it on the doorstep making it my problem. If I could, I would never buy from anyone who uses Whistl to ship goods but, unfortunately, you don't always know.

19 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

SW1 area issues

Yesterday a Sunday three envelopes were found in a communal area of my building and a friend brought them to me, they were not delivered correctly by Whistl. I have recently had other packages that people have found and even missing packages marked as delivered. If items are left unattended in busy areas and not delivered to the actual door or safe place, then they will obviously be at risk of theft. Please let drivers know this and maybe give them some extra training so that they understand that leaving packages in doorways and communal areas is just not safe and it is unacceptable for a delivery company to act in this way.

13 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I have been waiting a delivery of…

I have been waiting a delivery of plants. I have been tracking their journey. They started their journey on the 02/07/25 and on the 5th they were in Llandudno, remained there until the 9th when they started the journey to Warrington which as I live on Anglesey is the opposite direction! They remained in transit until the 13th where they were on their way to be delivered from Warrington! Even if they get here now the will be shrivelled and dead as we are now in the middle of a heatwave! Well done great service! 🤬

13 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Actually received a delivery from…

Actually received a delivery from Whistl today. After a dozen failures I did receive my package. So why only 2 stars ? The delivery was made by a group of girl-racers, revving their car, stereo blaring at an unacceptably anti-social volume. I thought it was local hoodlums but lo and behold, the delinquents brought my Amazon Marketplace order. Surely not all Whistl deliveries are delivered in this manner ?

13 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

No delivery alert

No delivery alert, no card to say it has been delivered to our safe place where it's been sitting for 2 days!

12 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Useless.

Yodel got my parcel yesterday from the seller for a 24 hour next day delivery. They gave it to Whistl Bristol who have then taken it two hours north to their sorting office (twice according to the tracking) when my house is an hour east. It says 'arriving today' according to Yodel - but they are clearly overestimating Whistl's abilities as it is 10pm and it is apparently still at the sorting office (for a second time). So much for next day delivery - absolutely useless.

1 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

As useless as Evri

I have a large sign on my door stating to leave parcels in the shed. Whistl drivers are obviously deeply stupid and/or deeply lazy. Just left the parcel on my doorstep in the rain. People like this should be sacked. I'll be making sure any sellers I need to deal with aren't using such an incompetent company like Whistl which obviously lack any understanding of accountability.

30 June 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ordered from Amazon last Monday…

Ordered from Amazon last Monday ,ordered from eBay last Monday ,both have not been delivered ,when you check on tracking 😂I got eight ,courier picked up package,in transit ,courier transferred to another courier ,package in depot ,package with courier and so on I used to order ,and order was delivered by the post office ,but since this company appeared ,problem after problem

27 June 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

What a 💩 show

What a 💩 show!
They lie, state they tried to deliver on several occasions when the item hasn't even left the depot. Stated they couldn't access my driveway when its open and car free ! Avoid

27 June 2025
Unprompted review

The Trustpilot Experience

Anyone can write a Trustpilot review. People who write reviews have ownership to edit or delete them at any time, and they’ll be displayed as long as an account is active.

We use dedicated people and clever technology to safeguard our platform. Find out how we combat fake reviews.

Learn about Trustpilot’s review process.

Here are 8 tips for writing great reviews.

Verification can help ensure real people are writing the reviews you read on Trustpilot.

Offering incentives for reviews or asking for them selectively can bias the TrustScore, which goes against our guidelines.

Take a closer look