Make sure it is a "binding not-to-exceed" estimate and go by weight, not cubic feet...
http://www.movingscam.com -----Original Message----- From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 10:58 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Bought a house! Mover recommendations in the Boston area? I can't help you with any recommended companies, but I will provide some general advice I've gleamed over time, if you decide not to exploit the friend angle. 1) Phone quotes are worth less then the paper they are printed on. In other words if they don't come out and review your moving requirements in person and provide a written and signed estimate, do not do business with them, no matter how much cheaper they quote you over they phone. 2) Do your absolute best to do business with a company that has been in existence for a realistic period of time, at least a few years. Get references, check with business bureaus, ect. I have scene and read news stories about the horror stories of fly-by-night companies who get all your stuff in their truck and then refuse to give it back to you unless you pay significantly higher fees then original agreed upon. They basically hold everything you own hostage, knowing you can do little about it right then. Then once you pay, the company just disappears before any legal recourse can be had. 3) Make sure you disclose any and all conditions involved in unloading at your new home. This is a litigate cause for an increase in fees if the movers find out at the last minute that they can not get their truck down the street to your house; have to move everything up 7 flights of stairs without an elevator; any condition that may make the unloading more difficult. Counting my childhood with my parents, I have moved at least a dozen times in my life. These have included both self-moves and commercial they are advantages and trade offs both ways. IE, you are unlikely to get much insurance coverage if your friends drop your new plasma TV off the end of the truck. -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning ...-----Original Message----- ...From: Robyn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ...Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 10:37 AM ...To: CF-Community ...Subject: Re: Bought a house! Mover recommendations in the Boston area? ... ...Larry C. Lyons wrote: ... ...>Aside from company paid moves, I've always called a bunch of friends ...>and provided the truck, beer and pizza. ...> ...> ...Yeah, we're kind of split on our approach... ... ...I was kind of in favor of the friend approach, and Ryan was in favor of ...the movers approach. The difference being, he has exploited his friends ...much more than I, and his friends are the stronger ones... ... ...And while I'm not entirely sold on the movers thing yet, I see the value ...of it - we're moving in the middle of February. If there's a snow ...storm, it could completely suck to move, and friends can cancel, but ...movers can't :-) Well, I suppose they could, but... ... ...So we'll price out the movers and see where we end up. I mean, ..realistically, we're depleting our savings by thousands anyway - why not ...an extra grand on movers?? ... ...:-) ...Robyn ... ... ... ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:143584 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
