There is one current DPD delivery driver to our area who always does as i ask on the order form and phones me when he arrives as our lane is narrow and he is not keen on bringing his van down it. I meet him halfway up and appreciate his co-operation and care. The others choose to deliver to the house at the top of the lane (which does not share our postcode) and do not phone me. As there is often no-one in in this house during the day I have come to realise that they leave my items outside that house’s front door or round the back. A bunch of flowers left round the back wilted as the house-owner didn’t go out that way for a few days so didn’t see them there. Not having received the bunch, my sister ordered another bunch for me which, memorably, were this time delivered to under the hedge at the top of the lane. A passing walker saw them there and kindly picked them up and brought them down to us at the bottom of the lane. All these mis-placed deliveries were noted as delivered to the correct place. I have spoken to DPD staff about this on several occasions, to no avail (presumably nothing is passed on/along/back) and will now not order from companies that use DPD, it is not worth the hassle. My preference by far is for Royal Mail who operate a professional service (and i support their strikes).