Part of a container full
 

I am only wanting to take a small amount of boxes and furniture back to the UK with me, but have doubts and worries on taking only part of a container full.

Have any of you done this, and was everything ok when it finally arrived.

Any other useful tips would be gratefully received.

Whisky

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Whisky

See below copied from the OSSworldwidemovers.com.au website. Your stuff will be packed into a container with other peoples stuff therefore it will be packed in well.


GROUPAGE (Allows you to share the cost of a container with other people moving personal effects to the same destination which is in a high volume area).


Hope this makes sense

Jo

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On the downside, it goes through a lot of handling: loaded onto a van at your house, unloaded into a warehouse, loaded into a container for shipping, unloaded into a warehouse at destination, loaded onto a van and delivered to your house.

We had about AUD$7000 damage to our furniture/belongings thru groupage on our way to Australia. Much of this was down to poor (or complete lack of) packing by the removal company, but the fact it was loaded/unloaded so many times obviously didn't help. Going back to UK, we had acquired a lot more furniture anyway so took a 20ft container.

Perosnally I would never do groupage again, but if you only have a small amount of stuff you may not have much choice. Just choose your packers carefully and make sure everything is packed to "export packing" standards. Good luck.

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We only used part of a container...everything arrived in the US OK.

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Hi there! Are you still there?

To be honest we had a full container and things still got battered!! It was well packed but I suppose it gets banged around to much? Insurance is a con too!
Good luck, how are things?
Jane x

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Did it coming here, doing it going back. Its fine.

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we had the shippers come round for our stuff last week. 16 boxes in all, some big, some small, including some furniture (babies cot) that we dismantled and then wrapped in cardboard etc.....just under three square metres all together. packed it all ourselves to cut down on costs, though the shippers gave us plenty of advice, tips and wrapping paper, so we could wrap all the crockery etc. once the shippers had taken the boxes they wrapped them all up in huge amounts of cellophane to keep everything tight and together ...will let you know in a few weeks how it all went!

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Thanks to everyone for your advice.
I have packed it all myself. Very experienced from all the years of moving.

I suppose it is just a risk I will have to take.

Janeyray:
Yes still here.
Restaurant was to go through on 16th October, but as usual there is a delay. Hopefully only a few days.
We are using the agent we used when we bought it. I think you used to help her with her horses.
I should be back middle to end of November.
Whisky

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You'll be glad of the rest when you get back!

Yes I looked after Heidis horses!! She has some beauties! Shes a slacker when it comes to replying to emails...tell her when you see her!! lol
:D

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This thread is interesting.. we have just been told that we need a 40ft. Not sure if we wish to throw enough stuff to make the 20ft. I am hoping to get costs down a bit though. Do you save much by packing it yourself? I understand that insurance is more if you DIY!

We are going to be looking at the best part of $20K :eek:

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We were told that if we packed ourselves then we couldn't get insurance? Not that the insurance was worth anything though, so I would pack myself. We tried to make claims but because when it arrived in the UK it stayed at the place it arrived for about 2 months they said it wasnt insured!? :rolleyes:

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I understand that it requires an extended insurance period for storage...
oss will insure your goods that you pack for the same price but they insist that they do the breakables which is fair enough.
who can recommend a cheap removal company if there is such a thing out there?

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OSS insurance is expensive though we used Letton Percival (if you do a search you will get the number and email address) same cover for 1.53% paid in £ but still way cheaper than the 3% in AU$

Jo

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I guess I was the only one who had packers who used penknives for screwdrivers (until we lent them said tool) and asked us if we had old dustsheets that could be used to pad out boxes!!! :o

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omg

who did you use?

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did you need to claim with them?

how easy is it to get separate insurance?

Are there any loop holes that we need to be aware off?

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A highly reputable international moving company. :rolleyes: However they outsourced the packing to "the UK's largest commercial moving group". They were both crap!

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dish the dirt! who was it... pm me. I am worried that I may use them :eek:

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We managed to completely fill a 40ft container to the brim. When it arrived in the UK at our house stuff fell out the door when it was opened it was so full.

In my honest opinion, chuck stuff you don't need. Reality of the matter is English houses are 3x smaller than most american houses, not sure about Oz houses. And for about 2 weeks we lived among boxes, literally. Every room was packed to the roof with boxes. Storing them was one thing, unloading them and finding out whats in them is another. If I had a pound for every time someone in my family said "What the hell did you bring this back for" I reckon we could of paid for the container!

3/4s of our belongings are in a storage facility which we are paying a few hundred quid a month to rent out - and it still can't fit most of the stuff in it anyway! Our Garage is PACKED too.

Most of it is just shit that got packed and will NEVER be used, or is incompatible and can't be used here. Reasons for bringing it back is because you don't want to lose money selling it for nothing or thinking you can pay someone to make it work. But save yourself the hassle, and money and chuck all the shit away. If you don't, you'll have boxes full of stuff you won't ever be using, you'll end up paying someone to take it away and eventually your find out that to get your Iron converted to work in England, that it would be cheaper to buy a new one :rolleyes:

-Chris

Btw - We used Pickfords from Uk to America & Barrett from America to the Uk. Pickfords were better only because the blokes spoke english! Barrett employed a bunch of foriegners that packed everything in sight!

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Right now she is a slacker getting my restaurant settled.
Always excuses and can never speak to her.
Can't say i am very happy at the moment.
The people who are buying have told us that their bloody solicitor has gone on holiday. Can't bloody believe it.

Whisky

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Are you back here yet?