Archive Search-Moving Companies
Dec 8th 2002, 9:45 pm
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Archive Search-Moving Companies
Just wondering if anyone can direct me to an archive or search site for
this newsgroup as I would like to see what referrals there have been for
Moving companies from the US to Australia???
Many thanks.
this newsgroup as I would like to see what referrals there have been for
Moving companies from the US to Australia???
Many thanks.
Dec 9th 2002, 1:54 pm
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Re: Archive Search-Moving Companies
"Mark Lewis" wrote in message
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> Just wondering if anyone can direct me to an archive or search site for
> this newsgroup as I would like to see what referrals there have been for
> Moving companies from the US to Australia???
> Many thanks.
This group is very helpful and I'm sure you can get better advice than this,
but ... I'm moving from the east coast to Sydney in a couple of weeks so am
just going through this. I searched this group through google to find
recommendations for movers from the US to Aussie, but found that most of the
people here are moving UK to Aussie.
It's very important to get more than one quote. We have a large 2 bedroom
apartment (almost the size of a house) and it only took about 30 mins to
have a survey done, so it won't take up too much of your time to get more
than one survey done. We chose to have surveys done by the US agents of
Aussie based movers because I figured that if there were any difficulties
after I lest the US, then I wanted to be able to contact the movers easily.
The downside of this is that it's much harder to make contact with them
during the planning process.
We had two surveys done. Both agreed that we had enough stuff to fill a 20
ft. container. One quoted about $15,000 AUD to do a complete pack from NJ,
ship, unpack in metropolitan Sydney in a first floor residence. The other
quoted just under $12,000 AUD for the same service. Insurance is extra. So
there is definitely a financial incentive to get more than one quote! Also,
if you are planning on moving soon, please remember that the wharf strike on
the left coast has REALLY backed up non-perishable shipping times.
Pre-strike we were cited a move time of about six weeks. Now we are told it
will be 8-10 and they will ship out of Baltimore and take our stuff down
through the canal, rather than rail/truck it to LA and ship from there.
I'm waiting to get a firm moving date today, so I can't yet tell you how
good/bad the experience with our shippers will be. Good luck! Where are
you moving to - from?
Best,
Suzie.
news:[email protected]...
> Just wondering if anyone can direct me to an archive or search site for
> this newsgroup as I would like to see what referrals there have been for
> Moving companies from the US to Australia???
> Many thanks.
This group is very helpful and I'm sure you can get better advice than this,
but ... I'm moving from the east coast to Sydney in a couple of weeks so am
just going through this. I searched this group through google to find
recommendations for movers from the US to Aussie, but found that most of the
people here are moving UK to Aussie.
It's very important to get more than one quote. We have a large 2 bedroom
apartment (almost the size of a house) and it only took about 30 mins to
have a survey done, so it won't take up too much of your time to get more
than one survey done. We chose to have surveys done by the US agents of
Aussie based movers because I figured that if there were any difficulties
after I lest the US, then I wanted to be able to contact the movers easily.
The downside of this is that it's much harder to make contact with them
during the planning process.
We had two surveys done. Both agreed that we had enough stuff to fill a 20
ft. container. One quoted about $15,000 AUD to do a complete pack from NJ,
ship, unpack in metropolitan Sydney in a first floor residence. The other
quoted just under $12,000 AUD for the same service. Insurance is extra. So
there is definitely a financial incentive to get more than one quote! Also,
if you are planning on moving soon, please remember that the wharf strike on
the left coast has REALLY backed up non-perishable shipping times.
Pre-strike we were cited a move time of about six weeks. Now we are told it
will be 8-10 and they will ship out of Baltimore and take our stuff down
through the canal, rather than rail/truck it to LA and ship from there.
I'm waiting to get a firm moving date today, so I can't yet tell you how
good/bad the experience with our shippers will be. Good luck! Where are
you moving to - from?
Best,
Suzie.
