Hi Jonnah

what size of container is it you are going for.

it has slipped my mind does crown include the the qaureentine fee also i know custom clearence e.t.c.

john doc

well we got a "rough" quote from PSS - I emailed them a list of what we want to take - and they said it was only 245 cubic ft so i guess it will be 1/3 container i think.........

i will know more on tuesday from Crown.

We got a quote from PSS for a 40ft container, door to door, Potton to Brisbane at a cost of 6500GBP

Rob

Okay Crown are saying 440 cubic feet and their quote was a lot more than expected.......... John Masons have quoted for same amount at just over £600 less...... neither including insurance, but Crown includes Quarantine - JM doesn't. Also have been on to Letton Percival who have quoted me insurance at 1.53% (£245)

Not sure if yours is inc packing and loading but we're paying £1495 for a sole use 20 ft container. We have to pack and load at our house then we'll pay extra to have it stored on the docks until we're ready for it to go. The extras we have to pay are marine insurance and customs, clearing and delivery the other end. Customs and clearing we're looking at around £350, delivery to aus address ????? (still getting quotes for that). We wanted a sole use container as Mark used to work for a haulage company and knows some of the probs of shared containers.

Hi Jonah

we got a few quotes e.t.c. loads of companies we are getting a 350 cu ft shared groupage container as you will as it is not a massive amount of goods like me.
crown charged £1950.00
pss charged £1900.0
anglo pacific £2000.00

excess internationall movers £1700.00

then excell international movers great respeced company.
man came in sat down he had a mini laptop with him and then we showed him around house while he typed all the the furniture sizes cu ft and showed him other things we are taking the pictures are on my pc.

then he sat down he typed everything out on his pc and gave us the size of container cu ft and gave us a price there and then the quote was £1700.00. it's a pain in the ar... waiting for a quote coming through the door.

he travels all over britian he just came up from wales that day and then he was going to edinburgh, i stay in kirkintilloch glasgow.

please shop around allways get cheaper.

give him a call maybe worth it.



john doc

hi john

Well we have negotiated with Crown & got a great price, including all AQIS charges plus 4 wks free storage so we are happy now & will be using Crown

Claire
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Hi Clair

they are a very professional company still wont go wrong with that company.

john

cheers for all your good suggestions!

Hi Claire, how much does the quote from Crown all come too? X

sent you a PM

We have gone with Excess Baggage for shipping but declined their insurance and are going with Letton Percival at 1.53%

I've filled out a request form on the Crown website twice and it failed to send. I emailed them last week, and haven't heard back. I phoned all their UK offices today and the phone just rang and rang, and no answerphone clicked into action. I'm not feeling very confident in their service right now. Anyone got a phone number that works? Thanks

Hiya!
Exactly the same happenned to me so I looked on the Crown website & found the MDs details, Mr Barry Koolen. As a result, I had an estimator out within a couple of days with a BIG apology.
If you go here: http://www.crownrelo.com/web/relo.nsf/map.europe.htm and click on London (Head Office) he is at the top.
Claire

Many thanks Claire. I copied one of my earlier emails to the Moving Services Manager and said that they might be interested in it from a (loss of) business perspective. Don't feel very confident about them right now!!