“Nakabalik na ako ng UAE, di ba rin nakarating sa amin yung balikbayan box ko,” says Jen Angeles, who remembers sending her box to a less known forwader. “Umalis yung box ng November. Nagbakasyon ako ng December. Nakabalik na ako ditto wala pa rin.” She said it took 3 months for her box to arrive.
“Di na raw nakakabayad yung may-ari kaya na-ipit sa warehouse yung boxes namin,” says Reimon Espejo, adding that they had 2 boxes with contents worth Dh4,000. He said he, along with some 200 other OFWs, filed a complaint against the company that has apparently gone bankrupt, to no avail.
“Yung super jumbo ko, naging sintaas na lang ng tuhod ng nanay ko nang dumating,” says Mary Jean Palomar, who also shared she had likewise sent another box to her sister… “bawas din ang laman!”
“Mayroon ngang tawag ng tawag sa akin, libreng padala daw. Sabi ko ‘wag na, yun ngang may bayad, eh bawas ang laman…baka ‘pag libre, wala nang laman. Kandakuba akong magpuno nyan.”
“Inabot ng 8 months yung box. Hinahabol naming. Nung ika-8 month, pinagbayad ng Php1,500 para daw ma-clear sa Customs,” says Maria Rebecca Asis, adding that “maraming other boxes ang na-hold din.” She said “nakarating finally yung box after a year.”
