I think pinballjm's idea of a resolution is very fair, and very Canadian. Both parties are somewhat responsible, so the price of the display should be split. The "messenger" has nothing to do with it. I know if i hadn't secured a display properly and it broke during transport, I'd feel like an a** and would DEFINITELY be happy with only paying for half the repairs........
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Not specific to this transaction but IMHO who is responsible for what.
The shipper
-are you being paid? what are you paid for? is it insured? -if you not paying and it's a "favor" than you get what you get in the handling..
I would agree that even if you are paying for transport, whomever "arranged" and paid transport takes the responsibility (it's this way in warehousing). Even if the buyer asks the seller to arrange third party transport on their behalf, it's the buyer's responsibility.
In the case where I am paid $50 to transport a pin from member to member, I take utmost care in the transport, but I didn't pack it, and that charge only helps cover gas, not insurance, so wouldn't want to take responsibility.
There's been only one case where something (a monitor) moved out of its mount, and no one really knows how or why it happened (I certainly don't drive like a maniac and everyone knows I'm anal about "straps", but luckily there didn't seem to be damage). Buyer accepted that these things happen.
That being said, if there was a catastrophic accident, one would hope that the transporter had proper insurance and that the contents would be covered by it (as they are in my case).
I really think that something like this should be handled in private, it's no one business either way. The seller and the buyer need to work this out, themselves.
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Right, and that is why I kept the thing anonymous. I was asking everyones opinion about this, heck, I even kept myself anonymous, even if I had nothing to do with this all.
But really you weren't, you knew the people involved would read your post. Putting it out there, just stirs the pot, makes people take sides, then the whole process of coming to a solution is shot. The community is to small to figure that people wouldn't know who is involved.
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Both parties are somewhat responsible, so the price of the display should be split. The "messenger" has nothing to do with it. I know if i hadn't secured a display properly and it broke during transport, I'd feel like an a** and would DEFINITELY be happy with only paying for half the repairs........
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