A Moving Experience
Back in 2000, when preparing to leave Boston, I researched local moving companies and even checked with the Better Business Bureau. After calling references, we went with fellow Heebs' Aviv Moving and Storage.
Big mistake.
Members of my very own tribe stored our property in an uninsured facility which caught fire a month before we moved into our new home. Property not burned was ruined anyway due to water damage. We were only able to salvage a few personal items and some pictures. Yes, we paid extra for insurance which, we later learned, only covered items in transit. Gotta love fine print! After several attorneys and even an interview with "consumer reporter" Hank Phillippi Ryan, we recovered nothing, nada, zip. Not one dime.
Can't wait to move again!
If anyone out there knows of a reputable moving company, in Tampa this time - please post a comment or email me privately. I promise to blame you politely.
posted by kate @ 8:10 AM
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2 Comments:
Kate, I feel for you. Would it help to know about our friends whose stuff was washed overboard in the Pacific? Or the couple we know who lost everything to a fire started by overheated brakes in the mountains of East Tennessee? Probably not. I can only suggest that you stick with one of the major nationwide lines like Mayflower and then make every attempt to do a "door to door" move so that you see the stuff leave your home then are at your new place in time to take delivery. Although the military now lets us choose which company to use I've found that with rare exceptions it doesn't make a dime's worth of difference. Crews don't stay together long so one person's good experience is the net person's nightmare.
Good to know. ;-) Nothing is ever easy, right?
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