VIpirate
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Joined: June 30, 2018 6:46 pm
Last seen: September 6, 2024 2:15 am
Topics: 5 / Replies: 59
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RE: Shipping vehicles and goods together by container?

@tracyggg once idea is to ship your vehicle using RO-RO (roll on roll off) no container. It's way cheaper and unless it's brand new car you will like...

2 years ago
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RE: Relocating- So many challenges! Help!

The real estate situation today is far different than during the financial crisis, so while a slowdown in transactions worldwide and in the USVI is qu...

2 years ago
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RE: Landlord Charging for Cistern Water >2x WAPA prices

Your lease agreement is the governing document for your charges. It's highly unusual that it would allow changes to utility charges, or to rates in t...

2 years ago
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RE: Mortgage refinance rates in the VI

@knowlesstak Was this a 30-year fixed rate mortgage? Points? Yes, rates have really shot up so glad that I refinanced in the 2's a couple of years b...

2 years ago
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RE: WIFI - What are you using

Using whatever box comes from Viya and then 3 additional google points. Works great and even get a nice signal out by the pool. Concrete house with ...

3 years ago
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RE: New Virgin Islanders

Highly recommend hiring someone knowledgeable (and patient) to handle this for you. It's cheap and money well spent.

3 years ago
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RE: Recent shipping of HH Goods experience/reference?

If you do a forum search you'll find a lot of detailed posts on this topic. We sent 2 forty foot containers about 6 months apart (Atlanta to STT) plu...

3 years ago
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RE: Solar on St Croix

When I looked into getting solar for our STT home including batteries, the payback was close to 10-years. This was about 2 years ago. In reading thr...

3 years ago
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RE: Mahogany Run Golf Course STT

Last time I went past Mahogany Run Golf Course a few weeks ago I saw a surveying crew working. Is anything happening with the property?

3 years ago
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RE: lpg gas generator vs diesel generator

Looking at replacing my 20+ year old diesel generator with a new unit for my 3,400 SF home + cottage with full AC. Current generator needs a new cust...

4 years ago
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RE: How to move 6 kids to St. John?

Personal opinion of course, but STJ seems to be the least attractive option given the age of your kids and relative lack of options for shopping and s...

4 years ago
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RE: Car Registration Renewal STT

Thanks for the replies.

4 years ago
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RE: Mortgage refinance rates in the VI

@islandjoan Yes, I did need to get an appraisal and it was also $950. This was a single family detached home and I do not have any escrows, so I pa...

4 years ago
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RE: Mortgage refinance rates in the VI

Refinanced my place on STT in June. 15-year fixed rate @ 2.75% and no points. This was a conforming loan and vacation home classification. I used...

4 years ago
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RE: Shipping confusion

Have had 40 foot containers sent on two occasions (2018 and 2019) from Atlanta sent about 6 months apart via Blue Ocean to STT and separately had a ve...

4 years ago
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RE: Auto Broker - Shipping car from St Thomas to contiguous US

I have personally used Blue Ocean Transport (site advertiser) to ship a car from Florida to St. Thomas and in fact they arranged to transport the car ...

5 years ago
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RE: Container / Moving Help

This is key advice and has always served me well. The guys really work hard.

5 years ago
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RE: How Safe Are the Virgin Islands especially St Thomas and St Croix

St. John is certainly a nice island, but has many drawbacks as well given it is the least affordable island, and doesn't have an airport which means y...

5 years ago
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RE: Advice from homeowners with a mortgage

We also used Rick at First Liberty Mortgage for our property purchase in STT. He was extremely responsive and professional and we were approved withi...

5 years ago
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RE: Container / Moving Help

The bulk of the costs are for the Ocean shipping. 40 foot container from Atlanta to STT was between $9K and $10K. Can save $500 to $1,000 for an int...

5 years ago
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RE: Container / Moving Help

We shipped a 40 foot container twice to STT from Atlanta and it was pretty easy. We contracted with Blue Ocean and they handled logistics to have the...

5 years ago
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RE: Should I bring my 2016 Range Rover to STT?

To close out this thread, I ended up buying a loaded 2019 Jeep Wrangler Sahara (4-door) that had 6,300 miles. This was a trade-in at an MB dealer on...

5 years ago
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RE: Possible to ship a new car?

Upon speaking with several new car Jeep dealerships, they cannot sell a new car for export even to USVI. They have said the car must be registered i...

5 years ago
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