100 % you are not paying 1 , 000 for door to door for a chair and a shelf and other misc boxes . I ' m just not convinced you ' re getting all that for that little AND insurance is included . You know that saying If it sounds too good to be true , it probably is . I think you are either about to pay someone $ 1 , 000 to lose your valuable stuff or they are gonna hold it hostage after it gets to port . Is the stuff you ' re Shipping really that valuable ? If so , why the fuck are you cheaping out on the shipping ? Not to sound judgemental , but you are moving valuable furniture overseas from London into a 3 rd floor walkup ? Um . Typically the kind of people that have pricy furniture worth shipping internationally to NYC don ' t exactly live in walkups . Something doesn ' t add up here . Either you are a bit misguided on how much your furniture is actually worth or you are a bit penny wise and pound foolish . I ' m not saying people who live in walkups can ' t have nice things , but people don ' t usually move that shit overseas on their own dime if they aren ' t already rich . Good luck to you