Purolator
Reviews and Complaints

They didn't ring, I left a stopper on my door so they can deliver my package without ringing the door bell and leaving me a notice to come pick it up. They removed the stopper, and left no notice! The shipper spent 60$ to have this delivered in 2 days and they can't even be bothered to ring the doorbell! This is absolutely unacceptable and highly unprofessional!

Oct. 13, 2021. As I wait for my package at home, I tracked it online until it says it was attempted delivery and homeowner is unavailable. It was a very sensitive and perishable item. The seller used the Purolator company due to it's sensitive content. I went down to check and there was a nite in main door to puck it up in certain location. I am home all day and did not receive a door bell. The driver in this route has delivered several items before and knows how to use the door bell. I find it odd that he just left a note. This is not the first time it happened. It happened several times... I am very disappointed in this courier service and will tell the seller next time not to use it anymore

Purolator left me a "We're sorry we missed you." slip on 10/01/2021 and i was home all day.
I was home All Day on 10/01/2021, the day the delivery was attempted.
Now it says i have to pick it up from next town.

The following incident happened about a month ago and i filed a complaint soon after, but did not receive a reply.
I had one of your employees, break the COVID restrictions, by entering the elevator i was in with another person. The limit for our elevator is 2.
When i asked him to please have one of them step out, because of the COVID restrictions. He said, "well we've been waiting for quite some time for the elevator, so.", then i mentioned the amount of deaths that COVID has caused, he replies with "Yeah, i don't really care"
So not only did he break COVID rules, but he threatened me and my family.
And now, you don't even deliver my parcel to my home. Leaving it in the next city's purolator for me to pick up.

Shipments delivered to our office (example VWY101618722 delivered on 09/08/2021) showed it was received at the front door by Monique. It appears that ever time you deliver to us, it's always received by Monique which is not possible because sometimes she is not available. It happened again today, we found out from your delivery driver that it is now your practice to use the same name as the recipient of the goods. Please stop this practice and the name of the person who actually received the goods.

Rod

Sept 15, 2021
PUROLATOR PIN [protected]
Item damaged in transport, box crushed.
Refund of shipping charge
The part was totally bent out of shape but can be salveged.

My package was delivered to the wrong city. I called customer service about it as soon as I saw where the package said it was delivered and told her that I did not receive the package. This morning I received an email from a tracing specialist saying that the driver delivered it to the correct address and they are closing my file.
This is the second time Purolator has lost my packages and has claimed they delivered it to the correct address and closed my file without resolving the situation. That is ridiculous and unfair to the customers especially when it was delivered to a completely different city. (I live in St. Catharines, it was delivered to Niagara on the Lake) Purolator is the only shipping company who has ever done this to me...
Your GPS tracking clearly does not work and your drivers should be checking that they are in the correct city. Thank goodness Amazon's representative was more helpful. If possible, avoid using Purolator for expensive items, it is not worth the risk. I hope whoever got my exercise bike enjoys it.

September 12, 2021 at 1:54 PM local time.

A driver in a Purolator Truck failed to wait to make a left turn until traffic was clear; instead the driver made a left turn from Bloor St West heading north on Dovercourt Ave during a green light at 1:54 PM on September 12, 2021 in Toronto Ontario. The driver made the left turn and blocked all westbound traffic as they did not wait in the lane tu turn lane safely, instead waited in the incoming lane as elderly pedestrians were crossing and blocking all traffic and cyclists. As a local resident and pedestrian crossing I felt intimidated as the trick inched forward blocking all westbound traffic purposefully and not following road safety rules.

Held package at Toronto distribution center for 2 days even though service selected was next day delivery. I live 2.5 hours from their distribution center yet it was not on a truck for delivery the next day. Called CS at customer and they were nothing but rude, apparently it is not their problem that their service is [censored]. Worst shipping service in Canada, should advocate companies to ship via more established services like UPS or FedEx.

Purolator delivered my packages to the wrong address twice. I was promised a refund for both failed deliveries by a tracing specialist:
Kevin B. ext 71252
Tracing Specialist
140 Champlain Street, unit 200
Dieppe, New-Brunswick. E1A 1N8
Toll Free: [protected] Ext 71252/Fax: [protected]
he does not respond to any of my messages and has not refunded my money as promised.

It was an envelope that was being delivered they couldn't simply leave it in the mailbox? I even left delivery instructions. I needed that package today urgently and now I have to wait another 24 hours and that package is for work.

purolator is a joke

You were hired as a credible agency to provide next day delivery for a small parcel. 100 km from pembroke to ottawa.

The package contained extremely valuable, confidential, private material.

We received a note that it had been delivered to the specified address, bleeker mall in ottawa or to our residence.

So we went to bleeker mall to pick it up.

Your representative who said his name was troy (he said, he didnt have to tell us) was perhaps the most incompetent, rude, unhelpful representative I ever have encountered in my life!

He said that the parcel never had been delivered t bleeker mall. I showed him the bill of lading with the address.

Then he said it must have been someone other than purolator. (see above). Large purolator on the bill of lading.

Then he insisted that is must have been delivered to a different purolator, other than the one on the bill. I asked if he would check with them, he said, that is not my job., you will have to find out for yourself.

I asked if he would contact the deliverer. Again. His response, that is not my job... You follow up.

First, the parcel never was delivered to your ottawa bleeker mall address. - (the requested address) or our home address even though we received a note that it had been delivered.

Your representative at bleeker mall, who said his name was troy said he was not required to give me any information.

Contacted several times he said I am too busy to follow up, follow up yourself.

Not my problem, its your parcel.

When we expressed our concerns that it may have been lost or stolen, he said that your parcels never are lost or stolen.

When asked to follow up with the tracking system or the head office to find it, he said, I am far too busy, but it sounds like you have nothing better to do.

He said that we should come back in a couple of hours to see if it had arrived. We told him the we were disabled and it was a lengthy trip. We asked if he would phone us when it arrived.. Again he said that was not his job..

So we did show up a couple of hours later and guess what - no parcel, no help, and an annoyed :troy" - and an absolute assurance that he would be of no further help. Guess we had bothered him too much...

When we expressed our concerns that it may have been lost or stolen, he said, thats your problem not mine.

Is this typical of the way you conduct your business? If so, it is a total disgrace.

Reginald warren
20 lllico drive
Ottawa k1v0g5

[protected]

The telephone number of your representative: [protected].

I ordered a mattress via Amazon - why the heck do they use Purolator? They don't deliver to farms in SK - so I had to pick it up at their depot. The staff working at the front desk brought it through to the front desk and just handed it over to me to take out of their building and to load onto my truck. What a useless bunch that cannot even assist a customer with a heavy package.

I received an email notification that delivery was attempted but that it was unsuccessful. This email was from the company I ordered clothing from. Then, when I went to check for some sign a driver had been there, there was none. Purolator left no notice, and there was someone home all day who could receive the delivery. I had one missed call from a number that I cant even confirm was purolator because it was at a totally different time of day then what was documented as the attempted delivery time, and it was from a sketchy number with no name or identifier. Why was a message not left on my phone if they were having so much trouble or some kind of notice left? I dont have a vehicle and cant go to a facility to pickup, I also work hectic hours, so this is inconvenient for me that they put in so little effort to deliver.

Order#: CA227364055

I was not at home to receive a parcel from Epson to be delivered by Purolator on July 23.
I am a SENIOR. I live in a 60 unit SECURE building. NO OTHER SHIPPING COMPANY HAS A PROBLEM WITH DELIVERIES TO OUR APARTMENT.You deliver to our apartment building MOST days. If a parcel cannot be delivered one day, WHY WOU:LD YOU NOT DELIVER THE NEXT DAYT?

I received a notice from a local carrier that I could pick up my parcel at their depot, a 20 minute drive. I called the depot on Monday, July 26, I was informed I could pick up my parcel after 11 am. When I arrived for pick up, the parcel was not there. A day later I discover it is in Truro, a 50 minute drive.
I TRIED to phone the Truro depot, waited 25 minutes on hold. I searched for help online. Useless! It appears your company DOES NOT WANT clients to contact them.
I had to arrange for someone TO PICK UP my parcel in Truro.

What I cannot understand is why with so many RELIABLE shipping companies any sender would chose you!

42 Parkway DR, Truro Heights, NS B6L 1N8

George R. Henaut
409-56 Willow Avenue
New Glasgow, NS B2H 5L [protected]

Items in this Shipment

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EcoTank Ink Maintenance Box T04D100
(T04D100)

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Mon. July 26, 2021 - 7:18 a.m. TRURO, NS Available for pickup for 5 business days from arrival date at the counter.
Fri. July 23, 2021 - 4:11 p.m. TRURO, NS Available for pickup for 5 business days from arrival date at the counter.
Fri. July 23, 2021 - 4:11 p.m. TRURO, NS Available for pickup for 5 business days from arrival date at the counter.
Fri. July 23, 2021 - 12:11 p.m. STELLARTON, NS Attempted delivery - receiver unavailable
Fri. July 23, 2021 - 9:01 a.m. STELLARTON, NS On vehicle for delivery
Fri. July 23, 2021 - 5:55 a.m. STELLARTON, NS Arrived at sort facility
Thu. July 22, 2021 - 8:38 p.m. MONCTON, NB Departed sort facility
Wed. July 21, 2021 - 7:46 p.m. TORONTO SORT CTR/CTR TRI, ON Arrived at sort facility
Wed. July 21, 2021 - 7:45 p.m. TORONTO SORT CTR/CTR TRI, ON Picked up by Purolator
Tue. July 20, 2021 - 8:45 p.m. INDIANAPOLIS Departed sort facility
Tue. July 20, 2021 - 1:59 p.m. Purolator Shipping label created with reference(s): D8003923708

[protected]@gmail.com

Failure to deliver package on time and/or return to sender.
Tracking # TBK002772083

July 5: Received an email notice from Purolator advising that there was a missed delivery @ 2:01pm. I was at home and there was NO contact/attempt made. I called Purolator C/S and after waiting approx 30 mins, was advised that there was no entry code # on the pkg, therefore the driver could not deliver. I advised that my buzz code is listed in the lobby that is linked to my phone - so the driver did not even attempt to make this delivery, nor did they leave a door knocker!? I requested redelivery for the next day - July 6th, providing my buzz code.

July 6 - called Purolator c/s and after waiting over an hour to speak to an agent (Bonnie) @ 11:04am, explaining the situation and the fact that I still not received my pkg and it appeared that I would not receive the pkg today - given an auto generated email. She advised that the pkg would be delivered on July 7th due to the backlog, they were not able to deliver July 6th. Given that I was going out of town, I requested that the pkg be returned to sender. I was told this would be done and provided with reference #[protected]

July 8 @ 10:30am received an auto generated email advising the pkg had been delivered and left in the apartment lobby. - UNBELIEVABLE

Why is there such a failure in communication between C/S and the drivers.
I have deliveries all the time, but this experience was TERRIBLE and I do not understand why the driver failed to deliver the first time... a buzzer code was not required for them to just leave it in my lobby on July 8th... and NO ONE called me to advise the same - the only way I knew was due to the auto-generated email notification.

Hi
I just want to say that our division is not very happy with Purolater we will be looking at other companies to do business with. I requested an estimate for shipping an item so we knew how much we were going to bill back to our customer and we get the Invoice and its way more than what we billed our customer so we have lost money on our shipment.
date was Jul 16, 2021 Acct# 8281261 Invoice#[protected].
I was estimated $27.72, weight was 50lbs and pin number [protected], we will stop estimating with Purolater as this is not good business when we are loosing money.

the representative Kuin or something like this [protected]) called asking about the buzzer code for my building, she was super super super RUDE to me and then she tried to cancel my order without even my permission or letting me talk .. and then she hung up on me.
This shipment has been delayed 2 times now because of nothing but Kuin, and she modified the status to wrong address! and she's trying really hard to just cancel my shipment.
All iam trying is to get this gift to my nephews before their bday.. she ruined it and really she's the worst representative i have ever dealt with my whole life.

Not the first to make a posting about a driver that doesn't bother to even come to the door, yet claims they made an attempt to deliver. I was literally 2 meters away from the door ALL MORNING. It was a Friday, nice sunny day, Driver is thinking, why bother even bothering to deliver, they get paid either way, hit a button, say you tried to deliver LOL and get off early to enjoy the sunshine. NO notice on the door (management never bothers to check, they are a joke) Drivers run purolator apparently, management similarly is sleeping the day away on regular basis, from so many of this EXACT same complaint being posted all over Yelp, here and probably many other places. It would not be hard to track this, IF management cared. The call center would just have to ask if a notice was left, drivers could be flagged. But you know it's sooo much easier to just sleep the day away at the office.

I waste my time calling to get delivery "re-attempted" LOL they never attempted EVER to date.. So she scheduled it for the next day they can, wait again around all morning. NOTHING! Said it was "On vehicle for delivery" ends up being dropped off for "Shipment available for pickup' NO ATTEMPTED DELIVERY! So great for the drivers, you can just slack off pile up a bunch of packages that you don't feel like delivering, then you get to just dump them off at the depot. AHHHHH yes another easy day in the life of a purolator driver. It's not like they have to actually prove they posted a notice of a delivery attempt on doors, management never checks. So much sunshine, maybe take a nap parked for awhile, maybe leave work early ahhh so relaxing. Packages, what packages LOL

recently we moved our warehouse to a bigger one a few blocks from purolators shipping Center (depot), I thought I should do more business with purolator instead of UPS because they are close to my warehouse, we have been doing business with purolator in last year, everything was ok til now, one of my shipment they billed me $1360 instead of less than $300, we have been sending this particular sized and weights item to purolator all the time, but this time on the same invoice has two exactly same product to different customers which all in Ontario, one is $303 some and this one is $1360, this is outrageous and unacceptable, I have to talk to the customer service on the phone for a whole morning but no one could solve my case and now I probably have to pay the amount, we sell this product $900 plus free shipping, and the shipping cost me $1360!

A delivery driver came to my home at 2275 Millar road in Smithers BC, the driver came to my door and stated that he had struck a car in my driveway, after doing all the paperwork for a ICBC claim the driver then left and went to his employer and stated that he did not hit the car. From that day they have not returned to my home and I go to town for my packages.