This is a nice ride. I had a 2 door 1972 Newport. Outstanding car. It saved me & the misses when we got picked up by a tornado in Mo. off the highway. Love those big cars man. It didn't fall apart on landing and we never got a scratch. Scared but ok. Love to have another from 1969-73 models/2 doors. P.S. Hope that the Lord shines bright on your behalf. Best of wishes.
I am SO SORRY that a fellow car enthusiast is going through such unfair treatment......I have learned that the only classic car I should buy is in my own country. I can live without any car needing to be shipped. I DO HOPE things work out for you. All the best !
On behave of a fellow car guy & also a Canadian, I'm sorry that this, has happened to you. I hope you come out alright in this shameful extortion scam.
I feel your pain bro! That's unacceptable in a developed country. That's the sort of thing you'd expect in a third world corrupted country.But in the UK??? Good Luck pal!!
I have shipped a lot of cars over the years and I have never had this problem before, I am told that in the shipping world Felixstowe is known as the worst port in the Country for Customs pulling containers, I am also told that customs never pull containers owned by Amazon or FedEx. Also Felixstowe Port is run by a Chinese company
I’ve been considering importing an MGB from the UK to USA next summer. I’m assuming that going through an established UK classics agency should avoid these type of issues. Fingers crossed.
How the system works is customs here or in the States pick containers randomly to check, I am told if your container is randomly picked in the States it is a minimum of $5,000 cost to the customer, it has now become a gamble on wether your container is pulled in to be checked
I feel for you. I have a 69 Newport convert project car. I am an American so I have no idea how European scams work. I don't know if calling an embassy has any effect.
When you ship a car once it is unloaded you are allowed 5 days free to come and collect it, I have always collected the car within that 5 days so has never been a problem, this time customs decide that they want to do a container check which is fine by me, but what your not told is all the time your property is in the container sat at the docks is costing £80 a day storage, which I am told is split between the shipping company, the warehouse, and the port. As I see it the container is being held through no fault of mine so why am I being made liable to pay. I also have to pay the £80 customs charge for an X-ray
@marksmith6634 yes I am told the same problem is in the States, they don’t pull containers from Amazon or FedEx so they individual containers to make up for it
You should have drove it to Halifax NS or even St John's NFLD. At least there you will be closer to your destination and would find shipping companies that are far more trustworthy and reliable. There are way too many scavenger agencies involved with shipping in Toronto or anywhere else along the St Lawrence Seaway.
I agree with you, the ship was supposed to go from Montreal to Germany and then to Felixstowe, for some reason it was taken off the ship in Germany and then went to Rotterdam and finally arrived in England on December 1st 7 days later than scheduled, and now it’s just sat there gaining £80 a day storage fees. It’s an absolute nightmare
Somehow the beauty of the photography (Love the car, and the wide open west) caused me to lose track of your story. I can only hope that you too can displace the shipping troubles, simply by recalling the road trip. Cheers!
The 5 week road trip is now full of memories and the star of the show was definitely the scenery, the people we met along the way, and the car, one of the main reasons for videoing the trip was so we could look back on it in years to come, we have more videos on RU-vid of the trip that you can watch
A fellow in Toronto had his car stolen from his driveway and he tracked it by a hidden GPS tracker to a shipping container in Montreal. He went to the Police and they couldn't have cared less. There is so much corruption out there, it's hard to be the little guy just trying to honestly get by.
They reckon Toronto is one of the worst places for car theft in the World and yes the police are not the slightest bit interested, as I see it now every politician in the World is now corrupt with Trudeau and his foot soldiers right up there in the top tier
I imported a '64 Chrysler 300 Silver Special from Arizona to New Zealand. The ad went 'WOW, Survivor.' Arrived. Floor and sills gone, roof had fist-sized holes. Broke me. But then I imported a '62 Dart, and it was good. I hope you get resolution, but you have your trip and photos as a memory. I heard a horror story of a '66 Mustang arriving in Australia. When it was time to uplift, it'd been entirely stripped. MAF decided any potential source of asbestos had to go. Brakes, engine gaskets, auto trans frictions, headlining, carpet etc. All thrown out, with a 5k bill.
Never use a shared container you only inherit the other guys problems. Ro-Ro is cheaper, I did this with a '32 Ford from USA to England. There isn't much excuse for delaying tactics as the car is there for all to see.
When I ship a car out of the States I always use roro, but in Canada the only option is container, what was in the container wasn’t the problem, Uk border force being lazy and not wanting to work was the problem and Maersk shipping line take full advantage of that situation with extortion storage fees
I once sold a 1964 Dodge to a Canadian. The title was long gone, and they wouldn't allow entry into Canada. They took it to a body shop in New York and had it cut in half. They then brought it into Canada as "parts".
OMG, sorry to hear about that. I love the car though. It sounds like you drove right past my house with that beauty on your way to T.O. I would love to own a car like that one day.
@@MrThompsonusa Awe yes. I'm familiar with Orangeville. It's been a lot of years since I was there last but that's a little North of me. Happy new year and I hope all works well with the car.
@@jimdent351 Happy New Year to you and your family, my friend works in Oakville so that’s probably a little closer to you, I have passed through Hamilton a few times
I'm certainly sorry something like that should happen to you and I hope there's some sort of legal action that might at least reimburse you and some compensation for your troubles. I'd like to think that you might put this story on the news and expose this fraud for everyone to see what a blatant robbery this has become... By the way ol boy 🤔 I'm a 59yr old MOPAR enthusiast since childhood. The car looks to be pristine and I think I looked it over online probably just before you bought it and wondered what lucky cat obtained it... I particularly like the 96 newport because they have great lines. It's a true American classic and I hope you enjoy it for a long time to come.. I noticed that blue number parked there as well, NICE... Take care and I hope you can get some satisfaction and your money back...
Hi, Thanks for your input, UK Border force held the car for 42 days, they are saying that it happened due to staff shortages, that’s a load of rubbish, it happened because they don’t want to work, Maersk the shipping line charged me a total of £2,574 in storage charges plus someone else had a little hot rod in the shared container so that’s £2,574 x 2 so well over £5,000 in storage charges, I am doing an update on this scam, I am waiting to hear back from customs complaints department but I doubt they will even be interested, the Chrysler I brought in Saskatoon Saskatchewan last June and we took a road trip across Canada in September and then shipped it to the UK, I have put some videos of the trip on RU-vid. The car drove faultless and is in good original condition, I still can’t make my mind up on the mod top paisley roof, it’s a love/hate thing I guess
@@MrThompsonusa I had a 1972 Plymouth gold duster and it's original vinal top was simulated rattlesnake hide. I had a catalog with all factory parts for Mopar, all car's.. look it up in case you need anything ..... On the early roadrunners they actually did use lace to make the stripes especially on the tail of the car. I know there's still a few good ones out there... My brother in-law picked up on a 1966 Hemi Charger, all original and had 30,000 original miles on it. The last on I had was a 1965 Plymouth belvedere I. Wedge 318 three on the tree.. All original out of Denver Colorado... Like I said before take care and I hope you find a real good attorney....
@@desertratconnieconstance8557 when I was 10 and living in Belle River Ontario my friends dad who lived across the road worked at the Chrysler plant in Windsor and I remember him turning up one day in his brand new Plymouth Duster 340 in plum crazy purple with the decals on it, I thought it was the coolest car ever, especially when all we had was an old 64 Rambler lol, what is the name of that that Chrysler catalog
England's problems started after khazarians started landing on the british isles in 1070 AD, after being run out of western asia about 150 years previously.
That’s the car my friend made a deal on for $2500 and then when my friend hired a shipping company to pick it up the guy wouldn’t respond to any more calls and the add disappeared. He was something mad I tell you.
@@MrThompsonusa, Well thank you. I actually made a bunch but lost the videos on a crashed computer and since it’s winter and I don’t have a shop I haven’t made any in a little while.
What, are you kidding me, that's a catch 22 in a way but in this case you are being forced to go along with it, thier is no way that this can be legal..
I absolutely agree, you are being forced to accept being robbed, they have held the container now since December 2nd and it is now January 4th, it turns out that everybody gets a cut of the fee, Maersk the shipping company, the port of Felixstowe, and the warehouse that’s holding the container. @kingstownshipping are the messenger and collector of the extortion money, which makes them complicit in this scam
That is a wrong go on for too long. Unlikely to stop because a few people in the offices needed to allow the process to continue pick and choose what containers they will put on hold as the black markets preorders on file get filled for pennys on the dollar and pure profit for the plausible deniability of those in charge. Sorry bout the losses suffered.
I am told that Customs never pull containers owned by Amazon and FedEx. It’s all a big con, the longer it goes on the more money they make in storage fees. The customer also has to pay Customs £80 for the X-ray of the container, now we see why there is a minimum 5 week backlog and can go on for 90 days. Customs did the X-ray on the 3rd of December and they waited until the 7th of December to decide they wanted to do an open container check
One thing is for sure, customs will not pay anything. The next question is, is the shipping company making a business of this? They are probably charged by the terminal for storage fees/ day, but the fees re not always back to back what they are charging customers...If its a part cargo, if they are really greedy, they will charge the full amount from each customer, instead of pro rata....You are probably considered the "merchant"( if You are the shipper paying the freight), and if You look at the waybill, there is a lot of small print about the responsibilities of the Merchant. As this is a part cargo, you should have little less responsibilities compared to a full container load IMHO. It might be that its actually a forwarder you are dealing with, that is often the case for part cargoes in containers.
They are definitely charging the full price, after doing some research I find that there are hundreds of containers given up each year because the storage fees eventually becomes more value than the goods inside. I am also told that customs never pull containers owned by Amazon and FedEx
Silly question. In was wondering if you could insure your shipment for this possibility arising & if your container randomly was picked they would cover the cost?
Sounds like tow yards. Sometimes you need to call and email them two to three times a day. The nice thing about social media is that you can spread the word and maybe something good can happen. How much was shipping? That's a cool car hope you get it back.
The actual shipping of the car from Toronto to England was £1,950 including all fees, the problem is now it is costing £80 a day storage through no fault of ours
@@jolrug1all I get from the shipping company is “there is nothing you can do about it and everybody accepts the situation, sadly I don’t accept it but the only alternative is to get a lawyer but there is no point throwing good money after bad money
Have you got a freight forwarder handling things on your end? They will work with the company shipping the container. International shipping can be a complex nightmare without the right people engaged, it’s pretty standard to see those costs listed in the shipping terms and conditions, the last time I thought I was going to get charged for storage it never happened. Hope all goes well 👍
YES I NEARLY FELL FOUL IMPORTING A LINCOLN 172 CONTINENTAL , WHICH I BACKED OUT OF AND A GOOD JOB I DID ANYWAY DO YOU HAVE THE CAR NOW I DO HAVE A 1972 GRANDE MUSTANG IMPORT FROM NEVADA ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFULL CONDITION , IN FORD STARLIGHT GREEN AND BLACK 20 MILES NOT 20,000 JUST 20 MILES ON THE CLOCK LONG STORY GETTING IT HERE BUT I SHORTLY AFTER BROKE MY KNEE AND NOW WHEN I'M IN IT I CANT GET OUT AS ITS TOO LOW IT NEEDS THE BRAKES SORTING OUT BUT WHEN THE WEATHER IS BETTER ILL DO THEM , BUT IF YOU WANT TO COME TO SOME ARRANGEMENT ILL BE HAPPY TO DO A SWAP NO MONEY AS NOW IT JUST SITS THERE IN THE GARAGE DOING NOTHING,, VERY CLEAN CAR NO FILLER NO DENTS NO RUST SURFACE RUST UNDERNEATH BUT VERY VERY SOLID CAR, AND PILLARLESS TOO, SO LET ME KNOW PLEASE WHAT YOU THINK KEITH BOURNEMOUTH, AND SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOU ORDEAL ,
Hi, I now finally have the car at home, the storage charges were £2574 because Border force Uk are useless at the job they do and Maersk shipping line took advantage of that and scammed me and another person with extortion storage charges so that’s £2574 x 2. I am in the process of updating the scam videos so will be putting that up shortly. I could be interested in your 72 Mustang, can you send some details and photos, my email is thompsonusa@hotmail. Com
You are dealing with long shorman unions and customs both with alterior motives. Research on which countries operations are honest is good due diligence.
I agree, they think they are a law unto themselves and nothing is being done about it, UK border force are absolutely useless and Maersk the shipping line takes full advantage of that with their rip off storage charges, I have been shipping cars for years and have never had this problem before. I am in the process of updating a video with the final conclusion on this scam
Go to the Act in legislation that covers them claiming jurisdiction over peoples property. They will be exploiting a loophole and hoping people are to lazy to chase them up about breaking the 'law'. If the car is registered to a government the government 'owns' it. If they own it its theirs to do what they want with. They will be addressing you as Mister. Mister is your consent to give them power of attorney.
