19 Avr Frais supplémentaires ? Une liste de contrôle vous permettra d’éviter les frais cachés.
Une autre façon pour les prestataires de services linguistiques de vous faire croire qu’ils ont le prix le plus bas est de vous proposer un service d’expédition standard, puis de vous facturer des frais supplémentaires. En d’autres termes, ils vous proposent un prix bas pour le service standard, mais vous facturent ensuite des frais supplémentaires pour des améliorations telles que des services additionnels, de la documentation, de la manutention et d’autres services.
Pour ne pas être surpris par des changements supplémentaires, veillez à donner au transporteur des détails précis sur votre envoi.
Vous trouverez ci-dessous une liste de contrôle des éléments que vous devez communiquer par écrit au transporteur afin de vous assurer qu’il ne vous facturera pas de frais supplémentaires par la suite :
- The specific size and actual dimensions of boxes or pallets.
- Total weight of the shipment, including pallets if used.
- Is the shipment palletized? Some carriers charge more for non- palletized shipments because it requires more time to load onto the truck.
- The transit time required from pick up to delivery. As you would expect, “rush jobs” cost more.
- Is a lift gate is required for pick up or delivery? In other words, can the truck pull right up to a dock or will the shipment need to be lifted onto the truck from the ground? You can and will be charged more when lift gates are required.
- Is the pick up or delivery in a residential area or on a construction site? Some carriers have surcharges for delivery to these types of locations.
- Is this a hazardous materials or a dangerous good shipment with special requirements? Again, this may require special equipment for shipping that can cost more.
- What size truck is required? Do the loading or unloading locations have special requirements with regard to the size or height of the truck? You may ask the question in the other requirements field.
- Is an inside pick up or delivery required? In other words, will it be delivered to the 3rd floor of an office building? If so, the carrier needs to know this in advance and will charge more for it.
- What is the correct Incoterm (+name of the place) ?
- Does the shipment require any special handling like refrigeration or will it need to be shipped with a tarp if on a flatbed?
- Will the shipment need to be stored?