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Originally Posted by DAVES
Beware of movers. My sister used to work in the office for one of them. What happens they send over a SALESMAN. He looks at what you have and punches it into his laptop. One couch. His program knows what an average couch weighs. They will not tell you this but they charge by weight. The price is called the tariff rate and it is filed with the FTC. You compare quotes. As you drive down a highway you will see something called a weigh station. The truck is put on a scale. A long distance move. You will share that huge truck with other people. Stuff will get off and on over the trip. HOW DO THEY GET YOU. If, they understate your weight you will get a lower quote. When, they deliver they will say you owe us $$$$$$ more and they can and will hold your stuff ransom. If, you refuse to pay they will charge you for storage. Several quotes. We got quotes from Mayflower and United Van lines among others. At least when we moved Mayflower and United Van Lines were the same company. Where they got me. I had a lot of machinery. The SALESMAN told me he would overstate the weight and I would be credited back later. I did not read the fine print. I figured the tariff rate to be .57 a hundred pounds. It says in the contract credit is .13 per hundred pounds. They overcharged me by as I recall $600 after the credit. INSURANCE. you are covered but it is like .10 per hundred pounds.
Replacement of anything you own is more than .10 for 100 pounds. Reminder if you have anything worth .10 per hundred pounds you are paying .57 per hundred to move it.
The mover we hired said they use company people only. Truth? The people were nice but had no idea what they were doing. I was packing the last of it when the truck arrived. We had a two story home. I have an armoir. Like a typical china closet
it is actually two pieces held together with screws. It comes apart. His people didn't ask and I didn't think to tell them. They got half way down the stairs and couldn't figure how to get it around the bend. I had painted. They not only damaged the furniture but the walls and the stair rail. On this end-Florida, different crew. Same piece of furniture. They dropped it into the wall poking a 6 inch hole in the sheet rock.
It is funny now BUT.....................
POINT-consider paying for replacement insurance. On arrival be sure to inspect everything carefully. They will likely try to rush you. DO NOT ALLOW IT. Once you sign the receipt-THE BILL OF LADING-you are signing it is all there and in good condition.
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As I read through other replies, you will see it was not just me. I should add. Package sealing tape. Everyone, including the mover have the same tape. If, they cut a box open say on the bottom and steal stuff you will not know when you sign the bill of lading. I not only taped the boxes shut but I glued them as well. You can buy a gallon of woodglue, the white or yellow stuff for about 8.00. I did not but perhaps wise, photograph each item as you pack it and how it is packed. You do not have receipts for most of your stuff and it is perhaps proof that it was not broken. For us, they lost one box, when where, I do not know. I did have photos of that and it was worth several hundred dollars. As stated I had some heavy stuff.
My stuff or perhaps someone else's crushed my desk. It was a better quality desk.
Having paid for replacement insurance, of course they try to get out of paying. I got a NEW replacement desk and a check ALMOST covering replacement cost for the lost box