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Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 2nd 2005, 1:39 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,658
Posted By sej7278

Re: 17 days to go.....

Oh I forgot to mention that my car insurance in France only costs 24e a month as they accepted a copy of a 4 years no-claims certificate that Geico emailed me.

I went on a quick "holiday" to...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 2nd 2005, 1:23 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,658
Posted By sej7278

Re: 17 days to go.....

Just an update on my move back to England.....

I've been sunning myself in 29 degrees France for a month, caught up with a lot of family (aunt, uncle, sister, nephew, brother-in-law, grandmother,...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 30th 2005, 9:03 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,658
Posted By sej7278

Talking Re: 17 days to go.....

Well I'm finally back - staying in France with the folks at the moment, whilst looking for work.

I can't believe the weather - it's been 88F at 8pm!

I've applied for some Web Developer...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 23rd 2005, 4:55 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 775
Posted By sej7278

Re: Buying property in London.

Right, I didn't realise it was rent vs/ mortgage, I thought you were buying outright.

I still wouldn't advise mortgage as the property probably won't be worth much by the time you've paid it off -...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 23rd 2005, 4:23 am
Replies: 14
Views: 775
Posted By sej7278

Re: Buying property in London.

I hope by "London" you mean Brixton or Southall or some other crap hole, as unless you've become millionaires in the last 25 years, you aren't going to buy London property.

I think anyone who...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 23rd 2005, 12:52 am
Replies: 2
Views: 731
Posted By sej7278

Re: cheapest shipping method US-UK

by boat, you can get a cubic metre for under 300usd.

i am using www.bgiworldwide.com, in fact my boat should have sailed today, it will take 30-35 days.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 21st 2005, 3:14 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 815
Posted By sej7278

Re: Moving car from abroad back to UK

I was going to do that with my truck, but it was too much hassle.

There's a lot to look at for it to get a certificate of conformity to EU standards - even to the minute detail of having the...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Apr 17th 2005, 7:20 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 2,517
Posted By sej7278

Re: How would you define a decent salary

Before I left England 4 years ago I was earning 25kGBP working in London, I was living at home with the folks in Brighton, and only came to the US with about 7kGBP in savings (from about 3 years...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 13th 2005, 12:46 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,658
Posted By sej7278

Re: 17 days to go.....

Cool, maybe I will head towards Leeds then, I need to enjoy being single again, if you know what I mean :D

A quick update - yesterday I delivered my boxes to San Francisco port, ready to be...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 11th 2005, 5:19 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,658
Posted By sej7278

Re: 17 days to go.....

Yeah my brother-in-law contracts for BT or someone in Leeds, I've been there a couple of times, the people are pretty nice - the ladies are friendlier than the uptight London girls, based on my last...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 11th 2005, 4:34 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,658
Posted By sej7278

Re: 17 days to go.....

Thanks, yeah I'm wondering how things like credit rating, car insurance, income tax, voting, NI etc. will have been affected by my absence.

During being in the US, I have managed to renew my...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 11th 2005, 2:09 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,658
Posted By sej7278

Talking 17 days to go.....

I'm so excited to be going home (well actually going to France first to see the folks, then back to England) after 4 years in Silicon Valley.

I'm flying out of San Francisco on the 27th, it's been...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Apr 11th 2005, 1:56 am
Replies: 8
Views: 635
Posted By sej7278

Re: Us Dvd

The Yamakawa 218 DVD player can be made region-free, and also has a switchable power supply.

I'm taking mine back to England with me. See www.dvdrhelp.com for other models.

As far as computers...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 4th 2005, 5:54 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 675
Posted By sej7278

Re: Transferring $US to UK

HSBC is the same group as Wells Fargo in the US.

You will get charged $50 by each bank usually (I used to get paid in the UK, and transfer the money to the US, and that's how it worked 2 years...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 4th 2005, 5:52 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 4,959
Posted By sej7278

Re: Cheap shipping from US to UK??

That sounds like a 20 foot container price, I was quoted about $3300 for one.

Personally, I'm ditching my sofa and bed, and putting the rest in boxes on a pallet, for about $200 for a cubic meter:...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 4th 2005, 6:04 am
Replies: 24
Views: 3,451
Posted By sej7278

Re: Settling back in...

I'm an experienced web/database/UNIX programmer.

If you do contract work in the UK you can get 75,000ukp for London.

In Silicon Valley, you should be earning nearer 100,000usd (unless you're a...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 4th 2005, 12:13 am
Replies: 24
Views: 3,451
Posted By sej7278

Re: Settling back in...

I was tempted not to answer that, as I really don't want to sound overly negative about my America experience, but here goes: I fscking hate it now!

I can't stand the lack of customer service (not...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 3rd 2005, 7:08 am
Replies: 24
Views: 3,451
Posted By sej7278

Re: Settling back in...

I'm going back at the end of the month, after 4 years in California, I expect to feel like an alien for a while.

I don't even know much about the politics, or TV or anything else us Brits talk...
Forum: USA
Apr 1st 2005, 2:30 am
Replies: 8
Views: 744
Posted By sej7278

Re: Excess Luggage

I'd say ship it if it's heavy enough and you can wait for it to get there. That's what I'm doing.

A cubic meter (that's a lot!) will cost a total of about 200usd and will take about 30 days.
...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 25th 2005, 8:24 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 1,832
Posted By sej7278

Re: Im going home!!!

Yeah no kidding, post-911 USA sucks - people are too patriotic (too keen on war, dislike foreigners, believe everything the government or corporations say....), have no sense-of-humour and friends...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 25th 2005, 3:47 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 584
Posted By sej7278

Question Taking a car back from US to UK/France?

Has anyone got any experience of taking a car from the US to the UK or France?

I'm thinking of getting my car shipped over and registering it in France, where my folks live, but I should still be...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Mar 22nd 2005, 7:00 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 4,535
Posted By sej7278

Re: Packing your own Shipping Container

Can anyone give me a relatively step-by-step procedure for all this, like:

what paperwork is involved (bill of laden, customs forms)?

what kind of worth do I put on customs forms for things...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Mar 21st 2005, 5:08 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 4,535
Posted By sej7278

Re: Packing your own Shipping Container

ooh, not sure i fancy that, i have a lot of dvd's that might look dodgey, if you know what i mean.

i don't want to look like i'm smuggling or anything nasty....
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Mar 21st 2005, 3:35 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 4,535
Posted By sej7278

Re: Packing your own Shipping Container

How did they find out - do they go through all boxes or something? Or did you label the box "booze"?! ;)
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Mar 21st 2005, 12:55 am
Replies: 20
Views: 4,535
Posted By sej7278

Re: Packing your own Shipping Container

Yeah I'm looking into moving back to the UK and shipping some stuff.

It does all look rather complicated, mainly the paperwork, and picking it up the other end - do they just phone you when it...
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