Hypothetical question.....imagine you have hunted a species unimportable to the US. It winds up being stored for a period of years by your taxidermist. There is never a mention of costs for this on your invoice or when you pay your deposit. Three years later when you are actually building a home in the country (solving their storage problem) you get an email from them saying "we are tired of storing these animals for US hunters so are now charging $35 per month for the service....YOU OWE US 1200 EXTRA dollars for the LAST three years' storage"!

WTF??!?!?!??!??!?!



John

I'd say it should have been agreed on beforehand. I'd also say that using a business for free storage is the wrong thing to do too.

On my work orders I have a clause that says once we contact you, you have 30 days to come get your finished mount and pay off the balance. On the 31st day we begin charging a $1.00/day storage fee. On the 60th day we reserve the right to sell your mount as unclaimed goods. We then file in small claims court if we sell your mount for less than you owe us.

Even if you had paid off your balance I wouldn't store your mount as I then accept liability for any damages/theft that occur while they are in my care. Further, I don't have the room.

Ive never dealt with items being unimportable so I can't comment on that. But Id call the taxidermist and see if you can't work something out.

Good luck

Hugh

If it isn't stated on the receipt (in essense, the contract), he cannot apply charges retroactively.

Tell him you will make arrangements to have the item shipped elsewhere, and that if he tries to dun you for storage charges, you'll notify the Crown Prosecutor, the RCMP, and Inland Revenue (I doubt he will declare those charges on his tax returns).

George