{"id":4473,"date":"2018-08-27T07:49:56","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T06:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/?p=4473"},"modified":"2025-04-02T13:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T12:39:07","slug":"understanding-transport-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/understanding-transport-cost","title":{"rendered":"Understanding the cost of transportation"},"content":{"rendered":"

When listing an item, vehicle or general moves its difficult to understand the transport costs associated with your listing.\u00a0 Sometimes you may think it’s a great quote but on others wonder why is higher than you expected. So before buying your antique bureau for a bargain price on eBay consider how much it’ll cost to get it home.\u00a0 When taking a quote on deliveryquotecompare.com<\/a> for your delivery take these points into account:<\/p>\n

Fuel cost<\/h2>\n

Most removal companies will include the price of fuel in their quote upfront. However some have been known to also charge cost per mile on top of this fee.\u00a0\u00a0All quotes listed on Delivery Quote Compare are the total price including fuel costs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Moving to\/from an apartment complex<\/h2>\n

When moving to an apartment block, especially one with no lifts some companies will charge extra for the service. The company should be informed of this as early as possible, to save you getting caught by a surprise cost on the day.<\/p>\n

Does the route between collection and destination involve toll roads?<\/h2>\n

When getting a quote companies may have already taken toll roads or congestion charges into account and put that on the price. Make sure you know whether or not the route they\u2019re planning does or doesn\u2019t involve such charges. All quotes on Delivery Quote Compare include further costs such as tolls, its worth bearing in mind though as you might consider a quote to be high but in reality is caused by toll fees or ferry costs.<\/p>\n

Does the company provide the proper insurance coverage?<\/h2>\n

Transporters on Delivery Quote Compare all have the proper insurance and documentation to run their business. However if the level of coverage isn\u2019t enough for your needs, you can ask them to raise this. This can incur a rise in price related to the amount of cover needed to protect your items.<\/p>\n

Does the company offer packing and unpacking services or furniture disassembly?<\/h2>\n

Some but not all of the companies on DQC offer a packing service that will help you make sure loading and unloading is easier, at least with final adjustments and securing items. Make sure that these are in the fee to begin with or are an option that will clearly add a fee to the total price.<\/p>\n

Delivery Quote Compare wants you to have the easiest transporting journey as possible. With these tips, you can get the cheapest and best prices for your time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When listing an item, vehicle or general moves its difficult to understand the transport costs associated with your listing.\u00a0 Sometimes you may think it’s a great quote but on others wonder why is higher than you expected. So before buying your antique bureau for a bargain price on eBay consider how much it’ll cost to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[41,114,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4473"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4473"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6217,"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4473\/revisions\/6217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}