Preparing Buys for Transport

The security of buys in transit between the satellite offices and Old Town is the responsibility of each individual Estate Buyer. The Shipping Manager’s job is transport, not security. The Shipping Manager is sent on a run to each office with a locking bag for transport; (s)he does not possess keys to these bags. Each Buyer is responsible for packing these bags and locking them before the Shipping Manager leaves the office. The Shipping Manager and the Buyer are jointly responsible for ensuring that the bags are locked before (s)he transports them. It is not the Shipping Manager’s job to pack and lock the bags for the Buyers.

Procedure

• When there are no customers in the store, the Estate Buyer opens the main safe.
• Shipping Manager opens the internal safe compartment.
• The Estate Buyer carefully loads the shipping bag with all items meant to go to Old Town. When finished, the Estate Buyer closes and locks the bag. The Shipping Manager is not to touch any merchandise or lock the bag.

If bags arrive in Old Town unlocked, it will be considered on oversight on the part of the Estate Buyer.

Following this procedure will ensure that each Estate Buyer has full oversight over which items are transported and how the items are packed. This will improve security and cut down on disorganization that leads to delays in items being sold.

Because security is extremely important on these shipping runs, we will be issuing one (1) half-incident to the Estate Buyer responsible each time one of these locking bags is delivered to Old Town unlocked.