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This Month's Featured Article : Talking to Moving Companies
Moving your home or office is a tall order because you literally (and physically) have to transfer your life and your possessions from one location to another. That’s probably why so many people avail of the services of a moving or relocation company. However, doing this opens up a new set of challenges.
Since most of the items that you’ll be transferring will be important to you and your family, the mover has to be ‘gentle’ or cautious when handling your possessions. You’ll probably also want a company that has a good reputation as well as a very competitive moving service package e.g. provides free moving supplies. Finding one company out of all the hundreds of moving companies out there is easy. Looking for all of those traits in one is another matter altogether.
Choosing among Moving Companies Takes Time
You are looking for a lot of traits in a single company and this ideal moving company is bound to be elusive). Thus, give yourself sufficient time to come up with the right movers to help you on moving day. Remember, it’s not enough to pore over the phone book. It’s also important to ask family members, friends and acquaintances because these people could give honest feedback about the services of your prospective moving company.
Moving is NOT All about the Price
Remember, price is just one of the factors in picking out a moving company. Value-added services, reputation or reliability and previous experience are also very big items to consider as well.
If you know how to deal with the paperwork, you’ll know that insurance with the moving company is another major item to consider. To help you decide, try listing your choices and then put the factors that you’re looking for beside each one. Assign a range of values (1 to 5, for example) based on how important that factor is to you and then rate each moving company on your list according to your criteria. That way, you’ll see how each moving service provider truly measures up in terms of your service criteria.
Let the Moving Company Know
Before you go out and call on all the moving companies in the area, take stock of what you actually intend to move. That means listing down the items that are necessary once the move has been made, as well as foregoing the items that would just weigh you down. By bringing along a list with you as early as the canvassing stage, you give the moving company a pretty good idea of how much you intend to move. This way, they can give you a pretty good idea of how much your move will cost.
Note that, when a moving company price quote is given, it’s not exactly what the company will charge you on moving day itself. Ask explicitly about what kind of price quote was given to you. There are some quotes that do give the actual amount (though this is rare, and price adjustments are still made on moving day), while there are those that just give the hourly or daily rate (so you could figure it out yourself). Then there are those that give a maximum figure. Find out which one you’re getting so that you don’t give yourself (and your wallet) a very big surprise on moving day.
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