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Old Nov 29th 2006 | 12:52 am
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Default packers are here.too much for a 20ft copntainer help

packers have just finished packing container here and i,ve just been informed i have too much for a 20ft container.
i have nothing extra to the quote i got.
they will let me know when they have run out of space.

what then?

i leave for Adelaide at 9.00 tonight!!!!!!!!!

have to be out of the house by 4.00.

anybody come across this well stressed now

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Old Nov 29th 2006 | 1:14 am
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Default Re: packers are here.too much for a 20ft copntainer help

Originally Posted by mpk200
packers have just finished packing container here and i,ve just been informed i have too much for a 20ft container.
i have nothing extra to the quote i got.
they will let me know when they have run out of space.

what then?

i leave for Adelaide at 9.00 tonight!!!!!!!!!

have to be out of the house by 4.00.

anybody come across this well stressed now

mpk200
When they quoted you they shouldve said whether you could fit all your stuff in the 20 footer.Thats what a quote is all about isnt it ?
 
Old Nov 29th 2006 | 1:14 am
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Default Re: packers are here.too much for a 20ft copntainer help

Originally Posted by mpk200
packers have just finished packing container here and i,ve just been informed i have too much for a 20ft container.
i have nothing extra to the quote i got.
they will let me know when they have run out of space.

what then?

i leave for Adelaide at 9.00 tonight!!!!!!!!!

have to be out of the house by 4.00.

anybody come across this well stressed now

mpk200
Have they filled the container yet? My packers thought the same might happen, but they managed to get it all in.
Hope it goes ok.
 
Old Nov 29th 2006 | 1:22 am
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Default Re: packers are here.too much for a 20ft copntainer help

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Have they filled the container yet? My packers thought the same might happen, but they managed to get it all in.
Hope it goes ok.
not yet but still looking doubtful.
 
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Originally Posted by mpk200
not yet but still looking doubtful.
best of luck with the packing and WOW! you're leaving at 9pm tonight! Have a wonderful time when you arrive, live life to the full and have a on me!!!

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Anything you could happily leave behind or small enough to ask someone to send on to you in parcel form?

Hope it doesn't come to that though.
 
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Default Re: packers are here.too much for a 20ft copntainer help

try finding things that are large and leave them, like coffee table and the like.
let us know how u got on
 
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Default Re: packers are here.too much for a 20ft copntainer help

Surely that is what a quote is for mine tried this one on and I told them that if it did not fit in then it would be at there cost. It soon went in then.

Best of luck.

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Old Nov 30th 2006 | 10:52 am
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Default Re: packers are here.too much for a 20ft copntainer help

We have about three parcels too much and they sent them in a shared container that followed a couple of weeks later.

A quote is a quote and they are the professionals at working out how much stuff you have and whether it will fit, if it doesn't, this is their problem to either pack the container better or get it out to you later.
 
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Default Re: packers are here.too much for a 20ft copntainer help

Originally Posted by andrewb
We have about three parcels too much and they sent them in a shared container that followed a couple of weeks later.

A quote is a quote and they are the professionals at working out how much stuff you have and whether it will fit, if it doesn't, this is their problem to either pack the container better or get it out to you later.
You will find that removal company's quote on an 'estimated' volume. That means that if the volume goes up or down from the estimate there is the possibility that your price might be adjusted. As a rough guide, even with an experienced estimator, volumes can be out by as much as 10% simply because estimating is not an exact science.

If you get three to four estimates you can usually spot those who have quoted on too low a volume!

The reason removals firms quote an estimated volume is as much to cover themselves as the customer, because some customers do actually add stuff which they then insist they showed at the survey!
 

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