From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to New York, United States - June, 2002

Route
Shipment From: 
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Shipment To: 
New York, United States
Shipper details
Company name: 
Transwaite Shipping
Contact details: 

Transwaite Shipping, Rio De Janeiro
Lilly & associates- Miami

Travellers Impressions of the shipper
Recommended?: 
No
Information about this Shipment
Shipping Method: 
Sea
Shipping date: 
June, 2002
Cost Paid at Start (US $): 
US$1,200
Comments: 

This was a TOTAL hassle to ship my bike from Rio to NYC. First off, the border officials didn't give me the proper stamp upon entry from Bolivia. When I went to inquire about shipping to the States I found myself caught in a major legal bind; they would not ship the bike without proper stamps etc. To top it all off, customs in Brazil was on strike so I could not get much done.

It took one month(1) of daily meetings (shipping companies, federal police, US embassies), paperwork and phone calls. TOTAL hassle. When I got clearance, they still would not give me anything in writing (due to the strike?) so I left the bike with Transwaite Shipping in Rio and on a handshake agreed to $500 on a Rio to NYC shipment.

1 month later the bike arrived in Miami, and I was told I had to pay $300 for their handling, and $300 to get the bike to NYC. The people in Miami (Lilly & associates-Miami) were barely interested in talking to me and I had to constantly keep on them as to how to get the bike to NYC. It ended up in Newark, New Jersey; 2 months after I started the process...



 

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