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To: mainstreetradical.com

Most of my moves were great but there was one that was not good.

I am a woodworker and my Dad gave me a bunch of very old hand tools that were quite valuable. They were packed in one box and that box disappeared, as well as all of our TVs. My expensive stereo made it.

The bad thing was it had to be the team on the truck as that move was door-to-door with no storage. Also, I was reimbursed pennies on the dollar so we basically had to purchase new TVs. The tools were irreplaceable and even though I had each one listed the military told me the valuations I paid for before the move were too high so I was reimbursed for 15% of their true value.

A year after that move the Air Force notified me that we were over the allotted weight for that same move and would have to pay over $1000 back. I had to go into my paperwork and show them the certified scale weights and that we were under the limit. It seems that truck added someones stuff and made a drop off along the way and tried to bill our move. I still think they tried to move a relative or friend on the DoD, and my, dime.

The Air Force actually started taking money out of my paycheck until they finally agreed we were right and then we had to wait another two months to get our money back.


16 posted on 07/23/2018 4:46:46 PM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: OldMissileer; mainstreetradical.com
I was in the USAF for 20 years. My moves were not too bad. Only a few things were missing, but I always wondered, who ended up with my stuff? I heard other horror stories, including an NCO, who came from CONUS to Germany, who lost absolutely everything he owned.
The claim allegedly was, the container ship, had several containers fall overboard, so a number of people lost everything. He was not a happy camper, and got reimbursed pennies on the dollar. Then, after a screwing like that, they still expect one to be highly motivated to do a good job. 👎
This has been going on for MANY decades. It is not new.
37 posted on 07/23/2018 5:55:40 PM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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