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 BO DEREK AUTOGRAPHED PICTURE PROOF ORIGINAL AUTHENTIC VINTAGE 1980 RARE US $24.99
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 MICHAEL DOUGLAS AUTOGRAPHED BASIC INSTINCT MOVIE PROOF ORIGINAL RARE US $19.99
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 STEVEN SPIELBERG AUTOGRAPHED MAGAZINE PROOF ORIGINAL AUTHENTIC RARE US $35.99
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 BRUNO MARS HAND SIGNED 8X10 COLOR PHOTO COA VIDEO PROOF RARE US $150.00
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 MICHAEL JACKSON RARE AUTOGRAPHED 8X10 "SMOOTH CRIMINAL" PHOTO W/ PROOF 2009 US $499.99
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 Geoffrey Arend Signed Body of Proof 8x10 Promo Photo RARE US $33.00
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 Geoffrey Arend Signed Body of Proof 8x10 Photo RARE US $33.00
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 Geoffrey Arend Signed Body of Proof 'Ethan Gross' 8x10 Photo RARE US $33.00
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 TIM MCGRAW SIGNED NEW! *RARE* COUNTRY MUSIC 10" REMO DRUMHEAD W/PROOF COA US $244.98
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 FOO FIGHTERS SIGNED Medium Rare Record Store Day PROOF US $499.95
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 JEFF LYNNE SIGNED 7" SINGLE ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA CALLING AMERICA RARE PROOF US $249.99
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 Miranda Lambert Signed Autographed Microphone Country Rare Exact Proof US $199.99
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 Warren Beatty Rare! signed 8x10 PSA/DNA PROOF!! US $90.00
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 Foster the People signed Torches 8x10 Photo W/exact Proof COA RARE Autograph US $99.99
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Rare Proof
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Getting Proof Of Delivery (Pod) When Working As A Courier
The actual "Proof of Delivery" is made up of three pieces of information, provided by the recipient:
The actual signature.
The printed name.
The time signed for.
The "actual signature" is very rarely needed except if something goes to court, when you'll be pleased you got one, and that you kept the paper sheet filed safely.
The "printed name" and the "time signed for" are the two bits of information that you'll be asked for time and time again, so might as well pass them on to the controller as soon as you've received them.
This is just as important as keeping in touch with the controller. It is absolutely central to the service offered to the customer by the courier company – an immediate collection and delivery service with a guaranteed proof of delivery for every job. If you fail to get a POD for a job then as a result of your actions the courier company is failing the customer.
There are certain circumstances in which it is simply not possible for you to get a POD. You may be delivering to a private address and arrive to find no one in, for example. Procedures vary between courier companies, so check with your controller, but generally courier companies insist that you contact their office for instructions before posting the package (if small enough) or leaving it with a neighbour (if it's too large to post through the letterbox). Never assume that it's ok to do anything without specific instructions. The kind of thing that goes wrong here, is that you post it through the letterbox, it turns out to be the wrong letterbox, and you can't get it back for some reason. If you didn't check with your controller, that kind of thing will be your fault.
Now information on PODs in detail:
A POD sheet usually includes:
full pick-up address;
full delivery address;
the person's signature;
the person's name printed (it must be readable, as it's usually the name
you'll be asked for, not the way the signature looks);
the time at which the person signed.
number of packages if more than one.
waiting/loading time details.
The address details must include the sender's addresses, name, company name, street and town or postcode.
If just one of these elements is missing it is not a complete POD sheet, and you could find yourself being asked for information later that you can't provide.
In practice what often happens is that the person in receipt of the consignment will scribble something illegible on your sheet, possibly in the wrong place, and hand it back. The easiest way to resolve this is to ask their name (they may even have a name-badge) and print it for them along with the current time (use the 24 hour clock) and date.
If they complete all parts of the POD, make sure to check that you can read their printed name and that the time is about right - its no use to you having all the info if it is unreadable or incorrect, and you only discover this when you're 50 miles down the road.
Most courier companies insist that you use their POD sheets. It's worth having some blank ones of your own to use in emergencies, especially if you're working for more than one courier company.
POD sheets should be kept in a safe place, in an order that allows you to look them up quickly. File them, preferably at the end of each day or at the beginning of the next in the POD file in the courier company's office, or at your home or office. Scanning them can help, to make emailing them easier.
The POD sheets are your only proof to the courier company's customer that the job has been done and therefore also your only guarantee of payment. Keep all your POD sheets for at least 12 months, giving the courier company time to request copy PODs from you, and for you to check your pay advice. However odd it may seem, don't be at all surprised to be asked to produce a POD sheet months after you've completed the job.
POD information is often about two months after the job when the invoice is being queried by the customer.
It is sometimes tempting to think "I gave it to the nice lady who is always on reception, so that's ok", and not insisting on a proper signature, especially if you deliver there regularly. But nice ladies on reception have a habit of lying through their teeth when they are looking for someone else to blame when a parcel has gone missing from reception. So cover yourself every time; get a really good POD every time, and file it carefully.
Nowadays technology is available to capture signatures on pda devices, for instant download so they can be displayed online. This technology is widely used by the big parcel carriers, though less widely at present by the sameday ‘rush' courier market. This is probably due to the high capital cost historically of the devices. Recently, online versions have become available at very low cost, using standard ‘smartphone' cellphones, without the need for special software. An example of this available for use worldwide on mtvan.
© 2010 Tim Gilbert – All rights reserved.
About the Author
Tim has run regular training courses on setting up small courier businesses, and has written Tony's Guide to the Courier Industry on the subject.
Tim Gilbert is the founder of the web design agency Tiriazo Technology, specialising in design and search engine optimisation of business websites.
He is an internet entrepreneur, focussing on how the internet can bring greater efficiency and extra revenue to service businesses. Currently working on an exciting project for the courier industry, featuring a freight exchange with a social networking newsfeed for the courier operator worldwide, and an end-user price comparison website for the courier and parcel shipper. (see www.mtvan.com and www.deliverysupermarket.com)
Tim Gilbert is a business coach and motivational speaker.
He has a history of adventure flying in helicopters. (search for "Tim Gilbert helicopter" on YouTube).
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Frequently Asked Questions...
Rare snowfall and record cold levels, proof of GLOBAL WARMING?
Lousiana, Mississippi and Texas have rare snow. Record cold in Pacific Northwest. Massive Eastern Seaborn storm brings record cold and snow and ice. And this is just in the USA!
Europe is unseasonably cool. Many parts of the world reporting cold temperatures. This summer was one of the most mild on record.
I'm a reasonable person. I look around and consider the facts.
GLOBAL WARMING IS A SHAM!
Answer:
Here I thought it would take at least another 5 or 10 years to show it's all a bag of BS. For all the AGW believers and promoters, why is it, that all the documentaries, climate models, videos, papers, essays all show the entire globe getting hot, NOT ONCE, have I seen anything show a cooling anywhere, and I have watched and debunked or explained just about everyone. Also, why do you fools keep on with the "proof". If there was "proof" it would cease to be a "theory". Every time you say "proof" you are doing yourselves no favours, as you are already LYING. So how can we even attempt to believe any of your further drivel.
First it was cooling, now it's warming, sound like to story of the boy who cried wolf. Soon no-one is going to believe anything the scientists have to say, then one day it may really bite us in the bottom.
Scientists, stop grubbing for money and funding, perpetuating half truths and unproven theories. It does absolutely nothing for your credibility or your profession.
Politicians, stop the scaremongering in order to tax us even more, you greedy, lying, fcuking wastes of skin. Oxygen thieving bastards.
