Fedex

[craft1948]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/bills/article-2410191/ASK-TONY-I-mistakenly-signed-couriers-form-got-landed-700-face-legal-action.html

God this would make me read the small print in future. I've never heard of this before............

[Baldric]

Surely, if you are the one dispatching something, then you are the one who needs a signature (receipt) from the carrier to say they have taken it? As to signing something yourself without knowing what it was, well, what can I say?

[craft1948]

I'd never considered having to pay for it when things went wrong Baldy.......

[baza]

sneaky way of conning money out of people, if the first one don't pay get the other poor sod using the small print.

[Baldric]

No, nor me, or at least not until I'd read the small print,
and if a carrier wanted a signature he'd have to wait until I had read it.

[BlueToffee]

As the recipient wouldn't pay, did they return the goods to you?

[joggerjayne]

Is it common for recipients to pay? Surely the sender normally expects tp pay the carrier.

If I send anything by post (yes, I still occasionally use snail mail) I generally put a stamp on it, rather than leaving it for the recipient to pay.

And if I order stuff online, say from Amzon, or LoveHoney, or Luxury-Sin, or whatever, the seller adds a bit on to my bill, so that THEY can pay the carrier.