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 [...]
In the photo you can see a glass football souvenir bought for me by my parents, and it’s pretty fragile. It was not wrapped by Burke Bros, or packed in a way that would keep it safe, it was simply thrown in with a whole load of other things that they just dumped into a [...]
With the man coming to look at the possessions that were damaged as a result of Burke Bros negligent packing I figured this would be a good time to start looking at some of the things that were damaged. It’s going to be a quick look today as I’m working on something else and have [...]
Just a brief post to say that I have had contact from the people over here that will be handling our insurance claim. They are coming to assess the damage that has been done to our possessions as a result of Burke Bros negligent packing.
They seem pretty on the ball and I’ve been told that [...]
I’ve been asking Chris Burke at Burke Bros the same question, over and over, for weeks. It was only after chasing up his brother Gary that Chris Burke has finally, after all these weeks, given me a reply.
Here is the relevant section from his email…
Dear Mr O’Connor,
Gary contacted me claiming I had not been [...]