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Does anyone know rough estimates of the cost of shipping personal items (via Tropical or Managed Freight)?
We are moving to STJ at the end of April. We have contacted Tropical and Managed Freight but they want an itemized list and weights before they can even give us a quote. We are shipping a living room set (coffe table, sofa, loveseat), a guitars, 2 TVs, a dvd player, and about 10 med boxes <25lbs. We were just wondering approx how much for our budget...like $2000 or $800. We can either drive it done to Miami or have it picked up in Indiana. Anyone with advice, tips, or personal experience would help.
We are asking b/c we might just leave the living room set and USPS the other stuff (with insurance).
Posted : March 24, 2009 12:42 am
Just my opinion but lots of times furniture such as living room sets that are fine in the States just don't "go" down here, especially upholstered stuff. What I'd do is store it or sell it. Store it if you really, really love the set & aren't sure if you'll really stay down here or sell it if you just think it would be cheaper to ship it rather than replace it. A lot of rentals come furnished or have you bought a place on STJ?
Posted : March 24, 2009 9:49 am
Rackle~
I was just on the phone yesterday with Lee @ Managed and he quoted me 3000 for a 20 ft container, you are allowed up to 36K lbs and can stack up to 8 ft high. You can also load a vehicle, providing there is room. It will take approx 8 days from the Miami port to arrive STT. Boxes need to be clearly marked with the contents, do not simply state "Miscellaneous" as that will raise the eyebrows of customs officials. No firearms, ammo, propane and the like.
if you are going to palletize your belongings because you dont need a full 20' container then yes, they will need the dimensions of your items so that they can figure the cubic area. For a pallet I am not sure on the cost of it. From what I understand the belongings are on the pallet which is shrink wrapped and identified as yours and you will share a container with other LTL's.
Of course there are additional charges you need to figure in such as a mover if needed, someone on the receiving end to offload the container from the ship and if you are bringing a vehicle there are road taxes, registration and so on. Managed can do all of that for you too.
Hope this gets you started!
Posted : March 24, 2009 12:05 pm
I would wait on shipping furniture. First thing most people don't stay as long as they thought they would and end up selling stuff at a lose on top of all that shipping. Two most places are furnished! Bring the memories loose the stuff.
You would definitely need to drive it to florida to TRY and stay in your budget. But with that many boxes.....shipping is based on cubic feet not weight.
Posted : March 24, 2009 12:47 pm
