I need to know about shipping companies RIGHT NOW.

[reddragdiva]

ozjester kindly took custody of my vinyl records when my parents moved out of Perth. Unfortunately, he has just moved too, into a house with one room less. So I have to get thirty-two crates of records from Perth to London very soon indeed.

What shipping companies have you used? Who was good? Who was disastrous?

Thank goodness surface shipping is priced by volume, not weight ...

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[arkady.livejournal.com]

I've already warned him off Pickfords. I used to work for them and I know just how shoddy and crap they really are. They quite routinely "lose" containers off their ships, and they're very slapdash with their handling methods. Personally I would never touch Pickfords, Allied Pickfords or North American Van Lines (the parent company). They're an overpriced, clumsy bunch of shysters.

[http://users.livejournal.com/raven_/]

Heh. Oops.

Strangely enough, I've just booked them for my local domestic move. It's going on and off one truck - I'll keep my fingers crossed :-)

[(Anonymous)]

The 'overpriced' has been obvious for a while. (We briefly considered using them when we moved nearly four years ago, and then decided they were taking the piss.)

But the rest? Damn, there goes the idea that you get what you pay for.

[ladykathryn.livejournal.com]

Seconded. North American moved us once - they disassembled our furniture. Including the antiques we paid extra for "special handling" on. Agh!