Royal Mail Reviews 123,164

TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

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Most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Customers express widespread dissatisfaction with various facets of the service. People are particularly unhappy with the delivery service, citing issues such as delays and lost packages. Consumers also report problems with the location services, and difficulties in contacting customer service. Reviewers frequently mention poor customer service experiences, characterized by long waiting times and unhelpful responses. The service overall is described as abysmal, with consumers detailing instances of missed collections, parcels being marked as "refused" when recipients were home, and delivery instructions being ignored. The general consensus points to a significant decline in service quality.

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Don't be fooled by the highly misleading Track24 title used by Royal Mail, as in my experience the chances of a next day, or days delivery is minimal. I recently posted a parcel on the 1 October (021... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This was the lowest I could give but wanted to go lower 🤬🤬🤬 RM are responsible for decent sellers getting negative feedback because of their rubbish service... We will NOT buy off anyone who use... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Yet another totally woeful and inept display from this apology of an organisation. Ordered item which they apparently attempted to deliver but left no completed calling card. A new delivery was a... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Delivery date now two days past. On their tracking service my parcel appears to stuck in Heathrow center. The online chat is useless it only refers to a small number of conditions that may af... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Friday 19th September - item despatched by seller Monday 29th September - item at Heathrow INT LC Tuesday 30th September - received at Greenford MC and stays there for a day Wednesday 1st Octobe... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Royal Mail claimed they “attempted delivery” because my property was supposedly inaccessible — complete nonsense. I provided the door code and clear instructions to leave the parcel safely under the s... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Always use RM Special Delivery.Usually no problems.Posted one 4 Oct at local PO.Collected 6 Oct by RM Collection.Should be delivered 7 Oct.Still showing on Tracking at PO.Cannot email RM as no email a... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Appalling Pick up packages get cancel but they write " wouldn't accept package " , the packages always come late even 48 tracked , packages dropped to the wrong address, pick up packages a mess wit... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

My parcel, posted 24H, has been accidentally sent to Pontefract, then was redirected correctly to Leeds, but then it was sent to Medway (where I posted from) "accidentally", this is 2 weeks after po... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Truly awful service. Important document sent from US tracking says 'refused delivery' two days running even though people were in house. No human being answers the phone on a number it took me 40 m... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Should have had a parcel delivered from Amazon who for some reason used Royal Mail. HAving waited in all morning The tracking showed I had refused delivery! This within 2 weeks of pretending to delive... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Paid for a signed for FIRST CLASS delivery item at £3.60 handed over at Post Office counter. No notification as promised of it being delivered or received to this day, no further notifications on th... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Special delivery 1pm - codswallop Parcel sent on its way to Medway….tracking stops for 3 days….its in northern Ireland MC. Finally gets to delivery office but can’t take anymore days off so failed... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Return package was scheduled for pickup 11:20. To 14:20 , did not show up, we have cameras covering the entire house, on every part , they sent me an Email saying they attempted to collect but nobody... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

IT969746423GB I have been at home for two consecutive days, and during those two days, your courier was unable to deliver my order. I believe that employees should wear glasses! On the first day, I h... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Returned to sender because it was "refused" by recipient, when no one was into refuse it??? Useless postie didnt want to leave it in a safe place despite instruction to do so. Only ever had bad experi... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Wish I had read all these terrible reviews before paying them £40 to lose my package !! Shame you cannot give no stars ! Mistakenly thought "Royal Mail" would see my "signed for" delivery safely to my... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Sold a £230 folding bike through Ebay and it somehow got "lost" at Romford MC. Please explain how you lose a parcel that is roughly the same size as large suitcase? Going by previous reviews, seems li... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely disgraceful, as our national postal service, they couldn't organise diddly!!!! Constantly items going walkabouts, late delivery, and the latest, an Item I've ordered that was 24hr delivery... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Poor service They allow letters that fit in letter boxes to go through Mine fitted in a normal size letterbox but they state it was couple of cm too big and wouldn't deliver my card until the recpi... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Royal Mail have new staff and haven’t trained them. A bunch of professional thieves stealing data and impersonating and fraudulently signing signature what saved me was gps I’ve never been happy fo... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The worst service ever! For a while now ive been noticing Royal Mail always delay parcels or dont send out letters for ages. This time ive got an important parcel that I ordered and should have been h... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I Have a problem and i want to solve it However That is Almost impossible to solve as the waiting time on the Royal Mail helpline today is over 40 minutes, I Have dispatched a parcel on a t... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Waited in for Parcelforce Royal Mail to recieve a package. Had a text to say they were unable to deliver as no one in to recieve. Not according to my doorbell, no one came, no ring or recorded... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Pay for Tracked 48 hour, No more like 96 hours tracked are these actually trying on purpose to destroy their own business I really do think so. Reckon the bosses have probably got shares in other cour... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Six working days to deliver a first class letter with England. I complained. Asked them to explain how this was possible. How do they manage this dreadful service for such an expensive stamp price. Ju... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I made an order and was advised it will be delivered on the 7th but royal mail decide they will deliver on the 8th. This happens everytime I place an order and the ordered being delivered by royal m... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Omg beware worst customer service in my life so far I have had woth them. 2 months and still me calling and waiting time is 45+ minutes please try it yourself. And not even helping if call disconnect... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Every single time royal mail doesnt deliver my parcel. I was in when attempted delivery was apparently done, no one came to my door. I need my parcel for a wedding and royal mail need to get it sorted... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible service. I can't understand how and why Royal Mail are still functioning, given their continued overall losses. I've arranged a re-redirection for one year. There's a tracked 48 hour par... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

It's no surprise that Royal mail are rated 1-star. There's nothing royal about them. This is the 7th time this year that small businesses have sent packages that have claimed to be delivered to... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I booked a collection with Royal Mail but they never attempted to collect. I booked it again and they did not collect so I tried for a third time. Each time they did not collect my parcel and sent an... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I was literally by my front door when the door bell rang … took a second to answer … only to find that my delivery was being passed to my neighbour who just happened to be on the other side of the fe... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

We tried to deliver your parcel from Autosave Components today, Thursday, 9 October 2025. Sorry, there didn’t seem to be anyone in. lying about deliveries, I was in all day shocking service

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Tracked 48. Arrived 9 days later. 55 minute wait to speak to anyone at customer services. Absolute shambles, but when they do lose your mail you should be grateful for compensation in stamps.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Gave delivery instructions for the parcel to be left in a shed. Got email saying parcel delivered. Not in the shed, and photo provided showed some kind of plastic container (e.g. not a shed!). Online... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I would give no stars if possible Sent a birthday card by 2nd class post in June Card returned to me with a bill for extra £1,50 postage in September !! It was a small card less than A5 siz... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Using Royal Mails "48" service daily, I am finding that the "48 hour" service is particularly awful. typically arrives in 5 days. They need to vastly improve this service, I have no faith that my orde... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Why do businesses use these charlatans? They simply don’t do their job. If you make a complaint, you get a generic email that solves nothing and they wash their hands of any responsibility. Th... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The Royal mail app is shockingly bad , it's never up to date , doesn't actually give any relevant information for the date and time, I've deleted parcels that have been delivered over 12 months ago an... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

In early summer I paid for a package to be collected from the house for return to a supplier. On the day of collection I received an email from so called Royal Mail to say that the package had not be... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

How are they still in business? Posties not scanning items prior to delivery properly, the mobile app is barely functional, one day you can login, the next you can't due to an error. When you can lo... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely terrible, waited for our parcels all day, Thursday 9th October. At 4.41 received a message saying they had tried to deliver. No way, why do they tell Lies, be honest and just say you can't... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Paid £38 for a blood test kit. The blood sample was returned to the Laboratory via a prepaid Royal Mail 24 Tracked Return envelope. It was collected at my home address on 22 Sept, 2025. 3 weeks late... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Human Verification. I have put in a complaint to Royal Mail. I could not complete it because I kept failing there new human verification test. Several circles were turning in different directions... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Royal Mail is no longer delivering letters to the street where I live. We have to go to the sorting office to collect them. They still manage to deliver parcels but not letters? There are housebound p... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Courier companies give tracking details that allow you to check on it's progress. As does Royal Mail. But only after they've already tried to deliver it once. What's the bleeding point in that? You... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They direct you to their website or app to change the date of delivery, or to call. I went to the website, however it tries to force you to download the app. So I called them as im not going to do... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They lie about trying to deliver parcels. No attempted delivery was caught on any of my cameras, or door bell, but according to RM there was no answer. Why not reschedule a delivery rather than lie ab... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Hopeless. Paid to track an envelope which one month later still says in Transit. Made it though all the automated messages to be told it's 'still tavelling though our nextwork' - really? - it's not mo... See more

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Royal Mail is the UK’s designated Universal Postal Service Provider, supporting customers, businesses and communities across the country. We are the only company that has the capability to deliver a ‘one-price-goes-anywhere’, six-days-a-week service on a range of letters and parcels to more than 29 million addresses across the UK. General Logistics Systems (GLS), our European parcels business, operates one of the largest ground-based, deferred parcel delivery networks in Europe.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10 days later

My parcel, posted 24H, has been accidentally sent to Pontefract, then was redirected correctly to Leeds, but then it was sent to Medway (where I posted from) "accidentally", this is 2 weeks after posting.... can you deliver the parcel fml.

ALSO!!! my 48H postage that used to compensate up to £150 has gone from around £5 to THIRTEEN POUNDS!!!!

October 10, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Royal Mail

Royal Mail. Up the crick. A week matter I chased and conclude they replied with a link. It does not work. Waste of time and effort. Web site sale . But no information on complaint. To busy selling to deal with their incompetence and mistake.

October 1, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

How are they still in business...

How are they still in business? Posties not scanning items prior to delivery properly, the mobile app is barely functional, one day you can login, the next you can't due to an error. When you can login to their app, items are listed not in order of priority. In fact, some that were delivered weeks ago are still prioritised to the top of the list, instead of parcels due to be delivered that day or the next etc. You can submit a review on the PlayStore for Android, but they never reply to any comments.

And if you call their customer phone number UK - 03457740740 - which isn't found easily or at all on their official website (as most businesses do these days, because they don't want you to call them) and I had to Google it, ended up getting this number (03457 950 950), waited for 20 minutes to tell me that this line was for the businesses. To her credit, the lady I spoke with was pleasant and provided with the correct number for customers. Having called it now, it's saying they'll be over a 30 minute wait and no offer of a callback service in place. Just a short chirpy orchestral sample playing on repeat. Honestly, how do these companies stay afloat with their nonexistent customer service?

October 10, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Every single time royal mail doesnt…

Every single time royal mail doesnt deliver my parcel. I was in when attempted delivery was apparently done, no one came to my door. I need my parcel for a wedding and royal mail need to get it sorted out instead of constantly lying about delievery its all the time its a joke.

October 9, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

A joke of a postage service!

The worst service ever! For a while now ive been noticing Royal Mail always delay parcels or dont send out letters for ages. This time ive got an important parcel that I ordered and should have been here in 2-3 days RM could not apparently scan the label so it was stuck at their mailing centre in Medway and now ive called them to track again (5 days after due) its now apparently all the way in Jubilee MC!! They haven't updated anything on the tracking and the advisors give you mixed reviews! The woman i spoke to yesterday said I should receive it by today at the latest and the man I spoke to today said its at Jubilee MC he cant give me more info and it will arrive at some point but he cant say when. Absolutely disgusting service and RM are a joke!

October 9, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible Service

Terrible service. I can't understand how and why Royal Mail are still functioning, given their continued overall losses.
I've arranged a re-redirection for one year. There's a tracked 48 hour parcel currently going to my old address, as I hadn't managed to change the address on my ebay account until today.
After reading the endless 'articles' to see if my query as to whether the parcel will be re-directed to my new home, I ended up with a phone number to call; 'at last', I thought.
I ring the number. There's a wait of over an hour to speak with someone. The real kicker - the automated message starts with 'We would like to thank you for showing kindness and consideration to our team as they do their very best to help you.' I'm a patient person by nature but I can really understand why people get completely fed up.
Royal Mail should be providing proper customer services with enough available human beings at the other end. That would be real 'kindness and consideration.'

October 10, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Useless app

The Royal mail app is shockingly bad , it's never up to date , doesn't actually give any relevant information for the date and time, I've deleted parcels that have been delivered over 12 months ago and they still reappear??? I've done this several times and still they reappear, I deleted the app in the end, completely useless.

October 10, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Repeated False 'Attempted Delivery'

Repeated False 'Attempted Delivery'

This is not the first time this has happened. Royal Mail and Parcel Force often mark their tracking as “attempted delivery” when in reality, no delivery attempt has been made. Sometimes they even claim the address is “inaccessible” when there are absolutely no access issues.
They also no longer leave missed delivery cards — likely because they never actually came to the door in the first place.
Most recently, the parcel I ordered was sent via the Express 24 service. I was given a specific delivery timeframe, but before that timeframe even began, the tracking showed “attempted delivery” — yet nobody came. I arranged a redelivery for the following day and received email confirmation, but again, there was no delivery and no update on the tracking.
Completely deceitful and inefficient service. It’s incredibly frustrating when parcels sent through a premium service are handled so poorly.

October 8, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible call center wait times and website navigation system

They direct you to their website or app to change the date of delivery, or to call.
I went to the website, however it tries to force you to download the app. So I called them as im not going to download an app for a single parcel instance.
I stay on the phone for 53 minutes waiting to speak to someone, before the line automatically drops the call as the call center closes at 18.30.
Abysmal service quality to prioritise going home over their customers already waiting to speak to someone over a simple request

October 9, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely terrible

Absolutely terrible, waited for our parcels all day, Thursday 9th October. At 4.41 received a message saying they had tried to deliver. No way, why do they tell Lies, be honest and just say you can't be bothered.will see what happens tomorrow.We have cameras and no one has been on site at all.

October 9, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst courier in the entire country

Courier companies give tracking details that allow you to check on it's progress. As does Royal Mail. But only after they've already tried to deliver it once. What's the bleeding point in that? You will only release tracking info after a failed delivery. You've got everything arse about tit. No wonder people dread having to have things delivered by them. Evri is better. A carrier pigeon has more tech. This is why I've always called them Parcel Farce.

What kind of crap company still works with 20th century tech. Probably the same company that tried to send half of it's workforce to prison rather than admit their fault. Renationalise, and stop these money grabbing wankers from ripping us off further. Living proof that Thatcher was an idiot in the first place, but the fault lies with Parcel Farce. A truly dreadful company

October 9, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I POSTED A VALUABLE ITEM VIA 48HR…

I POSTED A VALUABLE ITEM VIA 48HR TRACKED AS i THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE MORE SECURE - WRONG i SHOULD HAVE JUST SENT IT 1ST CLASS AND AT LEAST IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE LIKELY TO HAVE ARRIVED.
A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER I WENT TO TRACK THE ITEM TO SEE IF IT HAD ARRIVED AND WAS ALARMED TO SEE IT WAS IN SOUTHAMPTON, WHEN THE DESTINATION WAS WELSHPOOL VIA SHREWSBURY. WHEN I LOOKED CLOSER AT THE RECEIPT I SEE THAT THE CLERK HAD TYPED IN SO21 INSTEAD OF SY21, i THOUGHT AS THE ITEM HAD A TRACKING NUMBER THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN EASY TO RECTIFY - WRONG AGAIN, I PHONED, EMAILED AND HAVE NOW WRITTEN A LETTER TO EXPLAIN BUT WHEN I CHECK TRACKING IT IS JUST GOING FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO WINCHESTER TO SOUTHAMPTON TO WINCHESTER EVEN THOUGH THE CORRECT ADDRESS WAS ON THE PARCEL, UNLESS THEY STUCK THE LABEL OVER THAT.

October 9, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Unbelievably bad

In early summer I paid for a package to be collected from the house for return to a supplier. On the day of collection I received an email from so called Royal Mail to say that the package had not been put out for collection, we have security camera footage showing the post man picking it up.
I then instigated their tracking system and after a long delay received a message to say that I should consider the package lost and make a claim - this I did. I received an automated response saying that I should allow 30 days for them to respond. As the claim was made in mid August I tried several times to find information via their website. Today I have sent two messages to customer service and received two automated replies from a do not reply address to say that the claim has been resolved.

October 9, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Do not trust Royal Mail

Should have had a parcel delivered from Amazon who for some reason used Royal Mail. HAving waited in all morning The tracking showed I had refused delivery! This within 2 weeks of pretending to deliver one and they hadn't. Also within the same period delivered a package and aletter with legal documents to the wrong address. Royal Mail used to stand for something , now you probably wouldn't publish what I think it stands for. Some delivery person must be running a nice sideline in stolen parcels. Amazon has complained to them, and I have complained now 4 times in a month, including two complaints to the CEO which have all been ignored.

October 9, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely rubbish

Royal Mail is no longer delivering letters to the street where I live. We have to go to the sorting office to collect them. They still manage to deliver parcels but not letters? There are housebound people where I live who cannot get to the sorting office. I've made a complaint only to be robbed off with the usual reply about staff shortages. It's been like this for months and elderly people (without internet access) are missing hospital appointments and bills etc. Surely Royal Mail has a legal obligation to deliver letters?

October 9, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They lost my parcel 2 times

They lost my parcel 2 times. Even their employees are trained to scam people. Driver updated and signed on his own that he delivered my parcel which wasn’t delivered and when I called them they gave me reply that we will look into this. Within a month I lost £700. Worst service in the UK. Scammers

October 8, 2025
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