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Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 19:32:45 GMT
20 Feb 2003 15:18:21 CET
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 15:18:21 +0100 (CET)
From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Jerome=20Chevillat?= <jchevillat_at_yahoo.fr>
Subject: swiss-list: moving things back... AND moving to France
To: Laurent Piguet <piguet_at_yahoo.com>, swiss-list_at_swiss-list.com
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As I am moving back in Europe at the end of march I have investigated a
little bit as well. My case is a little bit different as I am moving
only 'personal' stuff like books, clothes, souvenirs and so on and NO
furnitures. Overall I am probably talking about 4-5 boxes (to give a
rough idea).
I sent out some requests in Switzerland and it turns out that because I
do not have too much,... the 'air' option can get cheaper (and faster
anyway)! Usually by sea they charge by the volume and by air by the
weight.... That would cost me ~2000 CHF by air, but this is very vague
because they do not know much about the size of the boxes and the
weight...
Actually as I do not have much stuff I am thinking to move using the
post service :-) sending a few packages (with special rates for books)
might be cheaper...
As i am here....
As i said I am moving back to Europe and for personnal reasons I'd like
to move to Paris. Therefore I am looking for
informations/tips/tricks... I am looking for a job, an apartment, and
so on, I would be glad to get some pointers/advices :-)
(I have already checked the links on the swiss-list website, thanks to
Claudio Fleiner :-)
Also I have sent a couple of resumes through websites, and I am
wondering what is the rate of success (well ok, we all know that
knowing someone inside always helps...)
Willing to share your experiences of 'looking for a job remotely' ??
Does anyone know about the same kind of mailing-list but in France ?
Ok... that's a lot of questions... thanks...
Have a good day
Jerome
> >- moving things by air or by sea: which option
>
> I am not sure there is much of an option. Air would probably be
> prohibitive, unless you only ship a portion of your stuff that way.
> Personnally, I found that you can pack quite a bit of stuff to be
> taken
> with you on the plane, especially if you have two kids (they each get
> some
> luggage allowance).
>
> >- good moving companies in the US that would not charge too much
> for doing
> >the job
>
> Ahahahaha. Well, one piece of advice: do your shopping... Prices can
> very
> tremendously.
> We went for the low budget approach, and everything worked out very
> well
> (except when the truck couldn't get close enough to our house in
> Switzerland, which forced us to unload about 100 yards from the
> door). Not
> a thing was broken, except by us when we unpacked.
> Check out the directory on swiss-list for the names of a few moving
> companies, including the one I used:
>
http://www.swiss-list.com/links/Returning_to_Switzerland/Moving/index.shtml
>
> >- are we still allowed to pack our stuff ourselves or not (I know
> that there
> >were some security issues post 9-11...)
>
> No idea. It probably varies.
>
> >- moving boxes vs. container: where is the limit where a container
> might be
> >considered?
>
> A container can be 20' or 40'. I think some people have used the
> option to
> "split" a container, but that might become a bit complicated.
> Honestly, I
> don't think the container itself costs much.
>
> >- we've got two mountain bikes and a Burley trailer. How should we
> move
> >these things?
>
> In a container!
>
> >- insurance issues
> >- etc...etc....
>
> All movers will offer insurance. You will have to do an inventory of
> your
> goods, with estimated value. If I remember well, there are two kinds
> of
> insurance: partial (they only replace stuff that has been completely
> destroyed, lost at sea or something) and total (claims on one item
> that's
> broken). For the price difference and the total price, it's worth
> getting
> the full deal.
>
> In our case, the goods arrived after about 6 weeks. One piece of
> advice,
> get a cell phone number that you can write down on the forms. That
> way,
> they can reach you anywhere when you stuff arrives.
>
> Finally, a move of this magnitude is after all not such a big deal.
> It just
> feels weird at the moment when the movers take off with your
> container, and
> you are left with your empty house.
>
> Laurent
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