Nearly 94 Percent of Gulf Coast Claims Remain Unprocessed

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Don't pretend that the 94% all are without the required documentation. He actually said “thousands” didn't have the required documentation; the majority of that 94% he can't comment on at all because they haven't even looked at them. Another promise broken.

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They Are Lying the Delay has Nothing to do with Lack of documentation but lack of Leadership They do not have enough Claim adjusters to do the job BP was Doing a much better Job and Frankly should have continued to process the Claims another Example of how the GOVERMENT CANNOT OPERATE A DAMN THING!!!

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i have a claim that has not been looked at at all. That's what the gccf told me. Them saying they have all been looked at is total BS.
also I know my documentation is solid i was already approved through BP. BP was so easy to deal with I Had a check in 1 hour from BP
that's quick. why did they replace a working system with a 94% failure rate. and the worst thing is you don't know if your claim is lacking what it needs. the gccf Does not know and there is no one to ask who would.

I've had a claim in for 3 weeks with all the proper documentation. Every time you call they tell you winthin 24-48 hours someone will call you. They never do! I've spoken with several managers and no one will do anything other than say “it is being processed.”

E-mail me at arestuccia@washingtonindependent.com to talk more about your claim. I'd be interested in hearing what you have to say.

E-mail me at arestuccia@washingtonindependent.com to talk more about your claim. I'd be interested in hearing what you have to say.

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This article briefly addresses: (a) how GCCF limits BP's liability via the systematic postponement, reduction or denial of claims against BP; (b) how GCCF guarantees BP's continued long-term operation in the offshore Gulf of Mexico E&P sector; and (c) why GCCF is not necessary to ensure that victims of the BP oil spill are fully compensated for incurred damages.

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I had my claim filed with BP for weeks. I was supposed be receiving my money within a few days and then they swapped over to GCCF. I sat up until midnight waiting to do the online application on their website. They told me I would be processed within 48 hours and it has already been 10 days so far. Everytime I call they say a few more days. I call everyday for an update and they say its still under review. It is a joke.

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I had a claim with BP, everything was good. I filed with GCCF on Mon. Aug. 23 @ 9:am. I haven't heard anything until yesterday Aug.31 when they mailed me a new application and claim number. I called and they said eveything was ok, just overlooked. Now is suppose to be being processed, and still can't get into account. Is this what you are suppose to tell bill collectors? They don't wait, why should we?

I filed my claim on May 3rd with ACE Insurance Co.in Homma, LA, who I was told was the insurance company for BP. My claim then went to BP Oil Spill Claims Office in Ft. Walton Beach, which I had to resubmit my documentation because they said that they did not receive all the documents from ACE. When I didn't hear anything I tried to contact the office in Ft. Walton Beach, to no avail. I called the BP Hotline and was told that my claim was again transferred to another company, Gulf Coast Claims Facility. I again resubmitted my documentation and on August 26 completed the online form. I was told on August 27 that they did not need anything further and I would hear something in 7-10 days from the date of the completion of the online form. Today is September 1, day 7, month number 5. ….sigh

I think The Gulf Coast Claims Facility is a pice of shit I did my claim at 12:01 on the 23 and my claim is still saying GCCF Claim Submitted I have called GCCF and they tell me I have to wait my turn Well I GOT THAT BUT I KNOW THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE A FUCKING 100,000 PEOPLE WAITING UP AT 12:01 TO PUT A CLAIM IN. THIS IS A FUCKING ONCE AGAN THE GOVERMENT FUCKING THE US MEN OUT OF MONEY BP WAS GREAT WHEN THEY WHERE DOING THINGS

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Would be nice if they actually told people if they lacked documentation. The funniest part is that Feinberg told us all repeatedly that he would bend over backwards to accept documentation.

Brian Donovan has it right. The change over was to try to limit BP's liability under OPA and to try to restart the 90 day clock for the National Pollution Fund. If you haven't been paid for 90 days you can file with the NPF and make your claim. Everyone should be reading his information it is the most complete analysis of the claims process on the web.
The state AG's have been writing to Feinberg and being ignored. This is all a game.

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The statement that all claims have been reviewed and more documentation requested is false. I have checked on my claim everyday, it's not processed, they've attached the wrong documentation it's taken over 4 days and multiple phone calls and that is still not corrected and if you call they say they are doing the best they can and the my claim is being reviewed. I was currently on a claim status with BP and filed all documentation, I also updated my status on the 23rd as I was told to do and my claim almost 2 weeks later HAS NOT BEEN PROCESSED OR REVIEWED….let's tell the truth here.

WOW! LIe,Lie, Lie…I have been calling everyday since I've submitted my claim on Aug 24, 2010. They told me that they have ALL the documentation necessary but they are just waiting for an individual adjuster to look at my case. I've been told this everyday! ANd no one has yet to review it! To say that 94% of the claims are inadequately documented is a lie lie lie! Ughh, I'm so angered by this process and the content of this article!

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Today they remove the cap on the well. This is being done BEFORE the relief well gets plugged with no rationale given.

I'm no roustabout, but it seems to me that removing the top kill before the bottom kill is in place risks blowing out the top as pressure is applied with the bottom kill. Why would we risk that?

My prediction is this: despite the protestations of BP stooge Thad Allen, BP never intended to do the bottom kill, and never will. They'll use that hole to get at the oil without drilling yet another one, safety be damned.

Similarly, BP stooge Kenneth Feinberg is there to minimize the payout of BP. Don't for one second ever believe he's there to do otherwise.

No company with the power to have a mass murdering terrorist released from prison will have any hesitation to use it in this case.

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Jew Bastar*

Started process with BP over July 4th weekend. In review with BP for 3 weeks, then told by my adjuster that everything is in holding because of GCCF taking over. Went down to GCCF on Aug 23 and filed form. They couldn't find my info, talked to someone on the phone from GCCF and she said there was no way to locate my info and to just wait for my claim # to come in the mail. Asked to speak to a supervisor who was able to find my info and give me the claim #. Called every single day and got a totally different answer. Called a week ago on a Sunday and a Cust. Serv. rep said I had 2 claims in. One claim# was the form I filed on Aug. 23 and the other was the info that transferred from BP with all my documentation in it. Almost 2 weeks later I am still waiting for them to merge the 2 files. Also sent them all the additional documentation that they asked for that BP did not require. Received in the mail 3 days ago the letter with a totally different claim # on it and a new form. Called them again and they said that it was in review so I asked what does that mean. No answer just told to call the middle of next week or check my status online. I told them that the online status never changes and it never does. Everyone was leaving the GCCF office when it opened with big happy smiles. Told my landlord what they told me 2 weeks ago and now I look like a liar. This is a really horrible ordeal. I am a single mom with a disability who is now 2 months behind on the rent for my business that I have spent the last 7 years building and I haven't got a clue on what to do if the landlord locks me out. I wonder everyday if the emergency money will come in time. This is all so unfair to everyone.

I was told today by GCCF that the 7 and 2 day payment has been “… thrown out the window …” and that it could be 2 weeks or more after documentation is in before a payment is made. BP was making payments on time. This government run operation is a joke.

We went through complete crap with the BP process. We are 100% full time commercial fishermen and file our taxes, pay them and do not lie about it. The adjuster we had to deal with took all of our info, and HE decided how much we were going to get. A one payment of 5,000 and then one day a check for 1960.00 came in the mail. It was our “MONTHLY PAYMENT” ARE THEY SERIOUS? Our documents prove the income we make. For us that amount was UNREAL!! Thank GOD we had money saved or we would have drown! NOT SURE HOW BP CAME UP WITH THESE FIGURES FOR US AS WE SEEN SMILES OF PEOPLE WHO WE KNEW FOR A FACT DIDN'T DESERVE A 90,000$ CHECK! WTH??

SO we called everyone from local to state senate to get the run around. GCCF, WELL I have seen 2 people get a check one was a 6 month payment of 13,000$ and another person 17,000$ 6 month payment. Our check will be here today and I am so scared to see it. I have no clue to how much it is for. They said “just throw us a number” so we gave them an actual $ amount but from what I have seen. I will be surprised if it's even 5,000$ for 6months. YES the waters are open BUT NO1 IS BUYING ANYTHING AND THE SHRIMP WE HAVE CAUGHT, WE CAN'T GET PAID UNTIL THEY SELL, IF THEY DO!!! WE HAVE TO WAIT ON THE FISH HOUSE OWNER TO GET HIS $$ B4 WE EVEN SEE $$ FROM THE SHRIMP. WHICH BEING THE WATERS ARE OPEN ACCORDING TO DUMBBERG MEANS WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE $$.. AND I FEEL FOR ALL OF YOU WHO AREN'T GETTING ANSWERS EITHER. OUR'S WAS UNDER REVIEW FOR 13 DAYS AND AND SAID SUBMITTED FOR 2. I'M STILL SCARED THAT FED-EX WILL BE HERE. MY NERVES ARE CRAZY!! ALL OF THIS IS COMPLETE BULL****!! I MEAN, WHAT DO YA DO WITH A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR 6 MONTHS? FILE MORE CLAIMS??? YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD PAY ALL OF US THE FAIR AMOUNT AND JUST BE DONE WITH IT ON BOTH SIDES. I FIGURED THATS HOW BP WOULD WANT IT. DON'T LOOK LIKE IT…. AND NOW THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PAY IF THEY CAN'T CONTINUE TO DRILL?!?!!!! ALL CRAP!! LIES LIES LIES ARE THERE ANY PEOPLE OUT HERE WHO HAVE HAD A FAIR PAYMENT OR PROCESS? I DON'T KNOW OF ANY!!! I'VE SEEN MANY UN-FAIR PAYMENTS BUT THEY DO NOTHING ABOUT THAT! WTH?

TRUE TRUE!!!! SO TRUE!

WOW! I'M JUST SEEING THIS!! THANKS FOR POSTING

I was told I was approved for three days now they telling me it's under review again maybe they need to take those dumb asses that's answering the phones that can't tell us anything and put them to processing claims to why pay them to tell us they can't tell us anything bp was doing a better job we would have already had our payments maybe we should all go to the attornys office

[...] The Washington Independent questioned GCCF spokesperson Amy Weiss about Feinberg’s promise that individual claims would be paid within 48 hours. “The 48 hours, as Ken has said, is 48 hours after the documentation is in.” She added that “every claim has been looked at so far.” Weiss said 88% of the requests were for lost earnings, about 6 percent were for “loss of subsistence use of natural resources,” and 4 percent were for damage to property. [...]

The GCCF should be paying the claimant a penalty along with interest on the claims that go over the time periods published in the guidelines!

Filed July 3rd with BP got one check and then refiled as required on 8/23 at eight am, went to review on 8/30 and have remained in review since. I have had 178 pages of documents in my file since the 8/23 filing date and have had no letters of document requests. If you take the figures from the GCCF site 50k claims filed, 11k proceed and payed or scheduled for payment in almost three weeks leaves 41k claims to be done (not including most of these are the business claims), lets see I come up with three months time period barring any future documents requests. This is not what was promissed to the gulf states!!!!!!

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BP is financially strapped.They are spending so much money on those ads showing people swearing that they are from New Orleans and BP won't leave until every cent owed has been honored that they can't afford to honor their debts…

“The more he talked of his honor, the faster we counted the spoons.” Emerson

So I processed my claim on August 23rd the day they started doing the claims through GCCF and I had all my paperwork forwarded from BP so they haven't needed any additional paperwork, but my claim is now in review for its 20th day and all they can do is tell me people are working around the clock. I have numerous coworkers that put their claims in after mine and have already received checks. One of my coworkers put his claim in this past Tuesday September 7th and received a check yesterday Saturday September 11th. My roommate has given me an eviction notice, my car payment is past due, my cell phone is about to be turned off and they keep asking me to be patient. On their page it says the claimant has the right to a timely review, but they won't tell me what they consider timely, but I really don't see how 20+ days in review is timely compared to someone getting their check 4 days after the filed.

Looks like your having the same problems that I am. And you an never get a straight answer from them and there is no way to tell why it is taking so long. I have numerous coworkers who put their claims in after me and already received checks and one of them his claim only took 4 days to receive a check.

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They have thousands of adjusters sitting thin the claims offices with their finger up their ass doing nothing and getting paid 450.00 per day.

Wake up .

This is their way of fucking us the little people again.

I filled my claim on the 4th of July.

I was supposed to get my check on the 20th of august and the the CZAR took over.

My claim is still under review.

Here we go for another round of bull shit.

I don see light at the end of the tunnel.

I thing we all start contacting attorneys and sue the fuck out of BP and Feinberg.

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I was laid off because my company was affected by the Moratorium. The Moratorium was a direct result of the BP oil spill. Now I am being told by the GCCF Gulf Coast Claims Facility that I do not fall under the platform to receive or process my claim. I am unemployed because of the Spill plain and simple!! I would be working today if it never happened. My whole life has been turned upside down. I had plans to have a career at my company, to enjoy my health benefits, 401k, etc. That is all gone now and the GCCF has the nerve to just shrug their shoulders and say “oh well”. I was hoping that Obama had thought this through and with the 20 billion allocated would help countless people like myself to try and get back on their feet to transition their lives. I had faith and now I am just angry, bitter, and jobless. Thanks BP- OBAMA – GCCF

I have had a claim in since the beginning of July and then re filed the claim under the new GCCF under Kenneth Feinberg. The claims office just tells me the caim is under review, no more information. Not very helpful. What is the hold up? It's beginning to feel to me like Feinberg was brought in by BP to slow down payments. This is not very flattering to BP's image and very inconsistent with their tv ads about their commitment to the Gulf Coast. Action speak louder than words.

On 08/30/2010 my husband filed a claim with GCCF. As of today 09/16/2010 his claim is still “Under Review” status. Before BP transfer all the claims the GCCF we were receiving reimbursement for loss wages. Now it's been more then 6 weeks plus the 3 from when the claim was filed with GCCF and we have not received any checks. Our bills are behind, my husband keeps losing hours and we are stressed to no end. When will GCCF start processing more claims. So people do not lose everything they have worked so hard for?

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MY CLAIM HAS ALSO BEEN UNDER REVIEW FOR 20+ DAYS CANT GET ANY ANSWERS FOR CALL CENTER JUST THEY ARE WORKING ON THINGS FAST AS THEY CAN…DESTIN,FLORIDA

Well, I don't feel so bad now that I see that everyone else is getting fucked just like me.. The VOO has made some people rich.. I couldn't get on… So the GCCF broke it off in my ass hard. I'll see you in court BP and I wiped my ass with my $1200.00 check you sent me too make it on six months.

Gulf coast claims full of it they just want to keep all the money which BP gave them to deny every claim after waitin so long ..I been waiting all this time to now say I am inelgible (bs) BP paid ontime these folks need their ass whipped.

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Filed a claim with BP back in late May when it became obvious that my area (Destin, FL) was going to be hit. Sent in every bit of requested documentation and then some. Got nothing out of BP. Put in for emergency funding through GCCF on 24 Aug. Claim went into “under review” on the 26th. Still showing (as of 20 Sept, almost a month later) as “under review,” and nobody can tell me anything useful about whether the claim is being reviewed, who's reviewing it (if anyone), what processes are involved and where in those processes my claim is languishing, or any other useful detail. The warm bodies that answer the phone at GCCF are completely useless at providing any info other than what you can see for yourself on their website.

I've lost $40,000 in revenue generation in the last four months, and that on top of the three previous slower-than-usual months. For the entire month of August my company generated $2,800-ish in gross sales, which is not enough to cover my rent by itself. Even if they pay out what I requested for the 6-mo. emergency it won't be enough to stave off bankruptcy – my company is already mathematically too far gone to save.

I will begin shutting my operation down this week. I can't wait any longer for them to figure out what they're doing; my livelihood has for all intents and purposes already ended. I'll have to lawyer up and waste the next 3-5 years making some lawyers richer while my financial world is burned to ash and then scattered to the wind.

I hope it's worth it, BP/GCCF, knowing that you destroyed the finances for five more families… Thankfully there's a special place in hell reserved for all of you…

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Under Review,seems like the cold case files of a police station that no one ever looks at.If you call the 1-800) number you are wasteing your time they have no answers just a .Im sorry,i understand,i dont have that information,Why are these people even their they can make a program that gives you the usless information they are providing you.What a saste of resources in manpower they need to use all them people giveing us no answers to process claims.I dont understand how the heck people working at Wal-mart and Mcdonalds that filed after me are getting advance emergency payments and the done even work on the Gulf of Mexico.We were promised 7 to 10 days what part of Emergency Advance Payment do they not understand?????????

WHO HAS THE ANSWERS????????

yea do any one no how long it take to recieve and response from gccf cause my account is keep saying underreview and i work on the gulf and hours was cut do to the disater and havent recieve any thing yet

This entire thing is a joke…I have been waiting 6 weeks for an answer…SIX WEEKS…

My claims has also been under review for almost 2 months and I know waitresses pulling in thousands wtf? They didn't make thousands to begin with. When you stop by a claims center to ask about your claim or call the 800 number all you're told is “It's under review” Hell I could have told them that I check it eveyday on the website.

Well received my denial today because as a commissioned sales person who sells to just about everyone who was effected in layoffs or loss of income cannot prove I lost income from the oil spill. WTF damn near everyone on the GC was effected.

I live in Alabama and due to the economic impact of the oil spill; I was laid off in August. I filed for a 1 month Emergency Advance Payment because I thought it would be easy for me to find another job. After 3 months I still have not been able to find a job.

I spoke to GCCF’s contact person back in September. I was told by GCCF to fill out the Supplemental form on a monthly basis. I was also told by GCCF that the Supplemental forms should not take as long to process. I have since filled out and sent in 3 Emergency Advance Payment Supplemental forms. On October 12, 2010 they actually had my 1st Supplemental form listed as Claimant Paid and Approved for Payment. After changing the status 3 different times online, GCCF finally has it listed as: Claimant has been paid for at least one Claim. This Claim’s Status: Claimants Under Review (Emergency Advance Payment). I also have copies of the Payment Detail Information Sheet, which GCCF no longer puts on their website. This sheet shows 1st time Claimants submitting claims for 6 month payments and being paid ahead of the Supplemental forms that were submitted before them. This is not just for my claim but for anyone who has filed a Supplemental form.

I called the GCCF toll-free helpline AGAIN today. I explained to their contact person, whose name I have on record, that NO where on the Supplemental form does it ask for the county. It does ask for your location which could mean address or city & state. Besides if GCCF cross referenced the Claimant ID # they would see 1 claim has been paid and it lists the county. The contact person I spoke to, for GCCF, told me they themselves have been inquiring with GCCF as to why the Supplemental forms were taking so long to process. GCCF told them they had not even started on the Supplemental forms and could not tell them when they would be starting on them. Tuesday before Thanksgiving is the last day you can file with GCCF for Emergency Advance Payments.

I work out there too and been denied…I could have lied to them and told them I own”Ray Rays Shrimp Shack” and would have been paid by now.

I have been waiting sence April told everyday the same thing claim is under review. I have demanded to speek to supervisers and lied to. I was told over 2 weeks ago my claim was in the final stage of the review process. I have been hung up on by a the repceptionest Named linda at the Garden City Group who is the parent company for the GCCF. I have ask to speak to someone in management with the Garden city group and been refused. So flood that office with calls and we just might get our claims processed. The rep at the GCCF was not supposed to give me that companys name but they were new and did anyway. These people act like it is their money being used to pay these claims. Ifyou ask me they are holding on to it as long as they can to draw as much interest on it as they can.

I’m begining to realize in order to be compensated you have to lie and cook your books or lie and be 16-19 years old.I’m much older than 19 and I’m not going to lie

An open letter to B.P., the GCCF, Garden City Group, and Mr. Kenneth Feinberg

My name is Justin Tranchita I am the president of Mackinac Charters a charter boat company in Destin Florida. This year started out as one of hope and belief in a bright future for my family and my small business. My children by my side even helped with the restoration of our sailboat, on a Saturday afternoon you may even catch them selling tickets down at our booth on the Destin Harbor. Happy, warm, and full of life, that is what described Mackinac Charters, that is what described my family. Flash forward to the week of Thanksgiving 2010. I have lost my home, I have lost my business, I have lost all of my personal possessions. It has become so hard that I will have to ask my parents to take in the kids who I have raised as a single dad for years because there is just nothing left. My girlfriend became pregnant with our first child this year, she needed a small procedure to close her cervix so that she would not miscarry. She called me over and over again asking for my help financially, but I just could not there was no way. We lost our first baby. I have lost everything because of an oil companies greed to rape and steal the natural resources from the earth and sell them back to us at a profit. With disregard for human life and property they have taken all they can and given back hardly anything. The GCCF said they would help me and my company. I called in so may times and got so many different answers I thought really the only help it would give is an ulcer. Finally in October my company was awarded an emergency payment, unfortunately it was sent to a closed account and then a paper check was sent to the wrong address, even after dozens of phone calls and emails asking the GCCF to change the address and them telling me they did in writing. To add injury to insult an ex employee got the check because they sent it to the wrong address and he tried to cash it! Thank God I put a stop pay on it. It has now been five weeks since that check was cancelled and even though it says on the GCCF website PAID my company has not received a dime. We still wait for our reissued check, meanwhile the last little dignity I have slips away. Last week the operators at the GCCF said they would not speak to me because my company has an attorney, I called Mr. Feinbergs office in Washington D.C. and spoke to a young lawyer who said your case is under an another review even though we agreed to pay you and sent out a check. I said, “its Thanksgiving next week and I am about to lose the kids”. Her response was, “wait “. That was not good enough for me, its one thing to lose you house, your car, your stuff, but not the children! I got in my car and drove 22 hours to Washington D.C. to Mr. Feinbergs office to meet face to face and asked for help in a situation the created by sending the money to the wrong place. When I arrived in D.C. it was surreal I had never been to the nations capitol and I felt like maybe in this place I could finally find redemption, some one surely would help me. I went down to Pennsylvania Avenue after all Mr. Feinbergs office is right next to the white house, one block away. I entered the building gave the watchmen my I.D. and went up the elevator. When I got to the office I let the receptionist know who I was and I asked for the young lawyer I had spoke with on the phone. After twenty minutes she came in with a partner of the firm, who quickly let me know they would be of no help and they showed me the door. As I walked back down Pennsylvania Avenue I looked to my right and saw the white house. With tears in my eyes I thought to myself this is not the America of my youth. I worked hard, I tried all I could to protect my family, I did not ask for what was not mine. In the end I failed. I hope that you understand what your greed has done to the thousands of people effected by the spill, and now by the mishandling of our claims. You have ruined our lives, I know Tony whats his name wanted his life back. Well he got it back, the rest of us still are waiting. When will our help come?

these people are so full of it. I thought i was finally making progres when my status changd to analyzing clain but then it changed to missing documents. I get a letter asking for info that they have had for months and call them and all they do is say oh sorry we will put your escalated claim back under review. Then a week later call amd they say oh you have to respoond to our letter w a letter saying we already had the info before we can resubmit it. I am supposed to be escalated and they have had every document needed for two months now,. It truly is sickening I call every day

these people are so full of it. I thought i was finally making progres when my status changd to analyzing clain but then it changed to missing documents. I get a letter asking for info that they have had for months and call them and all they do is say oh sorry we will put your escalated claim back under review. Then a week later call amd they say oh you have to respoond to our letter w a letter saying we already had the info before we can resubmit it. I am supposed to be escalated and they have had every document needed for two months now,. It truly is sickening I call every day

if you work for the Washington independent I have great story I could tell you. My documents all of them have neem if for 6 weeks and claims is supposed to be expedoted. I call every day and leave message for expedited team noon calls back. My status was finally under calculating payment than I was sent a letter asking for w2 forms which they had entire time. This company is terrible and it is truly heartbreaking . Ive lost my home and fixing to lose car and will probably have to take baby to grandparents because i can do nothing until I get response from these people

if you work for the Washington independent I have great story I could tell you. My documents all of them have neem if for 6 weeks and claims is supposed to be expedoted. I call every day and leave message for expedited team noon calls back. My status was finally under calculating payment than I was sent a letter asking for w2 forms which they had entire time. This company is terrible and it is truly heartbreaking . Ive lost my home and fixing to lose car and will probably have to take baby to grandparents because i can do nothing until I get response from these people

someone need to get off there ass and pay these shrimpman women for hter time on those waters,enstead of all thesr wattress who file loss,for lake of work;

Either Fienberg does not have the facts or is being provided inaccurate information or is simply lying. We have been dealing with the ongoing impact of BP’s oil disaster and GCCF and GCG have informed us that they have all required documents and infact hold 880 documents in our file including profit and loss spreadsheet, receipts, photos, licensing and permits for business, ein # etc etc. Additionally they have ovr 150 emails from us and we were promised payment in sept, then twice in oct and they apologized for ongoing errors, mistakes and delays which have cost us everything. It has been over 3 months and we are watching everything we worked so hard for slip away. we are witnessing the same thing happen to fellow business owners.It is heart wrenching. We have been treated rudely and inappropriately by reps that should not be working with people in crisis. GCCF is far worse than BP and has destroyed our lives and the lives of others.

To whoever said waitress’s are getting paid thousands? The average 6 month payment for a waitress is 12 thousand and it should be more! Remember it is a 6 month payment! That is only 500 a week. Any waitress who works fulltime in a restaurant on the beach should be making around 150 a night or between 700 – 800 a week at the least during season. anybody who thinks getting 500 a week of lost income means somebody hit the jackpot is freaking nuts. They pay people off previous years tax returns, They don’t just pull figures out of thin air.

GCCF is obviously delaying claims by changing requirements, ignoring claims, etc. They hope these claimants will give up and go away. The only way to be compensated will be to join one of the Class Action Lawsuits: Then the lawyers will get rich.

My wife’s claim was just denied. It had gone through the initial review and was at the calculation stage of payment.. Then was denied. She sent in numerous contracts and letters from her clients canceling due to the oil spill.. All documentation was there, yet GCCF says that the documentation provided did not prove loss of income due to oil spill.

Alexia, The servers that were getting paid $17k or so, most had their jobs still and were still making some money after the oil spill. The extremely large payments were kind of “iffy”, more like hush money than anything else.. I know a couple of servers that made more through GCCF than they did normally and didnt even send in tax records. It is really a messed up process

I worked as a caterer at beach weddings.. Let me say that there were no beach weddings this summer and i worked twice and made $400. I usually work every week sometimes twice a week during the spring and summer at $200 a party. Yet i was denied mysteriously…

Yeah, its because of idiots like you we are all waiting. 850 docs?? Are you serious. No wonder they cant process anything .

The GCCF is Blocking people from filling out the Interim Claim Form Online by Locking up one of the pages from being finished.

The Claims for Lost Earnings or Profits page.

You keep getting a message like this:
“You have made one or more errors when completing this page. Please refer to the error messages.”

I have called the over 20 times and sent many e-mails to fix the problem, their IT Department was to fix this problem 10 days ago and still nothing. With this problem helping people with personal and Business claims alike, the GCCF does not care about your claim.

I have friends, co-workers, and family all with the same problem will the Form and GCCF.

casey

feinberg need to be removed. NOW ! NOW!

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