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AberJazz

Sep 19th 2009 8:19 am

Shipping two bikes, clothes and musical instruments - any advice please?

Hello

I am interested in just shipping two bikes, lots of drums and clothes and other small bits and pieces - any suggestions on an affordable way to do this please and any recommendations for companies I could approach for a quote?

Many thanks

AberJazz

mr mover

Sep 19th 2009 8:30 am

Re: Shipping two bikes, clothes and musical instruments - any advice please?

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Originally Posted by AberJazz (Post 7944907)

Allied Pickfords , they have bike cartons, large cartons for drums including bass drum, they porta robes and mini robes for clothes.... give them a try........;)mm

kjkj	Sep 20th 2009 2:24 pm

Re: Shipping two bikes, clothes and musical instruments - any advice please?

Make sure your bikes are really well cleaned and disinfected with something like "Virkon S".

Did this with my bike and it got through no problem.

Someone in another thread also recommended taping the empty Virkon packets to the boxes the items are stored in, as proof they've been properly cleaned.

The Bloke

Sep 21st 2009 4:19 am

Re: Shipping two bikes, clothes and musical instruments - any advice please?

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Originally Posted by kjkj (Post 7948041)

Someone in another thread also recommended taping the empty Virkon packets to the boxes the items are stored in, as proof they've been properly cleaned.

I know it's not you, but I can't really see how taping empty packets to a box will prove to AQIS that the items inside have been cleaned.

ozhappy981

Sep 21st 2009 8:44 am

Re: Shipping two bikes, clothes and musical instruments - any advice please?

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Originally Posted by kjkj (Post 7948041)

Make sure your bikes are really well cleaned and disinfected with something like "Virkon S".

Did this with my bike and it got through no problem.

Erm .... we brushed our bikes with an ordinary household brush (as in brush and dustpan).

Our bikes got through without any problem, too.

It's a long-standing BE myth that everything has to be disinfected. "Clean" will do just fine.

mr mover

Sep 21st 2009 10:31 am

Re: Shipping two bikes, clothes and musical instruments - any advice please?

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Originally Posted by The Bloke (Post 7949362)

I know it's not you, but I can't really see how taping empty packets to a box will prove to AQIS that the items inside have been cleaned.

Dead right after working with AQIS over the last 2o yrs , nothing you do impresses them , they are Automatons , beauracratic machines , driven by their agenda..............:rofl:mm

LouB	Sep 21st 2009 3:58 pm

Re: Shipping two bikes, clothes and musical instruments - any advice please?

John Masons were absolutely fab. The only thing that has been straight forward in our move to date :lol:Course.... hasn't actually arrived in Bris yet so time for that to go pear shaped too!
Seriously, they were great.
Lou:)

itigo

Sep 21st 2009 9:21 pm

Re: Shipping two bikes, clothes and musical instruments - any advice please?

We had similar stuff to you and used Excess Baggage - good service.

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