Nic938

Hi, can anyone help me please! Still swaying over to take everything or to buy out there but what I would like to know is if we decide to leave furniture is there a company who ships just bits & pieces for eg. boxes of ornaments, pictures, basically personal items?

Thanks in advance

Nic

Mumfords

hi Nic
we been looking iinto that try excess baggage or severnseas it suprising when you can see the size of their boxes on their websites
Ann

Nic938

Hi Ann, thanks for that. When are you off?

Nic

Julez82

Hi,
I'm using sevenseas as they have given me the cheapest quote. Shipping from the UK to GC, QLD works out to £89 for the first 4.5 cu ft box and then each 4.5 cu ft box is £45 thereafter. That's for the door to door service, but you will have to pay an additional £28.50 delivery, collection and redelivery fee and then an extra £20 (give or take) for the customs fee (A$100).

You will have to pack the boxes yourself, they can pack for you but that will incur an additional charge. I'm taking a PC (just the tower, no monitor) , 2 x DJ decks and a mixer plus books, clothes and other personal items. If you have specialist items that are fragile or require special handling they can pack those items individually (again for an extra charge). They offer insurance - 5% of total value for all risks insurance or 3% for total loss insurance. You will need to read the small print as some items aren't covered regardless?

Apparently all your shoes will need to be super clean and packed on top in the boxes so customs can quickly check for foreign soil etc...

Think that's about it - hope this helps!

Nic938

Thanks Juelz, how big roughly is a 4.5cu ft box?

Nic

Julez82

Seven Seas packing cartons are chemically hardened cardboard boxes, designed for the multiple purposes of packing, storing or transporting your personal effects safely.

The largest packing carton we supply is the 'Tea-Chest carton', it's dimensions are:
height 61cm, depth 51cm & width 41cm
Useful for packing bulky but light items such as clothes, shoes, bed linen & sports equipment.

The other packing carton is a 'Book Box carton', it's dimensions are:
height 51cm, depth 41cm & width 31cm
Useful for packing heavy items such as books, albums, files, CD's & hand tools.
This is the information I copied from their website...

Nic938

Thank you so much will look at their website now.

Nic

Dianej

Im using Seven Seas too. Cant fault them so far - very efficient. Having done a lot of research, Seven Seas are cheapest, promise shortest shipping time, allow more weight per box (40kg) and have bigger boxes (cu ft) and you can just insure 1 or 2 boxes not whole shipment. Recommended.

Diane

Nic938

Thanks everyone for your replies. Another question how long does it take to ship the boxes? Is it still 6 - 8 weeks like a container or shorter time?

Thanks

Nic

silver

We shipped excess baggage for 13 tea crates which is a lot of stuff. It can take longer than your own container as it only ships when the container fills as I understand. We recieved our boxes about 3 months after we sent them, this was to adelaide tho.

Nic938

Thanks for the reply Silver, much appreciated.

Nic

Wilso16

I am using PSS. They quoted me £80 for the first box and then £30 thereafter for Tea crates. They also do one free delivery and one free pick. They advised me to over order otherwise you will pay for more boxes to be delivered and you only pay for what you use.

Nic938

Thanks, will check them out too.

Nic