PODS charges duplicate insurance fees on edge-case delivery dates
Customers using multiple PODS units with overlapping delivery dates are billed for insurance periods they did not incur, resulting in overcharges that support acknowledges but will not refund. The billing system fails to handle date edge cases correctly, impacting customers who use the service across calendar month boundaries. This is a vendor-specific billing defect rather than a broader market gap.
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