Michelle84 Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Has anyone got any good websites they can give me to get quotes for shipping furniture etc over to WA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItchyFeet76 Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Hi there, we're looking into moving next June time and wanted a rough idea of costs so we know (1) how much to save up (and how long that will take!) and (2) whether it's cost-effective to ship or cheaper to sell and rebuy once over there (we're going to be on a 457 hopefully, so any moving costs will essentially be doubled (even if we're successful with our PR attempts) as we'll be back after 4 years (unless we love it and stay longer) so will have to pay to ship everything back again. Here are some rough quotes I've had from shipping companies recently. They're not tailored to any specific requirements and are really just ballpark figures, but I guess that's all you want at the moment...? [TABLE=width: 1579] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=colspan: 13][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Company[/TD] [TD] Shipping Type[/TD] [TD] Dimensions[/TD] [TD]Extras[/TD] [TD]Door-to-Door or Door-to-Depot?[/TD] [TD] Cost[/TD] [TD] Destination Charges ($) [/TD] [TD] Destination Charges (£) - based on x-rates of $1 = 0.48p[/TD] [TD] AQIS (Quarantine) fee ($) [/TD] [TD] AQIS(Quarantine) fee (£) - based on x-rates of $1 = 0.48p [/TD] [TD] Insurance (approx. 3%/£1k value) [/TD] [TD] TOTAL SHIPPING COST[/TD] [TD]NOTES[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Seven Seas[/TD] [TD] Lge Move Cube[/TD] [TD] 226cm x 146cm x 187cm[/TD] [TD]5 weeks' storage[/TD] [TD]Door-to-Door[/TD] [TD=align: right] £1,029.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]$458.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]£219.84[/TD] [TD=align: right] $440.00 [/TD] [TD=align: right] £211.20 [/TD] [TD=align: right]£100.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]£1,560.04[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Seven Seas[/TD] [TD] Lge Move Cube[/TD] [TD] 226cm x 146cm x 187cm[/TD] [TD]No storage[/TD] [TD]Door-to-Door[/TD] [TD=align: right]£965.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]$458.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]£219.84[/TD] [TD=align: right]$440.00 [/TD] [TD=align: right]£211.20[/TD] [TD=align: right]£100.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]£1,496.04[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Doree Bonner[/TD] [TD] 20' container[/TD] [TD] Size of sgle garage? (900-1050 cf)[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]Door-to-Door[/TD] [TD=align: right]£3,918.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]$462.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]£221.76[/TD] [TD=align: right] $440.00 [/TD] [TD=align: right]£211.20[/TD] [TD=align: right]£100.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]£4,450.96[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Doree Bonner[/TD] [TD] Half 20' container[/TD] [TD] 10' long (same width??)[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]Door-to-Door[/TD] [TD=align: right]£2,230.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]$462.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]£221.76[/TD] [TD=align: right]$234.00 [/TD] [TD=align: right]£112.32[/TD] [TD=align: right]£100.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]£2,664.08[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Simpsons[/TD] [TD] 20' container[/TD] [TD] Size of sgle garage? (900-1050 cf)[/TD] [TD]Full packing / unpacking service[/TD] [TD]Door-to-Door[/TD] [TD=align: right]£3,340.00[/TD] [TD] Incl.[/TD] [TD] -[/TD] [TD=align: right]$440.00 [/TD] [TD=align: right]£211.20[/TD] [TD=align: right]£267.20[/TD] [TD=align: right]£3,818.40[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Robinsons[/TD] [TD] 40' container[/TD] [TD] Approx. 2400-2500 cf[/TD] [TD]Full packing / unpacking service[/TD] [TD]Door-to-Door[/TD] [TD=align: right]£6,930.00[/TD] [TD] Incl.[/TD] [TD] -[/TD] [TD=align: right]$825.00 [/TD] [TD=align: right]£396.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]£110.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]£7,436.00[/TD] [TD]Storage = $80/wk + one-off handling chg of $1248[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]PSS[/TD] [TD] 20' container[/TD] [TD] 1050 cf[/TD] [TD]Full packing / unpacking service[/TD] [TD]Door-to-Door[/TD] [TD=align: right]£2860.06 [/TD] [TD] -[/TD] [TD=align: right]£788.94[/TD] [TD=align: right]$440.00 [/TD] [TD=align: right]£211.20[/TD] [TD] ??? [/TD] [TD=align: right]£3,860.20[/TD] [TD]Storage = $50/wk + one-off handling chg of $284[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1st Move Int'l[/TD] [TD] 40' container[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]Full packing / unpacking service[/TD] [TD]Door-to-Door[/TD] [TD=align: right]£5,622.00[/TD] [TD] Incl.[/TD] [TD] -[/TD] [TD=align: right]$825.00 [/TD] [TD=align: right]£396.00[/TD] [TD] ???[/TD] [TD=align: right]£6,018.00[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Eagle Relocations[/TD] [TD] 20' container[/TD] [TD]Approx. 2000 cubic feet [/TD] [TD]Full packing / unpacking service; 1 mth's free storage[/TD] [TD]Door-to-Door[/TD] [TD=align: right]£3,950.00[/TD] [TD] Incl.[/TD] [TD] -[/TD] [TD] -[/TD] [TD=align: right]£490.00[/TD] [TD] ???[/TD] [TD=align: right]£4,440.00[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD=align: right][/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD=align: right][/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD=align: right]£0.00[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD=align: right][/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD=align: right][/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD=align: right]£0.00[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Customs inspection (random, may not be needed) = approx. £200[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD=align: right][/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD=align: right][/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD=align: right]£0.00[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=colspan: 6]MOVE CUBES[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]TYPE[/TD] [TD] PRICE [/TD] [TD] CUBIC M[/TD] [TD]HEIGHT [/TD] [TD]WIDTH[/TD] [TD]LENGTH[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]SMALL[/TD] [TD=align: right]£594.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]2 [/TD] [TD]1.88m[/TD] [TD]1.11m [/TD] [TD]0.96m[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]MEDIUM[/TD] [TD=align: right]£788.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]3 [/TD] [TD]1.88m[/TD] [TD]1.45m[/TD] [TD]1.11m[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]LARGE[/TD] [TD=align: right]£1,248.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]6.2 [/TD] [TD]1.88m[/TD] [TD]1.45m[/TD] [TD]2.27m[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Please excuse the awful formatting - took me 30 mins to try and get it all lined up once I'd copied and pasted it (it was all over the place)! I-F :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle84 Posted October 21, 2015 Author Share Posted October 21, 2015 Hi there, we're looking into moving next June time and wanted a rough idea of costs so we know (1) how much to save up (and how long that will take!) and (2) whether it's cost-effective to ship or cheaper to sell and rebuy once over there (we're going to be on a 457 hopefully, so any moving costs will essentially be doubled (even if we're successful with our PR attempts) as we'll be back after 4 years (unless we love it and stay longer) so will have to pay to ship everything back again. Here are some rough quotes I've had from shipping companies recently. They're not tailored to any specific requirements and are really just ballpark figures, but I guess that's all you want at the moment...? [TABLE=width: 1579] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=colspan: 13][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Company[/TD] [TD] Shipping Type[/TD] [TD] Dimensions[/TD] [TD]Extras[/TD] [TD]Door-to-Door or Door-to-Depot?[/TD] [TD] Cost[/TD] [TD] Destination Charges ($)[/TD] [TD] Destination Charges (£) - based on x-rates of $1 = 0.48p[/TD] [TD] AQIS (Quarantine) fee ($) [/TD] [TD] AQIS(Quarantine) fee (£) - based on x-rates of $1 = 0.48p[/TD] [TD] Insurance (approx. 3%/£1k value) [/TD] [TD] TOTAL SHIPPING COST[/TD] [TD]NOTES[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Seven Seas[/TD] [TD] Lge Move Cube[/TD] [TD] 226cm x 146cm x 187cm[/TD] [TD]5 weeks' storage[/TD] [TD]Door-to-Door[/TD] [TD=align: right] £1,029.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]$458.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]£219.84[/TD] [TD=align: right]$440.00 [/TD] [TD=align: right]£211.20 [/TD] [TD=align: right]£100.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]£1,560.04[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Seven Seas[/TD] [TD] Lge Move Cube[/TD] [TD] 226cm x 146cm x 187cm[/TD] [TD]No storage[/TD] [TD]Door-to-Door[/TD] [TD=align: right]£965.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]$458.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]£219.84[/TD] [TD=align: right]$440.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]£211.20[/TD] [TD=align: right]£100.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]£1,496.04[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Doree Bonner[/TD] [TD] 20' container[/TD] [TD] Size of sgle garage? (900-1050 cf)[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Door-to-Door[/TD] [TD=align: right]£3,918.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]$462.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]£221.76[/TD] [TD=align: right] $440.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]£211.20[/TD] [TD=align: right]£100.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]£4,450.96[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Doree Bonner[/TD] [TD] Half 20' container[/TD] [TD] 10' long (same width??)[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Door-to-Door[/TD] [TD=align: right]£2,230.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]$462.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]£221.76[/TD] [TD=align: right]$234.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]£112.32[/TD] [TD=align: right]£100.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]£2,664.08[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Simpsons[/TD] [TD] 20' container[/TD] [TD] Size of sgle garage? (900-1050 cf)[/TD] [TD]Full packing / unpacking service[/TD] [TD]Door-to-Door[/TD] [TD=align: right]£3,340.00[/TD] [TD] Incl.[/TD] [TD] -[/TD] [TD=align: right]$440.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]£211.20[/TD] [TD=align: right]£267.20[/TD] [TD=align: right]£3,818.40[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Robinsons[/TD] [TD] 40' container[/TD] [TD] Approx. 2400-2500 cf[/TD] [TD]Full packing / unpacking service[/TD] [TD]Door-to-Door[/TD] [TD=align: right]£6,930.00[/TD] [TD] Incl.[/TD] [TD] -[/TD] [TD=align: right]$825.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]£396.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]£110.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]£7,436.00[/TD] [TD]Storage = $80/wk + one-off handling chg of $1248[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]PSS[/TD] [TD] 20' container[/TD] [TD] 1050 cf[/TD] [TD]Full packing / unpacking service[/TD] [TD]Door-to-Door[/TD] [TD=align: right]£2860.06 [/TD] [TD] -[/TD] [TD=align: right]£788.94[/TD] [TD=align: right]$440.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]£211.20[/TD] [TD] ???[/TD] [TD=align: right]£3,860.20[/TD] [TD]Storage = $50/wk + one-off handling chg of $284[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1st Move Int'l[/TD] [TD] 40' container[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Full packing / unpacking service[/TD] [TD]Door-to-Door[/TD] [TD=align: right]£5,622.00[/TD] [TD] Incl.[/TD] [TD] -[/TD] [TD=align: right]$825.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]£396.00[/TD] [TD] ???[/TD] [TD=align: right]£6,018.00[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Eagle Relocations[/TD] [TD] 20' container[/TD] [TD]Approx. 2000 cubic feet[/TD] [TD]Full packing / unpacking service; 1 mth's free storage[/TD] [TD]Door-to-Door[/TD] [TD=align: right]£3,950.00[/TD] [TD] Incl.[/TD] [TD] -[/TD] [TD] -[/TD] [TD=align: right]£490.00[/TD] [TD] ???[/TD] [TD=align: right]£4,440.00[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=align: right][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=align: right][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=align: right]£0.00[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=align: right][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=align: right][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=align: right]£0.00[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Customs inspection (random, may not be needed) = approx. £200[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=align: right][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=align: right][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=align: right]£0.00[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=colspan: 6]MOVE CUBES[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]TYPE[/TD] [TD] PRICE [/TD] [TD] CUBIC M[/TD] [TD]HEIGHT [/TD] [TD]WIDTH[/TD] [TD]LENGTH[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]SMALL[/TD] [TD=align: right]£594.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [TD]1.88m[/TD] [TD]1.11m[/TD] [TD]0.96m[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]MEDIUM[/TD] [TD=align: right]£788.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]3[/TD] [TD]1.88m[/TD] [TD]1.45m[/TD] [TD]1.11m[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]LARGE[/TD] [TD=align: right]£1,248.00[/TD] [TD=align: right]6.2[/TD] [TD]1.88m[/TD] [TD]1.45m[/TD] [TD]2.27m[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Please excuse the awful formatting - took me 30 mins to try and get it all lined up once I'd copied and pasted it (it was all over the place)! I-F :-) Wow thanks for the information :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Just look at any of the main 6 or 7. Doree Bonner, Crown, White & Company, PSS, AngloPacific etc. Also you can use the forum search function to find some threads on shipping and who people have used. FWIW, average is about 3 quotes, 4 at a push. I'd personally not bother getting more than that but some do. For me it boils down to you not only have to book a few weeks ahead for them to come out and quote, its a fair chunk of time each time and most of them are in the ballpark. Also do remember any quote given is for a limited time so getting them out 8 months before you plan to move say, is redundant. Book them to come and quote not too long before you want to ship so the quote is valid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItchyFeet76 Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 I went on the Best Global Movers website, entered a few details and they passed them on to all those removal companies listed in my spreadsheet, who then went on to contact me with the quotes (via email, although a few rang / texted to chase it up). I've just read bad stuff about Doree Bonner on the BE forum though (something about overcharging and not clearly listing all the fees?), not sure if they had a really unlucky experience or if other people have had negative things to say about them...? Thought it worth mentioning, just incase... I-F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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