[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

Speaking of tips, did anyone tip their movers?

I paid about $8,000 for the move which I thought should cover everything.

When the movers arrived (3 movers and the driver/supervisor), the supervisor told me that they expected tips of about 10% - or $800 total for four movers. Tipping $200 for 6 hours of work is $33 an hour on top of what they were being paid by their employer.

I was in a real bind. In about six hours, they were going to be driving off with almost everything I owned. If I didn’t tip them, I had no idea if items might get broken or might be “lost” in the move. I ended up tipping $400 and some items were broken and they also lost several boxes.

Did this happen to anyone else? How much did they demand?

I haven't experienced this in my three moves with moving companies. I do tip on both ends but after the work is done, not before. Clearly, that is a company to avoid in the future.

I vaguely remember seeing something in the contract about the driver asking for more money. Perhaps it happens often enough that there is standard language about it. Still, when you are faced with hard dates for closing, traveling, and basically getting out of the house and when you know that they will be driving away with nearly everything you own then you are not in a very good position to argue or cancel.