I recently married a woman from Pontiac, MI and I spent the week of Feb 17 - 23 helping her pack her possession to move to where I am located here in Richland, WA. Through the internet, we contacted Advanced Moving System, 4582 North Hiatus Rd., Sunrise, FL 33351 888-918-6683. They quoted us a price of $2510 to load her packed possessions and to truck them to the state of Washington.
The movers arrived Feb. 25 in the morning and begin to load the truck. They were initially showed everything that was to be moved and did not indicate that anything was out of line with the quotation that had been given. Then they asked my wife to sign two documents. The first was the Bill of Lading that contained the original $2510 quote. The second was the Bill of Lading that would authorize payment for extra packing materials. My wife signed it authorizing $290 of additions charges on the left hand side of the page. It had nothing filled out on the right hand side of the page. We were not given a copy of this second Bill of Lading.
When the truck was fully loaded, they told my wife that they would need payment of $6098. She was outraged! We called the main office and told them to unload or do the job for no more than $3500. They asked to speak to the driver. The driver said they wanted to go for lunch and would return and unload or truck at the agreed upon price. They left and that was the last we have seen of our possessions.
I have since obtained a copy of the second Bill of Lading and we find that the additional charges to total to $6098 have been added to the right side of the second Bill of Lading. It is their position that the total estimate was made prior to loading. However their claim is false and what is more they have falsified the second Bill of Lading by adding charges to it after my wife had already signed it.
I will not allow these people to ship for us and want to reclaim our possessions. They are being held in an undisclosed location.
It is my contention that they have no contract and they have attempted to extort money my holding our property. They have also stolen our property.
I can prove beyond a reasonable doubt by a review of events that they have falsified the Bill of Lading Documents and hence have no valid contract.
Robert
Richland, Washington
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