Are City Link always crap...

[formant]

City Link are fine here, as are DPD/Interlink, Parcelforce, Home Delivery Network and even Yodel. (The latter two were rubbish at my previous place).
I'm particularly fond of my local Hermes guy - he figured out how to hide parcels in my meter cupboard.

Now UKMail ('Syncreon')....don't get me started. Seriously. Glad I don't order from Apple with any regularity. UKMail specialise in claiming they've attempted delivery, when they haven't even been in the area (and thus haven't left a card, meaning you can't go pick up your stuff at the depot either).

[NickFitz]

You are aware that this site is only third because google now display personalised results?

In a spirit of scientific discovery, I decided to check on this: I fired up a virtual Windows 7 machine on which I'd never visited CUK, or anywhere else come to that; it was just a spare one for testing stuff on, but I don't seem to have used it. I checked IE's browser history and it was empty.

And lo! this thread was indeed the third result:

Fear the might of CUK, errant delivery companies!

[Cliphead]

I've given up on delivery companies finding my place or delivering on time so everything goes to the village store cos that's where they often end up asking directions anyway, never fails.

[vetran]

bought a bike of eBay - it got 'lost' for a month, apparently they were having trouble with the driver.
Turned up a month later and they were upset when I refused to accept delivery.

[SueEllen]

bought a bike of eBay - it got 'lost' for a month, apparently they were having trouble with the driver.
Turned up a month later and they were upset when I refused to accept delivery.

[Troll]

Remarkable... City Link shipped it down to their depot in Kent & then decided to ship it all the way back to the suppliers in Birmingham without even attempting to deliver it

Just had a very apologetic suppliers customer services on the line - I suggested they consider using another carrier