Sorry, do not quite understand. When I find out some prices I will certainly share with everyone. Will find out next week. I am not sure if I will bother with a lot of furniture, just boxes and maybe a new freezer.Big Boy wrote:Please provide feedback to us wannabe expats who hope to be follwing soon.
Yes, good idea BB. Fight a hard battle. Bring personal items with sentimental value, only your tropical clothes plus perhaps a small bit of winter things for any trip back or to a cold country here in Asia, a few useful small electrical appliances that are hard to get here (like a good tea kettle), and that's it.Big Boy wrote:Yes, Mrs BB is also Thai. I really wonder if it's worth the cost and hassle of shipping second hand goods, when the same money could be put towards buying new in Thailand - some serious negotiation ahead
Oh I see..I will let you know in due course what I find. I am a bit of a bargain hunter, so will try to strike a good bargain hopefully! Moja says to bring a freezer as they are quite costly in HH. So may ship that. I am not going to bring bulky things, just things that cost a bit to replace. I have also bought from eBay some of those space bags. They are great, they really are. They reduce the size of things enormously! Unbeleivable, I tested it with a duvet, it ended up the size of a newspaper! Not that I am going to need a duvet...hopefully!Big Boy wrote:What I mean is that I've been hoping for early retirement for a while so that I can move to Thailand, and I hope to be following in your footsteps soon. Any shared experiences would be gratefully received.
Like you, I don't intend very much with me, but at the moment Mrs BB has different ideas.
Great for clothes, towels linen, etc. Anyway will post what I learn. A shoulder bag sounds great!! You will impress my husband with that comment! He always says to me that I do not need half the stuff that I have! Well, he could be right of course..but the answer from me is of course....I need it all!!lomuamart wrote:When I came over, I literally had a shoulder bag and that was it. As I was renting out my property, all the furniture etc stayed there and any items of sentimental or monetary value I gave to my brother on permanent loan.
I still retain a "landlord's cupboard" back home in my house. Of all the things in there that I can remember, I'd like my books over here at some stage and shipping them might be a possibility in the future - as long as the cupboard dosn't get pillaged by tenants. It hasn't been so far.
I'm glad you mentioned this.mr lonely wrote: Don't forget that plugs are different here, adaptors are readily available though.
Just so no confusion, a plug adaptor is different than a transformer to be able to use 100-110 volt appliance in a 220-240 electrical system. I wouldn't want to use a transformer long term, if at all, on a heavy duty appliance such as a fridge or freezer. The adaptor plug simply changes the blade configuration/shape to fit the sockets in a particular country. Petemigrant wrote:I'm glad you mentioned this.
At the risk of going off topic, how do the adaptors work for long term? Being from the states our electric is different, but I've always wondered how the adaptors would be on, say a freezer, for a long period of time.
I agree with what you say. Twenty odd years ago I shipped everything to Australia, plus cat and dog. The furniture side was not worth it. Remember that if anyone is shipping antique furniture it very often is not good in a hot climate. The heat and humidity. A lot of the woods can be not solid, just veneer, not advised. I have been an antiques dealer for 45 years..ok if you have the air con on mosy of the time.prcscct wrote:Yes, good idea BB. Fight a hard battle. Bring personal items with sentimental value, only your tropical clothes plus perhaps a small bit of winter things for any trip back or to a cold country here in Asia, a few useful small electrical appliances that are hard to get here (like a good tea kettle), and that's it.Big Boy wrote:Yes, Mrs BB is also Thai. I really wonder if it's worth the cost and hassle of shipping second hand goods, when the same money could be put towards buying new in Thailand - some serious negotiation ahead
I did a big move in 1993 to Singapore and brought most everything except furniture. Later in 1993 moved it to Thailand, 1996 to Hong Kong, late 1996 back to Thailand, late 1998 all back to Hawaii. What a waste of time, cost and space. In my 2004 move back here again, just three suitcases. Even the sentimental value items went to my daughters house on the mainland.
Furniture is a complete waste of money unless you have some kind of antique that's been in the family for generations and you can't emotionally part with it.
A fresh beginning is the best IMO and quite exciting to outfit your life and surroundings again, rather than looking at the same things you've been looking at for ages in Britain. Pete
