DaL1 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Hi All, Just to be clear: I am not an employee of any shipment company and this review is not linked or paid by shipment company (please bear in mind that many reviews on forums are). Why I am writing this: I spent a lot of time choosing relocation company, reading many forums with contradicting information. I was really disappointed with paid/false reviews. Thanks to the forum moderators for picking some of these and marking them. I have chosen Anglo Pacific. I got my visa in March and started looking for relocation company from Reading UK to Melbourne AUS. Size: 1/3 container with many delicate items: guitars, art, kitchen things, expensive road/mtb bikes and furniture. Insurance: I went with private insurance not the APs. I had six companies doing an estimate (end of Feb 2015) and chosen one based on various things: my intuition after talking with companies' reps, reviews and cost (not the cheapest and not the most expensive). All of the companies overestimated how much things I had. I was consistent showing them what I had - this was done over two days. Important: representatives give lots of advice on how to clean things and what you can take. I really appreciated this help. Customs did not question anything in the shipping and did not charge additionally for cleaning (besides standard AQIS cost for the check). Pre packing: very good communication by email, phone. Answered all my questions and also tried to arranged parking permits (Reading council is very difficult with this). Pick up day was scheduled without problem. Packing (20th April): Arrived on time and despite difficulty with parking (one way street, full of cars). They didn't make a problem with it possibly because not large shipment. Packed very fast and most important they packed it really well. Guitars, my road bike and kitchen staff were packed is paper, wrap, boxes that would survive a hurricane. Each box had a label and details on what is in the box, number etc. You get the copy of the shipment and it is useful to check on delivery. Road bike had special wooden crate. Arrived without any (new) scratches. Post packing: AP checked the size of shipping again in their warehouse. They called me to say that I had less things than estimated and refunded some cost. Why this is important: one company said that they will not change the initial estimate if the size is smaller (they will if I have more things). Waiting: AP provides ship details that you can track here: http://www.marinetraffic.com/ and I also could track container here: http://www.track-trace.com/container. Why I like it? Because I am impatient. Helped a bit. Delivery (21 July 2015) : Company in Aus emailed the details and approx. delivery date. This slipped by 2 days but no problem. Customs took two weeks. I had a call to confirm delivery day and they also said they will call again with delivery time. Delivery time was in one hour slot. Again very fast service and very nice guys. Unpacked what I wanted (furniture and bikes) and took the rubbish away. Took the furniture upstairs. I kept some boxes for next move. I have just unpacked other boxes. I asked for the floor protection as I have timber floors. This was not needed at the end as they were really careful. Most important: nothing is broken, lost, damaged, mouldy. Everything is fine. All boxes arrived. If you are lost in all the reviews on forums just get appointments with few companies and compare them. Thanks for other people who reviewed and shared their experience. This was very useful when I was deciding and planning the relocation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldun Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Great review as i will be looking soon. Even more impressed that your kitchen staff didn't mind being wrapped in paper and sent on the ship. QUOTE=DaL1;1936784495]Hi All, Just to be clear: I am not an employee of any shipment company and this review is not linked or paid by shipment company (please bear in mind that many reviews on forums are). Why I am writing this: I spent a lot of time choosing relocation company, reading many forums with contradicting information. I was really disappointed with paid/false reviews. Thanks to the forum moderators for picking some of these and marking them. I have chosen Anglo Pacific. I got my visa in March and started looking for relocation company from Reading UK to Melbourne AUS. Size: 1/3 container with many delicate items: guitars, art, kitchen things, expensive road/mtb bikes and furniture. Insurance: I went with private insurance not the APs. I had six companies doing an estimate (end of Feb 2015) and chosen one based on various things: my intuition after talking with companies' reps, reviews and cost (not the cheapest and not the most expensive). All of the companies overestimated how much things I had. I was consistent showing them what I had - this was done over two days. Important: representatives give lots of advice on how to clean things and what you can take. I really appreciated this help. Customs did not question anything in the shipping and did not charge additionally for cleaning (besides standard AQIS cost for the check). Pre packing: very good communication by email, phone. Answered all my questions and also tried to arranged parking permits (Reading council is very difficult with this). Pick up day was scheduled without problem. Packing (20th April): Arrived on time and despite difficulty with parking (one way street, full of cars). They didn't make a problem with it possibly because not large shipment. Packed very fast and most important they packed it really well. Guitars, my road bike and kitchen staff were packed is paper, wrap, boxes that would survive a hurricane. Each box had a label and details on what is in the box, number etc. You get the copy of the shipment and it is useful to check on delivery. Road bike had special wooden crate. Arrived without any (new) scratches. Post packing: AP checked the size of shipping again in their warehouse. They called me to say that I had less things than estimated and refunded some cost. Why this is important: one company said that they will not change the initial estimate if the size is smaller (they will if I have more things). Waiting: AP provides ship details that you can track here: http://www.marinetraffic.com/ and I also could track container here: http://www.track-trace.com/container. Why I like it? Because I am impatient. Helped a bit. Delivery (21 July 2015) : Company in Aus emailed the details and approx. delivery date. This slipped by 2 days but no problem. Customs took two weeks. I had a call to confirm delivery day and they also said they will call again with delivery time. Delivery time was in one hour slot. Again very fast service and very nice guys. Unpacked what I wanted (furniture and bikes) and took the rubbish away. Took the furniture upstairs. I kept some boxes for next move. I have just unpacked other boxes. I asked for the floor protection as I have timber floors. This was not needed at the end as they were really careful. Most important: nothing is broken, lost, damaged, mouldy. Everything is fine. All boxes arrived. If you are lost in all the reviews on forums just get appointments with few companies and compare them. Thanks for other people who reviewed and shared their experience. This was very useful when I was deciding and planning the relocation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazza227 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 I've just had Anglo Pacific round this evening for a quote, and was very impressed by the rep that came round. Most importantly he was very honest. He said I am not gong to tell you what you want to hear, but the truth. I respect that as would rather know worse case than someone telling me something just to make me book with them. I've got a couple more companies coming round in the next week, so will see what they say and compare them all. But good to read this from someone who has just received everything the other end! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slawka Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Hi, I have got AP rep in our house as well but I am also thinking about Pickfords. Have you had them as well. Just curious with your opinion. Thank you. We will be moving from Reading to Perth early next year but want to send our stuff in Nov. Hi All, Just to be clear: I am not an employee of any shipment company and this review is not linked or paid by shipment company (please bear in mind that many reviews on forums are). Why I am writing this: I spent a lot of time choosing relocation company, reading many forums with contradicting information. I was really disappointed with paid/false reviews. Thanks to the forum moderators for picking some of these and marking them. I have chosen Anglo Pacific. I got my visa in March and started looking for relocation company from Reading UK to Melbourne AUS. Size: 1/3 container with many delicate items: guitars, art, kitchen things, expensive road/mtb bikes and furniture. Insurance: I went with private insurance not the APs. I had six companies doing an estimate (end of Feb 2015) and chosen one based on various things: my intuition after talking with companies' reps, reviews and cost (not the cheapest and not the most expensive). All of the companies overestimated how much things I had. I was consistent showing them what I had - this was done over two days. Important: representatives give lots of advice on how to clean things and what you can take. I really appreciated this help. Customs did not question anything in the shipping and did not charge additionally for cleaning (besides standard AQIS cost for the check). Pre packing: very good communication by email, phone. Answered all my questions and also tried to arranged parking permits (Reading council is very difficult with this). Pick up day was scheduled without problem. Packing (20th April): Arrived on time and despite difficulty with parking (one way street, full of cars). They didn't make a problem with it possibly because not large shipment. Packed very fast and most important they packed it really well. Guitars, my road bike and kitchen staff were packed is paper, wrap, boxes that would survive a hurricane. Each box had a label and details on what is in the box, number etc. You get the copy of the shipment and it is useful to check on delivery. Road bike had special wooden crate. Arrived without any (new) scratches. Post packing: AP checked the size of shipping again in their warehouse. They called me to say that I had less things than estimated and refunded some cost. Why this is important: one company said that they will not change the initial estimate if the size is smaller (they will if I have more things). Waiting: AP provides ship details that you can track here: http://www.marinetraffic.com/ and I also could track container here: http://www.track-trace.com/container. Why I like it? Because I am impatient. Helped a bit. Delivery (21 July 2015) : Company in Aus emailed the details and approx. delivery date. This slipped by 2 days but no problem. Customs took two weeks. I had a call to confirm delivery day and they also said they will call again with delivery time. Delivery time was in one hour slot. Again very fast service and very nice guys. Unpacked what I wanted (furniture and bikes) and took the rubbish away. Took the furniture upstairs. I kept some boxes for next move. I have just unpacked other boxes. I asked for the floor protection as I have timber floors. This was not needed at the end as they were really careful. Most important: nothing is broken, lost, damaged, mouldy. Everything is fine. All boxes arrived. If you are lost in all the reviews on forums just get appointments with few companies and compare them. Thanks for other people who reviewed and shared their experience. This was very useful when I was deciding and planning the relocation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaL1 Posted July 22, 2015 Author Share Posted July 22, 2015 Slawka, Yes I had Pickfords also. They were second best based on their representative, volume estimated and cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ChristopherPino Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 (edited) I have selected an auto transport company We Will Transport It for hauling my two cars to city of Melbourne from Solon, Ohio. I made a decision to choose this company based on its reviews on internet, I was afraid of hiring the company service, since I have never hired any company for hauling, but the company professionals did their job efficiently and delivered my car's in the sound condition as I had left with them also they offered me with reasonable quotes. Edited August 11, 2015 by MaggieMay24 Removed link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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