Post dated COD's

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Was worse when we had cash cod 's

...and your route included the county fair...

 

[BSWALKS]

...and your route included the county fair...

The worst

 

[Rack em]

The worst

I've heard stories from a few of the older drivers in our center about when they would accept cash for COD's. They said the would have tons of COD's for the country fair and walk out some days with over $10,000 in cash in their pockets. They said their very next stop was to a bank to get a cashier's check because it was too scary walking around with that much money.

 

[WorknLateHuh]

Don't get any ideas, but if a check is less than 3 to 4 dollars short the majority of the time they will eat the difference.

It costs more for the COD dept to follow up on the discrepancy than to just eat it. I've seen it happen a few times. sorry... a lil off topic there

 

[WorknLateHuh]

Can you get disciplined if the customer only has cash, and the driver offers to write a personal check in exchange for the money? (as long as it's not cashier's only). I don't see how this would be a problem. I mean... they are getting paid.

 

[PASinterference]

Can you get disciplined if the customer only has cash, and the driver offers to write a personal check in exchange for the money? (as long as it's not cashier's only). I don't see how this would be a problem. I mean... they are getting paid.

The problem is that if you do it once, they will expect to do it every time. It will get old quick.

 

[Covemastah]

Cash cods,,, brought many a foolish drivers down ,, you never messed with cod money if you wanted to keep the job!!

 

[Savvy412]

I lie and say I only take a money order lol

 

[Covemastah]

When a customer pi ssed me off , I would check off the cash only box on the old tags ,, lol

 

[Keenj]

Who the heck gets COD's anymore?

On my route

3 different Hair salons, chick clothing places, a smoke shop, a music shop and a muffler shop.

None of them ever have a check ready except one hair salon. The music shop is pretty much an everyday thing and they still can't get their sh** together and have a check ready.
The smoke shop never has their checkbook until the third attempt.

That's why I'm adamant about ending CODs. It's a freaking hassle and there's no reason why this is still practiced in a day and age of instant funds transfers like credit/debit cards or PayPal.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Don't get any ideas, but if a check is less than 3 to 4 dollars short the majority of the time they will eat the difference.

It costs more for the COD dept to follow up on the discrepancy than to just eat it. I've seen it happen a few times. sorry... a lil off topic there

When we accepted cash we could be plus/minus 99 cents.

We can accept checks of any amount greater than the COD amount.

We cannot accept checks of any amount less than the COD amount.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Can you get disciplined if the customer only has cash, and the driver offers to write a personal check in exchange for the money? (as long as it's not cashier's only). I don't see how this would be a problem. I mean... they are getting paid.

Can you be disciplined? No, but....

The problem is that if you do it once, they will expect to do it every time. It will get old quick.

This.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Cash cods,,, brought many a foolish drivers down ,, you never messed with cod money if you wanted to keep the job!!

We lost a couple of drivers this way. One had a gambling problem and over time kept roughly $16K for himself.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

I've heard stories from a few of the older drivers in our center about when they would accept cash for COD's. They said the would have tons of COD's for the country fair and walk out some days with over $10,000 in cash in their pockets. They said their very next stop was to a bank to get a cashier's check because it was too scary walking around with that much money.

We were told to do this if we had $5K or more in cash and, yes, we were also told to deduct the cost of the money order from our cash totals. We were also told to use that money to buy windshield washer fluid, dry gas or whatever minor things that could not wait until we got back to the center and to include the receipt with our COD tags.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

I lie and say I only take a money order lol

You need to be careful as it would take just one call from the consignee to the shipper to reveal your lie. The next call would be to the toll free number.

 

[Covemastah]

ouch

We lost a couple of drivers this way. One had a gambling problem and over time kept roughly $16K for himself.

 

[DOK]

What about a check that is dated correctly but in the comments the customer writes do not deposit until blah blah blah date?

No

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

ouch

Ironically he is now a NYS Court Officer.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

No

You can accept---the comments in the memo will be ignored.