mattm555 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Hi everyone, Got my partner visa sorted so now we're looking at shipping our household items over to Melbourne from the UK. I've had 3 quotes from different companies all coming out around the same price. What's the best thing to do with insurance, go with the company's own policy or use a 3rd party? Any plus points or negatives for either? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unzippy Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 The percived wisdom is to use a 3rd party, Letton Percival in particular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 What @unzippy said re the insurance. You can read no end of feedback from people who used the shipping companies own insurance and then only got a fraction of what they claimed or had to argue for months to get the claim sorted. I've yet to read of an independent insurance company causing the same problems or arguing out a claim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicF Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 What Snifter said. Plus when we moved the independent insurance was cheaper for better cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattm555 Posted December 19, 2017 Author Share Posted December 19, 2017 Thanks guys, I'll look into getting independent insurance. I've contacted LP for a quote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-J Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Another question regarding this topic does anyone have any suggestions on what shipping company to use. We will only have 1 - 2 standard pallets to send mainly containing clothing and electrical items, we have decided not to take things like sofa or bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattm555 Posted February 22, 2018 Author Share Posted February 22, 2018 Hi JJ, We're going with Anglo Pacific - we're shipping all our furniture including sofa etc. So a bit different to you We had quotes from PSS, John Mason, Crown and Britannia. No real reason why we went for them, just that my girlfriend had a good feeling about them. I'll keep you updated how it goes (moving end of March). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-J Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Thanks Matt that would be great. We have kind of borrowed / acquired a lot of our current furniture in anticipation of the move and my partner has basically a full kitchen in terms of appliances and cutlery store at his dads house as he never sold it them when he moves here. I think we will only need 1 maybe 2 pallets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevsan Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 If its only 1-2 pallets check out the sevenseas movecube. We used them and they were brilliant. I've got a thread on it somewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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