Has cost of shipping personal effects soared???
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Has cost of shipping personal effects soared???
I just got a couple of quotes and I am shocked - moving 2-4 boxes from Oz to UK and the quote for 1 tea carton is in excess of $500.
Has anyone moved a couple of tea cartons/boxes lately in either direction and what was the cost like???
Thanks, Sue
Has anyone moved a couple of tea cartons/boxes lately in either direction and what was the cost like???
Thanks, Sue
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Re: Has cost of shipping personal effects soared???
My mate has just shipped some boxes back to Scotland and was quoted about $500 each and got it down to around $180 with UPS.
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Re: Has cost of shipping personal effects soared???
Hi
I think it's more expensive from Oz to the UK than the other way round. Our friends went back to the UK for a while and shipped a few boxes and it was twice as much as our shipment from the UK in comparison.
Best to shop around!
KK
I think it's more expensive from Oz to the UK than the other way round. Our friends went back to the UK for a while and shipped a few boxes and it was twice as much as our shipment from the UK in comparison.
Best to shop around!
KK
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Re: Has cost of shipping personal effects soared???
Thanks a million for the replies will check out UPS - interestingly I got a quote from Excess Baggage in UK and it was triple what I paid with them on the way over.
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Re: Has cost of shipping personal effects soared???
Sorry to hear you are going back to the UK. (We met before you came out here on one of the "meets" near St Alban's.)
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