happymum

We have had a few shipping people around recently to give quotes. Pickfords and PSS said we could pack some stuff in the drawers of our chests of drawers, but John Masons said we could not. PSS said we could put all our shoes in our laundry basket for instance, Masons again said not. What have others done? If you did, did you do them in vacuum packed bags, and did stuff go mouldy, as Masons warned it would?

Any advice/experiences appreciated!

sean trethewey

can't say from experience but if pickfords say you can then you can i'd say there a reputable company and why would they lie it's there reputation on the line

TrickyTrev

Hi happymum, we went to Oz - came back - and go again in july (long story!!). we used PSS and will do again. We packed clothes, shoes etc in our chest of drawers and they came back fine and that was BOTH ways!!! Hope this helps. Trev

happymum

Thanks Sean and Trev. That's great news, just did not make sense to me to have all this empty space that could be filled and save on a bunch of boxes. Hope Masons wasn't trying to increase our volume by advising us we couldn't do this...

kimi

Hi

We used Crown (years ago) and they also suggested we pack things inside the washing machine, 'use any space you can' they told us.

HTH

Kim

pootle26

we packed a whole bureau complete with all the stuff inside it - paperwork etc - we had no problems with it - also a 5drawer chest of drawers with all my sons "spare" clothes in it - again it was fine

hth


pootle26

happymum

Thanks, Kim, very helpful. The washing machine, never thought of that before.

And thanks also Pootle, wow, which shipping company was that with? Makes unpacking much easier at the other end, doesn't it.

pootle26

it was with brittania - they were really good like that - all of the furniture was in bubble wrap so that was fine - didnt get damp or musty or anything we also had storage boxes of the kids toys & they were just wrapped in loadsa bubble wrap & shipped as is- even ones without lids

pootle26

happymum

Hmm, so what were Masons on about that things would get mouldy, then. He went into lengthy description of condensation inside the container and such likes. Sounds a bit suss, probably trying to increase the volume!!

NickyP

We put some things inside but I would be careful inside the washing machine as that is damp to start with so will be very likely to come out covered with mould. The one thing that we did pack in the kid's drawers was the back door key courtesy of our 7 year old . We were in a rental in Belgium and had no spare key so had to change the lock before we moved, give him his due he knew exactly where he had put it and it was there when we got to the other end .
Nicky

kimi

[QUOTE=NickyP]We put some things inside but I would be careful inside the washing machine as that is damp to start with so will be very likely to come out covered with mould.
Hi Nicky,

yes you are right you have to be careful when putting things inside the washing machine, we put our duvet in ours but obviously we sealed it first so that no damp could get into it. We had no problems, and Crown said that they did it all the time and no one had ever come back to them and complained.

Kim