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Thread ID: 122097 2011-11-30 18:30:00 Rena Salvors. Trev (427) PC World Chat
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1246415 2011-11-30 18:30:00 The Rena salvors are going to charge people with things in the containers 80% of there value to get them back. If you had house hold furniture in them it might be cheaper to buy new items and say stuff the salvors.
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Trev (427)
1246416 2011-11-30 18:51:00 A media sensation being manufactured once again?

It would seem that if you had insured your property for transport that any charge would be met by that insurance. If you ran the risk of not insuring you may well be considered unlucky but that was a personal choice which you should now stand by. Little sympathy from me.
CliveM (6007)
1246417 2011-11-30 19:05:00 Yes so true.
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Trev (427)
1246418 2011-11-30 22:22:00 Eh..doesnt worry me as i didnt buy anything. However the thing i hate is how businesses are saying "Cant work anymore, there is Oil on the beachs". Seriously...Oil...WOOP DE DOO. Oil on Beach. Business in City/Town. Then they cry that they cant get a govt benefit for it. *Sigh*..some people. EmoCat (16620)
1246419 2011-11-30 22:42:00 Eh..doesnt worry me as i didnt buy anything. However the thing i hate is how businesses are saying "Cant work anymore, there is Oil on the beachs". Seriously...Oil...WOOP DE DOO. Oil on Beach. Business in City/Town. Then they cry that they cant get a govt benefit for it. *Sigh*..some people. Oil on beach = no people, no people = no customers, no customers = no money. pcuser42 (130)
1246420 2011-11-30 22:52:00 Oil on beach = no people, no people = no customers, no customers = no money.

Thing is, its not only the people who are near the beaches. Theres people in the middle of Tauranga asking for benefits even though the Oil doesnt effect them. There ARE some people that need the benefit, that i can understand..but the people who are nowhere near the beaches? Bunch of beggars in my opinion.
EmoCat (16620)
1246421 2011-12-01 03:06:00 The Rena salvors are going to charge people with things in the containers 80% of there value to get them back.

Im confused, again :rolleyes:
Arnt the govt(us) paying them for the salvage operation ???
If they are getting paid by us, how can they charge us again ?? Any $$ should go back to the govt.
1101 (13337)
1246422 2011-12-01 04:33:00 www.consumeraffairs.govt.nz

Interesting........ I used to know much of this when I was doing Consumer work for CAB in the 90's but have forgotten most of it. Make your own decision.

Ken
kenj (9738)
1246423 2011-12-01 08:32:00 As far as I'm aware this comes under the maritime salvage laws nothing to do with consumersaffairs. I think this would come under an international salvage law. The NZ government doesn't have to pay a cent. It is the ships owners who should be paying the salvors.
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Trev (427)
1246424 2011-12-01 10:27:00 I had a container full of personal effects sent from the UK a while ago. There was a clear choice as to whether I insured it for loss / damage or not. The moaning people they showed on TV tonight with a lounge full of no furniture and a $50k bill if they want their container back chose not to insure. Their choice, their fault, their loss. Any other solution would probably have its costs filter back down in increased premiums for the people that actually get insured.
My opinion only of course, but the insurance cost is not significant compared to the overall shipping charges so if you take the risk, you take the loss.
Contented (15925)
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