Postal services have been allowing people to send everything they need for their loved ones and friends in parcels for many years. A person pays money, and after a while his package arrives at its destination. However, there are situations when it is necessary for the addressee to pay for postage. The question arises: cash on delivery - how is it? What is this service and how to use it, you will learn from this publication.
Let's first specifically understand what it is. Cash on delivery - a type of transfer between the objects of the post office, in which it collects from the recipient a set amount of money for the parcel, after receiving which it returns the costs to the sender. Simply put, sending a parcel cash on delivery is like instructing the post office to oblige the person who should receive it to pay for the parcel. Only by fulfilling this obligation will he acquire the necessarycargo.
How to send cash on delivery?
First of all, you need to determine the cost of the object being sent, as it affects the amount of insurance and the total cost. When everything is resolved with this issue, go to the post office. There you will need to buy a package with a place to fill in the address of the recipient and the sender.
You will also need to take the appropriate forms (two copies for the parcel and one for the postal order), fill them out and indicate the amount of payment. In the corresponding fields to be filled in, the bank details or the sender's address are entered, depending on the method of receiving money: postal order or to a current account. One form should be put in the parcel, and the other should be kept for yourself. The cost of cash on delivery, as well as the distance to the destination, affect all postage costs. When your parcel is accepted and the costs paid, the operator is obliged to issue a receipt. Keep it until you receive the money order.
Is cash on delivery secure?
This is how to say… There is no 100% guarantee of a successful transaction. There is a risk that during the transportation of the parcel the recipient will simply change his mind or he may have financial difficulties due to which he will not be able to pay for it. It may happen that the addressee does not receive a notification, forgets about the parcel, or other circumstances interfere with it. In this case, the cargo will be sent back, but the money spent on mail services will notwill return. The disadvantage is that even if the parcel arrives successfully and is paid for, the funds go to the sender's account for quite a long time (several weeks).
If more efficient work is required, then transporting parcels by cash on delivery is, as it were, not very profitable. Another small inconvenience is a repeated visit to the post office to receive money from the recipient.
It should be noted that the advantage of this service for the addressee is reliability. After all, he pays after he received the parcel and, if desired, examined its contents. The disadvantage for him is an overpayment for the amount of sending a money transfer.
