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Originally Posted by tippyclubb
I'm in the process of getting quotes. Had one today from United which I thought was extremely high considering were not taking much furniture. One bedroom set, 2 flat screen TVs, and 50-60 boxes and they quoted us $4,200 to move from Michigan. I'll get a few more quotes and then start checking on cubes and pods.
Who did your use for your move and what was your experience with the company?
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BEWARE: of moving companies. A few years ago there was a big scandal about moving companies quoting a price and then when they get to the destination the price suddenly jumps to 3 times or more what they originally quoted and they won't give you your stuff until you pay and there is nothing you can do. The scandal died down and I hadn't heard anymore about it so I thought maybe the problems had subsided. However, my nephew just moved from Texas to Florida a couple of months ago and the same thing happened to him. They quoted something like $3000, when they got to FL they say, "sorry" you now owe us $10,000, they finally settled on $6,000 and he got his stuff. They are a young family and brought almost nothing back with them, their parents were giving them some furniture when they got to FL. I have heard of them keeping your stuff for months and months if you don't pay. There are no controls over them. And, yes he had a contract, but they said other things came up. A few years ago it was happening all the time. I think one of the news programs even did a story on them. After what happened to my nephew 3 months ago I'm afraid this problem has not gone away.