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802MARK1
1/1/2010 12:45 EST

If you are here's a word that you need to know.. DON'T.

Sell it all where ever you live and come here with a suit case and not much more. If you think your going to ship something, you need to understand all the little hands that will be pointed your way for you to place money in them to be able to get your stuff off the docks.

No one tells you about all that. but once you ship your stuff you'll learn it really fast. lets take your car. we shipped one in, it sat inside the inpound yard for 6 months, until I was able to get it released. you pay 10 percent duy on things you bring in, but the value on that car is based on what they say it is, not by the BLUE BOOK that the world goes by.

while the van sat in that fenced lot, they serached it, thinking or hoping that we might have hidden something in it, which means that they torn out every thing they could in it, someone even got on their back and pushed their greases shoes into the head liner to see if something might be there. they also stole parts off the van, like the battery, spare tire, jack, all the fuel out of it, and the radiator cap. On top of that they couldn't find the keys to it.

think that maybe that was just bad luck for me? well before that, I had shipped two fourty foot shipping boxes with my house hold goods in it. The shipper in the u.s told me 12,500 from my front yard in the u.s. to my front yard here. total.. well it ended up costing me about twice that price.

they don't tell you about the custom broker you must hire, or the two inspectors you must pay, or the 600 per box for bug spray, nor do they tell you that for everyday they can delay you from getting your boxes moved they charge you 50.00 per box per day to store it.

nope, these little things you are not told. you see they know what's in it, you listed everything and had to put a price on it, they put the price they think it's worth on it. and they understand you really need your house hold goods and will pay to get them.
you might see where the two inspectors have to do that job and it's free, no charge to you. and that is true. but here's how they work it..

hello mr gringo, my name is carlos, it's my job to pull everything out of your box and check it for drugs or weapons. as you can see we have thousands of shipping boxes here today, I might be able to get to yours in say three or four months. so you pay him to do yours. then you repeat that same story for the next one.

Of course neither one opened the boxes to look at anything. nor did they bug spray either one of my boxes. but of course I paid...

so if your thinking on moving here, sell it all. we have cars for sale here and anything else you might need.

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mover92
1/6/2010 12:51 EST

Hi,
Just read your post and am a little freaked out by it. We are scheduled to ship our stuff next month. Where did you ship from? and what port did you enter at? We are not shipping a car only our household goods.

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802MARK1
1/7/2010 01:08 EST

My things were shipped out of TN. down to Fla. and then it was dropped in the panama city port. sorry didn't mean to scare you about it, I have had friends that said they had no trouble at all, but have heard some of some of the same things pulled on me from others as well. you will need someone to handle all your paperwork here, if you don't already have someone. that person will have to list everything so they will know how much you will ahve to pay in duty. by law they have to bug spray it and of course charge you for that as well. or maybe that is free and they just charged me. hope it all goes smooth for you thou.

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1Steamy
1/17/2010 11:18 EST

Just curious on the shipper that you used. I have heard stories from many people, but it seems yours was the only bad one. I would like to make sure that we DO NOT use them.

Thanks

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PanamaPam
2/1/2010 11:46 EST

Has anybody had any experience shipping just a few boxes? I have decided to sell/give away all my furniture but I still need to ship a few boxes. Would you recommend using a shipping service like FedEx/DHL or do you know of another shipping service that will ship at a cheaper rate?

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802MARK1
2/4/2010 21:45 EST

BLUESEA SHIPPING IS WHO I USED.

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