The FedEx Unauthorized Package Charge is a fee rarely seen by shippers, but when it appears, a shipper will take action immediately! FedEx recently announced general changes to surcharges on unauthorized shipments that require additional handling. Generally, FedEx announces these fee increases in September each year, which go into effect…
Many shippers notice a UPS Additional Handling charge on their UPS invoice and wonder what it is and why it is so expensive. Additional handling charges are an added fee because the package did not conform to UPS’s characteristics. UPS service centers must treat the box differently than the rest….
In 2011, United Parcel Service began charging more to handle oversized packages. Over maximum limit packages are heavier or larger than average, therefore costing UPS more internally to process. They are passing on the cost to the shippers and making more profit. How much is the UPS over maximum charge?…
UPS Saturday delivery is expanding! The carrier will now deliver ground with time-in-transit of 1 to 3 days and 3-day select residential packages on Saturday. Standard Saturday delivery applies for delivery to the top 100 metro areas. UPS express, and international deliveries have been available on Saturdays for many years….
Refund Retriever is joining FotoZoomer and RS Associates for Print & Ship Symposium in Las Vegas from March 18-19. All matters are covered from print operations, print management software, shipping prep, point of sale entry, accounting, production techniques, hardware care and more marketing than most people can handle. Join us…
Refund Retriever has teamed up with Freight Cowboy to make LTL and truckload freight as easy as shipping a FedEx or UPS package. In just a few easy steps you can see a savings of 15-25% off your current rates by assessing our negotiated contract rates based on a billion…
As your business grows, so should freight costs. Above-average increases in freight costs could indicate your expenses are cutting into your bottom line. When freight spending becomes a large percentage of total revenue, it has a negative impact overall. Refund Retriever is proud to introduce Freight Retriever. Our new…
We deal with FedEx and UPS all day, every day. But we never actually ship anything out. The cost of transportation impact is huge for our customers. What would be cheaper? USPS, FedEx, or UPS? We went to the post office and got a few priority mail Tyvek envelopes. We…
Sales tax is one of those necessary business tasks that can be a little daunting at first. At TaxJar, we live and breathe sales tax and have distilled the process into six things you absolutely must know. If questions have sales tax have ever nagged you in the back of…
A few years ago, the Houston Chronicle published an article about us by Sandra Bretting. You can find it in Sunday’s paper’s Business section, page D4. Or read about it online here. Refund Retriever’s Houston Chronicle write-up was very significant in our history. Refund Retriever Houston Chronicle Article Major shipping…
