{"id":1388,"date":"2013-04-11T11:10:56","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T15:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=1388"},"modified":"2018-08-17T11:13:47","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T15:13:47","slug":"consumer-alert-warning-to-yacht-purchasers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/consumer-alert-warning-to-yacht-purchasers\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumer Alert – Warning to Yacht Purchasers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>April 11, 2013<\/div>\n<p>The Commission has recently received an increased number of complaints involving the international transport of yachts purchased by individual consumers. Examples of recent complaints include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Delays in shipping and delivering cargo;<\/li>\n<li>Use of boilerplate contracts that allow the shipping company to wait as long as a year to ship the yacht while requiring the consumer to pay storage fees and a significant penalty should the consumer cancel transportation service; and<\/li>\n<li>Failure of the shipping company to accurately disclose costs and delivery terms of service.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To avoid problems with shipping yachts internationally, consumers should take the following precautions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensure that the shipping company is FMC licensed and bonded. A list of licensed companies is available at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/oti\/\">http:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/oti\/<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>Read and understand the shipping company\u2019s written terms and conditions prior to contracting for services;<\/li>\n<li>Understand the shipping company\u2019s cancellation policy prior to contracting; and<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that any required delivery windows are specifically provided for in the written contract.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For assistance resolving problems associated with an international yacht shipment to or from the U.S., please contact the Office of Consumer Affairs & Dispute Resolution Services at 202-523-5807 or\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:complaints@fmc.gov\">complaints@fmc.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 11, 2013 The Commission has recently received an increased number of complaints involving the international transport of yachts purchased by individual consumers. Examples of recent complaints include: Delays in shipping and delivering cargo; Use of boilerplate contracts that allow the shipping company to wait as long as a year... <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"\/consumer-alert-warning-to-yacht-purchasers\/\">Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24,4],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1389,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388\/revisions\/1389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}