Couriers That Offer A COD Service

soolin

hermum wrote: »

Have you googled, as there are several that say they do but you may need an account to use them.
I would probably be putting the onus back onto the director & advising that it has to removed by a certain day or you will have no option but to dispose of the stuff.
How far does it have to go, is it the same town-city as you? If so you could look for a man & van locally.

I'm not surprised at all. A trades person needs money and I can see a great many occasions where something is transported some distance only to be refused the other end or for excuses why they can't have their cash.

I certainly wouldn't transport items any distance on the promise of cash the other end.

Hammyman

stormy-weathers wrote: »

Hi

Thanks for this but it wouldn't work as you have to pay something
straight away.I'm looking for a courier to collect and do COD
on delivery.Didn't think it would be so hard to find a company/courier who could do this.

Are you on another planet? So you expect someone to collect a van full of gear, transport it 200 miles and only accept payment for the job at the other end once they've actually transported the goods? I sure as hell wouldn't transport something 200 miles unless I'd been paid first. Depending on where they're based, you could end up loading up the van for an hour or two, trundling 200 miles up the road only to find you're not getting paid, now have a van full of stuff you've got to get rid of, a van you can't use whilst its full of this stuff and a 200 mile journey back - all out of your own pocket.

And be paid by cheque as well?

Stuff that.

Hammyman

TUS wrote: »

This company state that they offer COD services:

http://www.roadrider.com/services.html

COD as in you PAY them to take something, they take the payment for the goods that you've sent and then send the money to you. They charge for the transporting part up front.

PoorCharleyBear

surely if the director does not want to take responsibility, the other option is to tell him to collect it by xx, or it will have to go to the dump. Harsh but he is being very unfair

hermum

soolin wrote: »

I'm not surprised at all. A trades person needs money and I can see a great many occasions where something is transported some distance only to be refused the other end or for excuses why they can't have their cash.

I certainly wouldn't transport items any distance on the promise of cash the other end.

I certainly wouldn't be doing it without the money upfront, not that I'm a courier. I have had large items delivered where I've paid on drop off but it was a company I had used a few times.
It sounds as if it's a lot of stuff.

stormy-weathers

I agree after much thought and various emails to the director
i have now said that when i leave the address i can not take
the items with me so if he dosen't arrange for the items to be collected then they will need to be disposed of or givien away
I have also explained to him that the items cost the charity
thousands of pounds and it would be a shame if this happened
but i have no alternative.

hermum wrote: »

Have you googled, as there are several that say they do but you may need an account to use them.
I would probably be putting the onus back onto the director & advising that it has to removed by a certain day or you will have no option but to dispose of the stuff.
How far does it have to go, is it the same town-city as you? If so you could look for a man & van locally.

stormy-weathers

Unfortunately i live in London and the director is outside of London
The items would not fit in a cab otherwise this would have been a good option

martindow wrote: »

Do you need to deliver it locally? If so you could put these things in a cab and get the recipient to pay the driver.

stormy-weathers

Yes the director has given me his address but he lives outside of London and i don't drive.the items wouldn't fit in a car.
I've given alot of time to the organisation and it's a shame that the director is not working with me to resolve this.

Hammyman wrote: »

Do you have the directors address? If so, fill up your car, take it round his house and dump it on his doorstep then tell him to shove his organisation up his backside.

stormy-weathers

Yes this is what i have decided to do,there seems little option.
The charity paid thousands of pounds for the items so it is a shame,but i think i have spent too much time caring about the
charity and perhaps have got to now accept that if the director is not interested in getting the items collected then that is a decison he has made and there is little else i can do.
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PoorCharleyBear wrote: »

surely if the director does not want to take responsibility, the other option is to tell him to collect it by xx, or it will have to go to the dump. Harsh but he is being very unfair

hermum

You'd think that the director would do all he can to sort this out for you. Just the sort of crap you could do without when you're moving house. I hope that you can get it sorted out.