You most certainly DON’T have a right not to pay if the driver can’t provide a POD. The only time you may have a right not to pay is if the driver couldn’t provide a POD AND the consignee claimed that the goods hadn’t been delivered. Even then, if the driver could show ‘in the balance of probability’ that the goods had been delivered then you’d have no right to withhold payment.
Posted under Courier Basics, Late Payment
Posted by Alec at 12:02 pm, May 14, 2008
CMR regulations just stipulate “three original copies”. That doesn’t mean that the notes themselves have to be purchased in NCR sets or whatever, it just means that you can’t use, for example, two faxed copies of the first page. I’ve seen CMRs printed off a laser printer with all the consignment details completed.
Despite the usual received wisdom there’s no requirement to use ‘a CMR note’ at all, just a consignment note that supplies the details as listed in the CMR regulations. There’s no legal requirement that the notes have to be of a particular format. I’d imagine that it makes it a bit easier when dealing with foreign officials if you use standard notes, but there’s no legal requirement to do so.
I’ve put a link to the IRU standard CMR note here.
Posted under Courier Basics
Posted by Alec at 7:50 am, May 10, 2008
He instructed their DRIVER to return the POD after the contract had been formed with his employer, therefore returning the POD wasn’t part of the contractual agreement.
Maybe ask them if you can speak to the driver and find out what he did with the paperwork?
Posted under Courier Basics
Posted by Alec at 5:19 pm, May 9, 2008
If you’re not inspecting the vans on a daily basis and the drivers aren’t signing a vehicle defect sheet every day then you’re laying yourself wide open if they were to have a maintenance related accident.
If he has been filling in a damage/defect sheet and he’s not mentioned the damage then it’s presumably gross misconduct anyway, so no notice needed.
This is one of the reasons why you’re meant to give them a written statement of their employment particulars within 2 months of them starting. It protects the company as well as the employee.
Posted under Employment
Posted by Alec at 4:05 pm, May 9, 2008
I was under the impression that speeding fines can be enforced/collected from anywhere in the EU now. Maybe I imagined that though.
Posted under Speeding, Tolls, Charges & Fines
Posted by Alec at 11:41 am, May 9, 2008
“There are currently no fees to join Shiply and no listing, transaction or success fees for users. SP’s are currently not charged any sign up fees, monthly fees or bid placement fees. SP’s are charged a success fee based upon a tiered percentage of their accepted bid price. The tiered fee structure is as follows: 9.9% of the price from £0.01-£150.00, with a minimum fee of £6.00; 7.9% of the price from £150.01-£350.00; 5.9% of the price from £350.01-£1,000.00; and 3.9% of the price for any amount over £1000.01. Please see the table below for the tiered breakdown for this example:”
So the shipper pays Shitly a ‘deposit’ which is equal to the ‘success fee’ then the ‘service provider’ (you) has to collect your payment from the shipper.
So basically they’re offering to match you up with a load of ebay punters wanting sh*te moving for peanuts in return for a 10% payment.
Posted under Courier and Freight Exchanges
Posted by Alec at 9:05 am, May 8, 2008
As it was posted as a backload maybe they thought that the mileage was totally irrelevant?
If you’ve dropped in Glasgow and you’re heading back to London what difference does it make to you whether the backload you’re bidding on is going to Carlisle or to Warrington?
I’d never heard of anyone charging a mileage rate for backloads until I joined our courier ‘Network’, it’s just bizarre and illogical.
Posted under Courier and Freight Exchanges, Courier Basics
Posted by Alec at 7:16 am, May 3, 2008