Moved: Burke Brothers
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Moved: Burke Brothers
Hi Just had a quote off Burke Brothers for moving all our belongings from Wolverhampton to Calgary. Price seems reasonable but unsure if Burke Bros are any good. Has anybody got any feedback?
Deano n Lisa
Deano n Lisa
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Re: Moved: Burke Brothers
Can't recommend them enough, we dealt with one of the Burke brothers, Gary, last summer, service was excellent.
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Great thats good news,
ta
ta
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We used them and our goods haven't arrived yet
We are sharing a container and it should have left on the 2nd October but won't now arrive in Vancouver til the 6th December (if we are lucky!).
I appreciate delays occur with groupage but the lack of communication has been abysmal
Luckily we are rented a very nice furnished house
We are sharing a container and it should have left on the 2nd October but won't now arrive in Vancouver til the 6th December (if we are lucky!).
I appreciate delays occur with groupage but the lack of communication has been abysmal
Luckily we are rented a very nice furnished house
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Well, can only give the experience we've had. As regards RICH's comment about 'believing someone you've never met on the internet', erm, that's how internet forums work isn't it RICH, or do you only post to people you personally know? Must be a very limited audience for you.
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Well, can only give the experience we've had. As regards RICH's comment about 'believing someone you've never met on the internet', erm, that's how internet forums work isn't it RICH, or do you only post to people you personally know? Must be a very limited audience for you.
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Well they have been and packaged the stuff well but unfortunately helped themselves to my cans of coke out of the fridge. It would have been polite to ask. I will wait to see when my furniture arrives before i make my ultimate judgement, but 'Cokegate' has left a sour taste in my mouth - no pun
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Well they have been and packaged the stuff well but unfortunately helped themselves to my cans of coke out of the fridge. It would have been polite to ask. I will wait to see when my furniture arrives before i make my ultimate judgement, but 'Cokegate' has left a sour taste in my mouth - no pun
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I would be surprised if the blokes who deliver have ever heard of these people. Uk carriers only deal with the out bound then itis passed on to a van line company ie Allied Van Lines or a Great Canadian Broker depending where you are going. The best in Canada Is Tippet Richardson.
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We used Burke Brothers last August. The packing left a LOT to be desired! We were having grouped shipping and it should have left Wolverhampton at the end of September but finally left the middle of November - it would have helped if they had told us what was happening. Communication was dreadful
We finally received our goods at the end of December
Form your own opinion
We finally received our goods at the end of December
Form your own opinion
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When it arrived at my new home in Okotoks the company unpacking the stuff would not believe that i had paid a professional company to pack it. They thought I had done it. They repeatedly told me how badly it had been packed and that there would have been plenty of movement inside the container during transport. They have even put this on the bottom of there delivery documents.
When our belongings had been unpacked there was a fair amount of damage. I guess this was mainly due to the fact that the goods had not been packed correctly allowing too much movement within the container.
The most annoying incident was the packaging of some professionally photographed pictures of our Children. I made a strong point both to the sales guy that gave us the quote and the packagers to be very careful of how they packaged the photo's as we had spent a fair bit of money having them done prior to our emmigration. I was assured that they would be professionally packaged and not to worry. When they arrived at our new house we couldn't find them in any of the packages and got concerned. We eventually found them loosely put in a cupboard. The only packaging was a piece of brown masking tape put accross the cupboard door to stop it coming open. Due to the buffering the container received in the many weeks of transportation the pictures have been damaged around the sides.
So its up to you but I can not recommend them.
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Oh dear, sorry to hear that
Perhaps jodrisco was a Burke Brother plant after all
Perhaps jodrisco was a Burke Brother plant after all
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Thank you for filling me in on Burke Bros. I just received their quote today and they are very competitive however, after your experience I think I will steer clear.
What a shame that your photos were damaged and not packed correctly! And it is a bit of a shock to hear the Canadian unpacker thought that you couldn't have possibly used a professional company.......certainly not a way to start your new life abroad!
Once again I thank you for taking the time to keep those of us still in the UK informed!
I think we will use Robinsons Int'l but will check their reviews first as well!
What a shame that your photos were damaged and not packed correctly! And it is a bit of a shock to hear the Canadian unpacker thought that you couldn't have possibly used a professional company.......certainly not a way to start your new life abroad!
Once again I thank you for taking the time to keep those of us still in the UK informed!
I think we will use Robinsons Int'l but will check their reviews first as well!