Gumbygreeneye
23rd August 2006, 09:59 AM
Hi chaps,
It's the beginnning of my 4th week here and having a great time. Losing the battle with my waistline at present, but hell what do you do at night when you have no furniture.. yes it's the pub or food!
I have settled in at the surgery and my wife is now itching to get to work, though her efforts at getting us settled have made this an easy move.
I wish I could say the same for the UK firms still throttling me from 11 000 miles away.
02 still haven't unlocked my phones. It's been 6 weeks and a lot of phone calls to now tell me they can't give me a date when they'll do it.. I've said that I won't pay my last bill till they've taken care of they services I've rendered.
Now, for Dorree Bonner. What happens when you can see like black ice your car slided away from you and hitting the car in front, even though it's still 100 metres off.. well, it goes like this.
I specifically chose DB over John Mason as they were a little bigger and the package seemed a little more polished.. there was little in it when I chose and boy do I wish I chose JM.
The counterparts in NZ who organise the arrival have decided to charge me a mandatory $350 for MAF and labour charges. My wife and I have called MAF to organise an inspection at home to bypass this ridiculous charge especially as MAF themselves said that their ceiling charge was $120.
The Grace arrivals contact has been abrasive and stroppy since we called him about this, initially telling my wife, it couldn't be done, till I put him in his place. We now require a bill of lading to let MAF know when to come, but he's stalling. My shipment is on the ship "Hyundai something-or-other". He is telling me that it may not be on the same ship when it arrives and cannot tell me yet. We have already waited two weeks for this info and the shipment arrives on the 6th. I get the impression he wants to delay the whole thing so he can charge me shipping storage costs.
The moral of the story is go armed with the info you have from these sites and challenge any "standard" (rip off) charges. Don't trust the UK companies as even when (like I did) you specifically ask if this will happen to you and they say "No", they don't back you up. DB in the UK took over a week to reply to my email, and only replied to my second email when I told them they were being less than the "Purrfect Movers".
If this is how they handle difficulties (which frankly is the worry all of us have about shipments, ie how will they support me if something doesn't go right?), don't use them.
Darn it, next pt arrived! :)
It's the beginnning of my 4th week here and having a great time. Losing the battle with my waistline at present, but hell what do you do at night when you have no furniture.. yes it's the pub or food!
I have settled in at the surgery and my wife is now itching to get to work, though her efforts at getting us settled have made this an easy move.
I wish I could say the same for the UK firms still throttling me from 11 000 miles away.
02 still haven't unlocked my phones. It's been 6 weeks and a lot of phone calls to now tell me they can't give me a date when they'll do it.. I've said that I won't pay my last bill till they've taken care of they services I've rendered.
Now, for Dorree Bonner. What happens when you can see like black ice your car slided away from you and hitting the car in front, even though it's still 100 metres off.. well, it goes like this.
I specifically chose DB over John Mason as they were a little bigger and the package seemed a little more polished.. there was little in it when I chose and boy do I wish I chose JM.
The counterparts in NZ who organise the arrival have decided to charge me a mandatory $350 for MAF and labour charges. My wife and I have called MAF to organise an inspection at home to bypass this ridiculous charge especially as MAF themselves said that their ceiling charge was $120.
The Grace arrivals contact has been abrasive and stroppy since we called him about this, initially telling my wife, it couldn't be done, till I put him in his place. We now require a bill of lading to let MAF know when to come, but he's stalling. My shipment is on the ship "Hyundai something-or-other". He is telling me that it may not be on the same ship when it arrives and cannot tell me yet. We have already waited two weeks for this info and the shipment arrives on the 6th. I get the impression he wants to delay the whole thing so he can charge me shipping storage costs.
The moral of the story is go armed with the info you have from these sites and challenge any "standard" (rip off) charges. Don't trust the UK companies as even when (like I did) you specifically ask if this will happen to you and they say "No", they don't back you up. DB in the UK took over a week to reply to my email, and only replied to my second email when I told them they were being less than the "Purrfect Movers".
If this is how they handle difficulties (which frankly is the worry all of us have about shipments, ie how will they support me if something doesn't go right?), don't use them.
Darn it, next pt arrived! :)