Originally posted by Pedro
The customs Neanderthals stood on its front guard to check on mine above and in doing so, dented and scratched the top of the guard.
Don't blame customs for that damage as they probably had cleared all the cars before landing. It is rare that they are even present for the opening of the container.
AQIS are present, but other than taking a look as the door seal is broken & the doors opened, basically stay outside & watch the cars get unloaded. They check them as they come out.
I would say the workers at the yard or whoever was in charge of the container would know who caused the damage. My guess would be the packers in the US, rather than here.
You guys need to go easy on Customs & AQIS, most are good people to deal with, ones at the yard I use are very efficient & are also car guys, one owning a neat Impala.
Remember they are our only defense in keeping this country free of all the crap that is in the rest of the world.
Only on Friday was I looking at a pile of timber that had been used to crate glass coming from the US & it had mould on it like you would not believe. The AQIS agent explained to me forests in the USA have this bug that causes the mould & this country is free of it. That would have been one expensive quarantine destruction.
Cars can have all sorts of dangerous stuff on them, particularly cars that have been in storage. Another container I saw on Friday, had all sorts of stone carvings from China, the packing was getting the attention it deserved.
We ship a lot of product from China to the US, making sure the crating passes quarantine inspection is always a top priority.
