The short version. Gary Schwartz and his "helper" Jerry bid for my move on an online auction site. I think he picked my move to bid on because I needed to put the stuff in storage for a little while. He picked up my stuff in December. He was supposed to deliver the stuff to a Public Storage unit, and pay storage for 4 months. I would have access to the unit to get what I needed, etc.
After picking up our stuff, Gary said that our shipment was $1200 over the weight quoted in the contract. That would be an additional 2500 pounds! I said I wanted it re-weighed, and I wanted to see the paperwork, and he said he would do that. After two more months of stories about the truck breaking down, etc. He finally said the stuff was delivered to Public Storage. But the driver never called me, and he had the keys to the unit. He said that the drivers "do this sometimes" (meaning not call the customer to come down and sign). So I called Public Storage and they said they had no such unit, and no way would they check someone's goods in under a mover's name only. So I called Gary back, and said I was calling a lawyer. He said that he'd call the driver and the driver would have the stuff to me in 1-2 days. And that there was still the matter of the overweight charge. I told him that when the driver got here with my stuff, I would have the money for him, and I expected to get the keys and the weigh statements in return.
But what actually happened is, he tried to take the stuff to Public Storage, and they wouldn't let him deliver it there! So instead of calling me, he took it to a UHaul storage, and then called me the next day. Again, saying that I had to pay the money and then he would overnight the keys to me. I told him I'm not paying any more money until I see the freight tickets, and he put my name on the UHaul storage. I know that he has no freight tickets indicating that he owes me ANY money. Then he had his "driver" call me and say that I have to pay Gary so that Gary will pay him for the money at the UHaul.
So basically he is now holding my stuff hostage until I pay him some "ransom", that he is not sending me a bill for.in 30 days, when payment is due on the storage unit, I'm sure he won't pay it, and then maybe UHaul will let me open it up and get my stuff.
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