kaungchiau

I found an ads in TNT Magazine posted by freedomshipping.com saying shipping charges of £26.25 per box. Box size is 51x41x31 cm. A minimum of 4 boxes must be sent to get this prize.

Has anyone used them before?

I also read the thread about Advice on Shipping Companies here: http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=594942

I don't know which one I shall used among so many, having read about items being stolen. Can somebody give suggestions?

I am also thinking of whether to travel to Australia to validate my visa and then come back to the UK to pick up my stuff. The reason for this is to sort out accommodation before sending my stuff to the shipping companies. Obviously, this option cost more in terms of flight ticket involved.

Or is it otherwise, ie sent stuff to shipping company, leave UK, find accommodation upon arrival and then notify shipping company where they shall send my stuff to?

ivanjjordan

we used freedom cost us 1800 quid for 38 Tchest type boxes that inc boxes, tape,bubblewrap,pickup,dropoff and ins incase some one nicked anything which was expensive, a couple of things got broke but i think it was down to packin them to loose and they banged about ,took about 6weeks from start to finish .

TandC23

Ive just booked my shipping with freedomshipping. You say it took 6 weeks - was that how long it took from pickup- in the UK to drop off in Oz? Sounds pretty good to me considering they quote 10 weeks on the website!

davidb1989

hi we just sent 2 tea chests out there very good service so far got boxes bubble rap marker pens and tape all in, cost £210, iv not got to the other end yet though but so far i would recomend them

MissyB

We're using them as they are by far the cheapest we found - we're even gonna send stuff that we didn't originally plan such as TV and vacuum cleaner cos it's cheap enough to do so! Our impressions of them so far are that they seem to be professional and very organised so hopefully all is ok once it gets shipped to the other side.

Cheetah7

We used them and they were excellent.

No complaints, good value for money and good service from start to finish.