>  Most recently, about a
>year and a half ago, they held up a shipment from Haiti.  It was in their
>possession for almost two months while they had me fill out all kinds of
>forms and declarations by mail. Finally they released the shipment, but told
>me I would have to pay per diem storage fees for the time they held the
>shipment, AND they could not forward the boxes to me - I would have to go to
>New York and pick them up myself!  The storage fees came to more than the
>value of the shipment, which would have more than doubled my cost, not even
>counting the cost of driving down there and back.  So, I ended up abandoning
the shipment (they would not return it to the sender either).

You should have filed an official complaint and also for compensation!
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Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
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