On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Erik Quackenbush wrote:
>
> >but I owe DHL nothing.
>
> Yes you do. Think of DHL as a bail bondsman.
No, I'm not. You contract with a bail bondsman. I have never contracted
for anything with DHL. Rimmer did, but not me. So I have no contractual
requirements with DHL at all.
> They're on the hook for the
> duties right now, and the law IS on their side if you fail to pay up.
If there are duties, they are not on the hook, I am. If the Treasury
Department bills me for duties, I'll pay them. But DHL isn't the
Treasury and I sure don't owe them any $8.00 paperwork fee. I didn't
hire them to do the paperwork, so I don't owe them anything. Maybe
Rimmer does as they contracted with them, but I never agreed to pay
DHL anything.
> You
> don't think they would deliver dutiable packages if they had no legal
> recourse do you?
I wouldn't put it past them to try and extort money from me that they have
no right to, but they won't get it. If I get charged duties, the check
will be made payable to the Treasury Dcepartment and I will not pay any
fee for services I didn't contract for. Period.
I hope Rimmer learns something from this and drops DHL. I know I will
never use them for anything I have to ship.
bill
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