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Post by Mollymoo on Jan 24, 2014 14:36:19 GMT
Hi,
Can someone explain to me what this is please im abit confused with it all?
Is it that they either ship everything you want to bring from your home country, or cash in leu for you to buy your own furntiure when you arrive in KSA? If this is the case, ussually how much do they give cash in lue etc, is it enough to buy a tv, sofa etc??
Much Appreciated!! x
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Post by O&GEngg on Jan 26, 2014 7:11:10 GMT
Excellent question! I'm in the same boat here. If we get set up in Rakah then we won't need much of our furniture and could take the cash on lieu option (if available to Rakah residents). Having some sort of idea what this money looks like in advance would be nice but I'm guessing we need to get the info from our relocation advisor.
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Post by Colts18 on Jan 26, 2014 9:26:09 GMT
There are certain limitations on the amount of stuff you can bring, but a standard 3-4 bedroom house (furniture) can be shipped. We took the cash in lieu option since we moved to a furnished house. In any case, the amount is quite decent and your relocation adviser can quickly give you an estimate over the phone. Enough to buy a number of Tvs and Sofas  |
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Post by CanPeng on Feb 7, 2014 8:47:36 GMT
You and your wife are allowed to ship a specific volume by sea and a smaller specific weight by air.
The nice thing is that you can choose ship (your allowance) + take cash in liue (wife's allowance).
if you do that you are allowed one container (was enough for us to ship all important furniture after we got rid from few couches and entertainment unit and gae junk) plus one ebox for things we needed right away shipped by air.. we used to live in a town house
get a shipping company to come to your house and see if your essentials fit in one container
If not I have to tell you you are better off bringing all what you can from your home country
I even bought new furniture and shipped along with my old stuff. When you are new to this place shopping is a pain, and the last thing you want to do is to be driving on the highway looking for furniture shops
If you are going to Rakah, this wouldn't probably apply to you
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Post by swisscobalt on Feb 10, 2014 3:57:31 GMT
CanPeng, in my case it's not possible to combine shipping + cash in lieu. You can only take either shipping, or cash. Not both. I'm surprised to know your enlement is different.
I'm still waiting for my relocation advisor to give me the estimate amount before deciding which one to take
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Post by CanPeng on Feb 22, 2014 8:23:44 GMT
Thats makes it a bit more tough. In general I would say I found everything more expensive here and shopping to be more difficult compared to North America. If you were not to live in Al Rakah, where I understand you get the furniture rental at no fee, I would have suggested to fill your container with the good furniture and belongings you have, get rid of the stuff that is approaching the end of its service life, buy new stuff, furniture, house hold item, clothes, etc to use up your full shipping allowance . I dont know if your Rakah is long term or short term, so that would affect your plan
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Post by O&GEngg on Feb 23, 2014 15:06:42 GMT
Great post CanPeng! At this point, my family and I are kind of assuming that we'll be in Rakah (I know a bit presumptuous) but we are also planning on taking the vast majority of our furniture with us. Yes, we could make some extra cash with the cash-in-lieu option but the amount of hassle may not be worth it. Regardless of what community we end up in we feel that it would be nice having all of our own furniture. Plus, I'm sure we'll have enough going on when we get there that shopping for/buying new furniture likely won't be high on our list of things that we want to do.
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Post by pebee on Feb 23, 2014 20:21:41 GMT
vpainter , can you please send me the same email regarding shipping vs carrying excess baggage. Thank you
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Post by vpainter on Feb 24, 2014 20:25:40 GMT
pebee,
Sorry, I am not sure what email you are referring to. I didn't see where I'd sent one in this topic. I send out an email on shipping companies that came to DHA and told about their services. They can be receiving agents for you if you do a personal shipment here with another shipping company.
I have told people that we used to do shipments every repat back to KSA, but that now we just bring it all as excess luggage. We find it's only about $10 to $20 difference, but the excess luggage arrives when we do, if the airline hasn't misplaced it, which has happened occasionally when one flight has been delayed and we barely make it to the next one in our transit airport in Europe. Then it comes in usually the next day or two.
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Post by pebee on Feb 26, 2014 1:51:30 GMT
Oops, sorry, it supposed to be posted in shipping boxes to UDH and ABQ forum, anyway, thank you for your explanation vpainter.
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Post by teebee on Feb 26, 2014 8:26:27 GMT
Hi Mollymoo
As you are coming out as a secretary, I expect you will be allowed the same shipping allowance as I was, which was about 450kg. If you choose to take the cash in lieu, I think it is the equivalent of around AUD1500 (that's if I recall correctly). Your recruitment agent should be able to confirm this amount.
FYI - I exceeded my shipment allowance by a LOT (I ended up shipping about 750kg) and I was not asked to pay any difference.
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Post by crdodge40 on Mar 9, 2014 2:56:04 GMT
vpainter , can you please send me the same email regarding shipping. I will be arriving on Mar 21st. and would like to know of any shipping companies that could handle my shipment from Houston to Rakah compound. Thank You!
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Post by vpainter on Mar 10, 2014 19:32:46 GMT
Sent you an email.
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