£3800 for 20ft container to Adelaide! Is this cheap or Expensive?
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£3800 for 20ft container to Adelaide! Is this cheap or Expensive?
Just been quoted £3800 for 20ft container to Adelaide from Pickfords.
Any advice if this is cheap, reasonable or expensive?
Thanks
Any advice if this is cheap, reasonable or expensive?
Thanks
#3
Re: £3800 for 20ft container to Adelaide! Is this cheap or Expensive?
About average.
Dont forget you have insurance and fees at customs too,
Dont forget you have insurance and fees at customs too,
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Re: £3800 for 20ft container to Adelaide! Is this cheap or Expensive?
Personally I would still get more quotes! you never know ,you may save some more!
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Re: £3800 for 20ft container to Adelaide! Is this cheap or Expensive?
This sounds about right that is what we were told at an emigrate show by pickfords and a local company for a 20ft container, this is for the contents of an average 3 bedroom house, we were given a quote yesterday for half a container and it was £2600 (although the company didnt come out!!!!) We have someone coming out on Tuesday from another company to give us a quote, will let you know what they say
Gill
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Re: £3800 for 20ft container to Adelaide! Is this cheap or Expensive?
We paid £3700 last year for a 20ft container from Staffordshire to Adelaide.
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Re: £3800 for 20ft container to Adelaide! Is this cheap or Expensive?
Hi
This sounds about right that is what we were told at an emigrate show by pickfords and a local company for a 20ft container, this is for the contents of an average 3 bedroom house, we were given a quote yesterday for half a container and it was £2600 (although the company didnt come out!!!!) We have someone coming out on Tuesday from another company to give us a quote, will let you know what they say
Gill
This sounds about right that is what we were told at an emigrate show by pickfords and a local company for a 20ft container, this is for the contents of an average 3 bedroom house, we were given a quote yesterday for half a container and it was £2600 (although the company didnt come out!!!!) We have someone coming out on Tuesday from another company to give us a quote, will let you know what they say
Gill
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Re: £3800 for 20ft container to Adelaide! Is this cheap or Expensive?
The insurance fees we have been quoted so far was £4 per £100 worth. Our quote included customs charges but we were told approx $200 for Quarantine inspection.
Gillian
#10
Re: £3800 for 20ft container to Adelaide! Is this cheap or Expensive?
As others have said dont forget there are charges at the other end. Also dont expect the same quality of service as from the UK, when your things get here.
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Re: £3800 for 20ft container to Adelaide! Is this cheap or Expensive?
I was quoted £1600 for a 20ft by a local company for self packing and including collection UK end and taking to port and putting on ship.
Now need to see additional charges at the Oz end to clear customs and get container to house, we'll probably unpack that end too as loads of friends and family around (so will cost few slabs of beer and a barbie.) Be interesting to see what is potentially saved and if worth the work.
But then we think we'd rather self pack anyway as will take alot more care and less chance of sticky fingers!
#12
Re: £3800 for 20ft container to Adelaide! Is this cheap or Expensive?
Depends what is included i.e. packing,customs clearance, door-to-door collection and unpacking etc.
I was quoted £1600 for a 20ft by a local company for self packing and including collection UK end and taking to port and putting on ship.
Now need to see additional charges at the Oz end to clear customs and get container to house, we'll probably unpack that end too as loads of friends and family around (so will cost few slabs of beer and a barbie.) Be interesting to see what is potentially saved and if worth the work.
But then we think we'd rather self pack anyway as will take alot more care and less chance of sticky fingers!
I was quoted £1600 for a 20ft by a local company for self packing and including collection UK end and taking to port and putting on ship.
Now need to see additional charges at the Oz end to clear customs and get container to house, we'll probably unpack that end too as loads of friends and family around (so will cost few slabs of beer and a barbie.) Be interesting to see what is potentially saved and if worth the work.
But then we think we'd rather self pack anyway as will take alot more care and less chance of sticky fingers!
#13
Re: £3800 for 20ft container to Adelaide! Is this cheap or Expensive?
we paid £3,600 with john Mason for a 20' container last Oct..sounds about average i would say,ours was average price last Oct.
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Re: £3800 for 20ft container to Adelaide! Is this cheap or Expensive?
And as the value of the pound as gone it will effect shipping charges
#15
Re: £3800 for 20ft container to Adelaide! Is this cheap or Expensive?
Seems a pretty run of the mill price. Not expensive, yet not cheap.