Cath.C Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 (edited) I'm doing a PBO move (for various good reasons). Didn't get to pick the removals or the shipping company. We are being charged by volume, and there is a £275 limit per box for loss or damage (if the box itself is damaged, no contents cover if the box stays intact). They delivered boxes, and they are huge, lots of large boxes, and the smallest boxes they delivered are what I would consider medium boxes. I either have to pack them half full of air, via foam or bubble wrap (thus paying for shipping of said air, by volume), or if it doesn't make the boxes too heavy, fill them with more than £440 worth of contents, thus limiting their liability. I know this is probably just laziness, or getting rid of their excess large boxes at the end of the year, but it does seem to work out financially for them, and annoying for me. Edited December 26, 2022 by Cath.C converted currency wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 3 hours ago, Cath.C said: I'm doing a PBO move (for various good reasons). Didn't get to pick the removals or the shipping company. We are being charged by volume, and there is a £275 limit per box for loss or damage (if the box itself is damaged, no contents cover if the box stays intact). They delivered boxes, and they are huge, lots of large boxes, and the smallest boxes they delivered are what I would consider medium boxes. I either have to pack them half full of air, via foam or bubble wrap (thus paying for shipping of said air, by volume), or if it doesn't make the boxes too heavy, fill them with more than £440 worth of contents, thus limiting their liability. I know this is probably just laziness, or getting rid of their excess large boxes at the end of the year, but it does seem to work out financially for them, and annoying for me. Can you only use their boxes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cath.C Posted December 26, 2022 Author Share Posted December 26, 2022 41 minutes ago, Nemesis said: Can you only use their boxes? Well, the relocation package is paid for, and that includes all their supplies, so I could buy and use my own, but they are supposed to be supplying all our moving supplies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 If you consider the movers insurance to be inadequate you can take out your own relocation insurance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cath.C Posted January 2, 2023 Author Share Posted January 2, 2023 On 28/12/2022 at 08:46, Ken said: If you consider the movers insurance to be inadequate you can take out your own relocation insurance. We are stuck with the companies contracted by the new employer. Insurance is adequate, I just think it's funny that the moving company provided us with these crappy overly large moving boxes, which (probably coincidentally), reduces the exposure of the insuring company to losses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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