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[bourquetheman]

Well it's been 14 years since I've come to Korea and now being married with kids, we have a LOT of stuff. Of course I'm going to sell/give away/chuck a bunch of stuff, but there will still be much left over to ship too. I'm curious if anyone has used or known anyone who has rented space (or a whole) container to ship bigger things? Two friends of mine did back in 2005 but obviously I'm looking for some more current info. At that time they rented space in a container, shipped home some furniture, paintings, etc. and it cost around 1.5 million delivered to their door. Being from a port city (Halifax) makes it cheaper and easier) of course, so luckily I will be heading for Halifax in August. Anyway if anyone has firsthand or reliable experience with this kind of shipping I'd appreciate knowing. I'm going to get my wife to check out info as well, just thought I'd ask here if anyone knew of any reliable ones and the cost. My friend who rented the container said that it might be economical to even ship the car in one. His theory was to pack the car full of stuff and ship it. It's a 3 year old used car with low mileage so that's why I might consider shipping instead of selling it.

[ttompatz]

Sell the car. You can NOT legally import it into Canada.

Shipping by container is pretty easy to do. A 40' container holds a LOT of stuff. Perhaps you only need a 1/2 container? (20'*8 = the same size/volume as a 16 sq. meter apartment (think average one room villa and stuff it from the floor to the ceiling).

Contact the freight company/ freight forwarder (not "moving company") of your choice (there are LOTS of options in/from Korea).

I recently shipped a a 1/2 container full of furniture (antique style - for re-sale) from Incheon to Vancouver and paid just under 2.5 million including insurance (point to point).

Also be aware that moving back to Canada IS different than simply shipping stuff back (tax and customs issues).

http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/cpr-crp-eng.html - look down the right hand side of the page for the section, "Moving back to Canada".

http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyage/fr-ar-eng.html
http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/forms-formulaires/b4-eng.pdf

The additional $10,000 duty free is a big help (in addition to each individual's $750).

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[Canonite]

Tom is right, you can not import any car less than 15 years old into Canada and drive it on the roads...you can import it, but you have to wait 12 years to insure it haha (there are some loopholes, but only 1 in a million cars falls into that).

[bourquetheman]

Ok thanks for the information. Actually I was thinking of selling the car anyway as it would probably be a hassle to license and insure, etc. I've saved that link that you sent, thanks.

[bourquetheman]

Double post by mistake sorry.