The shipment happened about 6 months ago... the sale was a normal size electric pallet jack, sold on eBay.
The buyer called Fedex and set up the pickup with Fedex... I had zero to do with ordering the freight.... all I did was sign the BOL when Fedex arrived to pick it up. I presumed the buyer had an account with Fedex or they would never have agreed to pick it up in the first place (I have no account with Fedex). But turns out apparently the buyer did not have a Fedex account... and because I did not check the "COD" box on the BOL they are coming after me for the (outrageous) charge and it's to the point of collection agency pestering.
And FWIW, it took months after the shipment to even find out about this, as I have no Fedex account and all they had was my business address, where I never get mail.
Naturally the buyer never responds to my phone calls or emails. I will never pay this but it could eventually go on my credit record so any suggestions as to resolving this before that happens ?
(as an aside, freight for something like that pallet jack to his state via the regular carriers would normally be about $650, so the insane amount they charged adds to the irritation of the saga)
The buyer called Fedex and set up the pickup with Fedex... I had zero to do with ordering the freight.... all I did was sign the BOL when Fedex arrived to pick it up. I presumed the buyer had an account with Fedex or they would never have agreed to pick it up in the first place (I have no account with Fedex). But turns out apparently the buyer did not have a Fedex account... and because I did not check the "COD" box on the BOL they are coming after me for the (outrageous) charge and it's to the point of collection agency pestering.
And FWIW, it took months after the shipment to even find out about this, as I have no Fedex account and all they had was my business address, where I never get mail.
Naturally the buyer never responds to my phone calls or emails. I will never pay this but it could eventually go on my credit record so any suggestions as to resolving this before that happens ?
(as an aside, freight for something like that pallet jack to his state via the regular carriers would normally be about $650, so the insane amount they charged adds to the irritation of the saga)