Have been going through the worst divorce in the history of mankind for the last 3 years. Between my estranged & deranged husband & his cronies, my shop & house have been ripped-off a total of 6 times. Homeowners insurance paid over $11,500 this year from the latest theft.
Being totally fed-up with the ongoing malice & all of the thievery, I closed & packed up my 8-year business on, April 10 & packed up my 4 acres, lock, stock, & barrel, & decided to move from VA, back home to OKC. I elicited some help from the folks back home to help with the move.
April 11, relatives in FL went online & not knowing their reputation, commissioned Legal Transportation for a deposit of $750 on their credit card. To do the packing & moving. What a costly mistake!
The original agreement stated my estimated possessions of 9800 lbs. Would be delivered in OK in 5-7 days, (week of April 24), with a COD of $4400. I went to my storage facility to rent 2 extra 10'x20' units to accommodate the move. All 3 units cost me $192 a month. ($64 for each unit)
The movers took 3 days (April 14-16) to pack what they claim was 25,000 lbs. I do not have copies of their weigh tickets. I lived on the East Coast for 10 years, so there was everything from large appliances to the most fragile.
They packed my house first, and then went 20 minutes away to my business to pack it up. When they were loading the last of it onto the truck at about 2 AM, (one of the movers), asked me for a $2000 check. I didn't know anything about this, so I called Rosita to inquire.
We both concurred over the phone, that no other monies had ever been mentioned to either one of us, except for the $750 deposit & $4400 COD. After 15-20 minutes of dialog with the mover, I reluctantly wrote the check for $2000 so they would finish up & be gone.By 4:30 AM, Saturday, June 16.
I hadn't had much sleep all week from packing, so I slept most of Monday & Tuesday, resting up for the arrival of my possessions around June 21-23. Wednesday, June 20, we went to the bank & withdrew $4400 for the expected COD.
I hadn't heard anything from the movers over that weekend, so Monday, Oct 25, I started making some calls to NY. I was told that Rosita Ogen was not there, but that she would return my call the next day on Tuesday. I waited until after 5 PM EST, but no return call.
April 26, (10 days after the move), I left messages for Rosita to call me. She didn't return my calls until April 28. It was then that she told me that the new invoice would be in excess of $17,000. Of course we had a disagreement with this new bill.
After heated debate, I told her to send me a copy of the new charges in writing & that I would look them over. She never would commit to anything like that, then cursed me & hung up the phone. What a shock! My things were being held HOSTAGE by these people at four times the original estimate!
After several more calls, I once again spoke with Rosita on April 29. She changed the price several times & she still wouldn't commit to anything in writing & informed me that she went to cash the $2000 check & that my bank accounts were closed out. She also said she needed that money to feed her family.
Well, logic tells me, that IF someone is moving out of state with everything they own, why wouldn't they take their money, medical records, etc.? Besides that, IF she needed to feed her family, why didn't she cash the check within the past 2 weeks? She won't return my calls, she hasn't charged me with a hot check & they still have my stuff!
I called Shurgard in Petersburg, VA to see if I could work this from a different angle. I spoke with a lady who wouldn't give me her name or the lawyer's name that represents their company. She told me she wasn't allowed to tell me anything & couldn't tell me if my stuff was still stored there or gone? She wouldn't say which unit it was in, or who is making the monthly payments? With no hope in sight, I cancelled the 2 storage units I had reserved here & lost the money spent ($400) on those empty units for 2 months.
I phoned my lawyer after trying everything I know to do & after repeated attempts to make contact with Rosita; [he] cannot get a response from them either. I finally called the FBI earlier this month, but they haven't returned a call with any news yet.
I'm still sleeping on my relatives' couch, I cannot apply my trade with all of my equipment gone, & I spend money I don't have to replace things I already own in storage. The money I've lost, the value of all my possessions ($100,000s), the stress & anguish of the last 6 months? None of it is not worth the aggravation to do business with any of these companies!
I've lost everything I own to these people & I don't see how I might get any of it returned? Had I previously known all of this or had been warned, I would never have chosen any of these companies to do business with. I am so tired of thieves!
Take my word for it! THESE PEOPLE ARE THIEVES!
Andrea
Smithtown, New York
U.S.A.
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