subject: Is There A Fee For Incorrect Shipping Addresses? [print this page] We all make mistakes, and one mistake that we need to watch out for is labeling shipments incorrectly when using a Chicago messenger to move goods. This is an unfortunate occurrence which actually happens fairly often, but we need to be vigilant about trying to catch this mistake before the courier company ever picks up our goods. This is because making this simple mistake can end up costing a great deal of time and money by the time the delivery is actually successfully completed.
There are a number of ways that a mistake like this can easily get made. All it takes is a simple typo when entering an order into an online order entry system, or for someone to mishear something when they are taking an order over the phone for this type of error to occur. When it does, two things are typically going to happen. Your delivery will be late, and you will be charged a fee for labeling the package wrong.
The reason your package will be late is because the courier company is going to have to take time to figure out what went wrong with the delivery. They will see that the address which they have been given is an address which they can't make a delivery too, or they try to deliver it to the wrong address. The time it takes them to sort out the delivery will result in you having a late delivery. In a worst case scenario the package could even be delivered to the wrong address.
When it comes to the cost, the courier company is going to charge you a fee for mistakes of this type which you make. This is because they need to increase their income in order to account for their increased costs on the delivery. Their initial quote to a customer doesn't take into account the time it will take them to sort out a delivery which was labeled improperly.
There are some tools which courier companies include in their web based software which can help you avoid making this type of mistake most of the time. Address verification makes sure that the address that you've entered into an online system is actually a valid American address. Online address books can also help, because once you've entered in an address correctly you can be sure that it is correct when you use the address book to label shipments in the future.
