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Vinted users furious over InPost UK parcel delivery delays | Vinted users furious over InPost UK parcel delivery delays |
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Users of the second-hand shopping app Vinted have taken to social media in outrage over severe delays in receiving their orders via one of the firm's partner couriers. | Users of the second-hand shopping app Vinted have taken to social media in outrage over severe delays in receiving their orders via one of the firm's partner couriers. |
Posts seen by the BBC describe parcels not being collected from InPost UK lockers or left stuck in transit without updated tracking information. | Posts seen by the BBC describe parcels not being collected from InPost UK lockers or left stuck in transit without updated tracking information. |
Some customers were notified their items had been delivered but had not received them, while others reported technical faults at lockers during collection. | Some customers were notified their items had been delivered but had not received them, while others reported technical faults at lockers during collection. |
InPost UK, which distributes parcels to lockers for customers to collect, has apologised for network "delays" caused by an IT issue. | InPost UK, which distributes parcels to lockers for customers to collect, has apologised for network "delays" caused by an IT issue. |
Sonia Fallows, from Manchester, is waiting for a delivery of second-hand toy building blocks she ordered from Vinted. | Sonia Fallows, from Manchester, is waiting for a delivery of second-hand toy building blocks she ordered from Vinted. |
She told the BBC: "It's been stuck in the warehouse for eight days without being scanned." | She told the BBC: "It's been stuck in the warehouse for eight days without being scanned." |
"I have spoken to them every day and they keep running circles around me. They are just not doing anything." | "I have spoken to them every day and they keep running circles around me. They are just not doing anything." |
Ms Fallows said she was a regular user of the courier service, which was "usually really good" but was now left frustrated. | |
"I have got some favourite sellers on Vinted, but if they are going to use InPost I just won't use them anymore," she added. | "I have got some favourite sellers on Vinted, but if they are going to use InPost I just won't use them anymore," she added. |
Sonia Fallows ordered a set of toy blocks from Vinted, shipped by InPost | Sonia Fallows ordered a set of toy blocks from Vinted, shipped by InPost |
On its website, InPost UK blamed the problems on a "software integration issue". | On its website, InPost UK blamed the problems on a "software integration issue". |
It said it had "isolated the root cause" and was "making significant progress" on resolving the problem. | It said it had "isolated the root cause" and was "making significant progress" on resolving the problem. |
However, some InPost UK users were told the issues would be resolved by Wednesday but have been left waiting for their parcels. | However, some InPost UK users were told the issues would be resolved by Wednesday but have been left waiting for their parcels. |
Posting on X, one woman described how she was given a new delivery date for 22 October, adding she "won't use Inpost ever again". | |
Another posted: "Here we all still are in the dark about where are parcels are and when they will arrive." | |
InPost acquired parcel delivery firm Yodel in May, a move that the two companies said would create one of the largest logistics firms in the UK. | InPost acquired parcel delivery firm Yodel in May, a move that the two companies said would create one of the largest logistics firms in the UK. |
At the time of the deal, InPost UK chief executive Neil Kuschel announced plans to expand and handle more than 300 million parcels a year, saying the company was "reshaping the future of parcel delivery". | At the time of the deal, InPost UK chief executive Neil Kuschel announced plans to expand and handle more than 300 million parcels a year, saying the company was "reshaping the future of parcel delivery". |