[RobertClark]

I can not believe the storage company did not know about the legalities involved though. Any company doing business either with service members or those contracted for such by the military on their behalf knows about the sermembers civil relief act. It seems the Commander made it an issue which is great. Their needs too be accountability and immediate correction.

The NTS (Non-temp storage) service provider is not under contract with the service memeber when HHG are packed and brought into storage. They are considered government property moving under a 1299 or a GBl when they are released. The PPSO has the obligation to advise of the NTS entitlement to the storage provider and then advise of when it converts to member's expense. In the rare case that a converted shipment goes unpaid, the PPSO issues written authorization to auction the NTS lot. The PPSO screwed up. The service provider has no means to track the member down, all we are given is the HOR and pick0up location.

I do military SIT and NTS for three different PPSO's. Trust me, the SDDC has turned the DPS into a convuluted mess, I'm surprised it doesn't happen more than it does, but the fault is with the PPSO, not the NTS provider.

[Don W]

Please translate the following acronyms you used for we who are wholly unfamiliar with them

HHG (household goods?)
GB1
PPSO (personal property storage office?)
NTS
HOR
SIT
SDDC
DPS