7 Dec 05 Good signs from the moving company

Finally! After soliciting around 10 moving estimates and speaking with several CSRs over the phone, we’ve made our choice of movers. It helped to narrow down the selection only to companies with FIDI/FAIM certification.

I’m surprised by the uncertain feeling I got dealing with most of these companies, but pleased by my current state of knowing we’re in good hands with the movers we chose.

Clarity is a virtue.

Directly after giving these guys the go-ahead nod, I received by email a personalized moving package consisting of the following documents:

  • An introduction letter containing: Important Names & Numbers at the moving company, including our Key Contact, the Origin Services Provider and Destination Services Provider; a comprehensive outline of their process, and; an International Move Checklist
  • UK Customs forms, instructions for completion and a list of restricted items
  • Memos regarding port congestion and pine wood restrictions
  • An Excel spreadsheet for determining our shipment inventory and valuation for insurance purposes, along with an insurance selection form
  • A Customer Contact Information / Itinerary form, so they know where to reach us at any time (especially reassuring since we don’t have a proper delivery address yet)

    • We’ll have door-to-door service which means they pack the boxes, wrap the furniture, load the truck, transport to port and do the reverse on the other side. And they deal with customs of course.

    So the only real worry left is making more stuff vanish from our apartment before they show up.

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