Shipping Companies
May 6th 2007, 10:19 pm
#16
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Location: NZ
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Re: Shipping Companies
Try to avoid any companies that use Budget Moving, Auckland at this end. We had a whole box of DVD's and Playstation games stolen, and the manager of the company was most unhelpful.
And we didn't do a full inventory either, and got stung by MAF, who took all our camping, golf, bikes and hiking shoes and charged us for the inspection and cleaning. To do this, they opened up ALL our boxes as they didn't know where to locate said items, and other bits and pieces subsequently went missing!!!
DO do a full inventory, just in case.
And we didn't do a full inventory either, and got stung by MAF, who took all our camping, golf, bikes and hiking shoes and charged us for the inspection and cleaning. To do this, they opened up ALL our boxes as they didn't know where to locate said items, and other bits and pieces subsequently went missing!!!
DO do a full inventory, just in case.
Sorry to hear you had some bad luck.
Our removal company did a full inventory, 187 boxes listed with a description on of each box!!! We also did an inventory for insurance. We 'borrowed' the removal company list for insurance, filled that in a posted it to Letton Percival
May 7th 2007, 1:15 am
#17
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Joined: Apr 2003
Location: napier, NZ back to Freo in 2008!
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Re: Shipping Companies
Sorry to be slightly off topic. I've searched previous threads and they haven't quite answered what I'm looking for. Loathe to start ANOTHER new thread on shipping questions, so:
Pay to ship door-to-door or go to port yourself and deal with the MAF stuff? We're looking at 600 more dollars to get the stuff through port (not even to our home; just to get all the MAF taken care of) than "to port". Is it stressful enough that the 600 bucks will be worth it?
Thanks; when we get there I promise I will post really useful info everywhere about shipping.
Pay to ship door-to-door or go to port yourself and deal with the MAF stuff? We're looking at 600 more dollars to get the stuff through port (not even to our home; just to get all the MAF taken care of) than "to port". Is it stressful enough that the 600 bucks will be worth it?
Thanks; when we get there I promise I will post really useful info everywhere about shipping.
Our local MAF and customs office were very helpful and surprising unofficious.
Just makes sure you have a clear inventory or whats in each box and that each box is has a clear label on it.
We used "pack and send" from Fremantle and they were very good and 1/2 price to "shipping companies" however we didnt have a lot to bring. Lucky for us its call got to go back again at the end of the year.
