B-151567, OCT. 14, 1963
Highlights
JR.: FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF AUGUST 6. YOU WERE ADVISED BY DECISION OF AUGUST 1. YOU WERE ADVISED THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO ACCEPT YOUR CHECK FOR $18.02 IN FULL SETTLEMENT OF YOUR INDEBTEDNESS TO THE UNITED STATES AND THAT IT WILL BE RETAINED PENDING RECEIPT OF ADVICE FROM YOU AS TO WHETHER YOU WISH IT RETURNED OR APPLIED IN PARTIAL LIQUIDATION OF YOUR INDEBTEDNESS. THE BASIS OF THE CHARGE OF EXCESS COST ON THE SHIPMENT OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD GOODS WAS FULLY EXPLAINED. THE MATTER OF YOUR ALLEGATIONS WAS REFERRED TO THE CARRIER WHO HANDLED THE SHIPMENT. LAFLEUR WERE PRESENT AT THE TIME OF PICK UP AND DELIVERY AND THEIR INSTRUCTIONS AS TO WHAT WAS TO BE MOVED WERE RECEIVED FROM YOU OR MRS.
B-151567, OCT. 14, 1963
TO MR. JOSEPH D. LAFLEUR, JR.:
FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF AUGUST 6, 1963, REGARDING YOUR INDEBTEDNESS TO THE UNITED STATES IN THE SUM OF $173.59 ARISING FROM YOUR SERVICE AS CAPTAIN, U.S. ARMY.
IN RESPONSE TO YOUR REQUEST OF APRIL 29, 1963, YOU WERE ADVISED BY DECISION OF AUGUST 1, 1963, THAT YOU HAD BEEN OVERPAID $18.02 FOR ACCRUED LEAVE, THAT THE SHIPMENT OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD GOODS RESULTED IN EXCESS COST TO THE GOVERNMENT OF $258.16, AND THAT YOU HAD BEEN ALLOWED A CREDIT OF $102.59 FOR THE INCLUSION OF PROFESSIONAL BOOKS AND PAPERS, REDUCING YOUR TOTAL INDEBTEDNESS TO $173.59. ALSO, YOU WERE ADVISED THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO ACCEPT YOUR CHECK FOR $18.02 IN FULL SETTLEMENT OF YOUR INDEBTEDNESS TO THE UNITED STATES AND THAT IT WILL BE RETAINED PENDING RECEIPT OF ADVICE FROM YOU AS TO WHETHER YOU WISH IT RETURNED OR APPLIED IN PARTIAL LIQUIDATION OF YOUR INDEBTEDNESS. THE BASIS OF THE CHARGE OF EXCESS COST ON THE SHIPMENT OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD GOODS WAS FULLY EXPLAINED.
IN YOUR LETTER OF AUGUST 6, 1963, YOU PROTEST THE INDEBTEDNESS ARISING FROM THE SHIPMENT OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE SHIPMENT INCLUDED MANY ITEMS WHICH YOU DID NOT DESIGNATE FOR SHIPMENT. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU SAY THAT THE SHIPMENT INCLUDED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF WOODEN FENCING WHICH YOU HAD PUT ASIDE FOR THE TRASH MEN. YOU FURTHER SAY THAT WHEN THE SHIPMENT ARRIVED YOU REFUSED TO SIGN THE INVENTORY BECAUSE OF THE INCLUSION OF UNWANTED ITEMS.
THE MATTER OF YOUR ALLEGATIONS WAS REFERRED TO THE CARRIER WHO HANDLED THE SHIPMENT. BY LETTER OF SEPTEMBER 13, 1963, COPY ENCLOSED, THE CARRIER STATED THAT IT HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE PICKUP OR DELIVERY OF ANY UNWANTED ITEMS; THAT YOU OR MRS. LAFLEUR WERE PRESENT AT THE TIME OF PICK UP AND DELIVERY AND THEIR INSTRUCTIONS AS TO WHAT WAS TO BE MOVED WERE RECEIVED FROM YOU OR MRS. LAFLEUR. ALSO, THE CARRIER FURNISHED A COPY OF DD FORM 619 DATED SEPTEMBER 2, 1960, WHICH APPEARS TO BEAR YOUR SIGNATURE ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF THE SHIPMENT SUBJECT TO INVENTORY AND UNPACKING, AND A COPY OF THE INVENTORY WHICH YOU ALSO APPEAR TO HAVE SIGNED WHEN THE EFFECTS WERE PICKED UP. COPIES OF THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE ALSO ENCLOSED.
SINCE IT APPEARS THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR INSTRUCTIONS THE CARRIER MOVED THE EFFECTS YOU DESIRED TO HAVE MOVED AND THAT THE SHIPMENT EXCEEDED YOUR AUTHORIZED WEIGHT ALLOWANCE YOU ARE AGAIN REQUESTED TO REMIT THE EXCESS COST AND TO FURNISH ADVICE AS TO DISPOSITION OF THE CHECK FOR $18.02.