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Forum: Australia
Feb 19th 2008, 4:29 pm
Replies: 224
Views: 31,361
Posted By seamus3

Re: Pickfords likely to go bust....

Bloody geordies ;););)
Forum: Australia
Feb 19th 2008, 4:27 pm
Replies: 224
Views: 31,361
Posted By seamus3

Re: Pickfords likely to go bust....

I think the Allied managers will be the last to know that they are being made redundant...
Forum: Australia
Feb 19th 2008, 4:25 pm
Replies: 224
Views: 31,361
Posted By seamus3

Re: Pickfords likely to go bust....

That's an old trick. If it's only 70 feet you should be able to measure it yourself. l x b x h/1728
Forum: Australia
Feb 18th 2008, 6:54 pm
Replies: 224
Views: 31,361
Posted By seamus3

Re: Pickfords likely to go bust....

That BoS bond WILL NOT rescue your goods from wharfsides or shipping lines if they go bust.

And checkout their IEBSSSC bond in Delaware - doesn't exist..
Forum: The Barbie
Feb 17th 2008, 10:33 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 2,165
Posted By seamus3

Re: shipping companies, any more i could try?

not bonded....
Forum: The Barbie
Feb 17th 2008, 10:32 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 2,165
Posted By seamus3

Re: shipping companies, any more i could try?

We have used Excess International since we had problems with a couple of others on previous moves. Excellent heplful service.

Whoever you use make sure that they are BAR Overseas/FIDI FAIM bonded...
Forum: Australia
Feb 13th 2008, 9:40 pm
Replies: 224
Views: 31,361
Posted By seamus3

Re: Pickfords likely to go bust....

Reassuring....:thumbsup:
Forum: Australia
Feb 13th 2008, 9:37 pm
Replies: 224
Views: 31,361
Posted By seamus3

Re: Pickfords likely to go bust....

You need the BAR Overseas Bond - not the domestic one - anything else is not worth the paper it's written on - trust me, I have moved 16+ times internationally.

This excludes people like 7 Seas,...
Forum: Australia
Feb 13th 2008, 9:33 pm
Replies: 224
Views: 31,361
Posted By seamus3

Re: Pickfords likely to go bust....

non bonded - very cheap prices - buyer beware
Forum: Australia
Feb 13th 2008, 1:14 pm
Replies: 224
Views: 31,361
Posted By seamus3

Re: Pickfords likely to go bust....

I am not as stupid as you think I am. When shipments are strung out across the world it's a different story - and it didn't help my sister-in-law who was a customer of Cargo Forwarding a few years...
Forum: Australia
Feb 13th 2008, 1:10 pm
Replies: 224
Views: 31,361
Posted By seamus3

Re: Pickfords likely to go bust....

Stuck on the wharf somewhere - happened with a cheapo operator called Cargo forwarding a few years back - took people 3 years to get their stuff back in some cases.

I'd be very careful who I...
Forum: Australia
Feb 13th 2008, 1:03 pm
Replies: 224
Views: 31,361
Posted By seamus3

Re: Pickfords likely to go bust....

FACT a company in liquidation is not legally bound to do anything, nor is the liquidator.
Forum: Australia
Feb 13th 2008, 1:02 pm
Replies: 224
Views: 31,361
Posted By seamus3

Re: Pickfords likely to go bust....

The guy did say that it was only the UK part of Pickfords which was affected and that they had been "owned by many different people over the past 100 years with no problems during the change of...
Forum: Australia
Feb 13th 2008, 1:00 pm
Replies: 224
Views: 31,361
Posted By seamus3

Re: Pickfords likely to go bust....

Try Excess International 0800 082 1990 - http://www.international-removals.com

We used them a couple of times.
Forum: Australia
Feb 13th 2008, 12:08 pm
Replies: 224
Views: 31,361
Posted By seamus3

Re: Pickfords likely to go bust....

Even if they are taken over, 1000s of shipments will be stuck on docksides everywhere.

You may well be asked to pay again by destination agents.
Forum: Australia
Feb 13th 2008, 12:04 pm
Replies: 224
Views: 31,361
Posted By seamus3

Re: Pickfords likely to go bust....

cheapest isn't always best...

be wary of operators that are the cheapest of the cheap - there's a reason for it...
Forum: Australia
Feb 13th 2008, 12:02 pm
Replies: 224
Views: 31,361
Posted By seamus3

Re: Pickfords likely to go bust....

ask for your money back...
Forum: Australia
Feb 13th 2008, 11:29 am
Replies: 224
Views: 31,361
Posted By seamus3

Re: Picfords Removals - Warning !!

Don't - loads of their shipments are already stuck around the world because shipping lines haven't been paid by their overseas subsidiaries...
Forum: Australia
Feb 13th 2008, 11:27 am
Replies: 224
Views: 31,361
Posted By seamus3

Pickfords likely to go bust....

Make sure you use a BAR OVERSEAS/FIDI-FAIM Bonded company... Not sure that Pickfords were. Hundreds will get caught out with this.

from today's 'Times'....

February 13, 2008


Crisis at...
Forum: Australia
Sep 7th 2007, 1:47 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 809
Posted By seamus3

Re: Atlantis removals

last time used Excess Baggage Company - they're on Google

Seven Seas - avoid - not bonded - takes forever
Forum: The Barbie
Sep 7th 2007, 1:45 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 2,165
Posted By seamus3

Re: shipping companies, any more i could try?

www.australia-removals.com
Forum: The Barbie
Sep 7th 2007, 1:43 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 406
Posted By seamus3

Re: Another baggage allowance question !!

Excess Baggage Company have counters in all the terminals at Heathrow and Gatwick - we paid about £2.50kg I think and they also have sea freight if you're not in a hurry
Forum: Australia
Sep 7th 2007, 1:41 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 1,755
Posted By seamus3

Re: more shipping quotes

we used Excess International Movers - www.australia-removals.com and they came in at a little over £3k for a 20 feet shipment. They also use Grace in Australia which made me happier :-)
Forum: The Barbie
Sep 7th 2007, 1:38 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 2,165
Posted By seamus3

Re: shipping companies, any more i could try?

www.excessbaggage.com they are the number one mover to australia
Forum: Australia
Jan 22nd 2006, 1:52 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 1,355
Posted By seamus3

Re: where did you go when house sold

U can stay with me

R u fit?
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