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Property For Sale in Calis Beach & Turkey => Moving To Turkey => Topic started by: Diverbaz 1 on November 20, 2007, 12:26:27 PM

Title: European Van Lines
Post by: Diverbaz 1 on November 20, 2007, 12:26:27 PM: Anybody had any experience of this international mover. I have had a quote from them and other movers, theirs is considerably cheaper and came with information about bandrol tax as well, none of the others mention it, the spiel is good, just wondered if anybody could back up their claims.

Baz 8)
Title: European Van Lines
Post by: barry44544 on November 20, 2007, 15:02:53 PM: hi baz, i'm on my pda at the mo, I will write more later, don't book them till you read how we fared.
Title: European Van Lines
Post by: starman on November 20, 2007, 17:30:10 PM: Find out who is doing the destination services as it wont be van lines themselves. They will use a Turkish agent and I know nearly all of them.
Title: European Van Lines
Post by: tinkerman on November 20, 2007, 18:06:00 PM: would be interesting to hear a rough idea of cost and if it is worth it?

Worth investigating for a link on here?

Tinx
Title: European Van Lines
Post by: Diverbaz 1 on November 20, 2007, 18:25:02 PM: Here you go tinx,

http://www.evl.co.uk/index.html

Starman, I will check tomorrow.

Baz 8)
Title: European Van Lines
Post by: Diverbaz 1 on November 20, 2007, 18:27:34 PM: Oh, and they are more than 25% cheaper than Britannia.

Baz 8)
Title: European Van Lines
Post by: barry44544 on November 20, 2007, 19:42:10 PM: they quoted us door to door, they never told us we would have to go to izmir to clear our goods through customs. there agent wanted 2000ytl to get our goods cleared. we paid for unpacking and rubish to be taken away..
and the price I ended up paying was far in excess of what I was qquoted. I am now claiming in the courts against european van lines...
Buyer beware.
Title: European Van Lines
Post by: Diverbaz 1 on November 20, 2007, 19:58:27 PM: Thanks for the info, but I think you will find it is standard practice to go to Izmir to clear customs for everybody. The unpacking and removal of rubbish I will check on though, as Britannia did include that service in the price. I always expected to have to pay to remove shipment from customs, as I have found that information on this forum.

Baz 8)
Title: European Van Lines
Post by: Diverbaz 1 on November 20, 2007, 20:09:31 PM: Just re-read the quote from EVL and it states,

"Our agent will arrange customs clearance and delivery of your shipment on arrival. The service includes delivery to your residence, unpacking, unwrap, and removal of waste packing materials. Contact details will be provided prior to your departure from the UK."

If thats what your quote stated barry44544, then I reckon you have a good case. Mind you I did ask for door to door with packing and unpacking service.

Baz 8)
Title: European Van Lines
Post by: Scunner on November 20, 2007, 20:22:24 PM: Baz,

Not a subject I know too much about, but the piece you quoted doesn't confirm that you won't have to pay 2000 YTL to get the goods cleared, it just says they will arrange the clearance.
Title: European Van Lines
Post by: starman on November 21, 2007, 04:14:52 AM: Also does it state in the quote about THC & SIT and the any customs taxes? You have to remember that when you get a quote for door to door that it wont be the final cost as there will be extra charges like the ones mentioned.
These charges all come from Izmir port and customs and nothing to do with the transport companies themselves.
Title: European Van Lines
Post by: Diverbaz 1 on November 21, 2007, 04:51:56 AM: As I said in my post above, I have always expected to have to pay the taxes etc, I have allowed for that. Also as I said above I found most of the information on the forum, it has been a great source of information for us.

The quotes I have recieved state that we are responsible for,

EVL: Local duties, inspections, taxes. Local quarantine, decontamination or immigration charges.

Britannia: Government warfage taxes, extensive customs inspections, x-rays and or agricultural inspection (if ordered) or fumigation (if ordered) and any subsequent quarantine charges.

Niether state a monetary amount for any of these "services", thats where other peoples experiences are useful on this forum. I am under no illusion that it is not going to cost me, I am a bit of a pessimist, I am allowing what I think is more than enough, if it costs less, all the better.:D

Maybe my original query should have been, has anybody had experience of their packing quality and shipping times as the quotes all makes it seem too good, as I am aware of the costs. Just didn't want breakages and insurance hassles if they can be avoided.

Thanks guys

Baz 8)
Title: European Van Lines
Post by: tribalelder on November 21, 2007, 05:25:45 AM: It is NOT mandatory to go to Izmir to clear your goods. We used Sumerman in Istanbul to whom we gave power of attorney to clear on our behalf. 8)
Title: European Van Lines
Post by: Diverbaz 1 on November 21, 2007, 05:43:07 AM: May not be manadatory for personal attendance, ok, but you or your representative with power of attorney will need to go to Izmir (if using a representative it will probably cost even more). I intend to use the trip to see some more of Turkey, one of the reasons I am moving to Turkey.

Baz 8)
Title: European Van Lines
Post by: tribalelder on November 21, 2007, 07:47:12 AM: On the contrary Sumerman's quote was cheaper than than any Uk quotes I received, but I take your point about wanting to see Izmir. :)
Title: European Van Lines
Post by: holidayworld on November 21, 2007, 10:35:15 AM: The are not very help full if you get any problems at Customs and if anything changes they like to put prices up and if you don't pay you have to find someone else or you have to stump extra money up. Try WESTON & EDWARDS they where cheaper for a fiend who just having his house goods moved out here the price he got was for a 1100 cubic foot container i.e. 20ft one the price was £3040 and European van lines were going to charge £3600 so there is a difference. Make sure with your Agent you use that do you have to be at the Customs to show your passport and or Residency, they don't all tell you this but check just incase.

here's the url for weston & edwards www.westonandedwards.co.uk

Never use a company called BENNETTS REMOVALS they tell you a price then pick your goods up to get shipped then they like to change the price as well and you have to pay it unless you are still in the UK to sort things out also so there are a Few Bad REMOVAL guys out there.

Enjoy moving.....
Title: European Van Lines
Post by: AndyLin on November 25, 2007, 14:47:29 PM: Hi Baz
We used Easymove of Swindon, they even went to Cardiff to pick up my dad's boxes and put them on the same container at no extra cost, infact my dad some money back. Had to go to Izmir to sign for it in and out in 10 mins. Can email you details if you want.
Lin
P.S Andy want's to know if you want to dive over Jan,Feb
Title: European Van Lines
Post by: kevman on November 26, 2007, 08:56:35 AM: We used Freightbrain Int.Who organised everything from England to Izmir.The Turkish Representative was Ozcan Soyer who was a super guy.We had to go to Izmir and that was giving him Power of attorney.The charge was 2,400 to Freightbrain, 1,200 to Soyer.The bus fare to Izmir was 40 lira return and the Port charges were 400 lira.We thought that was excellent value. Needless to say our container arrived with no breakages and we now have our home from England!!!
Title: European Van Lines
Post by: Diverbaz 1 on November 26, 2007, 11:36:35 AM: Thanks AndyLin, have sent email.

Baz 8)/Kaz[:X]
Title: European Van Lines
Post by: Firo on November 26, 2007, 16:48:59 PM: We used Foxs in Newport Wales and had to go to Izmir. Ozcan Soyer said we HAD to be there and could not give him power of attorney to save ourselves going.
£3k to Foxs and £900 to Ozcan Soyer which inc charges, taxes & a sweetner to smooth things along.... prehaps thats why he insists that the people are present. Receipt was for a lot less!
I have only found one person who has not had to pay a sweetner, everyone else has been asked for a little something to move things along quickly. Never saw a customs official only his staff in the 2 days we were there.
We arrived at his office (straight of the ferry after 6 days on the road with dog in tow) did all the paperwork then were told to come back the next day (try finding a hotel in Izmir that accepts dogs...cost us £150)!. Duly arrived at 10am went to the port spent 30 mins doing more paperwork and the told to return 5 hours later [:(!]When we returned we then had the discussion about costs, but by this time we were desperate to get on the road to get on to Fethiye so we paid up. All this time our goods had been in Izmir for 4 days.
He seems to handle all imports for the UK what ever company you use and can only assume thats why he's always smiling ;)
Foxs were excellant and nothing arrived broken in our 20ft container.
Good luck
Fi
Title: European Van Lines
Post by: 1jools on February 28, 2008, 16:17:43 PM: quote:
Originally posted by Firo

We used Foxs in Newport Wales and had to go to Izmir. Ozcan Soyer said we HAD to be there and could not give him power of attorney to save ourselves going.
£3k to Foxs and £900 to Ozcan Soyer which inc charges, taxes & a sweetner to smooth things along.... prehaps thats why he insists that the people are present. Receipt was for a lot less!
I have only found one person who has not had to pay a sweetner, everyone else has been asked for a little something to move things along quickly. Never saw a customs official only his staff in the 2 days we were there.
We arrived at his office (straight of the ferry after 6 days on the road with dog in tow) did all the paperwork then were told to come back the next day (try finding a hotel in Izmir that accepts dogs...cost us £150)!. Duly arrived at 10am went to the port spent 30 mins doing more paperwork and the told to return 5 hours later [:(!]When we returned we then had the discussion about costs, but by this time we were desperate to get on the road to get on to Fethiye so we paid up. All this time our goods had been in Izmir for 4 days.
He seems to handle all imports for the UK what ever company you use and can only assume thats why he's always smiling ;)
Foxs were excellant and nothing arrived broken in our 20ft container.
Good luck
Fi

Hi, I wonder if you could give me a bit more information about travelling overland with your dog - my friend is moving out sometime this year and would appreciate any information/tips you can offer. Also, did you bring your own car? Perhaps you could email me with this info please.

Thanks in advance