KJM

I got £75.00 off and now have fix price.....maybe I will do that.

edgey

Don't use Canada moving...i had the worse experience ever !! and to make things worse the insurance company (moveTrans)won't even reply to my emails !!

treehavn

4 people around to quote on Wednesday: Bournes, Fox, GB Liners, & Robinson. Only had 3 of the quotes back so far but some initial thoughts:

- Both Bournes and Fox were very late which didn't impress. Bournes gave a rather cursory examination.
- Fox were better, but were rather clueless on details that other companies picked up on straight away, like parking restrictions.
- GB Liners were fantastic, very thorough and knowledgable, and talked us through the shipping/customs process. However he gave info on shipping medication that clashed with everyone else's.
- Robinsons seemed fairly old school, but again very thorough and provided great info on insurance.

All companies indicated that they'd be willing to match prices on other quotes. All said that it was a good time to move as companies are hungry for business. Door to door for a 2-bed flat with difficult access - not much furniture but lots of little pieces - to eastern Ontario as part of a group shipment comes in at:

Fox - £2621 (w/o insurance)
GB Liners - £3140 + £120 parking suspension (w/o insurance)
Robinsons - £2621 (with insurance)

We'll see what the last quote says, but...

LadyRayden

Hiya just though I would revive this post. Fiance and I are currently gathering quotes. We sold a lot of things (I have stuff in Canada already) and will go for a groupage container. We have far from enough to fill an entire one.

We currently had Robinson and PSS around, did not feel any of them stood out of the other. We have Anglo-Pacific coming around on Monday and we are trying to get Fox and GBLiner as well in before the 18th (we are going to brussels for 5 nights that day...!).

If anyone has anymore feedback on these removal companies, that would be appreciated!

treehavn

Following up on this, we only received the quote from Bournes after I emailed them 6 days after the assessment to let them know we'd decided to go with another company. It was a decent price, but considering that they knew we have to move by next Monday...

Bellanova

Hi there, we just moved over about 8 weeks ago and we used Foxes the we by far the best, we also had Anglo Pacific and Pickfords. All of them told us that food items we not to be included, but we did bring over things that were non-perishable such as rice and pasta that kind of thing, we bought over far more than we should have done (perishable stuff too), but it is a real gamble. To be fair lots of our stuff was packed before we had a chance to say otherwise including alcohol. We were lucky that our container didn't get checked. When we went to Halifax to sign for it all we did get asked the usual stuff about alcohol, food, firearms etc and we just said that it was rice and pasta (non perishables) and they were fine with it, but it is a real gamble wether or not customs decide to check it all.
Bella

LadyRayden

We're having Fox and Anglo-Pacific on Monday. Just received this morning the quotes from PSS and Robinsons. There is a good difference between both (we bring our stuff in groupage, not enough for a whole container anyways). One quoted 1175£ and the other one 1699£. But PSS included custom cleareance in their prices, which is not the case of Robinsons. I haven't had the feeling any of them stood out. I heard lots of good things from Fox, bit less from Anglo. We'll see what they come up with anyways.

katiemoon

Blimey - we must have far too much 'stuff'!! Our quotes have all come out around £7k
Time to get selling I think - anybody fancy coming to a garage sale next month???

LadyRayden

katie, we are only 2 of us, no kids.

We did 2 car boots and gumtree is our friend. We went thru our furniture, clutter, etc and decided to sell everything which we would have wanted to replace in the next 2 to 3 years.

katiemoon

We are only 4 now, but I've got stuff stored for my 2 who've flown the nest (1 already in Calgary), my OH is a magpie and has a 'collection of collections' , photographic and darkroom equipment (absolutely essential for Canada ), plus we all love books...

Guess we're all going to have to make some sacrifices...

I think there will be storm clouds over the Yorkshire Dales for the next few weeks

Katie

katiemoon

Just checked out gumtree - it doesn't seem to cover our area - misses Cumbria altogether... but thanks for the tip.

Ah well, back to the garage sale idea

Katie

Steve Lawson

When you get a quote from a removal firm, they will spend about 3 hours travelling to/from your property and walking around it with you and another hour preparing your quote in the office. If you haggle too much you risk short-cuts being made. The problem is, when the job is booked, the operating manager will look to see where he can recover your discount and this might affect the service you receive. If you pay good money, you generally get a good job. If corners are cut, you might not.

LadyRayden

We just had Fox and Anglo-Pacific in yesterday. We are now awaiting quotes. But we felt that Anglo-Pacific guy, while making by far the best pitch, could easily be just looking impressive with his gizmo tech laptop and such. We had too much unsatisfied feedback to go ahead with them. And we were not impressed by the fact that the insurance was NOT via an independent broker but with them.

We will be waiting for Fox to send a quote. Then decide between Robinson and Fox.

treehavn

Hee! We had two of our four quoters come around with their little PDAs and make quite a show of tapping information into it. Strangely enough, we felt most comfortable with the more old fashioned chaps who used things like tape measures, calculators and pencils.

LadyRayden

So did we.

We just received the quote from Fox. Quite in the similar prices than Robinsons. It is quite much going to be between the two of them. difference of 6cm, not too bad. We are going to Brussels tomorrow, for 5 nights. Plenty of time to sleep on it and make a decision.