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

[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.

Make that around $600 more, here is the quote from Calgary to Omaha:

Move Type 6 Feet of Space

Terminal-To-Terminal $872

Door-To-Door $1497

Adjustment Price Per Foot + / - $43

This is also using a 'lower rate' date. When doing the quote if you click on the little calendar icon beside the dates it is color coded to let you know which days are 'peak' days and which days are cheaper.

[Canuck78 0]

I used UPS and would ABSOLUTELY NEVER recommend using them. I had no furniture to ship so I figured UPS would be great plus it was cheap. When my boxes arrived, every single one of them that had "FRAGILE" written on it was SMASHED!! The boxes were so badly smashed actually that they ripped and had to be retaped. There is NO WAY that could have happened unless they actually threw them or kicked the ####### out of them. All my stuff was broken. I was SO mad I can't even express it into words. To top it all off, when I put in a claim with UPS to get some kind of monetary compensation, they told me I was entitled to NOTHING because I shipped "used goods" and they were shipped from Canada and "used goods" are not insurable in Canada.

I was livid!! I demanded they provide me with that policy in writting, but of course never received anything. I demanded an appology letter and NEVER got one either. I messed with them for months and never got anything.

So yeah, really really bad experience and I will NEVER use them again for my personal shipping.

[L_n_O 3]

uh oh..

there goes my plan...

[~Nini~ 2]

I was considering UPS to ship my computer, but now I'm rather hesitant. I know they'll insure it if I let them package the tower, but neither do I want broken bits when I get to PA. *sigh*

[Canuck78 0]

All my electronics were destroyed. Thank God I sold my computer and TV before I moved! I had a VCR, stereo, etc. All of them were destroyed, not to mention dishes and a lot of stuff that was irreplaceable. I had a beer mug from the 1976 Montreal Olympics that my parents bought. It was older then I am! And it was broken in a ton of little pieces. It still make me want to cry when I think about it.

[misa 2]

I was considering UPS to ship my computer, but now I'm rather hesitant. I know they'll insure it if I let them package the tower, but neither do I want broken bits when I get to PA. *sigh*

Take it apart and bring the cards and the HD with you. Let UPS ship the case, power supply, monitor, keyboard and mouse.

Edited June 30, 2007 by misa

[Chica Yeyé 41]

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.

Oh Wise man.... what if the stuff is the property of the USC (Bren)? Can it then go before he does?

I need your advise you folks.... contribute to ameliorating my insanity plzzzzz

[Lance27 19]

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.

Make that around $600 more, here is the quote from Calgary to Omaha:

Move Type 6 Feet of Space

Terminal-To-Terminal $872

Door-To-Door $1497

Adjustment Price Per Foot + / - $43

This is also using a 'lower rate' date. When doing the quote if you click on the little calendar icon beside the dates it is color coded to let you know which days are 'peak' days and which days are cheaper.

Damn... I just read this post. So you moving to Omaha too lol. Or was that your sister?

Edited August 10, 2007 by Lance27

[trailmix 77]

Damn... I just read this post. So you moving to Omaha too lol. Or was that your sister?

She actually lives in Fremont, they just shipped to Omaha and picked it up. We are in fact moving to Fremont next year too!

Are you heading for Nebraska?

[Laynie 0]

I used ABF U-Pack: http://www.upack.com

I give them two thumbs up!

My review starts at this post: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...st&p=805325

Nini, if you are moving your computer, I'd strongly suggest that you disassemble it, pack the HD and cards and bring them across the border yourself. Or at the *very least*, just the HD. Reassemble it later when the tower arrives.

Word of caution if you use UPS to ship your computer, I shipped my computer to Texas it was packed good in the box it come in when I bought with peanuts and bubble rap the whole bit but UPS still managed to ruin my monitor I was told that if it's turned upside down something will happen to it and it did, when I unpacked it, it was upside down ( not the way I had it packed) they had repacked it for some reason, anyway long story short had to buy new moniter!!!! Man was I

[trailmix 77]

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.

Oh Wise man.... what if the stuff is the property of the USC (Bren)? Can it then go before he does?

I need your advise you folks.... contribute to ameliorating my insanity plzzzzz

Hi,

My understanding of zyggy's post was that the goods can't enter the US before the owner does - however it's was based on the fact that they (as in the immigrant) will not have any status in the U.S. until their visa is validated.

As Bren is already a USC, he should have no problem shipping his stuff. When my Sister shipped her stuff all the shipper asked for was documentation that she was 'allowed to be there' (she is a USC). In fact their stuff would have crossed the border before them if it hadn't been for the truck being stopped at the border because the shipping company forgot to get photocopies of their documents.

I would recommend calling the border patrol if you would like further reassurance.

Edited August 10, 2007 by trailmix

[Lance27 19]

Damn... I just read this post. So you moving to Omaha too lol. Or was that your sister?

She actually lives in Fremont, they just shipped to Omaha and picked it up. We are in fact moving to Fremont next year too!

Are you heading for Nebraska?

Yes Fremont isn't really far away from Omaha, Closer than Lincoln.

[L_n_O 3]

Ya, UPS isn't looking good..

I'm thinking we either might do the truck rental thing when the time comes if he can get a few days off

or the U-pack thing .. (which will suck cuz I'll have to do that by myself...)

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Ya, UPS isn't looking good..

I'm thinking we either might do the truck rental thing when the time comes if he can get a few days off

or the U-pack thing .. (which will suck cuz I'll have to do that by myself...)

I'm happy with UPack so far - good price and they have a good record - cannot imagine driving the truck ourselves and hauling the car . What really suckked was having to pay (hang to your pants everyone) 481.50 for 2 dudes coming over to load the trailer after my so calle friends backed off . I will need the funds from the scam... who was it that had them???????

[L_n_O 3]

aww, I'm sorry hun...

make your friends split it amongst themselves and write out a cheque to you..

and then never invite them to the US.

oh, and make sure they put "USD funds" in the memo line of the cheque.