[neild]

We were recently told that it was possible to share containers with other families when shipping your goods to NZ- company called Robinsons i think!!! There is only the two of us and we have got rid of some of our stuff so therefore do not have that much to take. Has anyone shared a container with someone else? What were you quoted and for what size container?

:uhoh

[smitjo]

Interesting question :nice1 - we are hoping to share a container when we move in October so would be interested to know prices and if anyone has any experience of this.

[dawn]

I'm sharing a container, but I don't have prices as someone else set it all up, I just borrowing some space.

All is going well so far though :D

[Lupin]

How did you go about arranging that Dawn?

[wanderingoregonian]

I too would love to share a container - any time from August - November... any US experiences out there?

We're packing it all up for a move within the US in the next couple weeks. We're getting a little container for that (5' x 7' x 8').

[dawn]

How did you go about arranging that Dawn?

Someone on the website advertised that they wanted to share and I PM'd them. They had more things than I did, so they were aranging it and I agreed to chip in.

It may be that you guys can get together and share the costs :D

[RMJ]

We were recently told that it was possible to share containers with other families when shipping your goods to NZ- company called Robinsons i think!!! There is only the two of us and we have got rid of some of our stuff so therefore do not have that much to take. Has anyone shared a container with someone else? What were you quoted and for what size container?

:uhoh

How much stuff do you have? Where you going?

[smitjo]

Sounds like a great idea! :)

Anyone travelling to Wellington that would like to share a container in October or Novemeber?

Dawn - do you have to pack your own boxes then?

[dawn]

Dawn - do you have to pack your own boxes then?

Yes, but there aren't many of them, so it's not a problem at all.

[NannyOgg]

We have a 250 Cubic over and above the 20ft container that we will fill. 3 companies have said that to send the remainder groupage (shared contanier) it will be around £8 - 900 - it was an extra £2K for a 40 ft container.

Hope that helps.

[Lupin]

That's got me thinking! We've got a piano, a chest of drawers, two pushbikes and probably about 4sqm of books, photos, music and children's toys that we're pondering our options about. The rest is destined for ebay, freecycle, friends or the charity shop.

Oh, and 2 violas, 1 violin and 3 child size violins.

We're planning to head out in November.

[steviec]

Me and Ste were talking about containers. His sister went to Oz and it cost 5K for shipping! unbelievable! We would def share. Looking at Nov but thats not concrete yet. Tracy.

[NannyOgg]

I should point out that we only have a 3 bed semi and we are still over the 20ft container threshold by another quarter.

[Going2NZ]

Anyone in the US looking to share a container? We've cleared out most of our stuff but have some things we'd rather not get rid of - books, some furniture, hubby's weight set, etc. Too big to mail, not enough for a container and we'd rather not drop a bundle on shipping so I like this idea.

PM me if so and maybe we can work something out.

[theoptom]

Hi
We've got a couple of cubic metres to get from the Uk to NZ, anyone want to rent some space in their container.

regards

James