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Sendle

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Sendle Reviews Summary

Sendle's reputation is marred by significant customer dissatisfaction, primarily due to unreliable service and poor communication. Many users report frequent delays in pickups and deliveries, lost parcels, and a lack of accountability from customer support, which often relies on generic responses. While some customers appreciate the cost-effectiveness and ease of use of the platform, these benefits are overshadowed by the stress and frustration associated with service failures. Overall, the feedback indicates a pressing need for improved operational reliability and customer service responsiveness to restore trust and satisfaction among users.

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service
55
value
37
shipping
38
returns
29
quality
35
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Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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This company is an absolute joke. You can't call a customer service number, you send an e-mail asking where your parcel is and no reply. Instead of this virtue signalling B. S of being "carbon neutral" how about you master the basics and actually provide some customer service. Avoid this at all costs it's an absolute circus.

Date of experience: September 24, 2020
Australia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Delivery driver threw my package over my gate smashing one bottle.
Package clearly marked fragile.
Reported the problem through the Sendle website but get the same automated response and zero action.
Goods were packaged OK, just not able to withstand a 1.8M launch.

Date of experience: September 24, 2020
Australia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Its now 7 days since I booked a pickup for a parcel. Its not been picked up yet and despite their much advertised guarantees, and despite numerous emails I've had no response. No, correct that, I received an invoice for the service they have not provided and they have charged me.

This looks like a complete scam. Beware. DO NOT USE THIS SERVICE!

Date of experience: September 15, 2020
Tennessee
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I decided to give this low cost shipping company a chance. It has been nothing but head ache. They say they will get back to you in a few days, they never do, you have to contact them over and over to get someone to respond and they always use the excuse that they are having unusually high amounts of e-mails to answer. Well I know why. Had several packages not get delivered for over 3 weeks that were sent via 2 day air. Filed to have it tracked, didn't hear back from them for months. One package never arrived. Took them two months to determine it was lost, then told me to file a claim for insurance, then denied my claim. They are a joke.

Date of experience: September 14, 2020
Australia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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It is insane that, there is no phone in contact available for this SENDLE.

I was shocked when I got to know they couldn't deliver my parcel because the delivery guy couldn't find the address.

If that's the case, he would be the BEST IN THE WORST worker.

To retailers: Sending your parcel through them would lessen the value of the product purchased.

Date of experience: September 12, 2020
Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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TERRIBLE SERVICE
September 12, 2020

That was the first time using Sendle for my online store and will NEVER use them again. Using this service has meant my customer has not received their order in nearly a month. I have had to refund them for their order. It has cost me close to $40 in the fee to Sendle and the item was NEVER picked up and now had to pay $50 to Australia Post on top of that.

1. I admit I made the mistake of not having the full address when booking my label because it pulled the address form my website directly.
2. Sendle misinformed me twice to say that someone attempted to collect - they couldn't have with NO address to go too.
3. They should have called me to clarify - this is why we provide a contact phone number.
4. After so many emails (they have NO phone support) Sendle told me this had been escalated and would be collected FOUR (4) times!
5. I have now gone to Australia Post to send via Express post so this is costing me more.
6. I have had to refund my customer.
7. I would like to request a full cash refund (not a credit note) from Sendle and make a complaint at the appalling service.

So much for the Sendle pick up guarantee. I would not recommend this service.

Date of experience: September 11, 2020
Australia
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Sendle lost my parcel valued at $108. I sent around 12 parcels with sendle and they lost one of them. There is no phone number to call. There is no response other than automated responses. It took 10 days for them to perform the search for the missing parcel and I actually don't believe this was even done. It's just an automated website and series of emails and processes. I want a refund for the postage for my parcel. This has not been issued or address despite repeated emails. There is no contact number, no one to speak to. The most ridiculous and poor way to run a business. Very frustrating. Don't trust them with your parcel.

Date of experience: September 8, 2020
Australia
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Terrible Customer Service
September 8, 2020

Had a parcel picked up and sent out for delivery the next day, only to find that on the tracking it said that it was undelivered, even though I was home. They then tried a few hours later and had the same update. When this happened I sent an email enquiring about the issue. The following day they tried another 2 times, both with the same outcome. Getting pretty frustrated, I wanted some contact with Sendle as they had not gotten back to me, only to find out there was no phone number to call! I sent a message to them through Facebook but still no response. It was only after I had publicly commented on their Instagram post that I had any sort of contact with Sendle, days after the first contact I had made. Finally got to emailing them, and was then told it would take 1-2 days to re-deliver the parcel. I asked if there was any way it could come before the weekend as I had been waiting for days at this point, and their response was that there is no guarantee. I finally got my parcel today, after the 5th attempt and 6 days after the first delivery attempt when it should have arrived. Do not use Sendle, if anything goes wrong with the delivery process, their customer support is very much lacking, with no phone number to ring, no response from direct messages, and an email turnaround time of 2 days, unless you negatively comment on their Instagram post like I did (and many others too. It seems I am far from the only person with this sort of issue with Sendle).

Date of experience: September 8, 2020
Australia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Horrible service
September 4, 2020

Booked my item in for pick up on the 1st of September, its still sitting here eith me and its the 5th of September, communication is absolutely horrible and the service is worse! Would not recommend using this horrible company. Only point of contact is email which they obviously dont monitor everyday. I've gotten 1 email responds..

Date of experience: September 4, 2020
Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Never use
September 4, 2020

Can never get a reply from them my goods have apparently been sitting in the depot for over a week waiting for next delivery run highly unprofessional. Date of image 7. 9. 2020

Date of experience: September 4, 2020
Australia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Would never use this service again, I wasn't home, they left no note to say they had trued to deliver, other couriers leave a note, communication very poor

Date of experience: September 3, 2020
Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Don't even think of using Sendle, after 4 days delay to pick of my item, I am still struggling to contact them, they are unreachable
Minus four stars

Date of experience: September 3, 2020
Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Absolute discussing service. I'am a business owner using this provider for a while now and it cant get any worse than this, missing parcels, missed pick ups, no contact number to contact customer service and list goes on. They must be banded in Australia to operate their business.

Date of experience: September 2, 2020
Australia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Never delivered parcel!
September 1, 2020

Sendle tracking said that my parcel was delivered, but I never received the item on the date and time specified, no evidence of delivery was sent to me either.
I contacted sendle and they have yet to get back to me on where the parcel is. No ownership and responsibility shown by sendle. Lost almost $100 worth of item. There was also no customer service phone number to call.

Date of experience: September 1, 2020
Australia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Hopeless
August 31, 2020

Package travelling from South Australia to Queensland. We are now at day 10. No sign of delivery today. It has sat for the last 5 days in a depot 1 hrs drive from me. No phone number to contact. Shows how much they care about service. Sorry the ratings cannot do fractions of stars.

Date of experience: August 31, 2020
Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Absolutely shocking service. BEWARE! I wish I had looked at reviews before I started using them. They should not be able to run their service in Australia!

Date of experience: August 27, 2020
Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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ZERO STARS! DO NOT USE
August 27, 2020

I started using Sendle in June when I started my own candle business, my very first customers parcel didn't get picked up for TWO WEEKS! Meanwhile I had a good 5 customers after that who's orders had already been picked up and delivered in that time. I had brought this parcel to their attention almost every day and it still took two weeks.
I've had parcels go missing, parcels not delivered and they've been unsure what's happened to them, no refund no explanation no nothing!
I am a very understanding person and gave them the benefit of the doubt many times especially during covid-19, but this has now gone beyond the limit. I will never use Sendle again. Please do yourself a favour and don't use them! Australia post are cheaper, aswell as Fastway.

Date of experience: August 27, 2020
Australia
1 review
15 helpful votes
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No Bags
August 26, 2020

I bought 100 bags off them a week ago. Still waiting for them even though they were picked up in Kilsyth 6 days ago. I am in Heidelberg and I could have walked that distance in half those days. If they dont have the sense to send the bags out that would get them some income then what chance of any of my parcels arriving at their destination. I am out about $30 and they have lost a potential customer. I know who the real losers are here.

Date of experience: August 25, 2020
Australia
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Their Customer service is basically non-existent And they don't give a rats bum if you don't receive your package. My package has been onboard with courier for delivery for days now and no one can tell me if/ when it will be delivered. Package is already 2 weeks late and not a chance of getting anyone to answer regarding it's whereabouts.
1 Star is generous for this excuse of a company

Date of experience: August 25, 2020
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Don't use them. An employee opened a package to my client, destroyed it, removed the padding and delivered my client's order in shambles. Now I find out they don't cover damaged packages. DONE WITH THEM. Pay more to protect your business and your clients. It's worth the investment. Unethical and unprofessional company.

Date of experience: August 21, 2020

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Sendle is building the most efficient and delightful delivery solution on the planet to make shipping simple, reliable and affordable for millions of small businesses in Australia, the U.S. and Canada, and their customers.