OK a crew come to move you.

3 guys & a boss.

The move costs about $4,000.00

It takes 3 days of their time

1/2 day drive to your old place
1/2 day to load
Next 1/2 day to finish loading.
Next 1/2 day to drive to the new location
Next 3/4 day to unload all your crap.

do you tip them?

How much for each worker
How much for the boss.

TIA

Dimitri

On 6/6/2010 10:55 AM, Dimitri wrote:
> OK a crew come to move you.
> 3 guys & a boss.
>
> The move costs about $4,000.00
>
> It takes 3 days of their time
> 1/2 day drive to your old place
> 1/2 day to load
> Next 1/2 day to finish loading.
> Next 1/2 day to drive to the new location
> Next 3/4 day to unload all your crap.
>
> do you tip them?
>
> How much for each worker
> How much for the boss.

$400

>
> TIA
>
> Dimitri
>
>

Dimitri wrote:
> OK a crew come to move you.
>
> 3 guys & a boss.
>
> The move costs about $4,000.00
>
> It takes 3 days of their time
>
> 1/2 day drive to your old place
> 1/2 day to load
> Next 1/2 day to finish loading.
> Next 1/2 day to drive to the new location
> Next 3/4 day to unload all your crap.
>
> do you tip them?
>
> How much for each worker
> How much for the boss.
>
> TIA
>
> Dimitri

When I moved here from my house 18 months ago, three men carefully
packed everything and moved it into storage overnight. I gave them
$50 each. The same men delivered everything the next day and put
everything in place. I gave each of them an additional $50. $300
total.

On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 13:55:16 -0700, Dimitri wrote:

> OK a crew come to move you.
>
> 3 guys & a boss.
>
> The move costs about $4,000.00
>
> It takes 3 days of their time

3 days? My moves have cost about $2,500 (1,800-2,000 miles), just
an apartment - no fridge, very little crating. And only took 6
hours at each end (including packing at origin).

I didn't tip at all. Was I supposed to?

But I do tip the small guy who delivers my huge sofa up a flight
of stairs all by himself on his back, but not the big brawny guy
carrying the clipboard and sales receipt.

-sw

On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 13:55:16 -0700, Dimitri wrote:

> How much for each worker
> How much for the boss.

And it looks like I was right:

http://www.itipping.com/tip-moving-company.htm

-sw

On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 13:55:16 -0700, "Dimitri" >
wrote:

>OK a crew come to move you.
>
>3 guys & a boss.
>
>The move costs about $4,000.00
>
>It takes 3 days of their time
>
>1/2 day drive to your old place
>1/2 day to load
>Next 1/2 day to finish loading.
>Next 1/2 day to drive to the new location
>Next 3/4 day to unload all your crap.
>
>do you tip them?
>
>How much for each worker
>How much for the boss.
>
>TIA
>
>Dimitri

Tell them to take the tip out of what they steal and break. And how
they mistreat you. I know someone who moved from Chicago to Portland
last fall. Her stuff took 3 1/2 weeks to get there. After a week she
went and bought an airbed and some clothes. It was supposed to take
4-5 days. People I know who have to move a lot film everything and
never trust valuables with those creepy scumbags.

Lou

On Jun 6, 5:13*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 13:55:16 -0700, Dimitri wrote:
> > OK a crew come to move you. *
>
> > 3 guys & a boss.
>
> > The move costs about $4,000.00
>
> > It takes 3 days of their time
>
> 3 days? *My moves have cost about $2,500 (1,800-2,000 miles), just
> an apartment - no fridge, very little crating. *And only took 6
> hours at each end (including packing at origin).
>
> I didn't tip at all. *Was I supposed to?
>
> But I do tip the small guy who delivers my huge sofa up a flight
> of stairs all by himself on his back, but not the big brawny guy
> carrying the clipboard and sales receipt.
>
> -sw

The last time I did a move, it wasn't very big and a short distance.
I went and got a couple of guys; contacting a local second hand
furniture place for a couple of their fellows. They worked like you
wouldn't believe. I tipped them $20.00 each, and they were so damn
grateful it was embarassing.

On 6/6/2010 3:55 PM, Dimitri wrote:
> OK a crew come to move you.
> 3 guys & a boss.
>
> The move costs about $4,000.00
>
> It takes 3 days of their time
> 1/2 day drive to your old place
> 1/2 day to load
> Next 1/2 day to finish loading.
> Next 1/2 day to drive to the new location
> Next 3/4 day to unload all your crap.
>
> do you tip them?
>
> How much for each worker
> How much for the boss.
>
> TIA
>
> Dimitri
>
>
We've moved several times and never tipped anyone. The moving company
pays these guys to do the job and they do many moves a month.

The one thing I do is watch them closely as they are packing and
loading. Once we moved and some paintings and some expensive fishing
rods came up missing. I called the moving company and they did nothing.
Called the cops and they found our stuff at the moving van drivers house
and it was all stuff he and his wife, who traveled with him, had
admired. They both went to jail and we got our stuff back. Not all
moving van people are bad but enough are that you need to ensure where
your stuff is going.

In article >,
"Dimitri" > wrote:

> OK a crew come to move you.
>
> 3 guys & a boss.
>
> The move costs about $4,000.00
>
> It takes 3 days of their time
>
> 1/2 day drive to your old place
> 1/2 day to load
> Next 1/2 day to finish loading.
> Next 1/2 day to drive to the new location
> Next 3/4 day to unload all your crap.
>
> do you tip them?
>
> How much for each worker
> How much for the boss.
>
> TIA
>
> Dimitri
>
>

I'd just feed them... :-)
--
Peace! Om

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On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 13:55:16 -0700, "Dimitri" >
wrote:

>OK a crew come to move you.
>
>3 guys & a boss.
>
>The move costs about $4,000.00
>
>It takes 3 days of their time
>
>1/2 day drive to your old place
>1/2 day to load
>Next 1/2 day to finish loading.
>Next 1/2 day to drive to the new location
>Next 3/4 day to unload all your crap.
>
>do you tip them?
>
>How much for each worker
>How much for the boss.
>
>TIA
>
>Dimitri

Minimally $50 per.

It's really difficult to say, only you know how hard they worked, how
far they had to schlep your "crap" to/from the van, how many stairs
etc.? With two story moves you really ought to tip more.

On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:47:53 -0500, Lou Decruss wrote:

> Tell them to take the tip out of what they steal and break. And how
> they mistreat you. I know someone who moved from Chicago to Portland
> last fall. Her stuff took 3 1/2 weeks to get there. After a week she
> went and bought an airbed and some clothes. It was supposed to take
> 4-5 days. People I know who have to move a lot film everything and
> never trust valuables with those creepy scumbags.

When I moved from Santa Cruz to Austin, much of my stuff ended up
missing and my marble kitchen table was busted into smithereens.
I don't know how much that move was (Compaq had a contract with
United) but my claim for damages and lost goods was $2,700.

It helps to take pictures of everything and have an inventory of
every box.

-sw

On 6/6/2010 7:21 PM, brooklyn1 wrote:
> your 17 year old daughter sucking her brother's boner?


Just because your sister sucked your cock and ****ed you on a regular
basis doesn't mean you have to project it upon others. I bet that was
the only sex you ever had. A sympathy **** from your sister.

On 6/6/2010 8:47 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> When I moved from Santa Cruz to Austin, much of my stuff ended up
> missing and my marble kitchen table was busted into smithereens.
> I don't know how much that move was (Compaq had a contract with
> United) but my claim for damages and lost goods was $2,700.
>
> It helps to take pictures of everything and have an inventory of
> every box.
>
> -sw
>

We all know people in Texas talk funny, but there must be many
differences in the food between Santa Cruz and Austin. Have you ever
regretted the move?

Becca

On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:36:17 -0500, Becca wrote:

> On 6/6/2010 8:47 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> When I moved from Santa Cruz to Austin, much of my stuff ended up
>> missing and my marble kitchen table was busted into smithereens.
>> I don't know how much that move was (Compaq had a contract with
>> United) but my claim for damages and lost goods was $2,700.
>>
>> It helps to take pictures of everything and have an inventory of
>> every box.

>
> We all know people in Texas talk funny,

That's mostly Dallas and some Houston. I haven't heard many
people in Austin with a Texas accent. If anything the accents are
Louisiana since Austin became to be the new home of many of the
mooches after the hurricane.

> but there must be many
> differences in the food between Santa Cruz and Austin. Have you ever
> regretted the move?

I regretted it the day I made the decision, but I had to go where
the money was. And there was a lot of money in the pot to get me
to move to Austin.

But not because of the food. I do miss the plethora of
[Southeast] Asian food in nearby San Jose/South Bay, but Santa
Cruz itself was the Whitest town I ever lived in (outside of
Pittsburgh) with food to match. All the good food was over in San
Jose/Sunnyvale/Santa Clara.

I miss the weather and scenery most of all.

-sw

"Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 13:55:16 -0700, "Dimitri" >
> wrote:
>
>>OK a crew come to move you.
>>
>>3 guys & a boss.
>>
>>The move costs about $4,000.00
>>
>>It takes 3 days of their time
>>
>>1/2 day drive to your old place
>>1/2 day to load
>>Next 1/2 day to finish loading.
>>Next 1/2 day to drive to the new location
>>Next 3/4 day to unload all your crap.
>>
>>do you tip them?
>>
>>How much for each worker
>>How much for the boss.
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>Dimitri
>
> Tell them to take the tip out of what they steal and break. And how
> they mistreat you. I know someone who moved from Chicago to Portland
> last fall. Her stuff took 3 1/2 weeks to get there. After a week she
> went and bought an airbed and some clothes. It was supposed to take
> 4-5 days. People I know who have to move a lot film everything and
> never trust valuables with those creepy scumbags.
>
> Lou



This company is for lack of a better term our "Family Mover" One of my
daughters insures his business & he has moved her 3 times & her office at
least once, he has also moved my other daughters several times.

Last time when he moved us up here is was a complex move because of
furniture going all over LA & 3 families involved, and 2 storage units.

Regarding honesty - he says let me pack the electronics - if something
breaks my insurance (my daughter LOL) pays.

He's a good guy.

Dimitri

I think based upon the information I over tipped last time & since I am now
retired well you get the picture

"brooklyn1" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 13:55:16 -0700, "Dimitri" >
> wrote:
>
>>OK a crew come to move you.
>>
>>3 guys & a boss.
>>
>>The move costs about $4,000.00
>>
>>It takes 3 days of their time
>>
>>1/2 day drive to your old place
>>1/2 day to load
>>Next 1/2 day to finish loading.
>>Next 1/2 day to drive to the new location
>>Next 3/4 day to unload all your crap.
>>
>>do you tip them?
>>
>>How much for each worker
>>How much for the boss.
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>Dimitri
>
> Minimally $50 per.
>
> It's really difficult to say, only you know how hard they worked, how
> far they had to schlep your "crap" to/from the van, how many stairs
> etc.? With two story moves you really ought to tip more.



Good thinking - thanks - getting the crap (never unpacked) out of the
bottom (steep 3rd floor storage area) is going to be tough. ( maybe they
should bring a fork lift.) LOL,,

Dimitri

On 2010-06-06, Dimitri > wrote:

> do you tip them?

Coupla' six packs of beer if you find no damaged goods.

At $1000 per guy, minus fuel costs, for 3 days work, they don't need
tips.

nb

notbob wrote:
> On 2010-06-06, Dimitri > wrote:
>
>> do you tip them?
>
> Coupla' six packs of beer if you find no damaged goods.
>
> At $1000 per guy, minus fuel costs, for 3 days work, they don't need
> tips.
>
> nb

They're probably not the ones getting the $4,000, but the company
which employs them. I used a highly recommended national company and
didn't lose a thing to breakage or theft. Those guys worked hard
moving out and moving in and probably aren't paid a fortune.

On Jun 7, 12:46*pm, "Dora" > wrote:
> notbob wrote:
> > On 2010-06-06, Dimitri > wrote:
>
> >> do you tip them?
>
> > Coupla' six packs of beer if you find no damaged goods.
>
> > At $1000 per guy, minus fuel costs, for 3 days work, they don't need
> > tips.
>
> > nb
>
> They're probably not the ones getting the $4,000, but the company
> which employs them. *I used a highly recommended national company and
> didn't lose a thing to breakage or theft. *Those guys worked hard
> moving out and moving in and probably aren't paid a fortune.

I supervised a moving job for a neighbor once - she and the family had
already left for their new home - lo and behold, a large Oriental rug
was left off the inventory they prepared, so I didn't sign until I
knew the big valuable pieces were listed. All national movers are
known to mix loads - if they can't fill a tractor/trailer with one
household, they'll add in other pieces and it's anyone's guess if it
all arrives in the right place.

N.

On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 13:46:41 -0400, "Dora" > wrote:

>notbob wrote:
>> On 2010-06-06, Dimitri > wrote:
>>
>>> do you tip them?
>>
>> Coupla' six packs of beer if you find no damaged goods.
>>
>> At $1000 per guy, minus fuel costs, for 3 days work, they don't need
>> tips.
>>
>> nb
>
>They're probably not the ones getting the $4,000, but the company
>which employs them. I used a highly recommended national company and
>didn't lose a thing to breakage or theft. Those guys worked hard
>moving out and moving in and probably aren't paid a fortune.

For long distance moves it would likely be the same driver but the
movers who loaded the van are not the same who unloaded. I've always
used a national mover (I've had very good experience with Mayflower),
it's a crap shoot with a couple a three bums with a beat to heck van.

On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 20:47:49 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:47:53 -0500, Lou Decruss wrote:
>
>> Tell them to take the tip out of what they steal and break. And how
>> they mistreat you. I know someone who moved from Chicago to Portland
>> last fall. Her stuff took 3 1/2 weeks to get there. After a week she
>> went and bought an airbed and some clothes. It was supposed to take
>> 4-5 days. People I know who have to move a lot film everything and
>> never trust valuables with those creepy scumbags.
>
>When I moved from Santa Cruz to Austin, much of my stuff ended up
>missing and my marble kitchen table was busted into smithereens.
>I don't know how much that move was (Compaq had a contract with
>United) but my claim for damages and lost goods was $2,700.
>
>It helps to take pictures of everything and have an inventory of
>every box.

And sheldon says it doesn't happen. I've only used a mover once and
it was a only a 45 minute trip so anything of value went in our cars.
But I've heard more bad than good reports.

Lou

On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:31:49 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2010-06-06, Dimitri > wrote:
>
>> do you tip them?
>
>Coupla' six packs of beer if you find no damaged goods.
>
>At $1000 per guy, minus fuel costs, for 3 days work, they don't need
>tips.

As an (US) Air Force brat, when we rotated back to the States from the
UK, we knew we were going to be overweight. Uncle allowed us, IIRC,
14,000 lbs. and thanks to my mother's antique collecting for the three
years we were there, we knew that excess was gonna strain a colonel's
piggy bank. When the (British) movers came to load our stuff, my
father had a couple of cases of beer set aside for them as a tip.
Amazingly, we came in at exactly 14,000 lbs. (And before the flames
start, I was 16 and not exactly in a position to preach ethics to my
father.)

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines


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On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:22:10 -0500, Lou Decruss
> wrote:

>On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 20:47:49 -0500, Sqwertz >
>wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:47:53 -0500, Lou Decruss wrote:
>>
>>> Tell them to take the tip out of what they steal and break. And how
>>> they mistreat you. I know someone who moved from Chicago to Portland
>>> last fall. Her stuff took 3 1/2 weeks to get there. After a week she
>>> went and bought an airbed and some clothes. It was supposed to take
>>> 4-5 days. People I know who have to move a lot film everything and
>>> never trust valuables with those creepy scumbags.
>>
>>When I moved from Santa Cruz to Austin, much of my stuff ended up
>>missing and my marble kitchen table was busted into smithereens.
>>I don't know how much that move was (Compaq had a contract with
>>United) but my claim for damages and lost goods was $2,700.
>>
>>It helps to take pictures of everything and have an inventory of
>>every box.
>
>And sheldon says it doesn't happen. I've only used a mover once and
>it was a only a 45 minute trip so anything of value went in our cars.
>But I've heard more bad than good reports.

Naturally when the dwarf paid a couple illegals with a ratty pick up
$30 each to move his crap he hasta expect pilfering.

I've made many long distance moves and never lost a thing. I've
always used a big national moving company, their trucks are air
cushioned and all upholstered items are shrink wrapped, mattresses/box
springs go into their strong corrogated cartons, they use countless
blankets, and everything is held in place with webbing so the load
won't shift, they have it down to a science. They expect you to move
your own valuables/breakables.... regular insurance covers breakage up
to the basic value, a cup breaks you get back a buck regardless it was
grandma's and priceless. You can buy any kind of specific insurance
but that can get expensive, plus you have to pay for them to crate
those items. Small breakables cost less for you to pack and send
insured mail. But the big moving companies will supply heavy cartons
and packing material for free, even tape, you hafta go to their
warehouse and pick it up. For a fee they will pack all your
belongings. I packed my own and nothing ever broke. A few times I
had them crate an item and I paid separate insurance, those items
arrived unbroken; a piano, a few porcelain lamps, mirrors, glass
tables, and a few other things. Every item is numbered with a
sticker and is manifested, when unloaded every item is checked off
against the manifest. The big movers do millions of moves all over
the planet, they don't need or want your crap. Anyone claims they had
crap stolen is a cheap ******* who hired a couple itinerates with a
stolen pick up.

On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:06:48 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
> wrote:

>On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:31:49 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>
>>On 2010-06-06, Dimitri > wrote:
>>
>>> do you tip them?
>>
>>Coupla' six packs of beer if you find no damaged goods.
>>
>>At $1000 per guy, minus fuel costs, for 3 days work, they don't need
>>tips.
>
>As an (US) Air Force brat, when we rotated back to the States from the
>UK, we knew we were going to be overweight. Uncle allowed us, IIRC,
>14,000 lbs. and thanks to my mother's antique collecting for the three
>years we were there, we knew that excess was gonna strain a colonel's
>piggy bank. When the (British) movers came to load our stuff, my
>father had a couple of cases of beer set aside for them as a tip.
>Amazingly, we came in at exactly 14,000 lbs. (And before the flames
>start, I was 16 and not exactly in a position to preach ethics to my
>father.)

And still no ethics... what a liar.

insured mail. *But the big moving companies will supply heavy cartons
> and packing material for free, even tape, you hafta go to their
> warehouse and pick it up. *For a fee they will pack all your
> belongings. *I packed my own and nothing ever broke. *A few times I
> had them crate an item and I paid separate insurance, those items
> arrived unbroken; a piano, a few porcelain lamps, mirrors, glass
> tables, and a few other things. * Every item is numbered with a
> sticker and is manifested, when unloaded every item is checked off
> against the manifest. *The big movers do millions of moves all over
> the planet, they don't need or want your crap. *Anyone claims they had
> crap stolen is a cheap ******* who hired a couple itinerates with a
> stolen pick up.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

You obviously have lived in a superior bubble that the rest of us
haven't had access to. And, FYI, the big movers like North American
and Mayflower will NOT give you free packing material or boxes. They
do a booming business here in this college town and have no need to
make any concessions.

N.

On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 12:37:33 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
> wrote:

>insured mail. *But the big moving companies will supply heavy cartons
>> and packing material for free, even tape, you hafta go to their
>> warehouse and pick it up. *For a fee they will pack all your
>> belongings. *I packed my own and nothing ever broke. *A few times I
>> had them crate an item and I paid separate insurance, those items
>> arrived unbroken; a piano, a few porcelain lamps, mirrors, glass
>> tables, and a few other things. * Every item is numbered with a
>> sticker and is manifested, when unloaded every item is checked off
>> against the manifest. *The big movers do millions of moves all over
>> the planet, they don't need or want your crap. *Anyone claims they had
>> crap stolen is a cheap ******* who hired a couple itinerates with a
>> stolen pick up.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
>You obviously have lived in a superior bubble that the rest of us
>haven't had access to. And, FYI, the big movers like North American
>and Mayflower will NOT give you free packing material or boxes. They
>do a booming business here in this college town and have no need to
>make any concessions.

Maybe they don't like your looks. I've always been given all the
packing materials I needed, free. Naturally I had to drive to their
warehouse and pick up the materials, and they are not all brand new
cartons and wardrobes but they are quite serviceable. They give free
packing materials because they don't want people using cartons from
the stupidmarket, liquor stores and such because those are all
different sizes and not very strong. Imagine those guys trying to
balance all different sized cartons and many busting open... they want
you to use their cartons, their tape too, not some cheapo tape that
most folks would buy. To normal folks this makes perfect sense, you
are not normal. It's very obvious that you never paid for
professional movers.

http://www.mayflower.com/moving/movi...g-supplies.htm

Janet Baraclough wrote:

> I've never had to fetch the packing materials; the movers bring them
> when they come to pack.. We packed and moved ourselves, once. Never
> again.
> For the last several moves I employed a moving company to do
> *absolutely everything*. I just make the tea.
> A high-speed team of professional removal packers can wrap and pack
> an entire household , plus loft, sheds, garage, garden stuff, plants,
> every cupboard , hook, and shelf, in 24 to 36 hours. A job that takes
> me weeks and they do it better . At the other end they unwrap and unpack
> everything and put it
> in the right place, then take all their packing stuff away with them.
> The last lot even made up the beds after they had put them back
> together. Damages consisted of a spilled packet of rice
> (it had already been opened ) and a cracked tap connector on the garden hose.

Like many others, we moved frequently when we were young. Just getting
started, living in apartments and not having a lot of furniture, it was
not a major job. Pack things up, rent a truck, get a few friends over,
buy some beer and pizza and we were set to go. There were all short
moves. Then I tried a local moving company. It wasn't that expensive.
Our last move was to our present house and we used movers for that too.

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. Luckily,
it was a work related move, so he was able to claim it on his income
tax. He didn't tell them that it was a part time job he took after he
retired, or that he quit the job after 6 months.

On Wed, 9 Jun 2010 16:18:55 +0100, Janet Baraclough
> wrote:

> Damages consisted of a spilled packet of rice
> (it had already been opened ) and a cracked tap connector on the garden hose.

I don't move, but the last time something was moved between states by
a nationwide moving company (they did the packing), a majorly
collectible item was stolen and several items were damaged. Dealing
with insurance was such a huge PITA (I was not compensated) - the
experience soured me on ever contemplating putting myself through that
torture again.

--
Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.

On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:04:05 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>Janet Baraclough wrote:
>
>> I've never had to fetch the packing materials;

You do when you pack yourself, and p/u the materials right after you
sign the contract and pay your deposit... it can take weeks to pack.
>
>Like many others, we moved frequently when we were young. Just getting
>started, living in apartments and not having a lot of furniture, it was
>not a major job. Pack things up, rent a truck, get a few friends over,
>buy some beer and pizza and we were set to go. There were all short
>moves.

I've been in that position too... I've even moved everything I owned
myself in many trips... pack up my car, drive to work... unload at the
new place after work.

>Then I tried a local moving company. It wasn't that expensive.

Local moves are not very expensive, and within the same state they
don't weigh, you pay only for an estimated weight and it's typically
lowballed so they get the job. For interstate and international they
must use weigh stations.

>Our last move was to our present house and we used movers for that too.
>
>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.

Professional movers don't use trailers, they use air cushioned vans...
a semi trailer would bounce your furnishings into splinters.

>Their hundred mile move cost $6,000. Luckily,
>it was a work related move, so he was able to claim it on his income
>tax. He didn't tell them that it was a part time job he took after he
>retired, or that he quit the job after 6 months.

A hundred miles is considered an extremely short move... if it's
within the same state $6K sounds like a big ripoff unless they have a
full ten room McMansion. When I moved here 7 years ago Mayflower
charged me $1,600 for a full 3 bedroom houseful, a 150 mile move. I've
moved too many times, I don't ever intend to move again, the next move
will entail one wooden box.

On 6/9/2010 10:18 AM, Janet Baraclough wrote:
> The >
> from > contains these words:
>
>> On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 12:37:33 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
>> > wrote:
>
>>> insured mail. But the big moving companies will supply heavy cartons
>>>> and packing material for free, even tape, you hafta go to their
>>>> warehouse and pick it up. For a fee they will pack all your
>>>> belongings. I packed my own and nothing ever broke. A few times I
>>>> had them crate an item and I paid separate insurance, those items
>>>> arrived unbroken; a piano, a few porcelain lamps, mirrors, glass
>>>> tables, and a few other things. Every item is numbered with a
>>>> sticker and is manifested, when unloaded every item is checked off
>>>> against the manifest. The big movers do millions of moves all over
>>>> the planet, they don't need or want your crap. Anyone claims they had
>>>> crap stolen is a cheap ******* who hired a couple itinerates with a
>>>> stolen pick up.- Hide quoted text -
>>>>
>>>> - Show quoted text -
>>>
>>> You obviously have lived in a superior bubble that the rest of us
>>> haven't had access to. And, FYI, the big movers like North American
>>> and Mayflower will NOT give you free packing material or boxes. They
>>> do a booming business here in this college town and have no need to
>>> make any concessions.
>
>> Maybe they don't like your looks. I've always been given all the
>> packing materials I needed, free. Naturally I had to drive to their
>> warehouse and pick up the materials, and they are not all brand new
>> cartons and wardrobes but they are quite serviceable.
>
> I've never had to fetch the packing materials; the movers bring them
> when they come to pack.. We packed and moved ourselves, once. Never
> again.
> For the last several moves I employed a moving company to do
> *absolutely everything*. I just make the tea.
> A high-speed team of professional removal packers can wrap and pack
> an entire household , plus loft, sheds, garage, garden stuff, plants,
> every cupboard , hook, and shelf, in 24 to 36 hours. A job that takes
> me weeks and they do it better . At the other end they unwrap and unpack
> everything and put it
> in the right place, then take all their packing stuff away with them.
> The last lot even made up the beds after they had put them back
> together. Damages consisted of a spilled packet of rice
> (it had already been opened ) and a cracked tap connector on the garden hose.
>
> Janet.

Hear, hear, we've always done the same with a caveat, my employer(s)
moved us at their cost and then added that cost to my total annual pay
as required by the IRS. Our next move will be made on our nickel and I'm
going to have professionals do it too. No way could I pack dear wife's
possessions in less than a year.

On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:04:05 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>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.

<snip>

Ditto. Our move in March was just over $6K and we moved fewer than 3
miles. Doesn't matter much to the bottom line if you're moving 3 miles
or 3,000. Packing materials, labor, it all adds up. It always amazes
me how much cr*p I unpack on the other end that I'd either forgotten I
had or can't believe I bothered to pack it up and move it. And stuff
*always* goes missing b/c it's overlooked in all the miles and miles
of packing material. The two I can think of this minute was a
Calphalon lid and a stopper to an antique cut glass decanter my mother
bought in England in the 60s. It was part of a 3 piece decanter set.
Dammit!

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines


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On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:38:15 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
> wrote:

>On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:04:05 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>
>>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.
>
><snip>
>
>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.

brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>>
>> 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,

Bullshit. People do hire professionals. I did. After moving ourselves
several times and having to rent a truck, rounding up friends to help
and buying beer and pizza, the cost of professionals may be surprisingly
low. The last time I moved myself (1973) it was $80 to rent a small
truck for the day, plus gas, more than $10 for beer and about $20 for
pizza. When I hired movers for a 3 mile move it cost $125. We had
everything packed, put especially delicate stuff in the car and moved
them ourselves. The movers came and packed up all the boxes and
furniture in less than an hour, less than 10 minutes to drive to the new
place and another hour to unload the truck and get everything in the house.

My mother moved a mile and a half from her 4 bedroom house to a two
bedroom condo in 2001. We packed everything ourselves and too the most
delicate things in our cars. They came at 8 am and were loaded by noon.
Everything was unloaded and moved into the apartment by 3 pm. The cost
was $800.

On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:46:19 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> 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,
>
>Bullshit. People do hire professionals. I did.
>When I hired movers for a 3 mile move it cost $125.

Professional movers wouldn't talk to you for $125.

>The movers came and packed up all the boxes and
>furniture in less than an hour

Less than an hour... getouttahere... you couldn't have owned more than
could fit in a pickup truck, a small pick up truck.

On Wed, 9 Jun 2010 23:41:17 +0100, Janet Baraclough wrote:

> The message >
> from brooklyn1 > contains these words:
>
>> I've
>> moved too many times, I don't ever intend to move again, the next move
>> will entail one wooden box.
>
> Need any help packing?
>
> Janet

<snort>

your pal,
blake

On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:46:19 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:

> brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> 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,
>
> Bullshit. People do hire professionals. I did.

you have to understand sheldon's simpleton world-view he anything that
he himself has not personally done has never been done by a human being
anywhere, at any time, for any reason. and anyone who says different is a
liar.

your pal,
blake

blake murphy wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:46:19 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>> 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,
>> Bullshit. People do hire professionals. I did.
>
> you have to understand sheldon's simpleton world-view he anything that
> he himself has not personally done has never been done by a human being
> anywhere, at any time, for any reason. and anyone who says different is a
> liar.


Curious ain't it. He spouts bullshit and when he is called on it he
screams "liar".

blake murphy wrote:
>Dave Smith wrote:
>> brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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,
>>
>> Bullshit. People do hire professionals. I did.
>
>you have to understand sheldon's simpleton world-view here.

Yoose miserly *******s are all the time wanting to go around the world
on the cheap: http://i47.tinypic.com/15d59vd.jpg

On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:06:45 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>blake murphy wrote:
>> On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:46:19 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>> brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>> 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,
>>> Bullshit. People do hire professionals. I did.
>>
>> you have to understand sheldon's simpleton world-view he anything that
>> he himself has not personally done has never been done by a human being
>> anywhere, at any time, for any reason. and anyone who says different is a
>> liar.
>
>
>Curious ain't it. He spouts bullshit and when he is called on it he
>screams "liar".


Yoose don't need any help from me... every one of your barroom *I can
top that* boasting posts screams LIAR! And the mick oughta take his
own advice he gave Renee. And I truly believe a couple of pros packed
all your crap and moved it three miles for $125 and a case of beer...
when everything you own fits in two wallyworld carts! LOL

blake murphy wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:46:19 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>
>> brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>> 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,
>>>
>> Bullshit. People do hire professionals. I did.
>>
> you have to understand sheldon's simpleton world-view he anything that
> he himself has not personally done has never been done by a human being
> anywhere, at any time, for any reason. and anyone who says different is a
> liar.
>
> your pal,
> blake
>
Yep. And when he says "our move" he must be referring to himself and a
dozen cats.