B-215221: Sep 5, 1984

TRANSPORTATION - HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS - WEIGHT LIMITATION - EXCESS COST LIABILITY - NOTICE OF LIABILITY DIGEST: AN EMPLOYEE WHO WAS TRANSFERRED IN MAY 1983 SHIPPED 16. HE WAS ASSESSED CHARGES OF $1. 000 POUNDS EVEN THOUGH HE WAS NOT GIVEN AN ESTIMATE OF THE WEIGHT OF HIS HOUSEHOLD GOODS IN ADVANCE OF SHIPMENT. JR.: A TRANSFERRED EMPLOYEE WHOSE HOUSEHOLD GOODS WERE SHIPPED BY GOVERNMENT BILL OF LADING...

B-215221: Sep 5, 1984

An employee of the Fish and Wildlife Service asked whether he could be relieved of his liability to pay for the shipping of household goods that weighed in excess of the limit in effect. He claimed that he was not offered an opportunity to move under the commuted rate system and that if he had been given a weight estimate before moving, he would have moved the goods himself for a significantly les...