Review of Transglobal Express


Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Bad Customer Services

I will unfortunately not be using TransglobalExpress in the future. Neither can I recommend this service.

Sent 3 status enquiry emails (sales at transglobalexpress dot com) which never got answered. Been promised via the online chat to receive a status update the following working day - never happened. Was once told to receive a callback within 5 minutes during my lunch hour. You guessed it: spent all of my lunch hour staring at the phone.

Initially I thought nobody monitored the email account, but then realised that all communication channels had the same problems. I even told customer services that I'm being ignored, but it seems that my complaint were also just being ignored.

So here's my review: I gave 2 stars, because the initial engagement was quite good (description of the procedure in a voicemail for instance). But once your payment is made and the parcel is collected and handed over to the courier, and especially if you run into delivery issues, you're on your own. I've run out of patience and has since engaged directly with UPS. Got a much greater service here which makes me wonder what the purpose of this 'middleman' company is anyway. Next time I'll spare myself the agony by working directly with the courier.

August 6, 2016
Unprompted review

Reply from Transglobal Express

Hello Johan,

Thank you for your feedback- though we are sorry to hear you are unhappy with the service received.
I can see that you have spoken with our Customer Services team a number of times about this shipment, whilst it was in transit.
We advised you what was required for the customs clearance in the destination country - and this is information that the receiver needed to provide locally in South Africa before the customs clearance could be completed.

Please note, our contact email address is sales@transglobalexpress.co.uk (as opposed to .com)- so this is why you will not have received a response to your emails.
If you have any outstanding queries about this shipment, please don't hesitate to contact our Customer Services team who would be happy to assist you.

Kind regards,
Transglobal Express