Shipping carriers offer a full Refund if they deliver your shipment later than the promised time. Sounds nice, right? But while the full refund on late delivery is marketed well, you will not even find fine print that says the process to claim your refund and getting it back is a huge task and is often let go of. Why do people let go of the refund that is rightfully theirs?

The freight carriers make it tough for you to file for Refunds, validate it and get it back. If you are a regular shipper, it’s impossible to keep track of each shipment you send across. Since small businesses see this as a hassle, they forget the refunds. Getting your refunds can help you cut on your shipping budget by a good 10 per cent.

Similarly, shipping carriers charge money for each and every shipping Labels generated on your account. So, when a third-party creates an unused label that is billed to your account, you pay for the label. Shipping labels can be cancelled or voided only by the shipper. So, the majority of such labels can be voided before they are charged on an invoice. But, if there are unused shipping labels that someone has raised and not cancelled, you pay for something you did not make use of. You are eligible for refund there also.

With shipping refunds on late deliveries and unused shipping labels, you can lose your money if you are not diligent enough. That is where shipping audits can be of great help. A weekly report can help you catch all errors in billing. Along with just highlighting errors in billing, some online shipping audit companies can automate processes to help you claim your refunds. If you are a small business, it makes sense to rely on automated processes because you would not have the personnel or the resources to effectively claim the money all by yourself. If it’s done manually, there will be several issues. For example, you can submit UPS void claims for a shipping label online in the first ninety days. After these ninety days, you have to call them to submit claims. And after 180 days, you cannot claim a void label. There is major follow up that is required with each step. So, a manual process can miss billing mistakes and miss deadlines. To automatically claim your refunds sign up with LateShipment.com and slash your shipping cost.

Shipping refund processing systems makes it easy for collecting refund claims. The consumer can sit back and do his job while all shipping refund processes are done automatically.

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