Timeline for Can FedEx bill the recipient of a package for a "Clearance Entry Fee", without consent?
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| Jun 9, 2017 at 22:59 | comment | added | user6726 | Signing can only demonstrate that you have received a thing: if a person has in mind some unknown, unspecified agreement to go with that, the fact that you're affirming that you received a package does not create a "meeting of the minds". A person has to have an opportunity to inspect an agreement, before there is actually an agreement. | |
| Jun 9, 2017 at 22:44 | comment | added | 200_success | @Nij Even if I had signed for the package, I would assume that my signature means nothing more than acknowledgement that the package was delivered for their tracking system. The courier never explains that the signature means I'm agreeing to anything. Furthermore, it's often the case that a houseguest or a neighbour signs for the package, and surely they wouldn't be on the hook for any charges, right? | |
| Jun 8, 2017 at 5:55 | comment | added | user4657 | Your signing for the delivery demonstrates an understanding that they are delivering and you will cover the costs they associate with this, and a meeting of minds on the facts. It is never their responsibility to check that you've read the terms of the contract, only to make them readily available. Signing when you haven't read the contract is, effectively, your problem. That said, the package dropped off and no ability to sign or refute, is not a contract formed. | |
| Jun 8, 2017 at 2:29 | comment | added | 200_success | The package was dropped off at the door. No signature. Even if I had signed using their machine, I think that would hardly constitute consent, as there was no understanding or meeting of minds. A signature isn't a blank cheque. | |
| Jun 8, 2017 at 2:28 | history | answered | Dale M♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |