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I have been following the story with avid
interest. I am a professional photographer (part time collector) who
recently undertook a photographic shoot in the US, I am based in the UK.
I always use FedEx for delivering, on this occasion
I insured the package of original transparencies for �3,000 which was the cost
of the shoot.
The package arrived at the clients address but had
been opened and 99% of the transparencies were missing. What had obviously
happened is that an employee of FedEx had seen the high insurance value on the
small package and decided to make a quick buck. They had obviously
realised once the package was open that it was worthless to them but in order to
cover their tracks they sent the package on with only a few images.
After 30-40 phone calls and numerous letters and
three internal investigations by FedEx, they eventually coughed up the
�3,000 admitting their liability.
There should be numerous checks that they could
carry out to pinpoint where the switch took place, but they should pay out what
the item was insured for once their searches fail to produce any
results.
Andy
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 10:10
AM
Subject: [MOPO] STOLEN POSTERS
Hello from France,
Firstly, many
many thanks to all of you who called me or sent e-mails with kind words.
The true story is worse, my client did not receive an empty box, but a box
containing toilet paper rolls ... Of course, he received a "box", and
not the "tube" I had sent, and the accompanying customs invoice was not
with the airway bill. My client confirmed receipt of the "box", and the toilet
paper was American and not French, therefore the exchange of toilet paper for
posters was made "after" arrival in the USA. Many of you asked me for a
description of the posters :
All of them are linenbacked (except the
original gouache). Here's more description on each poster :
- Sabrina
prior to linenbacking poster was folded in near mint condition, no special
other info
- Monte Carlo baby prior to linenbacking poster was folded in
near mint condition, some touch up along fold lines in the head of the blue
face of the man
- Funny face prior to linenbacking poster was ROLLED in
mint condition and came from personnal Brini's archives
- Audrey Hepburn's
portrait From personnal Brini's archives, original gouache artwork (painting)
on strong paper
- Breakfast at Tiffany's locandina prior to linenbacking
poster was folded in excellent condition - Blues censor stamp with red ink
with date (you can check JPEG)
- Breakfast at Tiffany's 3 photobusta prior
to linenbacking posters wer folded in good condition with some pin holes at
each corners
Some of you advised me to send e-mails to the press
agencies (CNN, Reuters, AFP, etc ...), to other carriers (FEDEX, TNT, DHL, etc
...), to economic forum on the net for trying to put pressure on UPS. What do
you think about this ? Any other ideas ? Any good addresses for posting my
story ?
Sincerely
Dominique BESSON
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