Sharing the estimates I got for 40' container California ---> Nelson

[Juniper]

I thought it might be useful for those pricing their move to see the wide range of estimates I received for a 40' container shipment. And those of you who've already done the move can tell me if these seem reasonable :-) It was impossible to create a really "apples to apples" spreadsheet, because everyone bid different levels of service, and if they were willing to break down the costs into line items for me, they each had their own way of doing so.

The cheapo ones are self-pack, and not even door-to-door service, so I didn't get more details on those. The more detailed columns are those who were patient with my nonstop questions (no seriously, tell me what I am buying for $14000 USD...), and it was easy to weed out the ones who couldn't put up with that level of customer service to make a sale!

Another good indicator of who you should choose - companies that offer to send someone out for an in-person estimate. Their local partner should be willing to do this, even if they are an offshore company. Only two companies offered to do this - Rainier and Conroy. The others relied on average numbers for number of bedrooms/bathrooms, or asked me to complete an online inventory (and how am I supposed to know how many boxes I'll have?)

I'll paste the spreadsheet below...

[Juniper]

	International Van Lines	Locatelli	Conroy	Rainier	City International	Aris Export	Legend International
Total estimate	$13961.00	$14600.00	$23295 NZD	$13425.00	$5787.45	$3980.00	$10,936.00
Deposit required?			“Full payment required before uplift, expect hourly rate removals where payment is required on completion”	$250, refundable up to 7 days before pickup date
Type of service	40’ container door to door with full pack	40’ container from warehouse to Nelson	40’ container door to door, with packing	40’ container door to door, with packing	Door to port, self-pack	20’ container door to port, self-pack and self-load	40’ container door to door
Estimated weight				10,900 lbs	10000 lbs	7500
Estimated cu ft			“60 cubic meters”	1800 cu ft	1429 cu ft
rate calculated by:					cu ft x $4.05
Professional packing total	$3000 for pack, load, materials		Included. -$520 NZD if self-pack “clothing, books, toys” (only $520??)	included			add $1250
Estimated hours
Estimated supplies			included	included
Large furniture disassembly?					included	No

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[Juniper]

Wrapping furniture and loading truck	included		$8200 NZD for all “origin services”	$4250 for all “origin services”	included	No	included
How many guys / hourly rate
Estimated hours
Drive time
Storage rate/mo	$.40/Cu ft (up to $800 for contents of a 40’ container)		$475 with Schumacher	$475 per 30days with Move-Pros	$.75/cu ft		$400 (may need size adjustment)
Storage handling			$650.00	$875.00			$800.00
Free month?							included in handling
Loading container	included		included	included	included	No	included
drayage (container trucking)	$820 (incl)			$800.00	included	additional $680 to Santa Cruz	included

[Juniper]

US Port stuff			included	included
Inventory?			yes		Yes	No
export docs?			yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
US port fees?			yes	Yes		Yes
customs clearance						Yes	Yes
Ocean freight	$4711.00		$9770 NZD including origin and destination port fees	$5750.00	included	included	included
Marine insurance			optional $2,760 for $120k worth of accidental loss/damage	not included. $25 per $1000 value ($250 deductible)
NZ port fees	$1405.00		included	included
THC included? (terminal handling charge)	$1000 incl.		yes	yes	No	No
NZ quarantine (required for all shipments)			$570 “if required” (thought it was mandatory…)	additional $590
NZ mover - to Nelson	$3025.00		$4675 NZD within 30 miles of Nelson	$2625 including port charges (he lumped all destination charges together)		NOT included

[Juniper]

unpacking			“unpacking, placement of items, removal of waste packaging”	“unpacking to flat surfaces and removal of debris”
			2.5% surcharge for credit card
Not included			customs duties/tax, quarantine, fumigation, steam cleaning, storage, etc etc	Import customs taxes and duties, any charges related to customs inspection, quarantine and fumigation, demurrages, other unreasonable or unpredictable stuff etc etc
Contact	Judy	Misty / Juan	Nicole	David / Audrey / Jackie
phone	954-510-4483 ext. 228	831-425-7775	+64 6 280 5207	206-462-3628 / (510) 818-1126 / 800-946-8852
email	judy@internationalvanlines.com	locatellims@aol.com	nicolep@conroy.co.nz	davew@rainieros.com / audreyc@movepros.com /
website	http://internationalvanlines.com/	www.locatellimoving.com	www.conroy.co.nz	www.RainierOS.com /			http://www.legendinternationaltransport.com/
ratings	https://www.consumeraffairs.com/home...van-lines.html			http://www.movingscam.com/forum/view...?p=31171#31171
local partner				www.movepros.com
ratings
NZ partner	http://www.worldmoving.co.nz/ Raymond@worldmoving.co.nz		themselves
ratings	http://www.movingscam.com/forum/view...ghlight=moving

[Juniper]

It looks a bit messy in the posts above, I can email the Numbers file to anyone who wants to mess with it for their own move :-) Message me.

[frstep]

It looks a bit messy in the posts above, I can email the Numbers file to anyone who wants to mess with it for their own move :-) Message me.

I'd love to see the full numbers sheet.... I've yet to make the 5 posts that allow me to message you... I'm sure I will reach that number of posts before too long :-)

F.

[kiwieagle]

The 20' door to port self pack and load is equivalent to what I paid. If you have heaps of great stuff, I guess it's worth it to pay 10-20k? I fit a 3 bedroom home into a 20' with loads of room left.

[Juniper]

The 20' door to port self pack and load is equivalent to what I paid. If you have heaps of great stuff, I guess it's worth it to pay 10-20k? I fit a 3 bedroom home into a 20' with loads of room left.

Thanks for the feedback :-) So, did you also do door to port, self-pack? Or did you get more services for that price?

[ScottNZ]

May want to check out UPakWeShip. We paid $5,510 for a 20' container Minnesota->Christchurch. Second time using them, so we are a repeat customer if that is any indication of their quality. Service so far has been great.

However: got an e-mail from a local firm out of Auckland they subcontract with called World Moving and Storage stating some additional NZ based fees may apply. So we MIGHT have a fight against some sleazy and dishonest practices. Then again maybe not. Stay tuned...