Moving: Canada to USA. What company did u use to ship ur stuff?

[mwinburn 0]

Not sure how you guys got such cheap quotes from UPack. Here's what they told me:

6 feet of space, door to door: 2464

Each extra foot: 73

This is from southern Ontario to Georgia. Maybe they were basing it on a winter moving date and having to deal with the snow? I remember the quote form mentioned something about weather.

[Krikit 1,164]

Not sure how you guys got such cheap quotes from UPack. Here's what they told me:

6 feet of space, door to door: 2464

Each extra foot: 73

This is from southern Ontario to Georgia. Maybe they were basing it on a winter moving date and having to deal with the snow? I remember the quote form mentioned something about weather.

Good Lord. I paid less than that for far more space with a December delivery date. The moving company (United) loaded the truck at my old house in Southern Ontario and unloaded the truck at my new house in Florida. Easy peasey.

[trailmix 77]

Just an update on my Sister and her family using UPac from Calgary to Omaha.

Their shipment took a week and a half, which was longer than anticipated (but no big deal as it was just 'extra' stuff). Unfortunately something was loaded in the truck, behind their stuff, that was greasy.

They made sure they dodged the grease on the floor of the truck and thought all of it was ok.

On further inspection, when unloading from the U-haul at home, turns out there is a bit of grease on everything.

UPac is able to do what they do as, if you are using part of a large trailer, they pick up other goods to fill the trailer, be it fruit or tires. The UPac office did assure her (when she called to tell them about the grease), that they have strict guidelines on what can go along with a UPac shipment and this never should have happened. They are sending her out forms for a claim.

When they arrived at UPac in Omaha to unload their bulkhead (divider between their stuff and the other items that were loaded later) was down and that is apparently how they got grease on them.

One other thing - the prices quoted are in U.S. dollars. This was a bit of a surprise as the transaction took place in Calgary, she paid in Calgary and it says no where in the contract that it is U.S. dollars, she just noted it on her Visa statement.

All that said, we are still going to use them when we move.

[misa 2]

Quick note about ABF Upack. The last item on the quote (number 9) says:

All U-Pack shipments are quoted in U.S. dollars. Any applicable custom fees are not included.

[trailmix 77]

Quick note about ABF Upack. The last item on the quote (number 9) says:

All U-Pack shipments are quoted in U.S. dollars. Any applicable custom fees are not included.

Interesting! It really is - as my Sister and the customer service person she had with her on the phone both went through the contract and neither of them could find any reference to the charges being in U.S. dollars (he was kind of shocked too!).

[Kathryn41 3,205]

I also got quotes from 3 moving companies and ended up using United as they provided the most information and assistance regarding crossing the border, plus had a price in the same vicinity as the other two. My belongings amounted to a third of a full moving van but a lot of that was heavy books. The transport from Southwestern Ontario to Georgia was $3500 but that was mainly because it was a heavy load and involved going up and down a flight of stairs on pick-up. Basically, I had already packed and labeled everything except for the fragile china dishes which they packed. I left on the Friday and had already given the company the credit card information. A friend of mine met the van at my former apartment and made sure they got all of my instructions. They picked up my belongings in Canada on the Monday and were scheduled for delivery on the following Thursday. After I arrived in Georgia (it was a 2 day drive) I faxed back copies of my stamped passport and I-94 to the moving company. The following Wednesday I received a phone call saying they expected to deliver my belongings around 10 am. They had the belongings for 3 individuals/families in the van and made their first stop north of Atlanta (for a returning American), our stop south of Atlanta was next and then the last stop was in Savannah for another Canadian. I thought it was really interesting that they had three individuals/families moving from approximately the same part of Canada to the same part of the US at the same time. Anyway, they said they did need to show the documents at the border but everything went smoothly. They unloaded everything into our new house and unpacked what they had packed. Everything arrived - framed art, china, some fragile furniture - exactly the same as when it was packed. We were pleased and impressed and have no problems recommending them for a move.

[Catou1181 0]

While using Upack, is it possible to have my stuff shipped before actually moving to the US ?

My situation is as follows. Im moving back with my parents at the end of July because my lease ends and I can't renew it for an undetermined period of time. At first, we thought we'd store my belongings in a Uhaul storage center until it was time to move, rent a Uhaul and cross at the POE when I get my visa. Then my husband suggested that he and his dad come up, rent a Uhaul in Montreal, take my stuff and bring it to Burlington, transfer it to a new Uhaul truck and return the first truck to Montreal and go to Colorado with the one rented in Burlington(from my understanding, we'd save 1000$ doing so, dropping from 3000$ to 2000$). Im still waiting on my estimate from Upack, but if there's a big difference, I'd most likely consider it. My question is though, can I send my stuff to my inlaws house through Upack months before I move(therefore not have to store it here in Montreal until my Visa is approved) ? Is that possible ? Or I need the Visa to be able to send my stuff ?

[RocksAnne 0]

We were all excited about using UPack from what everyone on this post said, but we just called for a quote and found out they don't service our area because we live *sob!* in the BOONDOCKS!

We've had quotes from other regular moving companies for between $4000 and $7000 US (for a move from Eastern BC to Southern New Mexico). Yikes! We don't even have much furniture. Since we've been totally ripped off before by big moving companies we didn't want to use them. OTOH we don't want to drag a rental truck across the border ourselves either.

Now we don't know who to use! I hate the companies that won't give you a price until the stuff is delivered to your new home. 'Surprise! It's going to cost you ten thousand dollars more than we told you!'

[misa 2]

While using Upack, is it possible to have my stuff shipped before actually moving to the US ?

My situation is as follows. Im moving back with my parents at the end of July because my lease ends and I can't renew it for an undetermined period of time. At first, we thought we'd store my belongings in a Uhaul storage center until it was time to move, rent a Uhaul and cross at the POE when I get my visa. Then my husband suggested that he and his dad come up, rent a Uhaul in Montreal, take my stuff and bring it to Burlington, transfer it to a new Uhaul truck and return the first truck to Montreal and go to Colorado with the one rented in Burlington(from my understanding, we'd save 1000$ doing so, dropping from 3000$ to 2000$). Im still waiting on my estimate from Upack, but if there's a big difference, I'd most likely consider it. My question is though, can I send my stuff to my inlaws house through Upack months before I move(therefore not have to store it here in Montreal until my Visa is approved) ? Is that possible ? Or I need the Visa to be able to send my stuff ?

No can do! You have to have a proper visa in hand to be able to ship your stuff over. Sorry.

[vanee 13]

Not sure how you guys got such cheap quotes from UPack.

From when gas prices were a lot lower?

We were all excited about using UPack from what everyone on this post said, but we just called for a quote and found out they don't service our area because we live *sob!* in the BOONDOCKS!

We've had quotes from other regular moving companies for between $4000 and $7000 US (for a move from Eastern BC to Southern New Mexico). Yikes! We don't even have much furniture. Since we've been totally ripped off before by big moving companies we didn't want to use them. OTOH we don't want to drag a rental truck across the border ourselves either.

Now we don't know who to use! I hate the companies that won't give you a price until the stuff is delivered to your new home. 'Surprise! It's going to cost you ten thousand dollars more than we told you!'

Maybe you can use a regular company to ship just to the nearest UPack location in the right direction, and get UPack to take it from there. You'd have to find someone to reload everything in the new van, though.

[RocksAnne 0]

Maybe you can use a regular company to ship just to the nearest UPack location in the right direction, and get UPack to take it from there. You'd have to find someone to reload everything in the new van, though.

Thanks, we were thinking of that, but in the meantime today a friend gave us the names of a couple of other (possibly) reliable smaller moving companies in our area that we are going to check out.

[KarenCee 3]

Husband used UPS. No problems, even with shipping his computer.

[L_n_O 3]

wow, I just did a quote for UPS and it's so cheap!!

cuz I'm really not looking at shipping any furniture really

just TONS of clothes and books

and a few glassware type things

[zyggy 9]

A couple of points..

1) Unless you want some real problems with your move, only use one of the large transnational van lines to deal with your stuff. They know how to do cross country moves, have plenty of trucks to get your stuff when you need it in a timely manner, and know how to deal with CUstoms. If you use a smaller mover, you're asking for trouble... (lost stuff, customs issues, late arrivals, etc.)

2) Your good cannot be entered into the US before the owner of those goods does. Meaning your mover will not ship the goods until they have two things in hand.. The first is a completed CBP Form 3299 and the second is a copy of either a validated I-94 or the validated CR-1 visa to show that you have entered the US.

[trailmix 77]

Not sure how you guys got such cheap quotes from UPack. Here's what they told me:

6 feet of space, door to door: 2464

Each extra foot: 73

This is from southern Ontario to Georgia. Maybe they were basing it on a winter moving date and having to deal with the snow? I remember the quote form mentioned something about weather.

The price my Sister had wasn't door to door - that is probably the difference. Door to door would have been around $1000 more than what she paid.