Originally posted by latina
I have enjoyed reading the posts here for the last few years and now find myself needing the assistance of this group. Several weeks ago we made the
grave mistake of hiring boat transporter JIM CONNOLLY to take our boat & trailer from La Paz to San Diego, which he said would take him 2.5 days.
We wired him a 50% deposit so that he could insure our property for the trip. On March 2nd we paid him in full and he left our home in La Paz with
our 2003 19' Carolina Skiff (Louisiana reg.#LA9366FG) c/w 115hp Suzuki 4cycle O/B, sitting on a 2003 Continental aluminum single axel trailer,
Louisiana plate #K042462, headed north. A week later we tracked him down only as far as El Rosario, where he told us he lived with his girlfriend.
He then told us he was also picking up 3 motorcycles to deliver along with our boat and trailer. On March 11th he said he had broken down in Ensenada
and his Ford F350 truck could not be repaired in Mexico. He told us he had a friend who would drive down from Oxnard and pick up our boat and trailer
to finish the delivery. At 10:30am March 14th he told us that our boat & trailer were hooked up to his friend's truck and they were in Rosarito
heading north and would be in San Diego that day. After that we lost contact with JIM CONNOLLY for several days. Fearing for his well-being and the
whereabouts of our property we called the US Consolate Missing Persons who couldn't assist us. We tried to get information from the San Ysidro
supervisor to see if he had crossed the border, been arrested or if our property had been detained. The supervisor couldn't give out that
information. In order to get his truck plate # to make a report, we called the Baja Travel Club where he told us he would purchase the insurance we
paid him for. We were told he did not in fact purchase the insurance. On the advise of the San Diego PD we contacted their auto theft division to
find out what our options were. They told us that because we had a contract with JIM CONNOLLY to deliver our boat there was nothing we could do.
Then on the morning of March 18th, after several days without contact, JIM CONNOLLY finally answered his cellphone and told us that our boat and
trailer and his friend's truck had all been STOLEN in Rosarito while his friend had made a stop, leaving our property unattended and the truck
unlocked with the keys in the ignition! We asked him if he made a police report. He said he had. We asked him to email us copies of everything. He
didn't. Now he has dropped off the face of the earth. If you are planning any boat transport please be very wary of this individual as his business
practises in our case have clearly been unethical and fraudulent. JIM CONNOLLY gave us a quote to transport our boat & trailer to San Diego.
After we agreed on the price he requested 50% deposit, part of which he would use to insure our boat, which he did not do. When he arrived in La Paz
we booked and paid for a hotel room and even then he asked for more money to pay for his fuel for the trip north, which we gave him, along with the
balance we agreed to pay (Even though our trip was a backhaul, as someone else had already paid him to bring their boat south to La Paz). Once he had
our property he was difficult and sometimes impossible to reach. The 2.5 day trip extended to 16 days to the day he finally told us our property had
been stolen and admitted that he had not insured it. Has anyone seen our boat and trailer on the Baja peninsula? Thank you. |
Do you have any photo's of JIM CONNOLLY
? Maybe post his cell no. so we can all give him a call and let him know we will be looking out for him and not use his service .
Nice T-top, huh?? I also have my eyes open for a
Carolina Skiff in the area latina! I am at ramps at least 2 days a week, maybe more if the fishing would pick up. Good Luck!
Lets see what becomes of this. Was good to hear back from the so soon
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Take your fighting to a off subject chat . If you have info with this problem then thanks . 