I like DPD as well. After the first failed delivery, I was able to arrange for them to pop the parcel in the wheely bin in my back garden (and I knew it'd be safe there). Following day, there it was!

City Link are awful. Even Yodel do Saturday delivery and 3 attempts. I would have happily paid City Link recently (it was a Friday) to deliver my parcel on the Saturday, but there is absolutely nothing you can do to schedule a safe place/neighbour, or upgrade the delivery, or anything. They knock twice on your empty house, then dump the parcel half an hours drive away at their depot.

Hopeless!

Yodel round my way are quite good. we have the number of the delivery lady so if no one is in the first time she comes back in the evening.

FedEx have impressed me today ~

16Kg parcel of xmas goodies for daughter in Canada

Collected from me at 1pm on Tue 17th
and delivered to her at 3.42pm (10.42pm our time) today (Thur 19th)

so, 45 hours from my door to hers in Alberta