subject: Can I Estimate The Weight Of My Shipment When Scheduling A Pickup? Yes, And Save Money! [print this page] NJ courier services want to do everything we can for our customers, making all of our delivery transactions with you hassle free. However, we recognize there are some areas of the business where you need a hand. One of these is estimating package weight, which is a terrific idea for anybody running a business that depends largely on deliveries.
Estimating package weight is one of those elements of business overhead that anyone running a corporation will want to know, to the penny and to the ounce, because knowing what certain packages will cost to ship dramatically increases the bottom line profit, if the company figures the expense as a part of normal business.
Most businesses will budget as closely as possible anyway, and estimating package weight (while NJ courier services can certainly do it for you) may mean valuable savings. Not that we would charge anything for the service beyond the nominal fee, but most budgets are more successful if all the contingencies are allowed for at once.
By the way, guess on the heavier side of the estimate, if you are going to guess at all. To overestimate a delivery fee is far better than to underestimate, as anyone who has ever tried to talk to a business accountant realizes. Again, the profit margin is usually far higher if a delivery, or a series of them, or a project that depends entirely upon them, is estimated at more than it ultimately costs. Bosses tend to smile upon employees who save them cash.
There is another reason to overestimate. If a package fee has been paid already (and if you have a steady and regular account with a courier, that is highly probable), and that fee is too little, you may be subject to a surcharge that makes up the difference, plus any additional expenses the underestimate gave to the courier. That is standard operating procedure throughout the business world, and it just makes good sense to realize it may happen, and guess heavy.
Finally, an overestimate means that the shipment will never be a greater expense to the courier. Some businesses, if the actual delivery charge is not covered, must receive the difference in fees before they can complete the delivery (dislikeable, but policy). And an unforeseen late delivery is disastrous for a business trying to please their customers.
So, when guessing weight, always guess above and beyond. It makes it that much easier for your courier to go above and beyond in his deliveries for you.
