SkylineObsession
October 23rd, 2015, 06:21 PM
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/360453/cost-after-cost-stranded-container
That's my step mum, father and half sister.
Cost after cost after fricking cost they've had to go through just to get their belongings.
Effectively they are paying all the bills the company should have paid when they gave the company their money to ship their belongings, but because the company didn't pay anyone (not even insurance, so if it went overboard they woulda lost everything with no compensation), they are having to borrow money to pay themselves. I've given them $4,000 of my savings, and my wife took out a $2,000 loan and lent them $400 of her own money. But the costs are still coming in!!
Fumigation turned out to be $500 something, and now the moving company (i think?) want $2,000 for something, PLUS they still have to fork out $400-$2,500 (depending whether renting a truck or paying a company) to get their belongings to their house 500km's away.
They are mega stressed out, beyond being at their wits end, and i've already given as much as i think i can. I contacted the newspaper, gave them money, tried to spread the word further, tried using people i know to get things cheaper (didn't work) and so on.
Maritime commission in the USA is sending in their big guns i think (and shutting the company down?), because even they can't get hold of them.
A huge frigging mess, and not a very nice 'Welcome to New Zealand' for my step mum and sister. :down:
Any ideas mega welcome...
Someone in my step mums family started a money raising page. They intend on paying us back our money, but not sure how the people on the site would be paid back, unless you can leave details on it?
If any of you have a couple of dollars spare, it could go a long way. https://www.gofundme.com/gz6pj6ps
So sorry for posting that link up, but it's pretty much my last ditch effort to help them - i've completely run out of ideas, since the newspaper idea didn't garner as much response as i thought/hoped it might (was hoping a truck company would pop up and offer to transport their belongings down for free, or at a mega discounted rate).
That's my step mum, father and half sister.
Cost after cost after fricking cost they've had to go through just to get their belongings.
Effectively they are paying all the bills the company should have paid when they gave the company their money to ship their belongings, but because the company didn't pay anyone (not even insurance, so if it went overboard they woulda lost everything with no compensation), they are having to borrow money to pay themselves. I've given them $4,000 of my savings, and my wife took out a $2,000 loan and lent them $400 of her own money. But the costs are still coming in!!
Fumigation turned out to be $500 something, and now the moving company (i think?) want $2,000 for something, PLUS they still have to fork out $400-$2,500 (depending whether renting a truck or paying a company) to get their belongings to their house 500km's away.
They are mega stressed out, beyond being at their wits end, and i've already given as much as i think i can. I contacted the newspaper, gave them money, tried to spread the word further, tried using people i know to get things cheaper (didn't work) and so on.
Maritime commission in the USA is sending in their big guns i think (and shutting the company down?), because even they can't get hold of them.
A huge frigging mess, and not a very nice 'Welcome to New Zealand' for my step mum and sister. :down:
Any ideas mega welcome...
Someone in my step mums family started a money raising page. They intend on paying us back our money, but not sure how the people on the site would be paid back, unless you can leave details on it?
If any of you have a couple of dollars spare, it could go a long way. https://www.gofundme.com/gz6pj6ps
So sorry for posting that link up, but it's pretty much my last ditch effort to help them - i've completely run out of ideas, since the newspaper idea didn't garner as much response as i thought/hoped it might (was hoping a truck company would pop up and offer to transport their belongings down for free, or at a mega discounted rate).