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not any longer. But he started with it PoD is risky One return eliminates any future profit on item and up to 30% are returned

That has nothing to do with PoD. If you pre-pay for a product you *must* be able to return as easily.

it has EVERYTHING to do with it. Allowing a deduction from your account is big deal enough to eliminate A LOT of time wasters.

That's what the people who said pre-payment only for hotel booking is the way forward said. I disagreed. Was right.

in e-commerce, I should bear the cost of shipping (to & fro) because of an unserious Customer?

The core problem to solve is this: "Detect an unserious customer"! Not shut down a payment channel.

ok. How would you suggest this can be achieved. How can we make PoD better?

Put in the work. Understand the numbers. Build the analysis software. Allow when profitable only.