My Big Book of Demons: Possessions

There are 3 steps to immigration, as I see it.
Step one: get legal in the country
Step two: get your stuff out of storage
Step three: get a job

Ok, so I'm stuck on two and three. I know people move to Canada all the time, yet for some reason it's really hard to get my things out of storage and up here. I've gotten bids ranging from $2500 to over $8000 from moving companies, and the whole trying-to-figure-out-the-paperwork-thing with regard to customs...don't get me started. When I moved from Salem, MA to Seattle, WA in 1990 the mover I used was Paul Arpin, who charged me twice what they'd agreed to (on paper); apparently that's legal. I shudder to think what horrors international movers can pull; I assume any number I get is half of what I actually need to shell out. It's the sort of thing that keeps me awake nights, and is responsible for a lot of nightmares and tummy troubles.