Home From Santiago, Chile to Edmonton, Canada - March, 2010

From Santiago, Chile to Edmonton, Canada - March, 2010

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Shipment From: 
Santiago, Chile
Shipment To: 
Edmonton, Canada
Shipper details
Contact person name: 
Ronald Chaytor
Company name: 
Ace Cargo
Company web page: 
http://acecargo.cl
Contact person email: 
acec...@acecargo.cl
Contact details: 

56 2 225 5468
Jose Manuel Infante 2261

Travellers Impressions of the shipper
Recommended?: 
No
Rating: 
2/5 - Not very good
Information about this Shipment
Shipping Method: 
Sea
Shipping date: 
March, 2010
Cost Paid at Start (US $): 
US$2700 including crating
Comments: 

The plan was that they were supposed to hold the bike for a month before shipping, but they simply forgot about it. The temporary importation expired, which required more paperwork before the bike could be exported. Overall, it took 5 months to get the bike home. I was there while the bike was crated, and they did an excellent job, I think this portion of the cost was about $300. I talked with Villa Kunterbundt in Valparaiso. They were not much cheaper, and for some reason, could not arrange for my bike to be shipped to the town where I lived - which is why I chose Ace. Another couple I met on the road were in the process of having their bike shipped to New Zealand by Ace. They seemed to have better luck than me. I think the problem was that they simply forgot about my bike, and the problems just compounded from there. The cost was high, but after the earthquake, I just wanted to get out of there! I heard that it would have been much cheaper to ship from Buenos Aires, but I didn´t really want to ride there. In hindsight, with the dock fees, etc. at this end, I probably would have been better off to just push the bike off a cliff down there. However, I just counted it as part of the cost of doing a year-long trip.


 

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