+1 for having this issue:
Came out of the Scruffy instance, "Chul-Moo" was a floating dead skritt and a pot lid. Meta was at Jade Hollows. Left via the portal to Kaineng, and returned, Chul-Moo was there, but not accepting crates. Tried talking to the Chul-Moo that starts the meta (as this map was at the start), again, nothing. Finally re-mapped and re-entered Gyala a third time (also at the start of the meta), now accepting crates.