late delivery charges

Try calling the person you delivered to and see if the broker is telling you the truth. The warehouse may have had to buy more potatoes, but they would have had to anyway after they sold yours. You inconvenienced them, so some charges may be necessary. Try to work out a reasonable charge for their trouble, but not buy there product they would end up purchasing at a later date.

 

Welcome to the world of trucking , your getting off light with the $2 Gs could be a lot more.

They are charging you for the POTATOES they needed when yours did not arrive on time , regardless of " THEY HAD TO BUY MORE AFTER YOURS WERE SOLD " , they needed yours.

Good thing you did not have a load of AUTO PARTS thats BIG $ when the back charge.

And why does it take a week to get an invoice sent , that is your CASH flow and invoicing is done ASAP.

If it was me ( I have been in your shoes ) I would still get in touch with the reciever and verify , BROKERS can make up plenty of LETTERS / CHARGES.

 

Contact the warehouse and tell them you need a receipt for their purchase that states the amount they are charging you. Make sure its the receipt that they got when they bought new potatos.

If you still have to pay, make sure you get a receipt from teh warehouse not the broker. Matter of fact I'd deal direct with the warehouse if possible.

 

If I had to buy potato's I would want the potato's that I was paying for.
So I could sell them to someone else and make some of my money back.

 

In our world if a load was a day late, it could mean a job like a continuous pour requirement, say like bridge or pier pillion's, or High rise building or tower foundations.

On highway 198 Caltrans made them remove one of the bridge supports because the batch plant did not supply concrete a the rate spec'd to meet continuous flow requirements.

Late charges are legitimate in the transportation industry. It is part of why dispatchers are under the gun to keep loads moving. Part of being an O/O is keeping your equipment road worthy.

 

I think they got it figured out.
8yrs ago.

 

Late loads can go away once appointments are made with enough room to accomodate the necessary time to get there including a cushion for problems.