What to do before the shippers arrive?

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Oct 5th 2006, 7:50 pm

Fionast

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What to do before the shippers arrive?

I've got about 2 weeks to go before the shippers arrive to pack our stuff. What do I need to do to get ready for them coming? and what do you take with you on the plane?

Fiona

Oct 5th 2006, 8:52 pm

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Re: What to do before the shippers arrive?

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Originally Posted by Fionast

I've got about 2 weeks to go before the shippers arrive to pack our stuff. What do I need to do to get ready for them coming? and what do you take with you on the plane?

Fiona

see if this is of any use

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=379337

Oct 5th 2006, 8:59 pm

Fionast

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Re: What to do before the shippers arrive?

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see if this is of any use

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=379337

Brilliant. Thankyou

Oct 5th 2006, 10:41 pm

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Re: What to do before the shippers arrive?

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Originally Posted by Fionast

I've got about 2 weeks to go before the shippers arrive to pack our stuff. What do I need to do to get ready for them coming? and what do you take with you on the plane?

Fiona

The first and last thing that you need to do for them is make them a cup of tea!

Oct 6th 2006, 1:19 am

hilary6

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Re: What to do before the shippers arrive?

Make sure they double check the arrival date

Masons told us ours would be in Brisbane on the 8th sept....we're still waiting

Good luck

Oct 6th 2006, 1:46 am

DunRoaminTheUK

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Re: What to do before the shippers arrive?

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Make sure they double check the arrival date

Masons told us ours would be in Brisbane on the 8th sept....we're still waiting

Good luck

I think it's down to "the luck of the draw" as our shippers came and packed up our house at the end of June but our shipment didn't leave until the end of July, for Brisbane.

Once on the sea, with one week on the dockside in Singapore, it still only took 32 days from port to port. We had to wait about 1.5 weeks to clear customs. Also, we tracked ours online as it was shipped with NYK lines.

The buggers broke my surfboard...which means I can buy a new one (needed a mini-mal anyway)