[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR375.221]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 375_TRANSPORTATION OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE; 

CONSUMER PROTECTION REGULATIONS--Table of Contents

 

           Subpart B_Before Offering Services to My Customers

 

Sec. 375.221  May I use a charge or credit card plan for payments?



    (a) You may provide in your tariff for the acceptance of charge or 

credit cards for the payment of freight charges. Accepting charge or 

credit card payments is different than extending credit to shippers in 

Sec. Sec. 375.219 and 375.807. Once you provide an estimate you are 

bound by the provisions in your tariff regarding payment as of the 

estimate date, until completion of any transaction that results from 

that estimate, unless otherwise agreed with a shipper under Sec. 

375.217(a).

    (b) You may accept charge or credit cards whenever shipments are 

transported under agreements and tariffs requiring payment by cash, 

certified check, money order, or a cashier's check.

    (c) If you allow an individual shipper to pay for a freight or 

expense bill by charge or credit card, you are deeming such payment to 

be the same as payment by cash, certified check, money order, or a 

cashier's check.

    (d) The charge or credit card plans you participate in must be 

identified in your tariff rules as items permitting the acceptance of 

the charge or credit cards.

    (e) If an individual shipper causes a charge or credit card issuer 

to reverse a charge transaction, you may consider the individual 

shipper's action tantamount to forcing you to provide an involuntary 

extension of your credit. In such instances, the rules in Sec. 375.807 

apply.