All Moving Tips and Guides
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What is a mover's household goods descriptive inventory?
Inventory "Tag" Stickers
Professional movers employ the "The Household Goods Descriptive Inventory" form which allows the moving company to document the articles which are being moved and the condition of each article when the moving company takes the shipment into its care and custody.
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How to get an accurate moving cost estimate
By Bill Adams - Having done an average of 400-900 estimates per year over the past 21 years, I would like to share a few tips for the homeowners in their quest to get accurate in-home estimates from their movers of choice. Once you've narrowed your selection of movers to consider, call…Read this entire article...Household Cost Estimates • 739 views • 0 comments
The myth of the movers binding estimate or not to exceed moving cost estimate
Taken at face value, a binding estimate may appear to be very attractive to moving & storage consumers. However, a flat-rate Binding Estimate (or "guaranteed not-to-exceed Binding Estimate) can easily be employed as a scam-tactic to lure consumers with a price guarantee, only to…Read this entire article...Household Cost Estimates • 12,406 views • 0 comments
The movers table of measurements/cube sheet and your moving cost estimate
Each company company's guaranteed not to exceed estimate, binding estimate, or non-binding estimate includes an pre-move inventory which the estimator prepares when she or she visits your home to inspect the goods you want to move. This inventory is referred to as a "Table of Measurements" or a "…Read this entire article...Household Cost Estimates • 4,026 views • 0 comments
Why your highest moving weight estimate may well be your most accurate weight estimate
Your highest weight estimate is your most accurate weight estimate! This statement fly's in the face of the number one rule of purchasing: throw out the high estimate, throw out the low estimate, and go with the middle estimate. But if we dig a little deeper we will find out why this common rule of…Read this entire article...Household Cost Estimates • 2,782 views • 1 comments
How to make an apples-to-apples comparison between mover cost estimates
A customer recently expressed confusion as to how she might be able to make an "apples-to-apples" comparison of the many moving cost estimates she had obtained. While on the face of it the different wording, terms, and conditions of multiple mover estimates may be confusing, getting an apples-to-…Read this entire article...Household Cost Estimates • 428 views • 0 comments
The 7 half-truths which some moving and storage sales people tell
Time to vent, and I must preface this writing by apologizing to all the many professional COD/Private Transfer interstate household goods sales representatives out there: you have all heard these tales and battle this nonsense every day. Perhaps the problem is regional; it seems that in our market…Read this entire article...Household Cost Estimates • 1,115 views • 0 comments
How to pack: packing tips - the complete guide to packing for your move
Packing for moving is an art requiring a certain amount of expertise and know-how. Your mover has many years of experience at packing behind them and should have a well trained, and qualified staff to do any part of the packing you might prefer. If you need assistance with your packing please let…Read this entire article...Household Packing Tutorials • 13,718 views • 4 comments
How to pack dishes when you're moving
Introducing The Dish Pack!
Dishes are often one's most prized possession and packing them properly can be a prime factor in a satisfying move to your new home. Furthermore, dish pack cartons are among the more difficult cartons to pack. Dish pack cartons (or "dish barrels" as they are known in the…Read this entire article...Household Packing Tutorials • 2,362 views • 0 comments
DIY How to pack pictures, how to pack mirrors and how to pack glass tops for moving
Having your mover pack your fragile mirrors, pictures or glass tops can be a very good idea...especially when one understands that the mover accepts liability when the mover packs these articles. However, movers charge $25.00 to $40.00 (or more) to pack each mirror, picture or glass top and when…Read this entire article...Household Packing Tutorials • 57,001 views • 4 comments
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