Give me the money!!!

Hmmm, wonder why I didn't think of it myself...

I was talking with the company's HR person about the move and wanted to know how much they've allocated for moving my belongings from US to HK, that way I can gauge how much stuff I can take with me. Even before I finished my sentence, she interrupted me and said "if you're going to ask whether we can just give you the money, the answer is 'NO', we will pay for the move but won't give you cash".
I was stunned and offended at the same time and though to myself "that wasn't what I was going to ask at all, how rude!" So I proceeded to ask my question and she indicated there should be enough money to move everything I want to but won't give me a dollar amount.

Later in the evening, as I was thinking over the conversation, I realized that would've been a good question to ask! Because if they would just give me the money, I wouldn't need to worry about what furniture to bring and just buy new ones there. It would be great if I could just have the money and buy new stuff there, but I am however, curious as to how much it would cost to ship my stuff over. Why wouldn't they just give me the money!!!