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If this can't be met, businesses are required to send the customer a written notice explaining the delay, send goods that can replace the order, or offer a full refund.
More ships than ever are backed up, causing a record-setting traffic jam. Each carry as many as 14,000 containers filled with tens of thousands of dollars of goods wanted by American consumers.
A freight claim or cargo claim is a legal demand by a shipper or consignee against a carrier in respect of damage to a shipment, or loss thereof. [1] [2] [3]Typically, the claimant will seek damages (financial compensation for loss), but other remedies include "specific performance", where the cargo-owner seeks delivery of the goods as agreed.
From tarmac delays to bad weather to overbooked or understaffed flights, there are ways to smoothly navigate travel disruptions.
Postponement refers to the process by which the commitment of a product to its final form or location is delayed for as long as possible. [2] A successful example of postponement – delayed differentiation – is the use of "vanilla boxes". [3] Semi-finished computers are stored in advance of seeing the actual demand for the finished products.
In some cases, a game can be significantly delayed or even canceled, making the pre-ordering process useless. [6] In most cases, a pre-order can be refunded to the purchaser prior to release. However, Nintendo has a policy for digital pre-orders that does not allow such refunds.
Airline policies generally state that they only pay for a hotel if the flight cancellation or overnight delay is their fault, and then only if you don't live in the city you're stranded in.
Previously, every airline had its own system, which made the sharing and aggregation of flight delay information difficult. IATA standardised the flight delay reporting format by using codes that attribute cause and responsibility for the delay; this supports aviation administration and logistics and helps to define any penalties arising.