European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 Strong Means weighty and they can be costly by Bob Hoyer staff writer that new Oak furniture could turn out to be an expensive buy if you have to pay the Cost of shipping it Back such costs can be and youll end up paying them if your household goods shipment is More and More service members Are heading Home with excess weight and costly shipping for americans shipped Home from Europe with More weight than they the Strong Dollar is increasing the the Strong Dollar is an incentive to buy such weighty items As grandfathers clocks and says Jim Branhamn the Quality control officer at the Frankfurt consolidated personal property shipping the High Dollar makes shopping on the european Economy More says chief master Donald the superintendent of transportation for As a were seeing an increase in the number of people exceeding weight at v corps in Bailey the chief of personal property attributes weight problems to the High Dollar and administrative weight restrictions for army air Force Jose he electrical information systems knows just How Tough excess weight charges can Hes still paying off an overweight shipment from a 1983 move to Europe from san the government tried to hit me for an overweight Bill of but i was Able to get that reduced to ill be paying it off at the rate of a month until january of overweight charges can really eat holes in your Rios such charges have put families in debt and caused Domestic the worst of which have resulted in separations and even transportation Counselor try to resolve weight problems for but not always with says Howard the chief of the Frankfurt property shipping in some cases couples have split after a session with a then come Back to transportation a few Days later to arrange for separate Rettig quotes costs that show Why excess weight can be a financial using an average overweight charge of a hundredweight the Cost depends on the Point of origin and pounds of overweight will Cost a shipment that is pounds overweight would Cost who rules on requests for authorized overweight in v says the average overweight shipment is about pounds above the but he has seen shipments that Are and pounds in excess of overweight shipments occur in varied for those who Are staying in the overweight charges can be paid off in for those who Are leaving the excess weight charges must be paid before the shipment this Means the household goods must go into storage until the excess shipping charges Are Wilson and weve had members run up considerable storage costs bythe time they managed to get the Money to pay the excess shipping while some members dont mind paying for excess Many Are financially squeezed by overweight to reduce the Impact of such charges and the number of overweight transportation officers recommend the photo by Lynda Sparks a mover carries a wardrobe Box out the door of a military apartment preventive if you preview you shipment you can usually Tell if youre going to be Rettig your transportation office is the place to you must determine your weight allowance and then decide if your shipment will be within that weight allowances Are tied to marital status and overseas areas of some areas Are weight air Force personnel who came overseas after july 1984 Are permitted full joint travel regulations str army personnel assigned to the same areas May be Given the same but army troops in others area May be restricted to certain service members who have married after their move overseas May get a higher weight based on transportation Counselor help service members determine their its your a pamphlet available at transportation includes a Section on estimating the weight of your shipment becomes a necessity if theres a Chance that it will be you can get a Good idea of the weight of your shipment by weighing separate items on a bathroom two Scales connected by a Board May be used in weighing Large another method is to allow pounds for the average and then add the weights of Large appliances and items in storage once you realize your shipment is going to be you still have options that will reduce the excess weight you should purge your shipment of the Seldom used junk items that exist in most if you know youre going to be what goes into Turkey must come out household goods move in and out of tur key under strict As a Rule of what goes into Turkey must move out with the procedures exist for the disposal of worn out equipment or the Sale of goods to authorized but they must be followed to the if they the departing service member could be in the High Cost of manufactured goods in Turkey is the reason for tight import controls by the turkish these controls make it illegal for foreigners and turks to engage in private the Beya name or declaration in is the instrument used by the turkish customs ministry to ensure compliance with the separate Beya names Are required for each shipment of household goods and for privately owned vehicles and for High value items purchased in the military electrical a television and radio video and camera and just about All items valued at or More Are subject to listing on the the Beya name begins its life in the local traffic management a to employee starts the Beya name by listing several items from the incoming then reports to the nearest turkish customs a customs official takes the Beya name to the agent holding the household and with a to employee goes to the members where entries Are made on the Beya name As the shipment is at the time of departure the member must show that All items listed on Beya names Are being taken out of the country or have been properly disposed there is a Way to dispose of a broken or workout or to legally sell it to an authorized said Bob House hold goods specialist at the Ankara but the documents must be in order or there will be exit Transfer of Safe purchased property from one american to another can be completed in a matter of but to make a Transfer of property such As a car or an electrical appliance from a nato at least six weeks should be allowed for the paperwork to changes in a nato Beya name require approval of the ministry of customs and changes in a Pov Beya name need approval of the ministry of foreign Twenty years ago americans were permitted to sell their cars to turkish often at prices that exceeded View car costs in the United now a tightening of the Beya name proce you might consider shipping such unbreakable As linens and books by Sanders Check the Post office for the various postal there generally a lot cheaper than paying the government transportation air Force James the chief of the Kaiserslautern shipping recommends that service members determine Early that their shipment May be overweight so they can sell unwanted the Yard Sale is a Good Way to work off things you dont want to pay to Lyon Money raised in Yard sales May be used to pay the postage and insurance on goods shipped by if your shipment is still overweight after exercising All your you can ask the transportation office at your new duty station for a even if the Reweigh weight is higher than the original your overweight charges will be computed at the lower of the two Lyon says some people elect to pay the overweight charges because they have the Money to do so and because they really want the High value items purchased during their european but in the majority of overweight results in costs members could do without costs that transportation officers say Are unnecessary if preventive action is taken Well before the in the the Best preventive action May be not buying that bargain piece of furniture if it is going to put you overweight and stretch your finances to pay the shipping before buying that solid Oak you might Check your weight Rettig what appears to be a bargain could turn out to be quite costly if you have to pay to ship it Back Dure prevents such transportation officials remind americans it is against turkish Law to Export an antique or relic of turkish Antiques listed on an entry Beya name should give the departing service member no but the antique purchased in Turkey will have to stay in turkish and customs inspectors Check household goods shipments heading for the United Bob Hoyer