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Not sure about the US, but in my country that's how mail order used to work for decades, and it's still pretty common to offer that payment option, though usual
by brazzy 1y ago
Not sure about the US, but in my country that's how mail order used to work for decades, and it's still pretty common to offer that payment option, though usually with some restrictions (e.g. not for your first order).
Most people are not scammers and will pay simply because it's the right thing to do.If your margins are decent, you can just eat the loss to some scammers as the cost of doing business. Especially if there's no real resale market for your product.
- DrillShopper 1y agoCash on delivery (COD) used to be popular in the US for a lot of the mail order junk on television in the 70s to early 80s. The rise of the credit card for normal people was a cause of its decline because people now had a reliable way to pay over the phone when ordering said junk. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_on_delivery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_on_delivery
- brazzy 1y agoCOD still protects against fraud by having the delivery company collect the money before handing over the order. With the "pay the bill later" it's entirely up to the recipient whether they decide to pay. Some will even just forget it with no ill intent.