40 ft container - shipping costs
Oct 2nd 2008, 7:34 pm
#31
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Re: 40 ft container - shipping costs
I'll just add my 2c too... 25 years in the transport business, and as others have said the removal companies have no say at all where the boxes go on the stowage plan...
Oct 3rd 2008, 5:02 am
#32
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Re: 40 ft container - shipping costs
I'd be careful with LP insurance. I thought we'd save a few hundred quid by insuring with them but I'm now having 2nd thoughts.
Firstly, this company only does Marine Insurance, so you are insured from the moment you finish loading the container to the moment it is delivered the other end. It does not cover breakages/theft when packing and unpacking, even by a professional removals company. You would have to rely on your own house contents insurance to cover these eventualities. I checked mine and the policy only covers me for DOMESTIC removals, not intl ones. I phoned them to check and they confirmed this. I cannot pay extra and get the international cover. So no cover this end sheds a completely different light on LP insurance. If you DO have sufficient insurance this end, you would have to make sure you had sufficient cover the other end too, to cover an intl arrival.
Secondly, I have some antique ceramics I want to take with me. They will only insure these at 3% rather than 1.6% (more cost). I have to get these professionally valued (more cost); professionally packed (NOT by the removals company - more cost) and the removals company has to build a special crate for the boxes (more cost).
Thirdly, LP have an excess of 1% of total value. For us that's about £500 for us. D Bonner are quoting 2.7% with no excess.
Finally, there are some exclusions in the LP policy that may not be in your removals company's policy
Even if we were covered in the UK for packing, there's not alot in it. About £1,200 (LP) to £1,485 (DB). Certainly bumps up the container costs !!
Always pays to read to small print and, if in doubt, ASK!
....and check that whoever is "selling" you insurance is allowed to do so. Check the FSA website. Not all removals companies are FSA authorised (even if they say they are).
that is all....phew !!
Firstly, this company only does Marine Insurance, so you are insured from the moment you finish loading the container to the moment it is delivered the other end. It does not cover breakages/theft when packing and unpacking, even by a professional removals company. You would have to rely on your own house contents insurance to cover these eventualities. I checked mine and the policy only covers me for DOMESTIC removals, not intl ones. I phoned them to check and they confirmed this. I cannot pay extra and get the international cover. So no cover this end sheds a completely different light on LP insurance. If you DO have sufficient insurance this end, you would have to make sure you had sufficient cover the other end too, to cover an intl arrival.
Secondly, I have some antique ceramics I want to take with me. They will only insure these at 3% rather than 1.6% (more cost). I have to get these professionally valued (more cost); professionally packed (NOT by the removals company - more cost) and the removals company has to build a special crate for the boxes (more cost).
Thirdly, LP have an excess of 1% of total value. For us that's about £500 for us. D Bonner are quoting 2.7% with no excess.
Finally, there are some exclusions in the LP policy that may not be in your removals company's policy
Even if we were covered in the UK for packing, there's not alot in it. About £1,200 (LP) to £1,485 (DB). Certainly bumps up the container costs !!
Always pays to read to small print and, if in doubt, ASK!
....and check that whoever is "selling" you insurance is allowed to do so. Check the FSA website. Not all removals companies are FSA authorised (even if they say they are).
that is all....phew !!
Just when I thought I'd got it sorted I'm all of a dither again, please help
Thought I'd got this sorted but now I'm a bit undecided
Oct 3rd 2008, 11:17 am
#33
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Re: 40 ft container - shipping costs
i was wondering whether anyone has got a rough estimate for shipping a small 1 bed flats worth of stuff over? you know, a couple of sofas, a wardrobe or two, some other small bits of furniture and some boxes? no bed or dining table or anything.
Oct 3rd 2008, 11:24 am
#34
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Location: Perth, WA
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Re: 40 ft container - shipping costs
some removals companies websites have cubic metre or footage calculators. You will be looking at a shared 20ft container. Just ask the company how much for ***cu ft in a shared one (add insurance). Shared ones take longer to arrive, as you will have several people's stuff in there.
