Hi, my husband and I are moving from Sydney to England and trying to select a suitable shipping company.
On the way out here I used GMS, who were great value and provided a great service. Unfortunately I've discovered they went bankrupt about a year ago!
I've had several quotes and so far our contenders are Kent International, and OSS.
Kent seem to be cheaper, and have been more forthcoming with information. However, they are sure the pick up will take 2 days and are a bit more uneasy about us pre-packing boxes rather than having them do them all.
OSS seem to be a bigger organisation and understand our wish to prepack, agreeing that if we leave the boxes open and provide full inventory lists they can still mark them as packed by them. (A lot better for customs). They also reckon they can pick up in one day.
I think Kent will cope with us prepacking in the end (they have offered to drop off materials in advance) but I'm still a bit more concerned. However the chap was nicer to deal with!
OSS are being painful about telling me whether they can match Kent's quote and want to have a detailed inventory in advance even though I'm just asking like for like - ie price for 21m3.
Price for Kent is AU$8k.
OSS AU$8.5k.
I know it's not a huge difference (though every bit helps at that figure!!) so am looking for any advice from any mumsnetters who have used either company. I've tried google but it seems a lot of the reviews are false.
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Smidge001 · 04/01/2016 06:59
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