On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:38:15 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
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>On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:04:05 -0400, Dave Smith
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>>Moving a full house any distance can be quite expensive now. My brother
>>and his wife moved back this way a few years ago. They had enough stuff
>>to fill a large trailer. Their hundred mile move cost $6,000.
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>Ditto. Our move in March was just over $6K and we moved fewer than 3
>miles.

Bullshit, people don't hire professional movers for 3 miles, they move
all small stuff, breakables, valuables by making a few trips in their
own vehicles and rent a U-Haul and hire a couple of local college
students to move the furniture... local moving jobs is one of the
things college students regulary advertize to help pay their bills...
ask at any college office. Moving 3 miles you hardly need to pack
things, just buy a few packs of heavy duty garbage bags for all the
clothing, bedding, towels... bedding and towels becomes cushioning for
breakables... even books can be toted in garbage bags. Moving three
miles you can even move the food in your fridge. I've made many local
moves on my own... a good tip is to buy the name brand garbage bags
and to double them... and after the move most of those bags are still
usable. I also strongly suggest moving your electronics yourself...
modern electronics doesn't weigh very much and isn't even bulky, large
flat panel TVs are easy to carry yourself.

>Doesn't matter much to the bottom line if you're moving 3 miles
>or 3,000.

More bullshit... pro moving companies charge most of their fee for
mileage... the same $6,000 move coast to coast would cost $1,500 for a
hundred miles to the next big town. Anyone but a pinheaded patent
liar realizes it costs a whole lot more to travel 3,000 miles than 3
miles.