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B-197911.8 1 (1989-11-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcbl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -The C ompuoUer-General f the United States ahirigton, D.C. 20548 )eclsion Matter of: File: Date: Valdez Transfer, Inc. B-197911.8 November 16, 1989 DECISION The Navy and Valdez have appealed our Claims Group's partial allowance of Valdez Transfer, Inc.'s, claim for the amount the United States 'Navy set off from Valdez's account for alleged loss or damage to a service member's household goods Valdez transported.l/ Missing Items Not Listed On Inventory Valdez correctly states that if household goods are not specifically listed on the carrier's inventory prepared at origin, the carrier will not be charged for their alleged loss if all that shows the goods to have come into the carrier's possession is a property owner's - unsupported, self-serving acknowledgement in writing that he is aware of the criminal penalties for filipg a false claim. Paul Arpin Van Lines, Inc., B-205084,VJune 2, 1982. However, every household good need not be listed on the inventory; we have held that a carrier can be charged with loss where other circumstances are sufficient to establish that the goods were shipped and 1pst. Paul Arpin Van Lines, Inc., Reconsideration, B-205084,vJune 8, 1983. In this case the shipper notified Valdez within 5 days of delivery that a waterbed thermostat was missing. The property owner's notes written on his copy of the inventory at the time of delivery at. destination state: Box not taped well by packers. Contents dumped at delivery site. The Navy indicates that this box was the one in which the waterbed thermostat was originally packed and that the property owner was personally interviewed by Navy claims Officers in this regard. Also, the inventory indicates that other waterbed parts were shipped. We conclude that these / The goods belonged to Edward L. Marks, USN, a shipped on Government Bill of Lading DP-463445. nd were £ '~ -j INA- W

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