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Cross Country Moving: Tricks Of The Trade Moving Companies Do Not Want You To Know
When looking for a moving company, you might think that any company with a good reputation will do, but you would be wrong. As the moving industry is largely unregulated, you have little recourse in case you get cheated.
While checking with the BBB, only last year there were a staggering 9,405 complaints filed against moving companies. Unfortunately, the agency that handles the safety and regulation for moving companies has limited resources so it's up to you to avoid the more common scams that even reputable moving companies can be guilty of.
Low Billing Estimates
The most popular moving industry scam is giving you a low moving companies estimates and then changing you extra fees at your destination - sometimes as much as quadruple the original amount your signed for! If you don't pay, the moving company may keep your possessions in the store house until you decide you are ready to pay the extra charges. Even if you've put your signature on a "binding and not to exceed quote", you are not safe, so make sure you've read the contract really carefully!
Subcontracting Your Move
Some companies deliberately overcharge their clients and then subcontract the job to other cheap moving companies at a considerably lower price. Keep in mind that, usually, the subcontractor is not responsible to deliver goods in time as it is specified in the contract. What is more, their employees are often day laborers who have no real experience in moving fragile items and, consequently, breakage is common.
Minimal Insurance Policies
The third most common scam that consumers usually complain about is breakage. Most people don't know that many companies will pay them only $60 per each pound damaged. That means that your beautiful new plasma television that you bought for a few thousand dollars could be broken and you would receive only about $30 in compensation!
To protect yourself from damage during a move you should add a rider to you homeowners policy. What is more, take pictures of your possessions and be sure that your movers sign a statement of the condition of your items.
Cost According to Cubic Footage
The fourth potential scam a national moving companies can pull is in the measurement of weight versus cubic feet moved. You are entitled to witness weigh-ins and verify the amount, but a mover can make your load take up as much space as they want it to in order to jack up the charges. Be sure to calculate the total weight of your load and divide it by the number of items you have. Beware if you arrive at more than 45 pounds for each piece.
Additional Parking Expenses
Another popular scam is extra charges incurred by claiming the movers could not park their truck in front of your residence, resulting in "long carries" from half a block or so away. The total can run well into the thousands of dollars! Still, you can avoid being sucked into this scam by planning everything ahead.
Ways To Steer Clear Of Scams
You can avoid these scams by reading moving company reviews on the internet or consumer publications, getting several quotes, having an attorney approve the contract, and documenting the condition and weight of your load. It may be a good idea to ask friends who've moved recently which companies they used and how well the movers performed.
Do people really think that Bush was not responsible for his own recession?
financial panic?
We know that he had a net job *loss* of 600k private sector jobs. I suppose he is not responsible for that either?
Does that mean we should emulate his policies again?
Was he responsible for 9--11?
Was he responsible for going to war based on WMD that did not exist?
Was he responsible for Katrina victims?
Or were the all powerful Democrats responsible for all the bad things?
Yes, the big bad Democrats. They also must have been responsible for the latter part of Reagan's recovery as well then?
Of course not, so long as you realize republicans and especially tea baggers are not people.
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