[Aydon]

Thougth I'd put in some quotes we've had. I'll add to them when/if we get more.

1. Masons (Local South Wales Firm)

20ft Container. Full pack and export wrap, Door to Door.

£3487.00. Insurance: 3% of total cost, minimum £60.


Their 40ft container would be between £4800 and £5500.

[Smiler]

ok you show me yours and I'll show you mine. :p

It just might takes me three days to write the post, so watch this space.:confused: or the space underneath.


Deborah

[baboonworld]

£3700ish from GB Liners for 20 ft
£5600 with car for 40ft

slightly less from Whites

.. but I have had another quote a lot cheaper - just waiting to get final details (I MEAN A LOT CHEAPER) and i will post when i know!!

[nessie]

Ours is with Crown:

20ft Container. Full pack and export wrap, Door to Door - £3615.00. plus additional 150.00 to crate motorbike.
Insurance with Letton Percival 1.53% of total cost, minimum £25.

[jubjub]

Ours was £3460 with Crown a couple of months ago, did not bother with a separate insurance and went with theirs, but did it carefully, ie listed all our own stuff and I think ended up paying about 300, instead of their volume insurance which would have been at least triple that.

[gil]

Only one quote in so far, from Atlantic. £6,700 for 40 footer and the car won't fit. Very thorough, nice guy. Awaiting a couple more next week, will post and let you know.

Gil

[Marie P]

HI Got our quotes .

for a 20 foot reefer self pack

GB liners £2888 inc 1% total loss insurence

Brittania £3284 no insurence offered

Marie x

[captainxmas]

All

We opted for Whites (plymouth) - they packed our 3 bed into a 20ft container, we which had space on the back for £2880. The 20ft should have been a reefer but was a normal one when it arrived, the crew was excellent (whites don't subcontract) and everything arrived as perfectly as it was despatched. We also decided not to take out the optional insurance.

We were shipped staright away and that worked out well, but if they do offer you free storage - arange for it in the UK not NZ. Because the message doesn't get through from the sales man to Auckland.

GB gave a similiar quote, but theirs included self pack on breakables, and my other quote was off the scale (Avalon).

Remember to trade them off, you usually want to go with the guy in the middle and he'll usually match the guy at the bottom.

Rich :nice1

[Jo and Andy]

White and Co £3375 for 20 foot refer, pack door to door, insurance quoted 3%

Bishops Move £3225 Insurance 2.75
Total loss insurance 0.004 (£4 for every £1000)

Doree Bonner £3254 but 9-14 weeks transfer for sole use.

Am lost on all this insurance as on another post I just put up.

Think will go with White and Co and try and get their price down seems I am paying more than I should if I compare with others. Not taking up the whole of a 20 ft container but too much for groupage.

[Anji]

we have just had a price from GB liners in Altrincham for £3600 we should just squeeze all our bits in a 20 footer.I think we will use GB, they seem very professional.The company they use at the other end is N.Z van lines

[captainxmas]

Jo and Andy

I have pm'd your insurance query.

Whites will barter, you won't have to drop any names either.


Bear in mind you may be paying extra on the 'job' for travelling and Chch as opposed to AKL.

Rich :nice1

[Alex]

Got a quote from Britannia down at Bournemouth - £1622, that was for 8 cubic metres (part load). With a car, this was £3610. So without the car this quote is probably cheaper than most might expect because we don't have much gear.

[jim4244]

Just steer well clear of Anglo Pacific!

Jim

[Alex]

Just steer well clear of Anglo Pacific!Jim
My Father just called me at work - Anglo Pacific called me at home and want me to call them back re: my request for a quote! "Ermmm, kinda busy at work now, Dad, gonna have to call later" :D

[Timbo]

We have PSS coming round friday. Any one else used them? I have asked them round to quote as they are very local for us. We will need storage for a while too.

Update; pss have e-mailed an initial estimate based on my list of items to ship. 556cubic feet, they pack and ship door to door. £2345 plus the vodka.

[bozandhelen]

Got the quote from GB Liners on Saturday £3895 for 20' and £1895 for the car roll-on roll-off

They must use a random number generator for these, thats the only logic I can think of!

The guy in our logistics dept owes me a favour and said to give him the lowest quote so he can sort it out.. Go for it!

[Timbo]

Judging by the figures given so far on this thread, there MUST be a catch with the following company;
Homepak (subsidiary of Galleon Intl. shipping)
20ft (packed in London)
Auckland £1510
ChCh £1640
Welli £1665
Tauranga £1540

40ft
Auckland £2510
ChCh £2830
Welli £2440
Tauranga ££2510
All are for freight to port only.

I have contacted them for a quote based on surveys of other shippers, and await a reply. Will post here if of interest.

www.homepakmove.com

[bozandhelen]

Got 5% off GB Liners just by asking for a staff discount

Still a bit high tho, Helen gave crown a call at the Expo and they're coming around on the 1st

[bozandhelen]

Judging by the figures given so far on this thread, there MUST be a catch with the following company;
Homepak (subsidiary of Galleon Intl. shipping)
All are for freight to port only.

www.homepakmove.com (http://www.homepakmove.com) Is the catch is you need to pack everything yourself and get it to the docks and vicci versi ?

[Park City Partner]

Anybody have any info on shippers in the US?

[starkhorn]

I'm really jealous. I've been trying for ages to even get a shipping company in france to take us seriously. We've only got stuff to fill a 1 bed-room flat and none of the shipping companies seem to be interested at all. They seem to want us to have a massive mansion or something. I really don't get it..

Cheers
Brendan

[bozandhelen]

Burke Bros gave us a final quote on friday of £5530 for a 40' with car + 2.1% insurance, Crown were round yesterday and I hinted majorly at the above and that the lowest quote would get it next week, so heres hoping!

I really hate these dutch auctions especialy as both were quite nice guys, but you've got to go through the loop, none of my orig quotes came in under £6K so it's really worth doing it.

I'm sure whatever I take I'll get clobered with some unforeseen cost.

Boz

Arghhh and only 4-Weeks until I go !!!!

[StevieD]

Isn't it scary the cost? I thought about what we were taking and then thinking about how much we would spend down there to replace it - then the kids toys entered the equation and I was shot down by the wife..... :laugh

[ShakerMike]

We had Britannia round yesterday. Very impressive, very professional and very reassuring. Mind you, it comes at a price. Initial suggestion was £3,900 + 3% insurance for a 20' container, although I suspect the written quote will be slightly less than that. Got Crown coming round shortly as a comparision.

(That's my relo allowance blown before we even look at flight costs!)

Anyone recommend any other firsm in the North West area (around Manchester)? To be honest, I'm a little wary about goining for a smaller independent firm, because you just don't know what you'll get

[Marie P]

Hi

We are using GB liners ,self pack 20 foot reefer ...£2888

They have been great upto now,phoned us a few times to see how we are getting on .

They are based in Altringcham ,and offer 4 free weeks storage if you need it .

Marie x