A plea to the blogosphere from a lady in distress....please find DHL's headquarters!

By Tom Foremski - January 31, 2005

by Tom Foremski for SiliconValleyWatcher.com
(My loyal readers have a mission to fulfill this morning. The first one with the answer wins a special prize and global recognition!)

It is very early in the morning Monday and the phone rings. A young woman's v. british voice says, hi, i'm samantha, am i waking you up? no, not at all, i'm a blogger i keep strange hours. could you help me? you are my last hope i cannot find the address or the phone number of DHL's global headquarters(!)

what do you mean in this day and age of the internet you cannot find DHL's corporate headquarters? i said this is a company that stakes it's reputation on delivering packages to a specific point in space and time yet it can't find itself?

i've tried searching everywhere and even their regional offices don't know the number. i found your article about DHL which was quite good by the way and figured you might know.

i said that wasn't my story it was jochen's but i'm sure my super intelligent geek readers would rise to this challenge especially since silicon valley is known for its ability to tackle some of the world's toughest problems. i can publish the request for help anytime i want, i said. you can? she said sounding very impressed (note to other bloggers). i can publish anytime i want because i'm a blogger.

what's a blogger she said?

i said ideas travel to the east coast in six months and take 12 months to reach where you are sitting. anyway it’s a long story.

dear readers please demonstrate the power of blogging and the blogoshpere and find and publish the address and phone number of DHL's global headquarters in our comments section. samantha promises to write back.




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A good SAM:

DHL/Deutsche Post World Net Office
DHL's Office is based in Bonn, Germany, and is always happy to provide additional information and answer any questions you might have. Telephone, the contact details below. Thank you for your interest in DHL.
Telephone: +49 228 182 9988


I he can't/won't help you, I will stop using DHL forever.

Robert Mintz
DHL Americas
Public Relations Manager
Tel: (206) 830-3185
email: robert.mintz@dhl.com

Keep me posted!