Shipping may now arrive!
Aug 11th 2005, 3:53 am
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Shipping may now arrive!
If anyone else has been following the truckers strike in Vancouver then you will all probably have heard that it is now over!! This means that our container that has been sitting on the docks for the past month may well now arrive. We are being charged for the priviledge of receiving our goods late. But at least we will be getting them. I hope that anyone else caught up in all of this mess has also had the good news that their stuff is now on its way again 
On a happier note, my wife has started work this Monday for a few months until our baby comes. All is well on that front so we are expecting in November. I have been given the job of organising the companies ski day - our what a task! and most of our newly ordered furniture will be arriving this weekend. Oh yes and our new house has just gone into the framing stage so things are starting to happen a bit quicker now.
I hope a little bit of sunshine comes into everyones lives who is waiting for the elusive brown envelop.
Phil
On a happier note, my wife has started work this Monday for a few months until our baby comes. All is well on that front so we are expecting in November. I have been given the job of organising the companies ski day - our what a task! and most of our newly ordered furniture will be arriving this weekend. Oh yes and our new house has just gone into the framing stage so things are starting to happen a bit quicker now.
I hope a little bit of sunshine comes into everyones lives who is waiting for the elusive brown envelop.
Phil
Aug 11th 2005, 4:00 am
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Re: Shipping may now arrive!
Originally Posted by pak2
If anyone else has been following the truckers strike in Vancouver then you will all probably have heard that it is now over!! This means that our container that has been sitting on the docks for the past month may well now arrive. We are being charged for the priviledge of receiving our goods late. But at least we will be getting them. I hope that anyone else caught up in all of this mess has also had the good news that their stuff is now on its way again
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Phil
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Phil
Glad everything is finally sorting out for you!!!
This was in the Vancouver Sun on July 25th ...
Strike puts new beginning on hold
By Darah Hansen
VANCOUVER: John and Laura Gilroy paid $11,000 to ship
their belongings to Vancouver — and now they’re paying
$75 a day for the privilege of not being able to
unpack their stuff
For John and Laura Gilroy, rooms and wallets empty
enough to echo are a constant reminder of the truckers
strike against Lower Mainland ports.
The couple recently moved to Vancouver from Bristol,
England, along with their three-year-old daughter.
They packed up their old life into a shipping
container and paid a transport company $11,000 to
safely transfer the goods across the water.
The container now sits on the other side of the
truckers' picket lines, leaving the Gilroys not only
without beds, but also short of their studio equipment
and professional portfolio information necessary to
begin their new life as professional stained-glass
artists.
“It’s hitting us quite hard,� John Gilroy said.
Adding insult to injury, Gilroy said the shipping
company they paid to transport their goods to Canada
is now charging them $75 a day to hold the container
in storage.
Gilroy said the whole situation has left him and his
wife frustrated.
“We’re stressed knowing that we could be seriously
financially hampered by the time we even get started,�
he said.
The shipping company the Gilroys say is holding their
container, Allied International, could not be reached
for comment Sunday.
Aug 11th 2005, 4:32 am
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Re: Shipping may now arrive!
Originally Posted by ClareBC
Hi Phil
Glad everything is finally sorting out for you!!!
This was in the Vancouver Sun on July 25th ...
Strike puts new beginning on hold
By Darah Hansen
VANCOUVER: John and Laura Gilroy paid $11,000 to ship
their belongings to Vancouver — and now they’re paying
$75 a day for the privilege of not being able to
unpack their stuff
For John and Laura Gilroy, rooms and wallets empty
enough to echo are a constant reminder of the truckers
strike against Lower Mainland ports.
The couple recently moved to Vancouver from Bristol,
England, along with their three-year-old daughter.
They packed up their old life into a shipping
container and paid a transport company $11,000 to
safely transfer the goods across the water.
The container now sits on the other side of the
truckers' picket lines, leaving the Gilroys not only
without beds, but also short of their studio equipment
and professional portfolio information necessary to
begin their new life as professional stained-glass
artists.
“It’s hitting us quite hard,� John Gilroy said.
Adding insult to injury, Gilroy said the shipping
company they paid to transport their goods to Canada
is now charging them $75 a day to hold the container
in storage.
Gilroy said the whole situation has left him and his
wife frustrated.
“We’re stressed knowing that we could be seriously
financially hampered by the time we even get started,�
he said.
The shipping company the Gilroys say is holding their
container, Allied International, could not be reached
for comment Sunday.
Glad everything is finally sorting out for you!!!
This was in the Vancouver Sun on July 25th ...
Strike puts new beginning on hold
By Darah Hansen
VANCOUVER: John and Laura Gilroy paid $11,000 to ship
their belongings to Vancouver — and now they’re paying
$75 a day for the privilege of not being able to
unpack their stuff
For John and Laura Gilroy, rooms and wallets empty
enough to echo are a constant reminder of the truckers
strike against Lower Mainland ports.
The couple recently moved to Vancouver from Bristol,
England, along with their three-year-old daughter.
They packed up their old life into a shipping
container and paid a transport company $11,000 to
safely transfer the goods across the water.
The container now sits on the other side of the
truckers' picket lines, leaving the Gilroys not only
without beds, but also short of their studio equipment
and professional portfolio information necessary to
begin their new life as professional stained-glass
artists.
“It’s hitting us quite hard,� John Gilroy said.
Adding insult to injury, Gilroy said the shipping
company they paid to transport their goods to Canada
is now charging them $75 a day to hold the container
in storage.
Gilroy said the whole situation has left him and his
wife frustrated.
“We’re stressed knowing that we could be seriously
financially hampered by the time we even get started,�
he said.
The shipping company the Gilroys say is holding their
container, Allied International, could not be reached
for comment Sunday.
We too are being charged "demurrage" costs. We will have to pay $426 cash on delivery.
I was wondering if our insurance covered us for this? Need to check but I doubt it.
