ups question

[back alley]

yesterday i found my yashicamat waiting for me at the door when i arrived home.
i eagerly opened the box and started to play.

later on i noticed what looked like a packing slip attached the the box. after removing it and looking it over, it seems to be an invoice from ups.
the box also had 'cod' all over it, 'to be collected before delivery'.

anyone know what i should be expecting? the seller did not pay this up front and no one paid it before delivery at my place.

will there a very large man waiting for me someday, wanting to be paid, NOW!!


joe

 

[rover]

Maybe he/she reused a box. The prior delivery could have been COD?

 

[rover]

Hey🙂

Increase speed if you see a brown truck in your rear view mirror. 😀

ManGo

You can't outrun the Brown Truck, Dale Jarrett being the driver and all. 😉

 

[back alley]

Maybe he/she reused a box. The prior delivery could have been COD?

doubtful. the 'invoice' had my name on it, the camera and price and the broker fee.

weird...

joe

 

[BJ Bignell]

It's karma, making restitution for all the times your packages from the US took too damn long.

 

[Doug]

I don't have much experience with COD, but I believe the shipper "collects on delivery" and then ships the payment to the sender. If the shipper collects but loses the payment, I expect they'd have to make it up to the sender. If the shipper fails to collect, and this should be reflected in the records, I don't know whether they're still liable to the sender, or if the sender then sends a bill to the buyer. If the former, then that's an incentive for the shipper to make sure to collect!

That might have been what happened to you, Joe... Had you paid fully for the Yashica? What does the packing slip say the contents should be?

I bought a Canon copier, and chose COD as an incentive for the NYC seller to ship without delay, paying 10% up front. When the freight company truck arrived with it, I had payment ready for the balance, but the driver had no COD instructions and just dropped it off. The seller's sales line is toll-free, but not the customer service line... I phoned the bookkeeper twice with no invoice resulting, so finally let it go. It's been my "lucky copier" that way, as years later it got a thorough rebuild with no repair invoice. 🙂

 

[back alley]

it wasn't a cod for paying the seller. i had paid in full plus shipping.
this looked like a cod for the broker's fee, what ups was charging for their service to accept & deliver a parcel across the border.

joe

 

[mjm6]

Joe,

I've had UPS deliver with brokerage fees before, and they have never done it as a COD. They send an invoice out for the amount. However, since you are in Canada, they may do things a little differently up there.

I would expect to see a bill from them in the next month or so, just when you've forgotten about it, or may think you got away without paying the fees.


---Michael

 

[Poptart]

That was the Canadian Overland Dispatch fee. There will be Mounties arriving shortly with a tin cup to collect. Daddy needs new horseshoes--make that cup jangle!

 

[FrankS]

Joe,

I've had UPS deliver with brokerage fees before, and they have never done it as a COD. They send an invoice out for the amount. However, since you are in Canada, they may do things a little differently up there.

I would expect to see a bill from them in the next month or so, just when you've forgotten about it, or may think you got away without paying the fees.


---Michael

Yep! What Michael said.

 

[back alley]

that would be kind of a silly way to go about it.
no one signed for the package. are they thinking that my inherent goodness nd honesty will prove forward and make me pay the bill?

they have no proof that i ever received it.
seems so bloody odd.

joe

 

[Sonnar Brian]

If it was customs, or something like that, expect a bill to arrive.

 

[back alley]

not customs, i don't think. they also usually collect up front before they let you have the package.

it said broker's fees.

guess i'll find out...or maybe not🙂 hope not...

joe

 

[Little Prince]

I've had brokerage fees mailed to me as an invoice around 10 days after receiving shipment. I had no prior idea I would be paying any fees. I have ranted about this before on this board. I never paid. Still waiting to see if there is a reminder. It's been months now.

 

[back alley]

i'm looking over the 2 pages left with the box.

top line says - ups brokerage cod

further down in larger letters - ups driver collect this amount ---

this is the customer copy.

anand, let me know if any large men show up looking for cash 😉

joe

 

[JoeFriday]

Seriously. I've never known a UPS C.O.D. package to be left, with out being paid for.

maybe the box was ticking when it was delivered

 

[JohnM]

I've shipped UPS to Canada before - I was required to put a bill of sale in with the parcel and also have one attached to the outside of the box in a pouch. That is probably what it is and there is no money due - any COD information would have been made available to the driver in the barcode on the shipping label.

 

[back alley]

yes, there was one inside also.

that would be great if there were no request for further funds in the future.
(say that 3 times fast)

joe