Can I force Carrier/Shipping Company to pay value of goods rather than $.10/lb as per BOL? Items stolen at their Baltimore loc
Asked in Santa Clara, CA - 6 months
Shipping goods to MD. Dropped them off at company's location in CA. Items had a stop in Baltimore. I dropped of electronic and computer equipment myself and saw packing and boxing was fine. Upon delivery, truck driver and recipient confirmed boxes were damaged. They offered $70 for my claim of $13,000. Items must've been tampered with in Baltimore.
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I'm not sure what you necessarily mean by "saw packing and boxing was fine". Just because you thought it looked "fine" doesn't mean it was. However, it also does not mean that the packing was not fine either. This will be a matter of dispute.
In this case the carrier may very well be at fault since it was their duty to deliver goods in fair condition, and they did not.
You should take this matter to a business/contract attorney and dispute this. The company may start listening once a lawyer is involved.
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