DHL Reviews 5,937

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Most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Consumers express widespread dissatisfaction with various facets of the business, particularly concerning the delivery service, which many consider unreliable. People report issues such as delays, packages marked as "attempted delivery" when no such attempt was made, and items being redirected to inconvenient pickup points without notification. Customers also highlight problems with the overall service, contact methods, and location-related issues. The staff's performance is another area of concern, with reviewers frequently describing negative experiences. The strong consensus among reviewers suggests these are not isolated incidents, but rather systemic problems that affect a significant portion of DHL Spain's customer base.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

COULD NOT BE WORSE! Every time DHL Spain is contracted by a vendor to deliver goods here in Portugal they are absolute crap. Every time they phone and say can't deliver to your home, we're soooo bus... See more

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Probably the worst delivery experience I’ve ever had. My delivery was confirmed for 2–5 days, yet I ended up waiting 11 days. I sent multiple emails during that time and received nothing but... See more

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One of the worst european parcel companies. Experts throwing packages as far as they can. Avoid buying anything on shops that use they services, or you will get a broken package.

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I had an urgent set of documents I sent express overnight from Spain to New Jersey, to arrive next day before 12 PM. The next day I tracked the package to GERMANY. DHL claimed it was held up in custom... See more

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After my package reached Murcia DHL on October 14 2025 we have sent 8 emails with no response 16 days later nothing calling is pointless as it is automated I have never in my life seen such disregard... See more

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Super bad service ! My parcel was shipped to DHL headquarters in Barcelona, besides entering whole information where to deliver , they asked to do the same again and then promised delivery over in... See more

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As everybody else unfortunatelly. DHL never deliver on the agreed date, and they are notoriously in giving packages a fake "Not home"-scan to avoid driving to your address. Their drivers in Sev... See more

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They are taking package hostage and not updating the delivery, send an email that they are supposed to deliver today, yet no updates, package hasn't arrived at "local warehouse". They don't answer... See more

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Wow! Just read the reviews and unfortunately my experience is exactly the same. Absolutely bloody hopeless. Deliveries seem to be left with a third party who couldn’t give a toss. Lied about delivery... See more

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The item was packed very well by the sender...upon opening the vinyl record was broken and the package had been bent on the top right corner...due to the miss handling of the package by DHL... I wil... See more

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I live in Sotogrande, Cadiz. DHL do not deliver me second parcel during 1 month. It was stolen again. According to DHL tracking system parcel was marked as delivered on 22 October 2025 at 16... See more

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This courier “service” is completely unreliable. They can’t seem to be able to make a timely delivery. So now I understand what DHL stands for: Delay Highly Likely. They are shameless, and should real... See more

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I ordered two bank cards — one for myself and one for my wife. Sent mine via regular mail, hers with DHL Express. Guess what? Regular mail arrived in 5 days, while DHL Express is still out there somew... See more

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Literally a scam. They do not fulfil their service that clients pay expensive money for. Keeping packages hostage in some sorting center for weeks, happened so many times by now. Avoid DHL shipping in... See more

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Salamanca, Spain DHL delivery is pathetic. Lied about delivery attempt (claiming I was not present at home) and had to drive 20 km to pick up the package. This is the second time they did this. Not m... See more

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I have the same negative experience as so many people here. There was no attempt to deliver, then tracking first stated my package was left at a service point 10km away, then fraudulently marked a... See more

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This week, we should have received, on two different days, a parcel. The delivery adress was only 3,5 kilometers from the distribution location of DHL in Sevilla. The delivery should have taken... See more

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I've paid over 200 euro for an envelope to be delivered from Russia to Portugal. The local deliverer is DHL Spain for some reason. Their couriers are lying that I am not home, that I cannot be reached... See more

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it is the worst shipping company in Spain. every time something is to be delivered by DHL it is either delayed (in the best case) or not delivered at all/returned. in the tracking there will be always... See more

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Waited in all day for a package (Mallorca), and have just had a message telling us the delivery failed. It only failed as they couldn't be bothered to deliver it. We are busy caterers, it is not possi... See more

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I have always been satisfied with your service in the past, but my recent delivery experience has been extremely disappointing. A DHL driver arrived at my home and asked how many packages I was exp... See more

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DHL has to be by far the one company with Highest collection "NOT THINKERS WORKERS" on their staff. I have never deal with people so unmotivated to THINK, COMMUNICATE or RESOLVE shipping issues. In... See more

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Great job, DHL Spain—you've managed to mess up a simple delivery of a bank card. As usual, you claim that you've attempted delivery but never actually showed up. Can someone please fire the entire man... See more

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Terrible service. Do you ever read your reviews or care about improving customer experience? I was waiting for a parcel today and stayed home all day. We only stepped out for a few minutes to... See more

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DHL marked my package as “not at home” even though I was home all day and redirected it to a pickup point with no option for redelivery. Amazon support only offered a €10 compensation, but the main is... See more

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They lost my package. I honestly have no words… this is the worst service I’ve ever experienced. On July 30, I received a message saying they attempted delivery but no one was home. Since then - no... See more

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As usual, DHL claims they “attempted delivery” when they absolutely did not. No knock, no ring, nothing. Just a lazy update pretending they tried, which is a blatant lie. The pattern is obvious: i... See more

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I have been at home all day waiting for a delivery by DHL. They are now saying that they attempted delivery and I quote "Unfortunately, DHL couldn't complete your delivery and is holding it for you... See more

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I give DHL Spain 1 because 0 is impossible. My package was supposed to arrive on Friday but the truck was overweight so wasn't possible to load it, Monday not sure what their excuse was, yesterd... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Its the import people that are the real problem. we have been dealing with them a few years and always its the back office that gives problems. We should have postponed VAT on our imports but this tim... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Did not even try to deliver to my home address. Send conflicting information about status of delivery. Is it still in their system? Is it at some mystery collection point, not the one nearest me, that... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Well where to start. My last two packages arrived smashed to pieces after being kicked and stood on. I have photos. The package I am waiting for has been delayed twice. Twice the company lied. Firstl... See more

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Worst delivery company I used, their couriers never ring the doorbell and they say that I’m not home to receive my package when I spend the whole day at home specifically for this purpose. And then I... See more

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DHL is one of the most dishonest companies there is. They ALWAYS say they tried to deliver when, in fact, they take packages direct to one of the Service Points. In the latest instance of this, they... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Honest: The most diabolical non delivery service I have ever experienced. Helpful: To my fellow consumers and to e-commerce sellers: save yourselves administrative hassle and being tainted with desp... See more

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Bad service Greece DHL. Is joke. Don’t send Nathing to Greece. The bad service ever. Them lost my delivery.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Abysmal service no customer service phones they are blocked they refuse to accept the number on the parcel which they supply I have tried for the last three days all I get is emails it out for deliver... See more

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Every time I have had a delivery from to a specific address they are incapable of delivering the packet to the address as instructed. What they do as the drivers are so lazy is leave the parcel at so... See more

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Fraudsters! I ordered a parcel from the Netherlands with home delivery. I received an email saying that the parcel was waiting at the collection point because allegedly no one was home... See more

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I’m extremely disappointed with DHL Spain. My package was marked as “delivered,” yet I never received it. I’ve checked with neighbours and around the property—nothing. What’s worse is the compl... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst delivery company in my opinion. Every time DHL was used for my packages, it would be delayed by two weeks or more. everytime i try to contact them they never respond back either. very very annoy... See more

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DHL’s customer service is a nightmare — not only do they fail to deliver packages, but reaching their support is a painful experience. And then you find out they randomly dropped the parcel off at a p... See more

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Extremely disappointing experience with DHL — and not just once, but twice in the same month. Both shipments were marked as “delivery attempted – recipient not at home” even though no one ever... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

What a joke. Im in a rural location. the service is none existent. Last Wednesday they said they tried to phone me which they never did and then I thought it would be automatically be re tried the nex... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Lie after lie after lie still no parcel. The parcel arrived at my local depot a week tomorrow ago. I waited in all day the 1st day and the status was updated at 16:00 saying there was nobody there and... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Probably the worst experience ever

Probably the worst delivery experience I’ve ever had.

My delivery was confirmed for 2–5 days, yet I ended up waiting 11 days. I sent multiple emails during that time and received nothing but automated replies saying the system didn’t understand my message.

Throughout the delay, the tracking portal showed three different delivery dates, none of which were accurate. On the final date, I stayed home all day due to the importance of the delivery. Around 6pm, I refreshed the tracking page only to see a banner claiming “nobody was at the address” and that the parcels would now be sent to a local agent.

This is completely unacceptable especially as I rely on delivery services because I have severe health issues and cannot carry heavy items myself.

I’ve tried repeatedly to contact DHL, but all I get are automated responses with no real support. Overall, a very frustrating and disappointing experience.

December 4, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

COULD NOT BE WORSE

COULD NOT BE WORSE! Every time DHL Spain is contracted by a vendor to deliver goods here in Portugal they are absolute crap. Every time they phone and say can't deliver to your home, we're soooo busy, can you meet us at point x. I respond no. They say OK and then log that they attempted to contact by phone and dont deliver. 5 times in the last 12 months. Unfortunately the purchaser does not control the choice of delivery company. Note that every other courier service succeeds without issue.

December 5, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

ABYSMAL ongoing

Abysmal service no customer service phones they are blocked they refuse to accept the number on the parcel which they supply I have tried for the last three days all I get is emails it out for delivery it’s back at the depot we will deliver the next day it’s hideous they are really bad my last two parcels were thrown on an empty house porch where no one was living they even used a false signature the company I use is super but the delivery service is pure 💩 having been told via e mail my parcel doesn’t exist I spent all day on the computer the sender didn’t get back to me then I had another message to say my parcel was back at the depot even though it was non existent I spoke to the sender who claims they sent an email to them saying it was out for delivery so beware of DHL they lie like breathing and I am thinking of using another supplier

December 2, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

One of the worst european parcel…

One of the worst european parcel companies. Experts throwing packages as far as they can. Avoid buying anything on shops that use they services, or you will get a broken package.

November 28, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Lie after lie after lie still no…

Lie after lie after lie still no parcel. The parcel arrived at my local depot a week tomorrow ago. I waited in all day the 1st day and the status was updated at 16:00 saying there was nobody there and card was left. Both was a lie. I went online and booked a redelivery for the next day I got an email saying it would be delivered the next day. I also sent an email to customer service which they replied to and said it would be delivered the next day also. the following day at 13:30 i got and email from customer service say that my parcel would be delivered today. Well you guessed right today no delivery. Why do companies still use these clowns. Rural deliveries they dont want obviously

November 27, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Useless delivery service

Every time I have had a delivery from to a specific address they are incapable of delivering the packet to the address as instructed. What they do as the drivers are so lazy is leave the parcel at some DHL drop off place and I am fed up with them doing that, but they do it every time ! They are a hopeless company and no wonder they don’t bother to respond to complaints….. that says it all !

November 18, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

DHL in Alicante Spain has been the worst for many years!

The item was packed very well by the sender...upon opening the vinyl record was broken and the package had been bent on the top right corner...due to the miss handling of the package by DHL...
I will say after being in Alicante SPAIN for four years that the DHL service in this area is the worst I've seen of any carrier... this is not my first problem with DHL in this area... I wish I could include photos here to show... my warning would be to anyone in the Alicante Spain area to not use DHL shipping because of the many problems that I have experienced in this particular area...

November 18, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Super bad service

Super bad service !

My parcel was shipped to DHL headquarters in Barcelona, besides entering whole information where to deliver , they asked to do the same again and then promised delivery over in next 3 days. A whole week passed, package was sitting , until they decided to sent it back , as they apparently couldn’t deliver.

November 17, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Delay Highly Likely

This courier “service” is completely unreliable. They can’t seem to be able to make a timely delivery. So now I understand what DHL stands for: Delay Highly Likely. They are shameless, and should really go out of business…

November 7, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

DHL is not to be trusted

I had an urgent set of documents I sent express overnight from Spain to New Jersey, to arrive next day before 12 PM. The next day I tracked the package to GERMANY. DHL claimed it was held up in customs, but it was an envelope. Nor could they explain why it went to Germany, the opposite direction. Vanessa at customer service closed out the ticket despite my objection. She said "Deliver times are just an estimate." I cannot imagine a company running on delivery ‘estimates.’ What could not be explained is how they even expected to deliver it in time if they first sent it to Germany.

November 6, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Dont think about disabled people and access

They have changed my delivery address to a pickup point in my local town , which completely in accessible for wheelchair user , i thinks outrageous and i cant find a phone number to make contact and have sent online complaint and request to deliver to my original address but they have not responded

November 5, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Deserves 0 or negative stars - only thing delivered was stress

Honest: The most diabolical non delivery service I have ever experienced.
Helpful: To my fellow consumers and to e-commerce sellers: save yourselves administrative hassle and being tainted with despicable service and simply boycott this shambolic company that in my experience has provided no customer service of any value whatsoever.
Constructive: Trustpilot, I think you should permit zero star ratings. Even a single star suggests something positive, which is not the case in my experience.

November 3, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

You have let me down

I have always been satisfied with your service in the past, but my recent delivery experience has been extremely disappointing.
A DHL driver arrived at my home and asked how many packages I was expecting. After confirming my order from The Range, the driver informed me that the parcels had been taken off the van and would be delivered the next day. I thought this was unusual, but mistakes can happen.
However, later that evening, I received an email from both DHL and The Range stating that my order had already been delivered — which was not true. Since then, I’ve made several phone calls to your customer service team, where I’ve been repeatedly told the same scripted responses and promised next-day delivery that never happened.
At this point, I can only assume that my package has either been lost in your warehouse Or someone else is enjoying my wall panels.

October 22, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

After my package reached Murcia DHL on…

After my package reached Murcia DHL on October 14 2025 we have sent 8 emails with no response 16 days later nothing calling is pointless as it is automated I have never in my life seen such disregard for customers it is shameful ! All we want is our package! We will never use DHL again and everyone should find other couriers who actually care!

October 14, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst delivery company in my opinion

Worst delivery company in my opinion. Every time DHL was used for my packages, it would be delayed by two weeks or more. everytime i try to contact them they never respond back either. very very annoying. I’m actually waiting for a package right now that was supposed to come two weeks ago around a date i was available on. now i’m stressing because i won’t be home for the expected delivery date and they do not respond back to any of my emails. do not recommened

October 26, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Disappointing! Avoid DHL!

Extremely disappointing experience with DHL — and not just once, but twice in the same month. Both shipments were marked as “delivery attempted – recipient not at home” even though no one ever came. Instead, the parcels were left at pickup points far from my address, despite being paid for home delivery.

I find this completely unacceptable, especially for customers who may have mobility issues and cannot easily travel to collect packages.

When I contacted DHL, the response was purely standard and dismissive, offering no real help or accountability.

Until now, I had always had positive experiences with DHL in other countries. However, this experience in Spain has been absolutely disgraceful. The level of customer service here is unacceptable — a true embarrassment for such a reputable German company. From now on, if I see that a shipment is handled by DHL, I will simply avoid ordering.

October 21, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Parcel stolen again

I live in Sotogrande, Cadiz.
DHL do not deliver me second parcel during 1 month. It was stolen again.

According to DHL tracking system parcel was marked as delivered on 22 October 2025 at 16:36. However, I was at home at that time, and the parcel was not delivered.

It was second time delivered to another person, the same signature.

Anybody knows how to deal with DHL?

October 22, 2025
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