Return to Hyderabad T-5

As per standard I did pretty well in getting rid of van. At first colleague in office said he is ready to pickup but need to secure loan, somehow it didn't work out but on same day another American couple came saw the car, took a test drive. All the time they were focusing on seats, interiors, dents etc, while I was trying to impress based on low mileage, engine pickup etc. Finally they made an offer. I took a day to decide and call back. Yesterday they came and paid the bankers check, changed the plates and drove off. But there was a small glitch, when I signed the title I printed name on wrong place i.e. on purchaser's name (looks like I am selling car to myself!) so to correct I need to get notarized correction form. Managed to get it on same day and everything is finalized... overall I likeed the way it went. Now with major task done, moving on to rest of packing.

Shippers and Shipping

I choose worldwide shipping company for pallet type shipping. I have following items,

- Leather Sofa, love seat, recliner
- Floor standing speakers for Home Theater
- Bike
- Elliptical machine
- 1 Queen, 2 twin mattress
- Additional 40 boxes medium size

Original estimate is around 350 cu.ft. Based on extensive blogs and research, I avoided buying any huge furniture here in US. Lot of friends who have returned suggested same. It seems in Hyderabad, Malaysian furniture is a good bet to get good quality furniture.

Tomorrow shippers are going to come and we are running hectic in completing all stuff. Since I choose to do all the packing, it’s kind of tiring especially to securely pack sofa etc. For all electronics, I first used bubble wrap and second layer of shrink wrap. For most of them I used original boxes and original form pads. Where ever required poured foam peanuts for shock protection. Coming to furniture
I bought stuff from UHaul furniture pads, they are pretty good. SO, its basically 3 layers, first with furniture pad, wrap it with bubble wrap and finally wrap it tight with shrink wrap layer. I am not sure how things will arrive finally but my commented that they do look like mummies and packing looks quite professional.
Finally for mattress and spring, just used our old quilts and securely tied with ropes.

Now waiting for day for shipping.....