Rejected watermelon load due to damage

@double yellow

 

Have a watermelon sell in a high traffic parking lot!

 

What's Gallagher doin' these days?

 

This is one of the reasons I left reefer and haven't looked back. Grocery receivers refuse crap over stupid stuff, cause you wait forever over the OSD, and half the time they still end up keeping the product.

 

They can't file a claim if they receive the product. Your insurance will (should) say to them - ok, if we are buying 18 boxes of watermelons, then we want them. I have been in same situation before with another product. I told them since I get to pay for them then where can I collect my product? No answer. Don't work with that broker anymore.

 

Also......they may buy them still at a lower price.....

 

That shouldn't have anything to do with you. If they're rejecting the bags, they should absolutely still unload them and get with their vendor about scheduling a truck to pickup the rejected, out of the vendor's pocket. The product is not non-conforming, the packaging seems to be the only issue. Something their vendor should be able to work out with them. (If the issue was not due to you)

 

When I ran reefer, I had a few loads of produce that were partially rejected by a specific consignee in the Cleveland area...it was always a pain and I dreaded delivering there because I knew they were picky about the quality and appearance of the load. I just had to call my dispatch and after a while they would find someone in the area who they could re-consign the remaining product to at a cut-rate. It never cost me anything and I wasn't held liable for the load. I guess it depends on the company you drive for and the circumstances around the load quality.