Pollyana

I'm sure someone's covered all this, but I can't find it! So can anyone out there (like MM maybe?) tell me what happens.....!

The boxes go from the shipper to the docks, into the container onto the ship - I get that bit. Someone has then told me that there is a website where you can track the progress of your ship across the world? Anyone know what its called?

Then when the stuff arrives in Brisbane, and Customs have done their stuff, what happens? Do they summon me to the port to pay for it, or send me an invoice or what?! I'm assuming they won't deliver it till I've coughed up!

Then (to complicate things) I have a crate going by air. Do they ring and say its in, come and pay before we release it? I'm paying for door-to-door on both shipments.

Silly questions I know, but seeing all my stuff disappearing in a van this morning, I wanna know whats going to happen to my teddy bears!

tinaj

And that Teddy Annual as well !

All the best for a happy last few weeks in Blighty. Now the excitement starts and you can look forward to your wedding day. See you there!


I bet it feels good to finally be rid of your stuff.

PeteY

If you are paying for door to door with teachests they will call your contact number and arrange for delivery when they have cleared customs.

Not sure about the payment thing though.....we paid up front.

Pollyana

I'm paying most of it upfront, but they reckon if anything has to be Customs inspected (like wood) or fumigated, then they can't quote you cos the costs have to be done in Oz. Hope you haven't got a hidden charge coming to bite you Pete?

Tina - my precious Teddy Bear Annual is coming with me in the luggage! As are a few of the teddies (and the snake). Made the teddies draw lots for who gets the plane trip, and who has to come by boat.....!

dotty

Tina - my precious Teddy Bear Annual is coming with me in the luggage! As are a few of the teddies (and the snake). Made the teddies draw lots for who gets the plane trip, and who has to come by boat.....! [/QUOTE]

Polly, have you watched that movie "How to loose a bloke in 10 Days"

I have this vision of your blokes flat after you ship in the Koala T's, teddys, teaspoons and teacloths, hes gonna fit!!! make sure you throw out any sports trophies he has to make room for them all


Are you taking him matching his and hers Burberry shirts, OMG

bondipom

I did 3 tea chests door to door. Eventually (after 3 months delay) we got the stuff. The delay was due to the Agents (megatop) and Seven Seas having a tiff over payments.

seang

they end you with needy children in Sudan(or west sydney )

kidding -wishing you all the best -you have provided great posts and hope you continue to do so from your new home

bondipom

LOL.

They will probably be on sale down the road from my work.

Pollyana

Oh thanks Seang, thats lovely of you. I shall be at a loose end without you lot out there to talk to. There will certainly be posts from Oz as soon as I can - and if my Bloke doesn't pull his weight more than he did today, I could be posting on the first night!

Am also thinking of following Dotty's advice, and chucking his trophies to replace with my dragons...... I told him today he has the easy end of the deal cos all he has to do is sit there and wait for me to arrive - so he wanted to know what is going on this end that is so stressful......! Wait till I get there and give him some of these threads to peruse!

bondipom

I am certainly looking forward to hearing from you when you get here. When is the flight?

Pollyana

Hallowe'en of course! Broomstick, cauldron, black cat, big black cloak, the lot!!!

It really is, 31st October - thought I should leave in style, so I had to pick a good date!

mr mover

You just about got it right polly,the container is loaded at your shippers depot,then taken to the docks ,if you can give me the container tag [num] letters and 7numbers i will see if they have a track and trace program, have done this for a couple of people on here, with fairly good results. Once in oz you will be invoiced for any procedures that need to be carried out.......... MM

Pollyana

Knew you'd come good MM; soon as I have a container tag number or whatever, I'll let you know.
Presumably we have to cough up the cash before they release the goods, both air and sea consignments?
Also, I know you can't give a close figure, but for a consignment of 40 odd boxes, 2 containing wooden items, and a wooden chest of drawers, am I likely to be looking at $100s or $1000s?
Thanks, its appreciated

downunderpom

I paid door-to-door on my stuff (part container) last year. the bill I got at this end was about $250 (hundred quid) and that was for fumigation and rubber stamping. Customs wanted to charge me 'something', so charged me about $20 on my DVDs / CDs and what have you, then relented, decided that it would cost more to process the paperwork than they would make, and wrote it off!

Excellent!

ayanem

If your boxes are on P&O you can track them from:
http://www.ponl.com/topic/home_page/...n/purplefinder

Be careful though, it leads to dreaming . . .


Alan