Regretting it already!
Jan 13th 2007, 12:19 pm
#31
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Re: Regretting it already!
Please forgive my inconsistent replies. I haven't quite got this down yet!
Jan 13th 2007, 5:09 pm
#32
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just keep popping in and nice to have you on board.
Jan 13th 2007, 5:27 pm
#33
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Jan 13th 2007, 5:28 pm
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Jan 13th 2007, 9:15 pm
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Re: Regretting it already!
i encourage you to move back to england. unless you have very strong family ties here, you will want to leave within a year. but some people have to experience it to believe it.
Jan 13th 2007, 9:28 pm
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Re: Regretting it already!
I used Rinkens in July, and I'd agree with Scout that Christoph was very good with making sure the logistics go well BUT ... (and it's a big but), the local company they sub-sub-contracted to (yes, that was two "sub's") were absolutely downright crappy, and my stuff arrived having fallen all over the container - it was leaning on the walls, fallen upside down, everything. The local (in Wales) shippers were absolutely dumbfounded when they unloaded, they seemed to spend half the morning just shaking their heads in disbelief at what a poor job the NC packing company had done. Miraculously, the overall amount of damage didn't amount to much, financially, but mostly because there were so many niggling things (shoes crushed, journals all folded up, scuffs, etc.) that were not easily quantifiable.
I also received an abusive email from the owner of the local NC company (I was actually cc'd - he had emailed me, Rinkens, and some other company, trying to find out who "hadn't paid") - it seemed they hadn't received payment yet from the company who sub-contracted them, and who were in turn sub-contracted by Rinkens. Having paid my $7,000 to Rinkens, I was a bit pissed off to receive this email.
You have to remember that these international shipping companies are really just a huge conglomerate of independent, locally contracted companies and on occasions the actual hands-on people have almost nothing to do with the company you are actually paying.
Bottom line is that if I were to do it again (and I have NO intention of ever going transAtlantic again!), I'd definitely ask for references for the local (US) company. Bottom line is, though, that Rinkens dropped the ball in their quality-control of the companies they were sub-contracting to.
I also received an abusive email from the owner of the local NC company (I was actually cc'd - he had emailed me, Rinkens, and some other company, trying to find out who "hadn't paid") - it seemed they hadn't received payment yet from the company who sub-contracted them, and who were in turn sub-contracted by Rinkens. Having paid my $7,000 to Rinkens, I was a bit pissed off to receive this email.
You have to remember that these international shipping companies are really just a huge conglomerate of independent, locally contracted companies and on occasions the actual hands-on people have almost nothing to do with the company you are actually paying.
Bottom line is that if I were to do it again (and I have NO intention of ever going transAtlantic again!), I'd definitely ask for references for the local (US) company. Bottom line is, though, that Rinkens dropped the ball in their quality-control of the companies they were sub-contracting to.
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Jan 13th 2007, 9:58 pm
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Re: Regretting it already!
you know nothing about me, you sad person who has to insult anonymous persons on the internet to get their kicks. im guessing you are middle aged, unhappy, and moderately overweight. you also probably smoke, and have a moderate drinking problem. over the past 3 years, you have amassed over 7000 posts on a message board. thats roughly 7 posts every single day for the past 1000 days. in other words, you have no life.
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Jan 13th 2007, 10:16 pm
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Re: Regretting it already!
you know nothing about me, you sad person who has to insult anonymous persons on the internet to get their kicks. im guessing you are middle aged, unhappy, and moderately overweight. you also probably smoke, and have a moderate drinking problem. over the past 3 years, you have amassed over 7000 posts on a message board. thats roughly 7 posts every single day for the past 1000 days. in other words, you have no life.
At least I have managed to succeed in the UK...I don't need to escape.
Jan 13th 2007, 10:17 pm
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Re: Regretting it already!
you know nothing about me, you sad person who has to insult anonymous persons on the internet to get their kicks. im guessing you are middle aged, unhappy, and moderately overweight. you also probably smoke, and have a moderate drinking problem. over the past 3 years, you have amassed over 7000 posts on a message board. thats roughly 7 posts every single day for the past 1000 days. in other words, you have no life.
Jan 13th 2007, 10:19 pm
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Re: Regretting it already!
you know nothing about me, you sad person who has to insult anonymous persons on the internet to get their kicks. im guessing you are middle aged, unhappy, and moderately overweight. you also probably smoke, and have a moderate drinking problem. over the past 3 years, you have amassed over 7000 posts on a message board. thats roughly 7 posts every single day for the past 1000 days. in other words, you have no life.
franki...hello, good luck with your decisions.
When we moved to the US I dreaded leaving my house. We had lived in it for 18 years and all my daughters had grown up in it. All our memories were there. For the first year here I hated this house as it seemed stuffed with the previous owners memories. They had built the house and lived in it for 32 years. But now I feel it's mine and we are making new memories here and I'm sure the same will happen to you.
My youngest daughter was 10 when we came here and she did find some things hard at first but she really enjoyed doing the new things like iceskating that she hadn't been able to do in the UK.
It is always hard to change your life and you will always wonder what would have happened if you had stayed or gone but you can always come back.