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Friday, 24 September 2010
Zebra Removals Warrington
IKEA Collection and Delivery
Zebra Removals offer you a cheaper and faster alternative to large store's, such as Ikea, own delivery service.
We can offer a same day collection and delivery service from IKEA Warrington at a time convenient for you and we even have room for two passengers if required.
.This will be a huge saving over IKEA's own service and for those urgent deliveries, there is just no comparison.
We use large 3.5 tonne Luton vans to ensure even the biggest items will fit in and our vans are equipped with securing straps and transit blankets to make sure your packages arrive in great shape.
Why wait for Ikea to deliver or make more than one trip in your car? Just give Zebra Removals a call and we'll be happy to help and with deliveries starting from £25 you'd be mad not to call.
Zebra Removals offer you a cheaper and faster alternative to large store's, such as Ikea, own delivery service.
We can offer a same day collection and delivery service from IKEA Warrington at a time convenient for you and we even have room for two passengers if required.
.This will be a huge saving over IKEA's own service and for those urgent deliveries, there is just no comparison.
We use large 3.5 tonne Luton vans to ensure even the biggest items will fit in and our vans are equipped with securing straps and transit blankets to make sure your packages arrive in great shape.
Why wait for Ikea to deliver or make more than one trip in your car? Just give Zebra Removals a call and we'll be happy to help and with deliveries starting from £25 you'd be mad not to call.
http://www.zebraremovals.co.uk/
Zebra “warrington house removals” Removals
2007 and eBay prohibits the use of Google Checkout on eBay. EBay sellers attending the eBay Live party are invited to attend a Google live event entitled the “Google Checkout Freedom Party”
EBay cancels all U.S advertising on Google
Google backs down and cancels the party
This would appear to suggest some tension between the two companies.
2008 and eBay introduce a new search algorithm on its sales platform called “best match” So you thought you could just list your “stuff” and it would appear on an equal footing with other listings? Think again. Best match appears to work in much the same way as Google’s search algorithm accept, of course, there is no page ranking as generally eBay listings do not have in-bound links.
Listings that rank well and so do well in eBay searches are generally those listed by Power sellers and more recently “Top rated sellers” (TRS) who must maintain a very high standard of selling which is judged by buyers who rank sellers not only with a feedback system but with a series of 1 to 5 star ratings called “Detailed Seller Ratings” (DSRs) Your DSR’s fall below 4.6 and it’s EBay’s equivalent of Google’s sandbox for your listings.
Of course this system is weighted very much in favour of the large sellers on eBay selling hundreds of items a day. If they get a few low DSRs they’re diluted by the huge number of high ones they’ll get. Even negative feedback comments don’t mean much to a seller with a feedback count in tens of thousands. To the small seller, however, one bad rating can see their visibility reduced and even their account suspended.
Very similar to a webmaster being penalised by Google for “black hat” techniques which sees their website visibility reduced or even de-indexed. This topic is covered widely on Googles forum “Webmaster Central” as well as EBay’s forum including the rather lively Q&A board which, interestingly is about to be retired and replaced with “Seller Central”
Google has now introduced its new search; “ Instant” where it guesses what the searcher is going to type before it is actually entered. To see how impartial this is let’s take a look at the default Google alphabet.
A is for Argos, Amazon, Asda, Asos, a
B is for BBC, BBC news, BBC weather, BBC Sport, b
C is for Currys, Comet, CBBC, Cineworld, c
D is for Debenhams, Daily Mail, DVLA, Dictionary, d
E is for eBay, Easyjet, Expedia, ebuddy, e
F is for Facebook, Facebook login, FRIV, First Choice,
G is for Google maps, Gmail, Gumtree, Games, g
H is for Hotmail, HSBC, Homebase, Halford, h
I is for ITV, Ikea, iPlayer, IMDB, i
J is for John Lewis, Jobcentre Plus, Jane Norman, Jobs, j
K is for KLM, KFC, Kwik Fit, Karen Millen, k
L is for Lotto, Lloyds TSB, Lottery results, Lidl, l
M is for MSN, Maps, Matalan, Miniclip, m
N is for Next, New Look, Natwest, National Rail, n
O is for O2, Orange, Odeon, Office, o
P is for Paypal, PC World, Play, Primark, p
Q is for QVC, Quidco, Quiz, Quotes, q
R is for Rightmove, Ryanair, River Island, Royal Mail, r
S is for Sky, Sky news, Sky Sports, Skype, s
T is for Tesco, TFL, The Sun, Topshop, t
U is for Utube, UCAS, UK Top 40, UFC, u
V is for Virgin, Vodafone, Virgin Media, Very, v
W is for Weather, Wikipeida, Wickes, We7, w
X is for Xbox, Xe, Xbox Live, Xfm, x
Y is for YouTube, Yahoo, Yahoo mail, yell, y
Z is for Zara, Zoopla, Zumba, Zizzi, z
OK no reference to eBay there then, or PayPal or Gumtree in fact hardly any brands at all.
www.zebraremovals.co.uk
EditEBay cancels all U.S advertising on Google
Google backs down and cancels the party
This would appear to suggest some tension between the two companies.
2008 and eBay introduce a new search algorithm on its sales platform called “best match” So you thought you could just list your “stuff” and it would appear on an equal footing with other listings? Think again. Best match appears to work in much the same way as Google’s search algorithm accept, of course, there is no page ranking as generally eBay listings do not have in-bound links.
Listings that rank well and so do well in eBay searches are generally those listed by Power sellers and more recently “Top rated sellers” (TRS) who must maintain a very high standard of selling which is judged by buyers who rank sellers not only with a feedback system but with a series of 1 to 5 star ratings called “Detailed Seller Ratings” (DSRs) Your DSR’s fall below 4.6 and it’s EBay’s equivalent of Google’s sandbox for your listings.
Of course this system is weighted very much in favour of the large sellers on eBay selling hundreds of items a day. If they get a few low DSRs they’re diluted by the huge number of high ones they’ll get. Even negative feedback comments don’t mean much to a seller with a feedback count in tens of thousands. To the small seller, however, one bad rating can see their visibility reduced and even their account suspended.
Very similar to a webmaster being penalised by Google for “black hat” techniques which sees their website visibility reduced or even de-indexed. This topic is covered widely on Googles forum “Webmaster Central” as well as EBay’s forum including the rather lively Q&A board which, interestingly is about to be retired and replaced with “Seller Central”
Google has now introduced its new search; “ Instant” where it guesses what the searcher is going to type before it is actually entered. To see how impartial this is let’s take a look at the default Google alphabet.
A is for Argos, Amazon, Asda, Asos, a
B is for BBC, BBC news, BBC weather, BBC Sport, b
C is for Currys, Comet, CBBC, Cineworld, c
D is for Debenhams, Daily Mail, DVLA, Dictionary, d
E is for eBay, Easyjet, Expedia, ebuddy, e
F is for Facebook, Facebook login, FRIV, First Choice,
G is for Google maps, Gmail, Gumtree, Games, g
H is for Hotmail, HSBC, Homebase, Halford, h
I is for ITV, Ikea, iPlayer, IMDB, i
J is for John Lewis, Jobcentre Plus, Jane Norman, Jobs, j
K is for KLM, KFC, Kwik Fit, Karen Millen, k
L is for Lotto, Lloyds TSB, Lottery results, Lidl, l
M is for MSN, Maps, Matalan, Miniclip, m
N is for Next, New Look, Natwest, National Rail, n
O is for O2, Orange, Odeon, Office, o
P is for Paypal, PC World, Play, Primark, p
Q is for QVC, Quidco, Quiz, Quotes, q
R is for Rightmove, Ryanair, River Island, Royal Mail, r
S is for Sky, Sky news, Sky Sports, Skype, s
T is for Tesco, TFL, The Sun, Topshop, t
U is for Utube, UCAS, UK Top 40, UFC, u
V is for Virgin, Vodafone, Virgin Media, Very, v
W is for Weather, Wikipeida, Wickes, We7, w
X is for Xbox, Xe, Xbox Live, Xfm, x
Y is for YouTube, Yahoo, Yahoo mail, yell, y
Z is for Zara, Zoopla, Zumba, Zizzi, z
OK no reference to eBay there then, or PayPal or Gumtree in fact hardly any brands at all.
www.zebraremovals.co.uk
September 10, 2010
Where will we shop when the shops have gone?
Recent news reports suggests that many shops in the UK are now lying empty with Altrincham in the North West topping the figures at 30%. There’s no doubting we are facing difficult financial times but is that really all that is destroying our high streets.
Over the last few years on-line retailing has grown exponentially with retailers like Tesco, Argos and John Lewis make huge in-roads into on-line sellers and sites such as eBay and Amazon growing massively.
But is everything as it seems, is the world of on-line selling a level playing field or is it about to become a mirror image of our high streets where the huge supermarkets dominate and the small shopkeeper is squeezed out.
Let’s start by looking at eBay, and let’s look at how eBay started out. You’ve probably read how eBay was created by Pierre Omidyar for his fiancée Pam Wesley who collected Pez dispensers. Pam commented how it would be great if she could trade her dispensers in one place. EBay was born; in the words eBay’s PR chief “as a kind of love token” This story got eBay lots of publicity in publications like The New Yorker and The Wall Street Times. The story has been re-counted many times on both sides of the Atlantic helping turn eBay into one of the internet’s gold rush companies.
It’s a nice story, but like so many other of the humble “I started out in a garage” start up tales, it’s not true. It is a tale invented by the PR chief to gain publicity for the company and a tale which hoodwinked many well respected journalists.
EBay has grown over the years and has become dominant in the on-line auction sector, if you have something to sell and want to sell it on-line where do you go? Yes there are other sites but none has the traffic that eBay has in the UK and worldwide. So is eBay a fair place to sell? And is there an eBay agenda for on-line selling in the future.
In 2008 eBay introduced the mandatory acceptance of Pay Pal as a method of payment, Pay Pal is an on-line payment processing company owned by eBay. This move had ebayers the world over up in arms but also brought in complaints from other businesses and banks citing reduced competition and the fact that users would have to agree to the new terms or leave the marketplace.
In Australia the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission received numerous complaints about the eBay/PayPal tie in but one complaint is particularly interesting. The ACCC publish details of submitted complaints on their website. One such complaint was a 38 page pdf submitted in word format. The doc was entitled “ACCC Submission by Google re eBay Public 2.DOC.” The file was removed from the site and re-posted with a new title. PayPal does not have to be offered on eBay.au now, but it remains compulsory in the UK. Google offers its own checkout option “Google Checkout”
Whilst PayPal may be a convenient form of accepting payment, it offers no facility for eBay items which are purchased and then collected in person. In the event of a buyer submitting a dispute to PayPal for an item not being received (INR) PayPal will look to the seller to provide proof of delivery via on-line tracking, no other proof will be accepted. On-line tracking, of course, will not be available if you’ve sold your sofa on eBay and the buyer has paid via PayPal and collected in person. Some say, that this system could easily be tweaked with the introduction of a PIN system whereby the buyer, at point of collection, enters a PIN number into the seller’s PayPal account proving collection. At this point nothing has been done to correct this oversight and eBay sellers constantly run the risk of INR claims on collected items. But is this really an oversight or do eBay/PayPal really not want these small time sellers? Would they really prefer eBay to be entirely an on-line experience, perfect for big sellers such as Argos.
Other recent changes to eBay would certainly suggest that this is the case.
To be continued..
www.zebraremovals.co.uk
EditOver the last few years on-line retailing has grown exponentially with retailers like Tesco, Argos and John Lewis make huge in-roads into on-line sellers and sites such as eBay and Amazon growing massively.
But is everything as it seems, is the world of on-line selling a level playing field or is it about to become a mirror image of our high streets where the huge supermarkets dominate and the small shopkeeper is squeezed out.
Let’s start by looking at eBay, and let’s look at how eBay started out. You’ve probably read how eBay was created by Pierre Omidyar for his fiancée Pam Wesley who collected Pez dispensers. Pam commented how it would be great if she could trade her dispensers in one place. EBay was born; in the words eBay’s PR chief “as a kind of love token” This story got eBay lots of publicity in publications like The New Yorker and The Wall Street Times. The story has been re-counted many times on both sides of the Atlantic helping turn eBay into one of the internet’s gold rush companies.
It’s a nice story, but like so many other of the humble “I started out in a garage” start up tales, it’s not true. It is a tale invented by the PR chief to gain publicity for the company and a tale which hoodwinked many well respected journalists.
EBay has grown over the years and has become dominant in the on-line auction sector, if you have something to sell and want to sell it on-line where do you go? Yes there are other sites but none has the traffic that eBay has in the UK and worldwide. So is eBay a fair place to sell? And is there an eBay agenda for on-line selling in the future.
In 2008 eBay introduced the mandatory acceptance of Pay Pal as a method of payment, Pay Pal is an on-line payment processing company owned by eBay. This move had ebayers the world over up in arms but also brought in complaints from other businesses and banks citing reduced competition and the fact that users would have to agree to the new terms or leave the marketplace.
In Australia the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission received numerous complaints about the eBay/PayPal tie in but one complaint is particularly interesting. The ACCC publish details of submitted complaints on their website. One such complaint was a 38 page pdf submitted in word format. The doc was entitled “ACCC Submission by Google re eBay Public 2.DOC.” The file was removed from the site and re-posted with a new title. PayPal does not have to be offered on eBay.au now, but it remains compulsory in the UK. Google offers its own checkout option “Google Checkout”
Whilst PayPal may be a convenient form of accepting payment, it offers no facility for eBay items which are purchased and then collected in person. In the event of a buyer submitting a dispute to PayPal for an item not being received (INR) PayPal will look to the seller to provide proof of delivery via on-line tracking, no other proof will be accepted. On-line tracking, of course, will not be available if you’ve sold your sofa on eBay and the buyer has paid via PayPal and collected in person. Some say, that this system could easily be tweaked with the introduction of a PIN system whereby the buyer, at point of collection, enters a PIN number into the seller’s PayPal account proving collection. At this point nothing has been done to correct this oversight and eBay sellers constantly run the risk of INR claims on collected items. But is this really an oversight or do eBay/PayPal really not want these small time sellers? Would they really prefer eBay to be entirely an on-line experience, perfect for big sellers such as Argos.
Other recent changes to eBay would certainly suggest that this is the case.
To be continued..
www.zebraremovals.co.uk
September 9, 2010
Student Removals
Zebra Removals Student Moves
1. The easiest way to reduce the cost of a move, particularly a long distance one is to share. This is a practice we actively encourage people to undertake. Typically students don’t have as much “stuff” as a family so their move may only require half a van. Unfortunately, we can’t provide half a van and if you try and use a small van, you run the risk of either not fitting everything in or items being squashed and damaged. The answer is to try and find at least one other person to share with, if you know someone who is going to the same University, the chances are they are having the same problem as you in locating an affordable removal option.
www.zebraremovals.co.uk
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Saturday 28th August 2010
After a record breaking week last week for Zebra Removals we managed to set a new record this week! We’ve carried out more removals this week than ever before and along the way met up with many repeat customers and are already taking bookings from recommendations of these customers.
We’ve also manged to fit in a few house clearances as well as our usual trade deliveries including an enormours set of ladders going to Warrington and a 12 foot long table bought on eBay from a seller in Wilmslow.
Next week is already fully booked although we have some space available on a van travelling from Oxfordshire to Cheshire on Tuesday, if anyone wants a really good deal on transport.
Thursday 18th August 2010 Busy, busy !
This week is possibly the busiest week we have ever had. During the economic downturn it seems more and more people are turning to small removal companies when they move house, instead of hiring a large firm. As we use smaller vehicles our costs are considerably lower and we also actively market our return trips when we carry out a long distance removal so the customer only ever pays for a one way trip.
If you want to keep your moving costs to a minimum and save time here are some more moving tips :-
Create a portable kit consisiting of marker pens, plasters, tea kit, phone numbers, tools, labels, keys, toileteries, a good take away telephone number and other essentials not to be packed – don’t forget to mark the kit ‘not to be packed!’
Always pack boxes level, and seal them so that they can be stacked, and mark which room they are to go in.
Stack plates on their sides, not flat, and try to layer china with the odd tea towel or other padding.
Keep boxes to a sensible weight.
Try not to leave hollow spaces in boxes – use pillows or cushions where necessary.
Loose clothes, jackets and bedding etc. can go into binliners.
Garden tools and other loose items can be taped together into bundles.
Some items can stay in chests of drawers and bedside cabinets provided they are not fragile.
Don’t water plants before the removal – should they tip over they will make a mess.
Don’t pack any flammables.
Saturday 14th August 2010. Don’t look down!
We have carried out many office re-locations but this was deifinately the most exciting to date. We were asked to work on an office re-location from the BT Tower which involved moving the contents of several offices to a storage unit in Kent. Most of the equipment we were moving was old video and audio recording devices from the eighties which for the more “geeky” amongst us was absolutely fascinating. Loading the vans was actaully fairly easy as we had use of large trolleys and even larger lifts and the loading bay at BT Tower is enormous.
What wasn’t quite so easy was the convoy across central London to get to the storage facility in Beckenham. We all managed to make it eventually and got everything safetly into storage.
We had an overnight stop in London and, just to make sure we got back to Warrington completely exhausted, we had a house removal booked in from Kent to Knutsford in Cheshire. We don’t like an empty van at Zebra Removals and Mr and Mrs Whittle from Kent were delighted we could offer them a discount on their removal, taking advantage of our backload price.
We carry our many office removals, we even carried out the office removal for one of our on-line advertising directories. Why not contact us to see how we can help you.
Wednesday 11th August 2010 Double Glazing
It’s another busy day today. We’ve gotr to get to Rotherham near sheffield to pick up double glazed patio doors from a company called Demtrav2000ltd. Demtrav are one of a growing number of business customers that usey eBay as a selling platform. In order to grow the business Demtrav asked Zebra if we could provide the transport for their products. We assured them that we could provide a level of service that would impress their customers and the fact that they could now offer UK delivery would send their sales into overdrive. Once a double glazed unit is ordered, we liase with Demtrav to ensure it’s collected and delivered within the customer’s expected timeframe, ensuring that the customer buying experience isn’t tarnished by a poor delivery service.
Ebay selling for businesses has grown exponentially over the last couple of years and Zebra Removals has helped many small businesses grow by offering a cost effective delivery option.
If you have an ebay business and feel our courier service could be of use to you in growing your business, please contact us.
Ebay selling can be difficult, but to help out here are ten useful tips:-
1. Groundwork – Before you even start, you need to research your market. If you have a product in mind, do you have a lot of competition, can you make a profit by selling on eBay?
2. Committment – Although selling on ebay may sound easy, if you want to set-up a real business selling, you will need a lot of committment, just as you would in any other business area.
3. Presentation – Marketing your products is as important as any other tip on this page. Your listings pages are like parts of a shop window. Take time creating clear and uncluttered listings templates, make your listings as professional looking as possible and you could gain competitive edge over other sellers in your field.
4. Growing your eBay business – Organic growth is best. Rather than spending a fortune on products and storage, why not test the water. See how the selling process works in practice, which items are the most popular and then grow the business at a reasonable pace.
5. Reputation – ebay has a feedback system which rates sellers according to the amount of positive feedback they receive. People are unlikely to buy of sellers with a low percentage of good feedback. Over time, the number of feedback points your get will increase.
6. Communication – Despite being Internet based, you will regularly interact with buyers via email. Asking questions, confirming postage costs, etc. Make sure you answer all your buyers’ questions in a timely and professional manner – you may well be selling to them again if you get it right the first time.
7. Packaging – When sending goods out to customers, ensure they are well packaged. Receiving a securely wrapped parcel will impress customers and ensure you receive glowing feedback points. For higher value items, we recommend you use recorded or registered post. It is also worth sending a copy of the bid receipt with the package.
8. Payment – Paypal is the recommended method of payment on ebay – transactions are instant and linked to the buyer/seller’s bank accounts securely. Disputed transactions are easy to clear up. However, to reach as wider audience as possible, you’d be wise to accept all types of payment. If you do opt to accept personal cheques, make sure the payment has cleared before sending out the item
9. Keywords & Description – Take time to input accurate keywords relating to your product and make your title line as succinct as possible. Buyers will often make a decision at the search stage, i.e. if the title is clear and not full of sales nonsense, they are more likely to click on the link.
10. Tax Liabilities – You do need to keep a record of your costs and profits for tax purposes. The Inland Revenue is more than aware of the money made on ebay UK and you must declare your profits (minus costs) on your tax return each year as any small business would do.
We started the day with a fantastic drive past the Cat and Fiddle in the Peak District and at the end of the day all we had left was a fantastic drive back from Yorkshire to Lancashire via the A65 past more stunning scenery.
Of course, we had to stop on the way to make one last delivery in Lancaster. We had collected a sofa for a customer earlier in the month and arranged to drop it off on the way back. The customer in question had been recommended by a previous customer which is how much of our work is gained. Heather was delighted with our sofa and even agreed to pose with The Zebra.
Tuesday 10th August 2010. 5am!
Lots on today, the secret of getting a lot done in one day is easy – start really really early. We leave Stockton Heath at 5am and it’s down the M6 and M5 to Swindon. We time our days by whats on the radio 2, we know it’s a busy day if Sarah Kennedy hasn’t started dawn Patrol yet!
No hold ups at Birmingham so we in Swindon for 8.30. We’ve got a delivery of sofas and a delivery of industrial resin, at least it’s different! Once we’ve made the last delivery we’re into the middle of Swindon for a house removal. Our customers are re-locating to Ormskirk in Lancashire and have chosen Zebra Removals for the job.
We’ve got the van loaded in approx 1 and a half hours and we’re on the road again. Customers seem the appreciate the fact that we turn up on time and actually carry out the job properly, something which seems to be difficultfor some other businesses.
We’re up in Ormskirk for 3pm and we’ve got the van un-loaded and all the furniture in place by 4.pm. Our customers are delighted and I’m sure we’ll be seing them again.
Saturday 7th August 2010. Ok so you want to save some money….
Yesterday and today we undertook two house removals both from Cheshire and both to the South Coast. I was talking to one of the customers and he told me that he had contemplated hiring a van and doing the move himself. It wasn’t until he sat down with a calculator and worked out exactly what it was going to cost, with van rental, fuel, securing straps for the van, transit blankets, more fuel to return the van etc plus he was going to have to rope some friends in and actually do all the work, that he realised it was actually more cost effective to use us.
When you are looking for a removal company, you want to choose the right removal company for you. This means a company that is reliable and who will be able to give you a quote on any type of moving that you plan to do. You need to take a look around at the companies that are out there when it comes to moving so that you can find one that will give you a good quote as well as accommodate your moving needs. You may be looking for full service or just some to help you move your items that are already packed. There is a difference in price as well as service when you are looking for house removals.
If you are looking to save money when it comes to movers, you can do so by packing as many items as you can and then moving what you can on your own, leaving the bigger items that are heavy to move to the company. If you have everything packed for the UK movers when they arrive, they will charge less than if they have to pack everything for you. The more work you do on your own, the less you pay when it comes to a removal company.
Many people who try to move on their own by renting vans and using friends for the move end up breaking a lot of items and even leaving some items behind.
Friends get tired after a while and no one wants to help someone else have to make a move. You are better off to hire a professional removal company than owing friends for this service as you will be taking a burden off of them as well. Best of all, when you use movers, you know that the items are being moved in the right way and are secure in the boxes in the van.
If you have special items that need special care, you need to tell the removal company about them. They will be able to give you a quote on your moving as well as schedule you for a date to move. It is best to hire movers as soon as you know when you plan to move so that you can get everything scheduled.
Thursday 5th August 2010. Trainspotting
For a change, this morning we’re out in the country, West Wales to be exact in Ffestiniog home of the famous Ffestiniog Railway, the oldest independant railway company in the country.
We’re here to deliver a kitchen in Porthmadog that we collected in Warrington yesterday, but we still have time for some sight seeing. It makes a nice
change from constant motorway driving.
While we were here we dropped in at Portmeirion as we had a a collection
scheduled from here.
The afternoon and it’s another house removal and another happy customer. We moved our customers from Ellsmere Port on the Wirral to Billinge in Wigan. They were quite surprised when they asked us how the traffic was on the Motorway and we replied “we dont know, we’ve just come over from Portmeirion!”
Tuesday 3rd August 2010. Kitchens
More and more people seem to be buying used kitchens, normally from eBay and we seem to deliver all of them! Buying a used kitchen can be a great way of saving money and we are can provide the perfect transportation solution. We use large vans meaning your units won’t be squashed together causing damage and any heavy appliances can be safetly loaded using a tail lift. We provide all the transit blankets and securing straps to ensure everything arrives at it’s destination in the same condition it was when it left.
We are happy to liase with the sellers to organise collection and generally provide two men to load and un-load the kitchen. We seem to be the company of choice for fitted kitchen delivery, we delivered two today!
To try and make your kitchen purchase that much easier, we’ve compiled the following short guide:-
Layout: first determine the basic layout of the kitchen, make a scale drawing, and calculate the exact size and number of the base units and wall units required. With an itemised list you can then shop around to find the best deal (whether it be new or used). eBay can be a great place to find used kitchens, as it has a very good photograph facility, and you can contact the buyer to ask questions about various sizes, general condition, exact quanities, or ideally arrange a viewing.
Buying a used kitchen: as a general rule its a good idea to buy a kitchen which has more units than is required because if you find a door is scratched, damaged, or hinged the wrong way, odds are it will not be possible to purchase a new door that will match. Work surfaces are easy to replace, but doors and side panels are not! You might consider simple styled kitchen units in a natural wood (i.e. shaker styles) as these may not date as quickly as some other styles, and they wear better than those with heavy lacquered finishes.
If you are considering buying a used kitchen, let us know, and we’ll send you a transport quote.
Monday 2nd August 2010. Moving cats and dogs.
Two local Warrington removals today and both involved moving cats. This can prove stressfull for the both the owner and the pet so, being an animal lover! I thought I’d publish some tips on moving house with a pet:-
Avoid stress by familiarizing the pet with the carrier several weeks before the scheduled move. Leave the carrier open and always accessible to the cat or dog. Place a pet bed or blankets inside and hide treats and toys inside the carrier. And feed all meals inside the carrier, with the door left open. Associating the pet carrier with positive things will cause the pet to view the carrier as a nice place to be.
Dogs and cats must remain in their carrier during the move-in process in order to avoid a situation where a dog or cat is lost because he or she slips out the door during the move.
If the move-in process is expected to take more than a day, it’s a wise idea to arrange for the pets to stay with a family member or friend. Putting your pet in kennels while moving in to a new home is also an option.
Once in the new home, the dog or cat carrier will be an essential adjustment tool. The carrier will serve as a familiar “home base” or “safe zone” that will help the pet cope with their arrival in a new home, with its unfamiliar sights, sounds and smells.
Once the move-in is complete, the carrier can be placed in a quiet room. Open the door to the carrier and allow the pet to explore the room at his or her own pace. Feedings should be given in the safe room until the dog or cat has adjusted to the move.
Once the pet is comfortable in the safe room, begin leaving the door open and the pet will gradually start to explore the rest of the home. For dogs, this process tends to take a matter of hours, whereas it will take a few days for most cats to start feeling comfortable in the new home.
Dogs and cats find routine comforting and reassuring. So it’s best to establish a strict pet care schedule right away when moving into a new house.
Developing a strict pet care schedule for meals, walks, bathroom breaks and other activities will help dogs and cats to adjust to life in the new home. This will also lessen the chances of the pet developing a behavioral problem.
Moving to a new home can be stressful for cats, dogs and humans. The key is to plan ahead and allow the cat or dog to adjust at his or her own rate and be patient. Patience is key and before too long, the new house will feel like home in no time for both human and pets.
Saturday 31st July 2010. Clearing up.Dogs and cats must remain in their carrier during the move-in process in order to avoid a situation where a dog or cat is lost because he or she slips out the door during the move.
If the move-in process is expected to take more than a day, it’s a wise idea to arrange for the pets to stay with a family member or friend. Putting your pet in kennels while moving in to a new home is also an option.
Once in the new home, the dog or cat carrier will be an essential adjustment tool. The carrier will serve as a familiar “home base” or “safe zone” that will help the pet cope with their arrival in a new home, with its unfamiliar sights, sounds and smells.
Once the move-in is complete, the carrier can be placed in a quiet room. Open the door to the carrier and allow the pet to explore the room at his or her own pace. Feedings should be given in the safe room until the dog or cat has adjusted to the move.
Once the pet is comfortable in the safe room, begin leaving the door open and the pet will gradually start to explore the rest of the home. For dogs, this process tends to take a matter of hours, whereas it will take a few days for most cats to start feeling comfortable in the new home.
Dogs and cats find routine comforting and reassuring. So it’s best to establish a strict pet care schedule right away when moving into a new house.
Developing a strict pet care schedule for meals, walks, bathroom breaks and other activities will help dogs and cats to adjust to life in the new home. This will also lessen the chances of the pet developing a behavioral problem.
Moving to a new home can be stressful for cats, dogs and humans. The key is to plan ahead and allow the cat or dog to adjust at his or her own rate and be patient. Patience is key and before too long, the new house will feel like home in no time for both human and pets.
House clearance time today. We were instructed by solicitors to perform a house clearance on a very cluttered bungalow in Wigan. We were asked to remove everything from the property including the carpets and an old shed to the rear of the house.
The clearance took approximately 5 hours and the property was left completely empty and ready for estate agent viewings. Click here for more details of our house clearance service which we carry out throughout the North West.
Saturday night and we’ve escaped! After a hard week’s work it was off to Tom at 101 in Stockton Heath, Warrington for a well earned night out.
As ever Tom, was pleased to see us and came over to say hello.
tom@101
Back to the business of house removals today. Our customer was recommended to Zebra Removals by her father who used our services 12 months ago.
As usual, everything was loaded onto the van safetly and delivered to the new address in Preston, a second floor apartment overlooking the marina, luckily there was a lift!
Before starting the return leg back to Stockton Heath, we stopped of at in Longridge, Preston to collect sofas that we have booked in for delivery to Surrey in a couple of weeks.
Thursday 29th July2010 The thing is, I’ve bought a hovercraft…..
We get asked to collect and deliver all sorts of things, all over the country. It used to be that we would undertake a house removal and then, to cover the fuel cost of the return journey, collect and deliver a sofa or wardrobe on the way back. With the explosion of eBay buying and selling, those days are long gone. We now operate a full time courier service for ebay items, alongside our removal service.
Today, for example, we collected a kitchen in Chester, bought on eBay, by a couple inCarmarthen, South Wales. Kitchen deliveries really do need to be handled professionally, it just isn’t good enough to turn up in a battered old van and try and squeeze in someone’s kitchen units, worktops, appliance etc and hope they won’t get damaged, they will!
Any decent delivery service will proivide the correct size vehicle, preferably with a tail lift, this way the units can be loaded and secured correctly to avoid any scratchesor dents. It also requires two men, an obvious fact but one that is overlooked when booking a “man and van”
We had the kitchen loaded in about 45 minutes and transported it to a storage unit in Carmarthen, approx 4 hours away.
The return leg was more involved, we had a customer who had been recommended by a previous customer, who had purchased two sofas in South Wales and a customer who had purchased a wardrobe in Shropshire, both these purchases were to be delivered to Surrey in a couple of weeks time so we had agreed to store them in our storage unit in Warrington. This helps keep the delivery costs down and means the customer maintains the “bargain” element of their internet purchase.
We also had acustomer who had purchased a hovercraft in Shropshire and needed it transporting to Runcorn. Even for us, a hovercraft is an unusual item but as ever, the collection and delivery ended with a very happy customer.
If you’ve bought something on eBay and need it collecting and delivering professionally, why not give us a ring or email us, we can always offer a great price and you can rest assured your purchase is in safe hands.
Tomorrow it’s back to house removals and we’re off to sunny Yorkshire!
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