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We're trying to arrange to move all our stuff from here to 750 miles south. We thought about Pods, U-Haul, etc., but we're [-](too old, lazy & bad at packing so)[/-] looking for a full service move - packing, loading, transit, unloading. All our prior moves were arranged (and paid) for by former Megacorp, so I've never had to make arrangements myself.
Background So Far If Needed: We plan to leave behind about 2/3rd of our furniture, so boxes will be a disproportionate part of our "household." We have a 4 bed/2.5 bath house, but our cuft has to be lower than normal due to much less furniture?
I went online and filled in some basic info, and not surprisingly I got lots of replies. They all asked me to fill out a complete inventory of non-boxed items. I did that and got lots of quotes - they varied wildly ($1900 to $4000) and said nothing about packing anything. So I replied to each and said we'd want our stuff packed too. Got new quotes, higher ($4900-$7000), only one said "packing" and they all seemed to take wild guesses as to how many boxes we'd need for stuff. One even asked me to tell him how many boxes we'd have - I wouldn't know how to estimate that accurately. One guessed 50 boxes, another said we use 8-12 boxes/room. One said "no worries" if you have less than 50 boxes we'll reduce the price. I take that to mean if there are more than 50 boxes the price will increase, though he didn't say that of course.
I get the distinct impression they float teaser quotes, and then the actual move will cost (a lot) more once they show up.
In the old days, movers sent out an estimator who looked over all our stuff, and developed a firm quote. I'd really be more comfortable with that, maybe no one does it that way any more?
We're trying to arrange to move all our stuff from here to 750 miles south. We thought about Pods, U-Haul, etc., but we're [-](too old, lazy & bad at packing so)[/-] looking for a full service move - packing, loading, transit, unloading. All our prior moves were arranged (and paid) for by former Megacorp, so I've never had to make arrangements myself.
Background So Far If Needed: We plan to leave behind about 2/3rd of our furniture, so boxes will be a disproportionate part of our "household." We have a 4 bed/2.5 bath house, but our cuft has to be lower than normal due to much less furniture?
I went online and filled in some basic info, and not surprisingly I got lots of replies. They all asked me to fill out a complete inventory of non-boxed items. I did that and got lots of quotes - they varied wildly ($1900 to $4000) and said nothing about packing anything. So I replied to each and said we'd want our stuff packed too. Got new quotes, higher ($4900-$7000), only one said "packing" and they all seemed to take wild guesses as to how many boxes we'd need for stuff. One even asked me to tell him how many boxes we'd have - I wouldn't know how to estimate that accurately. One guessed 50 boxes, another said we use 8-12 boxes/room. One said "no worries" if you have less than 50 boxes we'll reduce the price. I take that to mean if there are more than 50 boxes the price will increase, though he didn't say that of course.
I get the distinct impression they float teaser quotes, and then the actual move will cost (a lot) more once they show up.
In the old days, movers sent out an estimator who looked over all our stuff, and developed a firm quote. I'd really be more comfortable with that, maybe no one does it that way any more?
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