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Old May 2nd 2006 | 2:22 am
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We move to Canmore in September. We are not taking any furniture so we are looking for a company that will just take freight ie, boxes. Can anyone recommend a company they have used for this purpose; and if you have any contact numbers that would be great?

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Old May 2nd 2006 | 8:16 am
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Hi - we're just in the process of packing up our boxes to get them shipped out next week. We're not taking furniture either, so I rang around getting quotes from various companies that other people on this site had previously used (Advance Forwarding, Whites, Robinsons, excess international and Independent Freight).

We've decided on Independent Freight; they seem really friendly and are helpful. We're sending just one pallet of stuff (pallet measures 1m x 1.2m and 2.2m high) and that costs £450 to Vancouver. We just pack our own boxes and are dropping them off (they do collect but it costs a bit more). It takes around 6 weeks to arrive in Vancouver.

I'll let you know more once we've actually used them!
 
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Originally Posted by The Escapea
Hi - we're just in the process of packing up our boxes to get them shipped out next week. We're not taking furniture either, so I rang around getting quotes from various companies that other people on this site had previously used (Advance Forwarding, Whites, Robinsons, excess international and Independent Freight).

We've decided on Independent Freight; they seem really friendly and are helpful. We're sending just one pallet of stuff (pallet measures 1m x 1.2m and 2.2m high) and that costs £450 to Vancouver. We just pack our own boxes and are dropping them off (they do collect but it costs a bit more). It takes around 6 weeks to arrive in Vancouver.

I'll let you know more once we've actually used them!
My hubby is shipping around 10 large boxes from London to Vancouver BC in two days time He packed his own boxes and the shippers are picking them up at his Home in London he is using cargobookers they quoted him just over £250.00 there website address is cargobookers.com or you can ring them on
0800 7311747 You might want to check into them.

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Old May 3rd 2006 | 7:21 am
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Originally Posted by Island_Girl
My hubby is shipping around 10 large boxes from London to Vancouver BC in two days time He packed his own boxes and the shippers are picking them up at his Home in London he is using cargobookers they quoted him just over £250.00 there website address is cargobookers.com or you can ring them on
0800 7311747 You might want to check into them.

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Thanks for the info re this company.

Just a quick note - The website address is actaully .co.uk, not .com.
 
Old May 3rd 2006 | 9:04 am
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We are going to use Anglo Pacific, they were recommended to us and have been really helpful and their quote was not too bad either!
 

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