Waiting for our container
Sep 13th 2006 | 1:11 am
#16
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From: Ottawa
Re: Waiting for our container
Originally Posted by suebed
We finally got our container!!!!!
It arrived yesterday - 6 weeks since it arrived in Canada.
The car had been taken out and washed but when it was put back in they didn't strap it down again so it had obviously had a good roll around between Montreal/Toronto/Peterborough as one of the headlamps was smashed and all the stuff closest to it was bashed around.
But hey - we're so happy to have our stuff finally. The house doesn't echo anymore. Our neighbours came out in force to help us off load. We couldn't have done it without them.
Would I pack and move my own container again? Well, we certainly saved money. It only cost £2,300 door to door for 40' of stuff. I wish we'd been told it could take up to 6 weeks to wait for stuff though! And we relied so heavily on the good will and strength of friends and neighbours both sides of the Atlantic to help us unload. We had teams of 7-9 people both ends.
Thanks for all the moral support I've received from you lot while we waited in limbo.
J
It arrived yesterday - 6 weeks since it arrived in Canada.
The car had been taken out and washed but when it was put back in they didn't strap it down again so it had obviously had a good roll around between Montreal/Toronto/Peterborough as one of the headlamps was smashed and all the stuff closest to it was bashed around.
But hey - we're so happy to have our stuff finally. The house doesn't echo anymore. Our neighbours came out in force to help us off load. We couldn't have done it without them.
Would I pack and move my own container again? Well, we certainly saved money. It only cost £2,300 door to door for 40' of stuff. I wish we'd been told it could take up to 6 weeks to wait for stuff though! And we relied so heavily on the good will and strength of friends and neighbours both sides of the Atlantic to help us unload. We had teams of 7-9 people both ends.
Thanks for all the moral support I've received from you lot while we waited in limbo.
J
Oooops! Would help if i read through the whole thread before posting!!! Congrats on getting your stuff!!
Sep 13th 2006 | 8:55 am
#17
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Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 75
From: Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia
Re: Waiting for our container
Great news for you finally.
I can't imagine doing what you have done though. Very brave to do the Loading and unloading yourselves. We paid a lot of money (7,300 Euros) to come from France to NS, and they had 3 men loading each end.. we had no family in France to help, and no one here, but like you glad to get our things here and was here in 2 weeks.. so we felt it was worth it, not having the stress and pressure of having the loading ourselves.
I can't imagine doing what you have done though. Very brave to do the Loading and unloading yourselves. We paid a lot of money (7,300 Euros) to come from France to NS, and they had 3 men loading each end.. we had no family in France to help, and no one here, but like you glad to get our things here and was here in 2 weeks.. so we felt it was worth it, not having the stress and pressure of having the loading ourselves.
Originally Posted by suebed
We finally got our container!!!!!
It arrived yesterday - 6 weeks since it arrived in Canada.
The car had been taken out and washed but when it was put back in they didn't strap it down again so it had obviously had a good roll around between Montreal/Toronto/Peterborough as one of the headlamps was smashed and all the stuff closest to it was bashed around.
But hey - we're so happy to have our stuff finally. The house doesn't echo anymore. Our neighbours came out in force to help us off load. We couldn't have done it without them.
Would I pack and move my own container again? Well, we certainly saved money. It only cost £2,300 door to door for 40' of stuff. I wish we'd been told it could take up to 6 weeks to wait for stuff though! And we relied so heavily on the good will and strength of friends and neighbours both sides of the Atlantic to help us unload. We had teams of 7-9 people both ends.
Thanks for all the moral support I've received from you lot while we waited in limbo.
J
It arrived yesterday - 6 weeks since it arrived in Canada.
The car had been taken out and washed but when it was put back in they didn't strap it down again so it had obviously had a good roll around between Montreal/Toronto/Peterborough as one of the headlamps was smashed and all the stuff closest to it was bashed around.
But hey - we're so happy to have our stuff finally. The house doesn't echo anymore. Our neighbours came out in force to help us off load. We couldn't have done it without them.
Would I pack and move my own container again? Well, we certainly saved money. It only cost £2,300 door to door for 40' of stuff. I wish we'd been told it could take up to 6 weeks to wait for stuff though! And we relied so heavily on the good will and strength of friends and neighbours both sides of the Atlantic to help us unload. We had teams of 7-9 people both ends.
Thanks for all the moral support I've received from you lot while we waited in limbo.
J
Sep 13th 2006 | 10:48 pm
#18
Livin' it large in BC.
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 168
From: Golden, BC
Re: Waiting for our container
Great news!
Who did you use by the way?
Ian.
Who did you use by the way?
Ian.
Originally Posted by suebed
We finally got our container!!!!!
It arrived yesterday - 6 weeks since it arrived in Canada.
The car had been taken out and washed but when it was put back in they didn't strap it down again so it had obviously had a good roll around between Montreal/Toronto/Peterborough as one of the headlamps was smashed and all the stuff closest to it was bashed around.
But hey - we're so happy to have our stuff finally. The house doesn't echo anymore. Our neighbours came out in force to help us off load. We couldn't have done it without them.
Would I pack and move my own container again? Well, we certainly saved money. It only cost £2,300 door to door for 40' of stuff. I wish we'd been told it could take up to 6 weeks to wait for stuff though! And we relied so heavily on the good will and strength of friends and neighbours both sides of the Atlantic to help us unload. We had teams of 7-9 people both ends.
Thanks for all the moral support I've received from you lot while we waited in limbo.
J
It arrived yesterday - 6 weeks since it arrived in Canada.
The car had been taken out and washed but when it was put back in they didn't strap it down again so it had obviously had a good roll around between Montreal/Toronto/Peterborough as one of the headlamps was smashed and all the stuff closest to it was bashed around.
But hey - we're so happy to have our stuff finally. The house doesn't echo anymore. Our neighbours came out in force to help us off load. We couldn't have done it without them.
Would I pack and move my own container again? Well, we certainly saved money. It only cost £2,300 door to door for 40' of stuff. I wish we'd been told it could take up to 6 weeks to wait for stuff though! And we relied so heavily on the good will and strength of friends and neighbours both sides of the Atlantic to help us unload. We had teams of 7-9 people both ends.
Thanks for all the moral support I've received from you lot while we waited in limbo.
J
Sep 14th 2006 | 11:34 am
#19
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Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 87
From: Peterborough, ON
Re: Waiting for our container
WTA - World Transport Agency - Manchester and Feltham
They weren't bad to deal with and the agent this end was fine. It was just the severe lack of communication from Customs where our goods were held for over a month that was the problem. They never did do an inspection - just frustrated us! If you can specify the goods land in Halifax, so much the better.
If cash flow is an issue, doing it yourself is a viable option. It cost us $150 to pay for the 2 guys from the agency who helped us unload here.
They weren't bad to deal with and the agent this end was fine. It was just the severe lack of communication from Customs where our goods were held for over a month that was the problem. They never did do an inspection - just frustrated us! If you can specify the goods land in Halifax, so much the better.
If cash flow is an issue, doing it yourself is a viable option. It cost us $150 to pay for the 2 guys from the agency who helped us unload here.
