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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Written by the company

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 2 out of 5 stars

SLOW

Always takes a long time time to deliver, although I am paying extra to deliver from the UK to the country in EU, it takes longer to get than the packages from US....

23 April 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This company is rock bottom

This company is rock bottom. Everytime they're involved in shipping my ordered goods there are huge delays and other problems. Their tracking service is beyond lousy, it doesn't provide any useful information whatsoever. It's totally incredible how any business can use this delivery company.

17 March 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Nothing delivered

Nothing delivered. Saying missed delivery, but nothing delivered or attempt. I was sat at a desk by the door working for the whole day. It seems someone working there wanted my parcel more than I did but didn’t fancy buying their own.

1 February 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They do not deserve any star

They do not deserve any star. This is total fraud of the transportation
They do not shipp items at all. They collect them and steal them
They should be brought to justice as honest ppl loose their money
I ordered on the 8/1 and my item is still at Netherlands. Nothing travels a month.
I went to my Australia Post and they took tracking number and told me that this was registered but never handed over to flight so most likely will never come
And seller can’t do anything about it so basically you loos your money
Do not order from anyone that uses SPRING GDS as they are a fraud

8 January 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Order GH447365781GB

Order GH447365781GB

Where is my order?! It was supposed to have departed Girona 3 days ago.. it hasn’t arrived with Royal Mail yet but if you email Spring GDS it’s not their responsibility to inform me where it is apparently! Parcel was supposed to arrive yesterday but clearly it’s not even in the UK yet. Useless company.

19 January 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Most inefficient and inaccessible…

Most inefficient and inaccessible company I've dealt with. Not a big fan of regulation, but after reading the reviews, shouldn't some type of regulatory entity get involved and put them out of business? It's been several weeks now since my order and there is no way to find out if I'll ever get it.

5 January 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Frustrating experience

Frustrating experience, slow “updates” that don’t even give any useful information. Spain to Canada. Parcel has been in Madrid, Paris. Netherlands and since mid December I have No idea where my parcel is, it’s “in transit” Canada Post is waiting for the parcel but hasn’t been given any updates. Still waiting on items to arrive after weeks of waiting.

11 December 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

DO NOT USE! NOT DELIVERED AFTER 1 MONTH

NOT DELIVERED AFTER 1 MONTH. I have sent a parcel on the 9th December 2023 from UK to Germany and today is the 4th January 2024. Its been sent through interparcel and they keep on requesting update but Spring Global is just stalling so they dont have to pay out for lost item! Do not use!

4 January 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Spring back to The wharehouse

worst shipping experience yet. I have received about 500+ packages in my life, i have used and experienced shipping companies in the whole world, none of them has been as slow as SpringGDS, my package has been promised to be here before Christmas Ordered 6th Dec From NL to GR 13th it says its in transit its 22th and its stuck in "transit" if you use different tracking sites and change SpringGDS to PostNL which i assume is just PostNL under a different trashier name it just says its in NL still. LR023461487NL

I have ordered products from China By SHIP and they arrived faster to GR by SHIP ! you could drive to NL with a 50cc motorbike faster than they can with a plane because the plane would get stuck in the clouds or something.

22 December 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

parcel clowns

just awful
how a company can get away with having no means of contacting them if theres a problem is simply disgraceful and should be made illegal. its nothing short of false advertising - stating you provide a service which you dont honour and then wont speak to the person you have let down. all businesses should be transparent in their communication and fully accountable to their paying customers.
items for my autistic son have sadly fallen into the hands of this bunch of parcel clowns after placing an order overseas... an expensive parcel and one that we desperately needed. Spring GDS should be ashamed. Instead if I follow the thread below, they only respond to anyone leaving them positive reviews......oh my, how that speaks volumes.....

21 December 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Wondering where my parcel is

Wondering where my parcel is. Tracking is saying is in UK for 5 days now and hasn't seemed to have moved.
Can't find a contact number anywhere 😕
Is there any way to contact someone to find out where my parcel is. It clearly isn't going to arrive before Christmas now 😒 😕

20 December 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Watch out

Watch out. My order of Topps.com 24.11.2023. Has not been delivered yet. Was shipped 01.12.2023. Was in Milan Italy on the way to Denmark. In pulheim Germany since 5.12. (Waiting to hear back on multiple support requests from not only Topps, also couriers Spring and Post NL)

24 November 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Omg Worst company ever

Omg, this is my worst fear, after reading all these other reviews, bought 700 dollar boots for rock scaling up here in b.c. cant track after the Tradeinn b.s tracking There should be a no stars selection

12 December 2023
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Purchased an item on Amazon on 2Stvof…

Purchased an item on Amazon on 2Stvof December and 0 updates for days now. Tracking number is UT745192525NL. I just want to know where it is as there have been no updates what so ever and it's an important item I have purchased. Would like to know if it will actually arrive. Thank you

6 December 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

my order is missing

my order is missing, i've ordered from a seller on ebay that has shipped the item with spring gds. its been 25 days and the order has not arrived yet, i've contacted the seller but had no solution, please help me out finding my order LR013938723NL, thank you

1 November 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

returned after one failed delivery attempt

Ordered some parts from tradeinn (Spain) which were not easy to find in the US. After the first failed delivery attempt I received an email from the seller saying Spring GDS may return the package to sender right after the first delivery attempt and suggesting I contact them to prevent this. This means it is a systematic problem. I tried contacting USPS, they were not able to help and the package got returned to sender. No chance to pick it up from the post office - was not held there for a single day. Why? This is exactly opposite of the advertised sustainable delivery. Another question is why tradeinn uses this service at all?

9 August 2023
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