how did you ship your belongings?
Jul 27th 2005, 5:31 pm
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Re: how did you ship your belongings?
Originally Posted by krizzy
I got a free ioniser......... its a Holmes one .....it came with my air cleaner.......
Jul 28th 2005, 1:02 am
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Re: how did you ship your belongings?
Originally Posted by Bob
ain't they abit massive compared to the cheapo £10 ones from argos?
Cheapo ones sometimes don't work well.....we went through a lot of them in the UK till we found one that did.....and it was not cheap cheap........
Jul 28th 2005, 2:51 am
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Re: how did you ship your belongings?
I know everyone says to ditch your electrical equipment and buy new in the US but I had lots of professional gear that would have cost too much to replace. I bought a big transformer for my studio and a small one for a good ghetto-blaster I had. The small one only cost about $14 and is small enough to take around the house. I regret getting rid of my food processor now as I could have just used the small transformer. Here's a link:
http://www.voltageconverters.com/
The make I use is from AED international.
http://www.voltageconverters.com/
The make I use is from AED international.
Jul 28th 2005, 2:56 am
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Re: how did you ship your belongings?
Thank you everyone for all your words of wisdom. You've mentioned quite a few things that hadn't occured to me which hopefully make our move much smoother. Though - do these things ever go REALLY smoothly?
Han
Han
Jul 28th 2005, 4:59 am
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Re: how did you ship your belongings?
Originally Posted by BlightyBoy
I know everyone says to ditch your electrical equipment and buy new in the US but I had lots of professional gear that would have cost too much to replace. I bought a big transformer for my studio and a small one for a good ghetto-blaster I had. The small one only cost about $14 and is small enough to take around the house. I regret getting rid of my food processor now as I could have just used the small transformer. Here's a link:
http://www.voltageconverters.com/
The make I use is from AED international.
http://www.voltageconverters.com/
The make I use is from AED international.
Jul 29th 2005, 3:43 am
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Re: how did you ship your belongings?
Originally Posted by Bob
Thing is, those transformers, unless you get a good one, over heat quite a lot, and aren't meant for continous use.
I even emailed the company before purchasing as I had heard that they were constantly draining energy but they assured me that it was just using it when it needed it.
Jul 29th 2005, 3:57 am
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Re: how did you ship your belongings?
Originally Posted by Dimsie
Hi
When I came over last year I used Excess Baggage Company based in London.
When I came over last year I used Excess Baggage Company based in London.
Jul 29th 2005, 4:14 am
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Re: how did you ship your belongings?
Originally Posted by MiniBrit
I used them too and not a sausage was broken or damaged....
customs let you in with sausages!!!???
Jul 29th 2005, 5:08 am
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Re: how did you ship your belongings?
Originally Posted by Big D
customs let you in with sausages!!!???
Jul 30th 2005, 6:25 am
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Re: how did you ship your belongings?
Put everything I bought over in a suitcase, anything that did'nt fit in there I gave to my parents and brother, anything they did'nt want I sold.
