I would try to contact the Consumers Union who print the Consumer Reports Magazine. They are always on top of these types of things. We should all keep these lists and be on the watch if any of these posters turn up on ebay. I'm so sorry, Dominique. Toochis --- Andy Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 ----- > From: DOMINIQUE BESSON > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > > > > DOMINIQUE BESSON AFFICHES > Chemin de la Loube > 13650 Meyrargues > France > Phone : 33.442.634.944 > Fax : 33.442.634.188 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.dominiquebesson.com > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at > www.filmfan.com > > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible > for its content. > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at > www.filmfan.com > > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo > Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: > SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible > for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
