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To put it simply, many shipping companies are nothing but low level gangsters and inexperienced travelers who've never used Sea Freight or Freight Forwarders are easy marks for them.
This is why I often advise AGANST shipping your bike half way round the world. You must also add to the total the amount of hassle and STRESS you're put through in an unfamiliar City, perhaps not knowing the language and dealing with common criminals and liars.
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Hi Mollydog, very well said. I will also start recommending travelers to buy the bike down here in South America.
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Lesson No1: BE 100% SURE that YOU ARE the CONSIGNEE that means that your name appears in this specific cell of the BoL. If you are the consignee, then its YOU that you take over your vehicle's clearance at the port of discharge meaning you can choose the customs broker you want and not the one that the Freight forwarded will "allocate" to you.
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Thank you Pinproject, I did not know this ... hope this thread becomes a bit of a knowledgebase about the tricks used.
mika
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