Not yet. GRRRRRRRRRR.
I finally got the officially stamped US Customs Form 7501 yesterday after I had to get the shipping company involved after the brokerage house blew me off for two weeks about getting me an official copy.
The owner of the company (TFX International Shipping in Canada) was great. I emailed him on a Sunday evening and he immediately contacted me back about it. He then proceeded to rip the brokers a new one over the next three days, for what they did. It turns out the brokerage company was just bought out by a larger company and the people there just didn't give a damn about customer service after that point. (The brokerage house had previously sent me a printed copy that THEY notarized - duh! It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that you can't notarized someone else's form/signature and even remotely think that the DMV will accept that. Especially NJ, which is very strict about having original documents only).
The owner at TFX even said he is going to refund my brokerage fees. I said that was not necessary as I would much rather see the brokerage company refund my fees than the shipping company, since it wasn't the shipping company's fault. But he wasn't taking no for an answer. :-)
So I fedexed the form, to DMV last night which means they will get it today but the guy who is working on my document package won't see it til Monday due to the mail room routing delay at DMV. I already alerted him it is coming. Hopefully the end of the tunnel is in sight. Cross your fingers!
So that is why I have been doing all this work now, since I can't drive it!
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