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Discount Freight

Discount Freight

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Discount Freight
1.5

62 reviews

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62 reviews
another victim
another victim
 

under no circumstances use this company – Discount Freight and its 'front man' PA are a sham. They promise a lot and deliver nothing. They are elusive, systematically corrupt and heartbreaking for anyone who values the goods they are trying to freight. They obstruct any attempt to retrieve goods or redirect transport. They have a long track record of avoiding sanction through both the Office of Fair Trading and the relevant state Civil and Administrative Tribunals. You have been warned! Show details

MBE
MBENSW2 posts
 

Do not use this company- Shouldnt still be operational in Australia – After 6 months I realised my parcel hadn't reached it's destination. I contacted Discount Freight. After many phone calls I said I was going to contact Fair Trading. I encourage all people who have been scammed by this man to do so. It appears I am not the only one and with people power and getting the word out there we can stop him from his fraudulent ways. Show details

Jamie P.
Jamie P.VIC
 

Waste of time and money, avoid like the plague – Paid $70 for delivery of a bed frame from Springvale to Craigieburn, a week later still no bed frame, getting told tomorrow every day for a week and that I must be home to receive delivery is complete b-s when it never shows up, and now they tell me it is most likely lost, instead of telling me this at the start when they knew it was lost they… Read more

keep b-s ing you along wasting ya time, I will never buy anything off a company that uses this service again and highly advise everyone not to either

Positive reviews

JasonThomas
JasonThomas
 

Received my boxes in under 4 months – I ordered freight shipping with the 3-4 months term. they came 3 weeks early. No problems at all. Communication was so so and found it easier to get them online than through phone. I did buy the tracking which was key because I knew where it was every step of the way- I notice most people with issues on here did not buy tracking to another… Read more

country, why wouldn't you spend the couple extra dollars to track it going into another country and customs makes no sense to me. Even with the tracking I still save a bunch of money goring with them rather than DHL Direct.

William
William
 

Good cheap way to ship from A to B – I took the risk (despite the terrible reviews) to hire this company to freight my personal effects from OZ to Europe. Yes it took 5 months, but overall I have faced a decent customer service and didn't have any trouble. I chose the cheapest solution, they did the job, I'm happy. price Took 5 months instead of 4, but at this level, who cares? :)

Dwayne
Dwayne
 

Excellent Service by the team at Discountfreight.com.au – I recently moved from australia to the uk and back again within a few weeks , and discountfrieight where able to assist me without any hassle and even gave me a discount (thanks guys) if you need to send freight these are the only company to use as they provide value for money , excellent customer service and where fast and reliable i couldnt… Read more

have asked for more . use discountfreight.com.au you wont be disapointed value for money , excellent customer service

Negative reviews

Adrian L.
Adrian L.2 posts
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Don't want to refund me – I paid for the shipping and emailed [name removed] a day after a courier supposed to pick up my parcels. I've got an error: A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed: User doesn't exist: [name removed](at globalps.com.au So I thought I just got… Read more

scammed, tried their 24/7 phone a few times, no one answered. Started to google them, and found a lot of negative reviews. Many people had problems with lost parcels, some of the items from parcels missing, difficult contact (tell me about it...). Then I decided that I rather find someone else to ship my stuff and ask for a refund.

I asked for a refund as the service wasn't provided yet. They finally answered and email and wanted to pick up the parcels at a different date. I told "[name removed]" that it won't happen and I really just want my money back. He decided to stop answering emails again.

Currently, the case is dealt with by the credit card company and I probably just lost a $1000 and all my stuff is still overseas.

Gerard carragher
Gerard carragher
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Never received box – I got a box sent from Melbourne back to Ireland with this company in April 2016. Paid $275 for delivery, I waited the exceeded time limit and still no box had landed to my address in Ireland so I call the mobile number related to this company. The guy I spoke to sounded like a joker who didnt care less about my package. I never received it and… Read more

just give up hope of getting it. Is it too late to take action ? I had sentimental value in this box of goods.

DiscountFreightSCAM99
DiscountFreightSCAM99
  Verified

SCAM of the earth – Gladly took my money and held my suitcase for more than two months without notifying me. Of course they gladly ignored all of my calls and emails. After that they had the nerve to tell me that’s my fault for “not acting according terms and conditions”. They even blackmailed me for additional 289$ (I already paid 389$ so far) to remove 1 piece of… Read more

perfume from my bag, which they clearly opened before (for free?).

Absolute and utter SCAM.

Stay away, if all reviews so far weren’t enough, here’s my 2 cents.

(Actually I consider myself one of the lucky ones as I managed to get my suitcase back and that I have friends in Australia who went to pick up my luggage).

I cannot believe that a company like this is *still*? allowed to operate in Australia?

Recent reviews

Benz H.
Benz H.
 

This courier is useless – I had a returned package to the seller. I have contacted ecom and was confirmed that it will be picked up on Friday. I was told that it is definitely on Friday. On the day, I called at 11.00 am and was assured by the operator that it is booked that day and I will be contacted by the driver. So I left the box outside my house so that the driver… Read more

can collect it. No calls or messages. I then called again at 5.00 pm and was told by the operator that it has already been picked up. I asked the operator twice and he said yes, it had been already picked up. I arrived home at 6.00 pm and found the box was still outside the house. Already picked up, really? Called at 6.00 pm, no body answer the phone. Now the box is still outside my house. Not sure when it is gonna to be picked up. Seriously? The seller asked emailed and asked me if the box has already been picked up as they understood that it was book for that day. This courier is terrible. Don't use.

MJF
MJF2 posts
 

Package never even sent – We tried to send a package overseas from Australia through Discount Freight which never arrived, and the company stopped communicating with us very quickly. A year later we got an email from another company saying the package was taking up room in their warehouse in Sydney and trying to charge us for storage! The package never even made it out of… Read more

the country. We finally got the package back but would recommend avoiding this company at all costs, total waste of $200.

Steve
Steve8 posts
 

Scammer and liar beware – Liar,fraud,scammer -beware. Happily took my money and I never received my goods. I paid him to ship a very expensive item U.K and it was never picked up. I had to go to Visa to get my money back which took months but I won the case. I was one of the lucky ones, do a search and you will find a website dedicated to this scammer. He also appeared on… Read more

the SMH and has a Facebook page as a fraudster. He trades or has traded under over 10 different companies. What a disgusting human, should be ashamed of himself. How can you do this people. He has destroyed many lives.

Kerrie
KerrieNSW2 posts
 

Complete and Utter Scam – I engaged the services of [Name Removed] and Discount Freight in 2017 and the saga of lost luggage is continuing. I wish I had of done my research, as now I am chasing lost luggage. Do not use them. August 11th 2019 Update: Current Affair will be contacted. Show details

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Annie
Annie
  Verified

Scam company!!! Do not use them! – This is a SCAM! Do not use this company. They never picked up our luggages and we never got any refund. The owner tried to put the blame back on us. Reading the other reviews I am glad that we at least still have our stuff and only got money stolen... Show details

kurtulles
kurtulles33 posts
 

Complete scammers dont use your goods will never arrive – Used them years ago and lost my suit case I sent interstate . lodged a complaint at the time and was never resolved , staff were rude and unhelpful . After reading the news today on them though would let people know my story as well to stop other people using these scammers .  Show details

Ray
Ray2 posts
 

Be warned, Discount Freight is a fraud Company, be warned! – Congratulation If you are reading this before using Discount Freight company so you not have to go through all hassle myself and almost all of their clients going through! Be warned, don’t use them!!!! They never deliver your stuff, they hold on to it as long as they can, they open your packages without your permission and search through your… Read more

valuable items, they never communicate with you and there is a high chance of you never see your stuff ever again! If you need more evidences about this company please google Discount Freight as there is an article about them back in 2015 so you can read all shocking stories about their victims, it's very eye openings.

If you read this review because you have already placed your order with them, I am deeply sorry for you. Here is the step-by-step process you need to go through so hopefully you can at least get your stuff back.

1- Raise the issue with Fair Trade Australia, they have allocated a case officer who deals with Discount Freight complaints. They cannot help you much, but if they gather enough complaints then hopefully they can shut down them forever.

2- Go through all your emails and compile all your communication with them.

3- Ask Fair trade to send you an email where proves that they approached Discount Freight but they couldn’t get your desired result

4- Lodge an official complaint with NCAT (tribunal) and take the matter to the court, [name removed] (owner of Discount Freight company) will try to cut you a deal. The trick he uses is to ask you for money (I call it disgusting act of extortion) to release back your stuff. This process usually takes up to few months or in some cases over a year. He forces you to sign an agreement to pay him money to release back your stuff, not to your destination though but to where he picked them up!!!!

Once you went through all above and get your belongings back then go through all your items one by one, in my case he opened my packages without my permission and claimed he had to do it as boxes I used wasn't up to standard. I have provided all evidences where showed his claims was false and in fact the boxes I used (which was from \ another shipping company) were far better than the cheap boxes he used for repacking. He never had my permission for repacking!!!!!!!

Finally, please record all your communication in a written form so he cannot deny it in the court. It's absolutely essential you provide enough evidences, and don't worry because he has many flaws in his claims and court will vote in your favor.

Best of luck!!!

Bruce
Bruce
 

Worst Experience Ever – We sent something to NZ and it is now coming up to 2 weeks overdue and they will not tell me anything about where it is or what is happening.  Show details

Nafeya
Nafeya
  Verified

Do not use this service – I tried sending a suitcase from Australia to Germany via a door-to-door sea freight service. Unfortunately, I never received the luggage in Germany. After the scheduled delivery had passed, I contacted them. At first they never replied to any of my E-Mails, even though I sent weekly reminders. With the help of NSW Fair Trading, they finally got… Read more

back to me telling me that the bag was still in Sydney making up any kind of reasons and lies why it was my fault that it didnt arrive. Than they offered me to send the bag again in a reliable way if I pay another 150$. Also door-to-door delivery was just not available anymore. I lost a lot of money and wasted hours of my time on this company! Do not use it!

Jelly
Jelly2 posts
 

DO NOT TRUST! Lairs and money takers! Do NOT deal with them!! – No tracking information, no receipts, no communication when you inquire on the parcel!!! Paid for door to door IN JUNE service from Australia to the Europe for my two parcels and was promised that the parcel will reach the destination by end of October. After hundreds attempts to contact them, my Family in EU said that papers they received… Read more

showing that the parcel was sent in DECEMBER!!! {Discount Freight} advised that the parcel came back and was re-sent!!!! LIE!!!

The second one was "lost" and only after i have contacted EU country gov-t agency on parcel investigation in January (7 month after the original dispatch) and sent my communication to {Discount Freight}, mysteriously parcel appeared in AUSTRALIA (JANUARY MONTH!!!) and within 4 days was delivered to the addressee in EU!!!

{Discount Freight} hopes that people will give up but I urge you to fight for your goods if they have gone missing. At least lodge a complaint with Fair Trade!

Paula
PaulaNSW4 posts
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Thieves of the highest order – No tracking information, no receipts, they just take your money! I paid for door to door service from Australia to the Uk for my one box. [name removed] (Discount Freight ) said it would take 6-8 weeks, that was nearly 11 months ago! I have been in contact with Fair Trade for the last 8 months and they now say nothing will happen unless they… Read more

receive more than 10 complaints in a one month period. I now have a NCT tribunal looming. [name removed] hopes that people will give up but I urge you to fight for your goods if they have gone missing. At least lodge a complaint with Fair Trade, even if they do nothing, your complaint has been lodged! Discount Freight and its manly aliases have continued to lie to me about the whereabouts of my box and even made me pay an additional 150GBP in the UK for it to be cleared and delivered in 10 days time... that was on the 30th October last year! Never give them extra money, it is a known tactic to extort more money from you.

The company also goes under the names of -

Discount Freight

Global Mail Specialists

Global Mail Solutions

Global Postage Solutions

Direct From Australia

Freight Mates Nsw

Phonebox Card

Discountfreight.com.au

Global Postal Solutions

Global Postage Solutions

Postage Paid Australia

Ambassador Post

BEWARE!

Paula
Paula   

As a warning [Name Removed] also has another company called Envio Shipping and Couriers

Scam Victim
Scam Victim
 

Do not under any circumstances deal with the company or associated companies as it is a SCAM – We are a Boutique Luxury Lodge in far north Queensland and attempted to send overseas 3 suitcases containing excess luggage on behalf of a guest travelling through Australia. This company (Discount Freight) insisted on payment ($1000 AU) to be paid prior to dropping off the luggage at a depot. The money was transferred and then we requested the… Read more

location of the drop off and here is where the scam became evident. First more paperwork was required and then more personal details of the recipient etc. Then no return calls over the following 2 weeks. We will now have to wear the cost and use a freight company with a legitimate operation rather than trying to save a couple of hundred dollars on behalf of our guests. We will be reporting them to Fair Trading and hopefully get a result from reporting the fraud to police. Unfortunately we did not see this review site prior to payment and this was a very expensive mistake on our behalf. Our story is repeated below by many other unfortunate victims of this scam company and will endeavour to have this review brought to the attention of the media.

Aneto
Aneto2 posts
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Do not use this company or any other associated business – We sent our boxes almost three years ago and never received them. We were told that one of the boxes contained prohibited item and were asked to pay an extra for removal and shipment, which we refused to do until evidence were provided, given the reviews on this website. After 1 year and a half of hassle, a complaint lodged to fair trading we… Read more

eventually received a proof and were told that the boxes would be sent again at no extra cost, providing that we remove any negative reviews online and on social medias.

Three months later still nothing, it turned out that the boxes were not sent because of missing paperwork that the owner never requested... three months lost again.

Finally the boxes left in August 2016 (at least that's what the owner pretends), it's been 10 months and we are still waiting...

The communication is horrible, a problem that could have been solved in 2 emails with a decent company took us three years, and we didn't even receive our boxes because we think the owner did not bother to send them (we requested paperwork for the shipment but obviously we are never going to get that...).

I do not understand how this company is still running when you look at these reviews.

If you want to see your freight again use a real professional company and not this scam run by an amateur who also had lived in the political sphere and probably knows the right people to keep running his 'business' unpunished.

Do not use Discount freight or any associated business such as:

EASIMAIL

Global Postage Specialists

Global Mail Specialists

Global Mail Solutions

Global Postage Solutions

Direct From Australia

Freight Mates Nsw

Phonebox Card

Discountfreight.com.au

Global Postal Solutions

Global Postage Solutions

Postage Paid Australia

Ambassador Post

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Obelia
Obelia
 

Tries to extort extra money and threats you – I sent a bike to France, and they quoted and accepted it in Melbourne. 18 days later contacted me wanting an additional $140, saying it was bigger than I said. They won't show measurements to even substantiate that. If I don't pay they say I should collect it from Sydney (obviously impossible) and also they will charge me $40/day for storage. … Read more

Obviously this does not reflect their storage costs as I could store 20 of these on a taxibox for $120 a month, or $6 each so they are charging me a whopping 2000% of the cost to them. It is a vulgar extortion.

OZe
OZe2 posts
 

Do not deal with them. They are fake and will charge you without providing any service – They charged us without even taking our luggages. They never returned our money. Do not trust them or you will be deeply disappointed  Show details

MofV
MofV2 posts
 

Discount Freight Thieves and Liars – Sounds like your box is the same as our box. Did you have any purple sandals and Nike shoes in it? Over a year and numerous emails later we are still trying to get our box back. We are back in Australia and maybe this man thinks that people would not be bothered to follow this up but as we are here for 3 months or more this time we will track our… Read more

box down, even if we have to get the Lone Ranger and Tonto involved! Surely this sort of advertising would be relayed back to Australian TV and be a warning to everybody. DON'T USE THEM!!! What a shame for God's given country to have business like that here especially after watching programmes in UK like Wanted Down Under, this man must be the most wanted person around! I would like to add through my own stupidity and trusting in my fellow man failed to investigate or read any of the reviews on this company that were made. To have now read all those reviews everything relates to the excuses this man has given to me and being an "Eastender" will pursue this until this man not only acknowledges me and pays me compensation but everyone else he has ripped off. Cannot believe it! GOOD NEWS!!! We got a full refund from our credit card after them informing us there was a 120 day expiry time but because there had ben a breach of contract and after me saying that consumer programmes in the UK are encouraging payments to be made by credit card they refunded our money. I would suggest that anyone who has paid by credit card should follow this up and hopefully the credit cards will take away that facility from him. Also by contacting those consumer programmes in the UK "Rip off Britain Holidays" BBC TV, "Rogue Traders" BBC TV and "Martin Lewis Money Show" ITV, as these consumer programmes are looing for new material, it will encourage an Australian consumer programme to investigate, stopping this rogue trader. All those who have bothered to log on to this, why not go to all those shipping companies around Australia asking if your goods are with them, explaining the circumstances and asking them to read these reviews. Our box had been sat at the Welshpool depot where we dropped it off for 11 months and after collected by him, disappeared, Maybe once these shipping companies realise what this rogue trader is doing to customers and that they could have items stored by him only for him not to pay them, they will refuse to trade with him. It appears that he has 3 different trading names which are GlobalPS, Discount Freight and Ozepost. He had the cheek to charge us $86 for being 2kg over weight so we will try and impose a $25 surcharge for every email we have sent him when we go to court for the return of our property and compensation. Hot on his trail - the Lone Ranger and Tonto!

April 4th, 2017 Update: Update to MofV

Update. Just thought I'd let you know that although I made enquiries with NSW Fair Trading, this man still maintains he is whiter than white and I suggested to NSW FT that his statement were false particularly to a reference that he that he used TNT to transport goods where they issue a tracking number and Discount Freight cannot supply that tracking number to NSW FT or to me. How unfortunate TNT are doing business with this man although we have learnt that a Perth shipping agent asked him to remove boxes from their Perth depot, including ours, in May 2016 and it wasn't until January 2017 he took notice and removed not only mine but others to wherever we have yet to find out. Stay away from him. Please read my previous warning. Your credit card will refund your money.

May 19th 2017 Update: NSW Fair Trading and Discount Freight from MofV

Good News!!! NSW Fair Trading have actually had a communication from Discount Freight or Ozepost that [name removed] says he has shipped our box and wishes to discuss with us the preparation of clearing our box through the customs in UK. Can you believe this??? Especially as it takes 6 - 8 weeks to send and there I was 10 weeks ago trying to arrange for him to deliver it to the local agent in Perth for us to collect and who had previously asked him to collect all his goods from their warehouse. We even gave him alternate addresses to deliver it to in WA but here it is lucky old us, that is Tonto and the Lone Ranger, but will not hold our breath to see this delivered. How NSW Fair Trading can still accept his excuses is beyond a joke, especially with all the corruption that is going on in NSW with tax fraud and the RSL. We have noticed that [name removed] is maintaining a position as Ozepost pty ltd and not Discount Freight, maybe he wants to lose the reputation so that he can still continue to trade worldwide.

MofV
MofV   

Like to add that we have drafted a letter that we will be sending to all the shipping companies in… Read more

Ang
Ang
 

Doesn't even deserve 1 star- They're thieves!! – They collected my box which was addressed on all sides correctly for uk delivery. 12 months later despite months of emails ph calls, nothing. No box, no apologies just lies and blaming me for box ending up lost. I even had a lawyer try to negotiate them delivering box. They didn't show up.  Show details

Minormagic
MinormagicNSW13 posts
 

Bad dishonest company. Don't get sucked in – First contacted this company in September asking for a quote on shipping a pallet to the uk. Was given a price from the usual person, friendly [name removed], I did not get straight back to them so in a weeks time I was sent an email saying that if I went with them they would discount the price 10%. I called my client in the UK and he agreed to… Read more

the shipping cost.

Being near Sydney myself, I proceeded to organise pickup with [name removed], I told him how the package was packed and I even drove the package to goulburn to the TNT depot there. From there he was to organise pickup and delivery to his depot and then on to the UK.

Well that was 7 weeks ago. The parcel was promised for delivery between 3 to 4 weeks. The parcel was delivered to Goulburn by my wife on the 28 / 10. We have a receipt to say they have accepted the parcel.

Despite countless requests for a tracking number or other evidence the package has left Australia or arrived in the U.K. I have received nothing. My client in the U.K. has been promised emails and phone calls in regard to customs and duty payment options and he has heard nothing.

I send them emails and about 1 in 6 get replied to with all the promises in the world but I get nothing.

I believe this company is fraudulent. He has sent me 2 emails recently making excuses as to why the package has not been delivered. All of them accuse me of causing the delays. Not once has he admitted he is in any way at fault. In his most recent email to me, he wants me to acknowledge his extra work he has done and thank him for it before he will give my parcel any further priority. He has said he will do nothing else including chasing up where it is before I acknowledge his 6 or 7 statements he has made about how much of a great guy he is and how I have caused him so many problems. All of which were never mentioned before I started getting very firm with what information I required of him.

My client payed me for the freight via PayPal. He has now asked PayPal to do an investigation in relation to this freight shipment. I have asked [name removed] to provide me with information. All he has provided me was a Us Airlines waybill. It says the package is 450 kgs. This package is obviously not mine. I sent him the PayPal information request in which they have given me 3 days to provide information or they will find in the buyers favour. He has not responded to any emails since. I have send these to both of his email addresses. There has never been a problem with his emails before but there appears to be a big one now. His phone just goes straight to message bank.

So PayPal have given me until tomorrow to supply them the information. I am obviously never going to get the information. I have asked him to tell me where the freight is and as usual no reply

Please don't anyone else get sucked in with [name removed]' s freight company. It has sucked me and so many other people in only to leave them high and dry

I will now also be contacting fair trading as they need to know about this to.

So now 4 days since I wrote this review I am receiving emails saying how untrue my review is and is threatening me if I don't remove this review. He is still saying the package was sent although no one has had any correspondence from anyone either in the uk or Australia.

I'm just going to let fair trading deal with it

Update 20/12/2016

He is now contacting my customer in the UK trying to cause trouble by saying I'm at fault as it was not packed right or labelled. He is also trying to say that I am being dishonest by putting a false value down in an invoice I sent discount freight in relation to the goods. He is just out of control.

He says now that the package is still at customs yet I have emails from him saying it has cleared customs.

Paypal now has removed the money from my account and given it back to the buyer and rightly so. So now I am left high and dry with no money for the freight and no package. Goodness knows where it is

I will let you know of his next move. I have all emails if anyone would like to see them. I don't know why he is still allowed to operate in Australia. How much money does he need to scam of people before his company is deregistered?

Jane
Jane
  Verified

Theif – Do NOT use this company. I wish I had of read this before as a friend of mine sent this to me. Freight sent in March with delivery promised in 3/4 months. Got an email in August saying freight had arrived in UK now they are saying it is back in Australia as I mis measured my parcels by 2 cm and they want more money. I said forget it I'll get my… Read more

stuff but they said no I can't get it. He has blocked my number after not being able to answer simple questions he gets irate and blames me for the delay.

I have contacted consumer affairs to investigate and I have been informed their is an ongoing investigation already into this company due to past complaints.

This guy is a thief.

Danski
DanskiTasmania2 posts
 

If I could give 0 stars I would. Horrible company. SCAM – I sent a 4 tea chest boxes in a July 2015. After trying to contact them for over a 15months I have gotten nowhere. Last contact was made in May in which I had to sent a letter back for compliance and my stuff would be sent in 10days at no cost. I have even tried to contact to get the location of my belongings to get them picked up by another… Read more

company.

The owner. Takes your money, avoids your calls and emails and complaints and does not care.

Absolutely disgusting. All my memories are gone. Thanks to this company. You will never see your things again.

I don't even want my money back I just want my stuff.

monty perth
monty perth2 posts
 

Lies upon lies. Leopards don't change their spots – This company is a con, you will receive nothing but loss of goods, money and a world of lies. My parcels have been sitting in a dock in my city for 6 months with no contact from DF. They should have arrived OS 2 mths ago. Luckily I knew who they ACTUAL shipping company was and was informed that DF are no longer a customer of theirs nor did DF pay… Read more

the shipping company to ship my item or the parcels of other DF clients. I retrieved my belongings and contacted DF requesting a refund as I have a mountain of evidence against them. The nerve of DF to ask if I wanted to send with them via air at NO EXTRA COST was deplorable, once bitten twice shy! I advised DF that there was a deadline to meet or I would be taking action against them. They obviously thought I was bluffing and even after agreeing to refund my $798 they did not. I have evidence of the fraud committed and will be taking it to the media. In a nutshell, DF are liars and cheats. That is fact and I have proof of it. DO NOT USE THEM OR BELIEVE ANY POSITIVE FEEDBACK as it is simply false. They will take your money, your goods and lie through their teeth. You would think they were run by an ex politician....oh, they are!

Michael
Michael
  Verified

Stay Away, Company is a Fraud – I booked a package to be collected and shipped overseas and the package was never collected. This was after repeated phone calls to Discount Freight to rearrange pick-up times for the package. From what I have read, I was lucky - customers who have actually had their packages collected have not seen them again.

Unhappy
Unhappy
 

Worst company in the history of bad companies – I have dealt with them on numerous occasions and it's never been without problems. The 'sales rep' is exactly what the title says, just after your money. Zero aftercare. Zero help WHEN packages go missing (not if, it's definitely when). If you for some absurd reason read this review and still decide to send you goods with them. Be warned. You… Read more

will never see them again.

I can't believe they're still allowed to operate. How they haven't been shut down is seriously beyond me.

Sandy
Sandy
 

AWFUL! Boxes were sent 7 months ago and still not arrive and nobody will respond to me – I organised for boxes to be shipped last June using seamail and they still haven't arrived. The staff were very arrogant and rude when we were arranging for the boxes to be collected and they left them sitting in my building reception for 4 days and the boss eventually turned up in his car at 10pm to collect them on a Sunday night. Since then they… Read more

won't reply to my messages or phone calls or the online missing delivery enquiry. I still have no idea if the boxes even left the country or where they are now. I have now lodged a complaint with fair trading and requested a refund from my bank to my credit card for the money I paid them.

The_Yolcu
The_Yolcu
 

Borderline Scam run by a Narcissist – Mate, call proper authorities asap and DO NOT be fooled or taken back by his fast-talking, arrogant and It's your fault attitude. I have been dealing with them for a month and got nowhere. I feel fortunate and thank God that even though I have paid some money, my possessions have not gone missing (yet) because they still haven't been able to… Read more

pick them up.

Finding out what the company is about today after some research, I am cancelling the shipment due to their poor business practices and run around I have been given. I am also taking proper legal actions to have my money refunded.

Bill
Bill
 

Discount Freight Is Bad Business - Use Other Services – Discount Freight are BAD! Do not use them! I have sent a box with them 7 months ago to Europe - end of April 2015, and now in December 2015 it still not arrived. Tried to contact them numerous times, and had to wait on the phone just to be told initially that it arrives in 3 month time, then in 5. They seem not to have any clue where the box is.

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