Taking everything with you ?!
Oct 12th 2006, 12:19 am
#61
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Re: Taking everything with you ?!
Originally Posted by Amber and Chris
Is it insanely expensive to ship things? I have just visited a shipper's website that warns of all sorts of hidden costs - companies that only ship to a customs building then you have to pick up or get it shipped to your home; customs officials being a total nightmare re: inventory of every single item and ripping apart your whole container; everything being impounded for agricultural fumigation costing $$$; having no credit line in a foreign country and thus having to pay immense mounting costs immediately by cash or (again) get it impounded. Are these just horror stories or have such things happened to anyone?
We are wavering between optimism and gloom on this subject - looking around, can't bear to part with anything remotely family/ memories-related, yet costs sound prohibitive...
Anything to set our minds at rest?
We are wavering between optimism and gloom on this subject - looking around, can't bear to part with anything remotely family/ memories-related, yet costs sound prohibitive...
Anything to set our minds at rest?
no pobs at all, on delivery to NZ address MAF had opened our boxes marked 'shed' , checked them & resealed them
no probs , no worries, no extra costs
put you're feet up & watch the guys do the work
Oct 12th 2006, 12:32 am
#62
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Re: Taking everything with you ?!
Originally Posted by Amber and Chris
Is it insanely expensive to ship things? I have just visited a shipper's website that warns of all sorts of hidden costs - companies that only ship to a customs building then you have to pick up or get it shipped to your home; customs officials being a total nightmare re: inventory of every single item and ripping apart your whole container; everything being impounded for agricultural fumigation costing $$$; having no credit line in a foreign country and thus having to pay immense mounting costs immediately by cash or (again) get it impounded. Are these just horror stories or have such things happened to anyone?
We are wavering between optimism and gloom on this subject - looking around, can't bear to part with anything remotely family/ memories-related, yet costs sound prohibitive...
Anything to set our minds at rest?
We are wavering between optimism and gloom on this subject - looking around, can't bear to part with anything remotely family/ memories-related, yet costs sound prohibitive...
Anything to set our minds at rest?
Sarah
Oct 12th 2006, 9:50 am
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Re: Taking everything with you ?!
Originally Posted by SarahB
No, it wasnt like that at all. Hadley & Ottaway did all the packing, the inventory, labelling and numbering everything. They worked so hard and were experts at their jobs. The company they used here in AKL was The Moving Company and we had no problems with them either. Boxes/items that MAF had to look at were clearly highlighted on the inventory. We could open everything else but had to wait til the next day for MAF to open those few special boxes. There was no problems with MAF as she could see that we had cleaned the items in question. Honestly, it all went without a hitch, it was easy peasy, pick a recommended company and let them do their job. Youll be fine...dont worry.
Sarah
Sarah
Cheers,
Wiz'n'Ton
Oct 12th 2006, 5:01 pm
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Re: Taking everything with you ?!
I hear Ikea are apparently going to open in NZ in the next year or two hee hee. Don't know where, though. We've already been thinking about what we would take. Our master bedroom is 12' x 16' and we're not entirely sure what the average sizes of NZ bedrooms are. Our stuff might not fit!
Did anyone take their sofas with them? Hubby doesn't think it's the thing to do, but I happen to really like ours. They're brown microfibre with these great funky brown "patchwork" leather cushions.
Did anyone take their sofas with them? Hubby doesn't think it's the thing to do, but I happen to really like ours. They're brown microfibre with these great funky brown "patchwork" leather cushions.
Oct 13th 2006, 1:22 am
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Re: Taking everything with you ?!
Originally Posted by Maz
I hear Ikea are apparently going to open in NZ in the next year or two hee hee. Don't know where, though. We've already been thinking about what we would take. Our master bedroom is 12' x 16' and we're not entirely sure what the average sizes of NZ bedrooms are. Our stuff might not fit!
Did anyone take their sofas with them? Hubby doesn't think it's the thing to do, but I happen to really like ours. They're brown microfibre with these great funky brown "patchwork" leather cushions.
Did anyone take their sofas with them? Hubby doesn't think it's the thing to do, but I happen to really like ours. They're brown microfibre with these great funky brown "patchwork" leather cushions.
I so am hoping you're right about Ikea but bet it won't be on the South Island even if it does open a store up ... I'm not so keen on the ultra modern furniture but loved all the Ikea nik naks I could buy in the market place section.
