shipping furniture
Jun 9th 2004, 1:31 pm
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shipping furniture
we have just got our visas and are planning to move next year.
Is it easy to take furniture etc. with you or is it easier/cheaper to buy it once we're over there?
If we ship some over where do we start? and how long does stuff usually take to arrive?
Is it easy to take furniture etc. with you or is it easier/cheaper to buy it once we're over there?
If we ship some over where do we start? and how long does stuff usually take to arrive?
Jun 9th 2004, 2:13 pm
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Re: shipping furniture
Originally posted by tracey.d
we have just got our visas and are planning to move next year.
Is it easy to take furniture etc. with you or is it easier/cheaper to buy it once we're over there?
If we ship some over where do we start? and how long does stuff usually take to arrive?
we have just got our visas and are planning to move next year.
Is it easy to take furniture etc. with you or is it easier/cheaper to buy it once we're over there?
If we ship some over where do we start? and how long does stuff usually take to arrive?
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...hipping+buying
Usually takes about 6 weeks, but add a few weeks for it to get through customs.
There's been heaps of talk on here before about shippers and stuff, so try the search function
I'm for shipping EVERYTHING.
Unless you're a millionaire. And then you'd still have enough to ship, all your personal stuff, with the memories etc....
Jun 9th 2004, 2:16 pm
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Re: shipping furniture
Originally posted by Simone
I'm for shipping EVERYTHING.
I'm for shipping EVERYTHING.
Jun 9th 2004, 2:19 pm
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Re: shipping furniture
Originally posted by MarkMyWords
Yes but you had practically nothing to ship! Half a 20-footer, I dunno, chicken feed! (Still a vast amount more than I left univeristy with, that would have fitted in a couple of suitcases.)
Yes but you had practically nothing to ship! Half a 20-footer, I dunno, chicken feed! (Still a vast amount more than I left univeristy with, that would have fitted in a couple of suitcases.)
You don't know how much kitchen stuff I had, and books...
5 mattrasses!!! Even my old dolls from childhood. 2 computers....
Camping gear...
2 dining tables.
At least 12 chairs
A HUGE couch
Jun 9th 2004, 2:31 pm
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Re: shipping furniture
Originally posted by Simone
It wasn't that nothing. I'm quite sure you'd have to have a big family with at least 2 kids to fill a 20ft normally, or have excesively much junk.
It wasn't that nothing. I'm quite sure you'd have to have a big family with at least 2 kids to fill a 20ft normally, or have excesively much junk.
You don't know how much kitchen stuff I had, and books...
You just wait 20 or 30 years and then see how much stuff you've accumulated.
Jun 9th 2004, 2:45 pm
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Re: shipping furniture
Originally posted by MarkMyWords
You just wait 20 or 30 years and then see how much stuff you've accumulated.
You just wait 20 or 30 years and then see how much stuff you've accumulated.
Just you MarkMyWords
Jun 9th 2004, 2:52 pm
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Re: shipping furniture
Originally posted by MarkMyWords
No, there's just the two of us and we're heading for most of a 40-footer. And that's after throwing out the junk like old furniture, beds, mattresses...
Actually you kindly posted an inventory, so yes we do know how much you had. Not very many boxes of books as I recall (although I don't know how big a box is).
You just wait 20 or 30 years and then see how much stuff you've accumulated.
No, there's just the two of us and we're heading for most of a 40-footer. And that's after throwing out the junk like old furniture, beds, mattresses...
Actually you kindly posted an inventory, so yes we do know how much you had. Not very many boxes of books as I recall (although I don't know how big a box is).
You just wait 20 or 30 years and then see how much stuff you've accumulated.
But um, how do you know you'll need a 40ft?
Have you packed a container before?
Or has a shipper been round to estimate?
(yes, I'm finding it hard to believe
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Jun 9th 2004, 3:02 pm
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Re: shipping furniture
Originally posted by Phoenixuk2oz
Just you MarkMyWords
Just you MarkMyWords
Jun 9th 2004, 3:03 pm
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Re: shipping furniture
Originally posted by Simone
But um, how do you know you'll need a 40ft?
Or has a shipper been round to estimate?
But um, how do you know you'll need a 40ft?
Or has a shipper been round to estimate?
Jun 9th 2004, 3:08 pm
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Re: shipping furniture
Originally posted by MarkMyWords
Two, actually. Both said more or less 30 foots-worth. Believe me, given the cost, if we could get it down we would!
Two, actually. Both said more or less 30 foots-worth. Believe me, given the cost, if we could get it down we would!
And, if you pack it yourself, you can make it much smaller.
They use heaps of packing material. Which is good of course, but definetly not always necessarrily.
But, you of course aren't gonna bet on it being less, so you'll have to go for a 40 ft.... You are doing groupage then? That they put some more stuff in you container?
Our shipper was really flexible, it didn't matter if we had a bit more than we said, he'd just fill the rest up with other stuff.
