[Dazza]

Well thats it,

House completed yesterday, we move out on the 13th Feb the in-laws are letting us stay with them for a couple of weeks(Brave or stupid don't know which one yet ):laugh

Booked flights today, we fly out on the 28th Feb to Singapore for 5 nights then arrive Christchurch 7th March, staying in a Sumner holiday apartment for approx 4-5 weeks while we do a reccy on the local areas.

Now its all happening its hit home big style :eek: probably the same question everyone has asked them selves WHAT ARE WE DOING, ARE WE MAD.

Last but not least a VERY BIG THANK YOU to all the members on the forum for all your excellent advice and support :clap

Anyone interested in meeting up with us in Christchurch we would love to hear from you :cheers

Daz, Wendy and little Luke.

[Marie P]

:clap hurray ,great news guys , :clap

Enjoy these last few weeks with family and friends ,

Can't wait to hear your updates from the other side.

Take care ,

Marie and Co xxxxx

[Miggy]

Great news guys - best of luck. Will you still make the meet on the 18th? If so we will see you then.

[zardell]

:raebanana Well done you guys !! :raebanana

But you already know how pleased Steve and I are for you.

There will be so many folk signing the flag on the 18th.... :uhoh hope there's room for all of you lucky people.

Speak soon,

Loadsa love,

Julie n Steve.

xx

[Smiler]

Geat news guys :clap:clap

The next few weeks will fly by, enjoy them.

Don't panic about the wobbles, it will pass and has happened to all of us. :exitYou'll wonder what it was all about in a few weeks.

D

[jo b]

Dazza, Wenday and Little Luke

I am so pleased for you. I hope NZ is all what you hoped it would be and more.
Keep us posted.
Jo

[StevieD]

Goodness me, you pair don't hang around do you?!! Good luck, we take it you will make the meet? Got to sign the flag you know :)

Steve and Jan

[Kim39]

Well another NW crew member takes the plunge. Well done to you:clap enjoy these final weeks with family and friends as they will fly by and hopefully you'll be able to taste this stiffling heat.

Kim

[JoanneB]

Well done - i admire you for doing it. Have a great last few weeks in the UK and hope it's not *too* stressful! Look forward to hearing how you get on

Best wishes, jo x

[Dazza]

Cheers for the replies, we spent all of today freezing our behinds off sorting out my tools/garage. Looks like another day of sorting/cleaning tomorrow, hope it warms up.

O and yep were still coming to the meet wouldn't miss it for the world.

[K&CS]

Wendy

You're making me feel guilty. Still have done nothing and the packers arrive 2 weeks today! It was nice to speak to you yesterday and I'll give you a bell before we both get cut off our phones!

Kate x

[katandbob]

Well thats it,

House completed yesterday, we move out on the 13th Feb the in-laws are letting us stay with them for a couple of weeks(Brave or stupid don't know which one yet ):laugh

Booked flights today, we fly out on the 28th Feb to Singapore for 5 nights then arrive Christchurch 7th March, staying in a Sumner holiday apartment for approx 4-5 weeks while we do a reccy on the local areas.

Now its all happening its hit home big style :eek: probably the same question everyone has asked them selves WHAT ARE WE DOING, ARE WE MAD.

Last but not least a VERY BIG THANK YOU to all the members on the forum for all your excellent advice and support

Anyone interested in meeting up with us in Christchurch we would love to hear from you

Daz, Wendy and little Luke.

Cool, congrats on the final hurdle :raebanana
at least its a few weeks, we have months left :laugh Are you going to the Meet to sign the flag????

What were the flight costs with a stopover of days? I am just starting to look at flights for May.

so far its £870 by NZ air straight through, or £989 for Emirates via Dubai.

hope to see you on the 18th and we'll have to meet up again when we get to Christchurch

Kat & Rob

[katandbob]

PS Rob has yet to start on the stuff in his dads shed!!!! aggghhh.

kat

[Dazza]

Cool, congrats on the final hurdle :raebanana
at least its a few weeks, we have months left :laugh Are you going to the Meet to sign the flag????

Yep we will be there, Wendy wants another one of those ice creams ;)

What were the flight costs with a stopover of days? I am just starting to look at flights for May.

For three of us it's £1450 plus accommodation with Singapore airlines, a few of Wendy's relations have flown with them and couldn't recommend them enough. They have an offer on at the moment with accommodation, also you get entry to all the attractions free..

Both me and Wendy have been sorting out the garage for the past two days and still haven't finished :no
Daz

[katandbob]

Hi dazza, getting confused, how do you get the special deals with stay overs, on the site now.......must be the flu, brains a bit addled

Kat

[Dazza]

Here's the link

http://www.singaporeair.com/saa/en_UK/content/promo/ssh/index.jsp

[Smiler]

Daz
Help...........How did you get that fare please? I'm getting minimum GBP1457 or 5 grand :eek:

Just wanted a cheap ticket for me boys birthday pressie. :wah

D

[Jo and Andy]

Congrats on everything.

See you when you get here, we are loving it.

[PaulandHelen]

Good luck Dazza and family, i bet you can't wait!

We are just about to book flights so i'm glad you mentioned about the deals

with singapore airlines because i was swaying towards emirates for some

reason.

Hope it all goes well

P+H

[Dazza]

Daz
Help...........How did you get that fare please? I'm getting minimum GBP1457 or 5 grand :eek:

Just wanted a cheap ticket for me boys birthday pressie. :wah

D

When I went onto Singapore airlines webpage the prices change everyday, it all depends on the dates you want. When I first checked for our flights it was £1450, then the next day £1650 the prices seem to go up £200 every day. Yep we were getting some silly prices like £4k.

In the end we contacted travelbag 08708144788 , a relative of Wendy works for them, give them a call and ask for Clare and mention you know Wendy Potts. She was able to get flights for £1450 instead of the £1650.

Just ask If I can help anymore.

Daz.

[StevieD]

Hey Dazza, was that wise? I can see a flood of people who suddenly know Wendy!!
:laugh

Steve

p.s. see you at the meet with the flag....

[Smiler]

Oi! leave my mate wendy alone. :laugh

[Dazza]

Hey Dazza, was that wise? I can see a flood of people who suddenly know Wendy!!
:laugh

Steve

p.s. see you at the meet with the flag....

Not a problem just hopes it saves some money for the members. Plus Clare will probably be glad of the business.

[Dazza]

Well what a day

I’ve been at work all day, got a phone call from Wendy "They can’t fit it all in the container" :no I knew it, I just knew it.......well Wendy phoned GB Liners they said we can put the rest of it in a shared/part full container.

But you will have to pay for it "I don’t think so" Wendy said. When I got home I had a look what was left and I reckon it would fill about another 1/4 of a 20ft container, so they were not even close.

Well awaiting on another phone call tomorrow from the manager, so we will see what happens. By the looks of things we will have to pay two lots of MAF fees as well :roll

Moved in with Wendy’s parents last night made us very welcome, but it still feels uncomfortable if you know what I mean. All we have are some clothes and a suitcase :( not a nice feeling.

[zardell]

Well, theres only one way for this to go guys and thats better....cant get no worse can it ??

You'll be fine - really you will, but the only thing I want to know is how much does a person have to go through before they realise their dream ??

Just think, by the time we see you on the 18th, all your problems will be sorted and you'll be feeling fine again. Honest !!

Chin up......your nearly there......... :exit

Loadsa love,

Julie

xx

[K&CS]

Oh dear. Wendy reckoned it was borderline when I spoke to her on Sunday. Our packers come the day after tomorrow and I've a feeling we'll be in a similar situation! Let's hope they can do you a deal.

We'll have a few drinks in Singapore when all this hassle is over!! Try and keep calm!

Kate x

[katandbob]

Daz
Help...........How did you get that fare please? I'm getting minimum GBP1457 or 5 grand :eek:

Just wanted a cheap ticket for me boys birthday pressie. :wah

D
hey try cathay in may....£300 plus taxes

it cost me £785 via H K

[Kim39]

Hang on there Dazza, what did they qoute when they came to size up what you were taking, did they say it would all fit in a 20 footer, or did they mention a 40 footer? If they qouted a 20ft then its their mistake and surely you have them by the you know what's!! Don't let them ride over you. We are just about to have a go at ours, due to there being mould on the 3 piece suite. They are trying a fast one too, but as they ordered a reefer and we ended up with a bog standard container then i think we are about to argue the toss.:mad:

Kim

[Dazza]

Well another quick update,

It has just cost us another £650 (200 cubic ft)to ship the rest of our goods, they wanted £800 at first :mad: . I am not a very happy bunny at the moment, we could have got a 40ft for the extra money it has cost us.

I personally would NOT recommend GB liners, it seems that after speaking to one of the packers at our house the other day, this happens quite alot with them. Just the opposite from what the GB manager told us.

Wendy spoke to John masons just to see how much they would ship it for, the chap was very helpful after Wendy explained the situation. He said that if it would have happened to them they would have only charged £450.

Baaaaaaaaaa more stress we didnt need.

[K&CS]

Wendy/Dazza

Staying at a friend's house tonight so she's letting me use her computer! The same thing has just happened to us. It won't all fit on and they're going to charge us £800 for an extra 150 cubic feet!! Stress or what!!?? We don't need it either.

I've got my mobile switched on - is that where Wendy's been trying me? I've got Alex to bed now so I should hear it if it rings! Off for a glass of wine - what an awful day it's been!!

Kate

[Lisa T]

Just reading up on this thread - great news that you're all sorted but what a shame about the packing! If you're anything like us all the good intentions of throwing away all the rubbish went out of the window and I know that when we unpack there will be pieces of paper and broken toys that have got in with everything!!

Hope things pick up 'cos guess what you're actually going! Maybe we'll meet up on the other side!

Big hugs to you all
Lisa, Max and Alexandra (and Alan)

[Nienke]

I don't understand, how come that you have to pay for the extra container space when the moving company made the mistake in their estimate?

[Dazza]

I don't understand, how come that you have to pay for the extra container space when the moving company made the mistake in their estimate?

Basically because they can, they wont admit its there mistake. They know you have no more time to sort anything else out, so its either they return the rest of your gear or you pay the extra. I think its a bit of scam they have running as this has happened to K&CS(maybe my minds running away with me :D )Give you a cheap quote, then make there money by doing this.

My only piece of advice I would give, make sure that they take a full and I mean full inventory of every item and not a general one. Remember you are there customer and you are paying for there service so get your monies worth as its not cheap.

Daz

[StevieD]

Hi guys, just managed to catch up on this thread. Isn't it awful!! I will endeavour to keep tabs on the guy when we eventually get to that stage. But isn't the visit and "estimate"? Seems to me that the estimators are working to some sort of hidden agenda, and know that once you are the other end of the earth is it quite difficult for you to argue the toss, as others (George M??) found to their peril. Stick with it though, maybe it would have been best to say that you were pulling your business if you could have done.....

See you tomorrow.

Steve

[StevieD]

Hi guys, just managed to catch up on this thread. Isn't it awful!! I will endeavour to keep tabs on the guy when we eventually get to that stage. But isn't the visit and "estimate"? Seems to me that the estimators are working to some sort of hidden agenda, and know that once you are the other end of the earth is it quite difficult for you to argue the toss, as others (George M??) found to their peril. Stick with it though, maybe it would have been best to say that you were pulling your business if you could have done.....

Everyone is out to make a buck off you in the emigration game which is why I will not let slip to any house buyer that we are emigrating, no bargaining levers for anyone who would like to try that one.

See you tomorrow.

Steve

[Debbie]

I had PSS around to quote yesterday and the rep was trying to scare? / warn me about other smaller / less reputable compainies saying that, particularly at this time of yr which is supposedly there quite time, the reps will quote you a low price to get you to go with them and hope that you are moving in the next mth, (or they will ask you outright when you plan to move), rather than having idle crews. If you actually move in the busy time then they will bump your price up any way they can. (Obviously he was implying that PSS wouldn't dream of this.....ha). He warned me to get a re-quote if we moved after easter to be on the safe side. He had already discussed the price increases in March these are apparently industry wide.
It's begining to feel like I'm entrusting my worldly good to a bunch of cowboys.
Debbie

[Rabbit]

Based on all the threads, I am a bit worried that some movers quote for a 20' container when a 40' container is perhaps needed? - Just to win the business?

My other worry is going with the smaller suppliers, in that all they do is the packing and sub-contract allot of the work?

If my stuff ends up in New Zealand goosed, who do I deal with? The UK Shipper, the intermediary, or the NZ end-point?

Also, how do I deal with temporary storage in NZ, I have no idea upfront how much they will cost?

Is it a question of comparing apples and pears?

My hope is that I can go with Crown, they manage the relocation from the NZ end.

My future employer has asked me to get three quotes, but I have decided only to choose companies that have NZ representation and can provide an end to end service.

I have told all of them that I want to take my car, so that forces them all into 40' mode. (Crown told me I needed 40' regardless of whether I take the car or not).

At the end of the day, I want some leverage against the shipper in case something goes wrong.

Some suppliers may quote insurance as a value that you decide? as a percentage of value - I found this a little strange.

In summary, I will stick with big suppliers that can provide an end to end service, with NZ representation.

Sad to here about some of the other stories, just wondering if the mover had quoted for a corporate move, and extra capacity was required? - who would be holding the bag?

One supplier told me it would be 1 day to pack, crown told me 4 days ( I do not want to pack myself).

At the moment, I am hoping I can go with Crown - though not guaranteed.

Based on what I have read here, it is not just a question of the bottom line amount, and we really are comparing Apples & Pears.

Hearing the rip-off's about reefers and Maff fees sneds me further towards a company that is reputable and has NZ representation (though it sounds like there are alot of crooks there too).

For those who are funding it themselves it must be a stressful and agonising decision.