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by lchen123 » Wed, 20 Feb 2008 5:45 pm
We are moving from europe to singapore and I got the prices. I am a little stuck on recommendation of movers on the singapore leg.
2 companies in singapore so far.
Allied pickfords
AsianTigers KC dat
Does anyone have good or bad experience with those 2 companies ?
It is a door to door, so I need someone that is careful enough when they unpack,rebuild the furniture and put items back again in the cupboards.
appriciate any comments. thanks
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by ching » Wed, 20 Feb 2008 8:36 pm
Hi, we used Santa Fe relocations and they did pretty well.
I think their website is
www.santaferelo.com
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by lchen123 » Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:45 pm
Thanks for the input.
Does anyone have experience with the movers Allied pickford ?
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by Matney » Thu, 21 Feb 2008 7:10 pm
Got quotes from Allied, but went with KC Dat and don't regret it one bit.
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by williamw » Mon, 03 Mar 2008 4:34 pm
I have used allied pickford twice for local move. I have a LOT of stuff including piano, anitque shelves, designer furniture, etc. THey did a GREAT job in wrapping things up and unpacking. the only thing that i was not happy about was they said they were going to finish by 7pm by they didn't finish till 10pm. But I'd rather they take their time in moving my stuff and not breaking anything. By they way, it seems to me all the workers in both KC Dat and allied Pickford are indians.
I got a quote from KC Dat but didn't use them because the sale person wasn't that efficient. However, the sale person i was using at Allied Pickford have left now.
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by road.not.taken » Mon, 03 Mar 2008 5:53 pm
williamw wrote:I have used allied pickford twice for local move. I have a LOT of stuff including piano, anitque shelves, designer furniture, etc. THey did a GREAT job in wrapping things up and unpacking. the only thing that i was not happy about was they said they were going to finish by 7pm by they didn't finish till 10pm. But I'd rather they take their time in moving my stuff and not breaking anything. By they way, it seems to me all the workers in both KC Dat and allied Pickford are indians.
I got a quote from KC Dat but didn't use them because the sale person wasn't that efficient. However, the sale person i was using at Allied Pickford have left now.
What possible reason would it matter if the movers were Indian?
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by sundaymorningstaple » Mon, 03 Mar 2008 6:09 pm
road.not.taken, you beat me to it!

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by williamw » Mon, 03 Mar 2008 6:10 pm
no reason. just a fact.
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by road.not.taken » Mon, 03 Mar 2008 7:09 pm
Did both companies use trucks and cardboard boxes? Let's get all our facts straight, by all means...
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by sundaymorningstaple » Mon, 03 Mar 2008 9:03 pm
But is it a relevant fact for making a decision to use a particular mover?
Are we supposed base our recommendations on that as being either a pro or con? If neither then why bring it up?
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
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by rasserie » Tue, 04 Mar 2008 1:49 pm
u can try KC dat, i know some schools in singapore uses KC dat to move stuffs
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by sundaymorningstaple » Tue, 04 Mar 2008 6:37 pm
rasserie wrote:u can try KC dat, i know some schools in singapore uses KC dat to move stuffs
Did you even bother to read the thread?
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
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