paloma91
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posted on June 30, 2003 09:13:33 AM new
I have a buyer who wants to use his airborne account to have the item shipped to him in the US. He is offering to send the label along with his money order. Are there any ramifications shipping this way? Anything I should look out for? I can't see any problems but I want to run it by everyone to be sure.
Thanks ahead of time for your help
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sanmar
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posted on June 30, 2003 09:28:46 AM new
I see nothing wrong with this, Airborne is no different than UPS or FEdEx.
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stopwhining
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posted on June 30, 2003 09:34:37 AM new
since he is sending you a money order for the item,you are okay there.
the only problem i see is that the airborne account is not his??or could be his employer and if it starts auditing its airborne bill and dont know who you are??
ask him if this account is his or his employers??
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yisgood
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posted on June 30, 2003 09:42:55 AM new
I did see some posts in the past where a month or so later, the bill was refused and the seller ended up paying the freight. Check with airborne if this can happen.
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on June 30, 2003 10:50:12 AM new
Paloma: Don't do it. If he doesn't pay his Airborne bill, you're on the hook.
Not to mention that Airborne (which I have used for the past year) has dreadful service. They delivered one package of mine to the wrong address. Fortunately the recipient was honest and contacted me!
I told the story recently of the incorrect zip code that Airborne "corrected"...so it was wrong again!
If you do decide to go this route, the Airborne depot is on E. Bayshore Road between Marsh and Seaport Blvd.
I am not hotcupoftea on Vendio.
[ edited by fluffythewondercat on Jun 30, 2003 10:50 AM ]
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stopwhining
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posted on June 30, 2003 11:21:21 AM new
a friend of mine deals in electronic components and parts worldwide and often the customer will ask for samples.
everyone knows fedexp air is the way to go,but fed exp air intl is very expensive ,customers dont have to buy after receiving samples.
so she decides to charge the customer fed exp account for shipping them these samples.
some agree and some never give her the consent.
but she did it anyway,figured big companies dont care and dont check.
well,time is tough and more companies are checking their bills and when they see these bills from her that they never agree to pick up the tab,they throw the bill back to fed exp which in turn throw it back into her account.
Paloma,
ask him if this is his own personal account or his employer account,if it is not much saving,why dont you ask him to include the shipping fee in the money order??
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lindajean
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posted on June 30, 2003 11:23:25 AM new
I haven't used Airborne for this, but a customer did buy a large box of lp's from me and used his UPS account. The UPS guy showed up with a label in hand, picked up the box, I signed it was picked up and that was that. Since it weighed over 50 pounds I was very glad he wanted it shipped that way.
I know when I used to use Airborne for our business mail I would forever receive bills where something I had taken in and they weighed it at 2 pounds would come back billed to me as 15 or 19 or some other totally wrong weight. I had to quit using them as they "reserve" the right to make changes if the amount is incorrect.
I was only mailing documents and how much can 100 or less sheets of paper really weigh? I mail daily but they continued to argue with me each and every week. Finally I received one bill that showed that days envelope weighed 27 pounds. This is a regular envelope, not a box, and I said that was enough. I now use DHL.
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nanntique
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posted on June 30, 2003 11:25:39 AM new
CAUTION -
This has been one of those not too much heard about scams. The Seller is at risk in this situation, from what I remember in numerous ways. Not only for unpaid freight charges, but also Airbourne service charges, and non-delivery status. I think I remember everything correctly.
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AuctionAce
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posted on June 30, 2003 02:21:15 PM new
Don't do it. The old threads here on the subject will scare the beejezus out of you with the horror stories of things gone wrong.
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CBlev65252
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posted on June 30, 2003 04:29:03 PM new
I have to agree with nanntique and auctionace on this one. The thread on this subject was quite frightening. Not only can this person not pay his bill and you are stuck with it, he can say he never received the item. You get stuck both ways. It's a shame that the actions of a few have ruined it for just about everyone else. But, there you have it.
Cheryl
My religion is simple, my religion is kindness.
--Dalai Llama
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horsey88
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posted on June 30, 2003 04:30:08 PM new
Relax folks everyone is running around in a panic without thinking. If the buyer sends a pickup label there is no way the seller can be charged for the freight.
I am guessing that most of the "don't do it" advice might be based on the possibility of losing out on the shipping profit most sellers live on.
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CBlev65252
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posted on June 30, 2003 04:35:28 PM new
That's a bunch of patooey horsey88. These air bills are NOT prepaid in most cases. If they cannot collect from the buyer, they will collect from the seller. Someone please find that other thread if you can. I'm not sure how to search for old threads. To assume we try to make money off of shipping is a bunch of garbage and I don't think too many sellers here are going to appreciate your accusationary comment. (I know, according to the spell check I made up a word. Impressive ain't it?) 
Cheryl
My religion is simple, my religion is kindness.
--Dalai Llama
[ edited by CBlev65252 on Jun 30, 2003 04:35 PM ]
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sapington
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posted on June 30, 2003 06:00:42 PM new
All you have to do is make them put the address of the closest airborne facility on the label for a return address and just dump it in a collection box. If they don't put your name or address anywhere on it then there is no way they can bill you.
Even if you would just use there account and bill third party, I doubt there is any more risk than accepting a credit card payment. (the shipping company isn't going to let refuse to pay more than a few times before they dump them)
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davebraun
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posted on June 30, 2003 06:07:35 PM new
I had the same offer and I passed on it. Not worth the time and bother for a small amount.
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AuctionAce
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posted on June 30, 2003 07:34:06 PM new
Here's one of the threads
http://www.vendio.com/mesg/read.html?num=2&id=488798&thread=488745
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horsey88
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posted on June 30, 2003 08:41:53 PM new
I repeat...If ANYONE sends a call tag there is no way I can be charged for the shipmment....You folks are mixing up the apples with the oranges.
If I ship the item with a cahrge to someone's account that's apples. If the shipment is originated by the other person that's oranges.
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horsey88
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posted on June 30, 2003 08:49:11 PM new
CBlev65252..You are informally misinformed...."I have a buyer who wants to use his airborne account to have the item shipped to him in the US. He is offering to send the label along with his money order..Are there any ramifications shipping this way?."
Answer:Absolutely none
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horsey88
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posted on June 30, 2003 08:54:59 PM new
I do it all the time. Buy a package over the internet in Georgia. Create a shipment (label) using my UPS account drop the label in the mail to the folks down south. The shipment shows as pending and is even included in my day's package totals. They slap MY UPS label on the package. UPS scans the package it gets charged to my account immediatley. There is no way in hell that the other party can be held liable for MY shipment.
[ edited by horsey88 on Jun 30, 2003 09:02 PM ]
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akmcmc1
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posted on June 30, 2003 09:01:20 PM new
I have to agree with sapington and horsey, I've done this before. The key is to make sure the sender's address is in both spots. There's no way in hades they can track that back to you. I've just dropped them in the box, and not worried about them again.
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maggielane
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posted on July 1, 2003 06:57:44 AM new
If you get a "Call Tag" you are off the hook. This is brought to you by the Air Borne, (Fedex, or UPS) driver. You then put this label on the box and they take it with them.
The problem with using an account number is that they will not ship without your credit card number. We had a customer do a charge back on a $500 freight bill they agreed to pick up with their Fedex account number.
I am not as familiar with airborne. And now that I think of it I have shipped stuff back to companies using airborne labels that they mailed to me. If you do not have to enter a credit card number you should be fine.
"For I know the plans I have for you." says the Lord. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope." - Jeremiah 29:11
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