The figure that you can see amid the mess that Burke Bros created when they threw things into this box is Major Matt Mason. He was bought for me about 40 years ago by an aunt who brought it back from the Bahamas. Obviously, I had played with him quite a bit when I was younger, but he was in good condition and in full working order.
Not anymore!
Thanks to the Burke Bros and their negligence he is now badly scraped and has a broken arm. I kept him 40 years because he meant something to me. Now he is ruined. This is a prime example of the sort of thing that I have been complaining about Burke Bros. It’s an item that is irreplaceable, has high sentimental value, but possibly has very little financial value. I would have looked mad had I tried to itemise every single item like this and how long would it have taken me to try and establish just what the market value of things like this are?
So, in the end I only insured the high value items, believing that my possessions would be safe and that I was in the hands of a reputable and trustworthy company. Lets just say I have revised my opinion!
Here’s a close up of the broken arm Burke Bros gave Major Matt Mason…