The good news is that the movers called: our stuff is arriving tomorrow, WAY ahead of schedule!
The not-so-good news is WHO actually called.
See, choosing a mover was HARD. I got 4 quotes: 1 was in the $2000 range, 1 was in the $3500 range and 2 were in the $5000 range. They all estimated the weight at about the same and they were all "garunteed not to exceed" quotes, meaning even if the weight was more than the estimate, the final amount would not go up. Being a bargin hunter, it was hard NOT to go with the $2000 quote from Oz Moving. I reasoned that I would be nervous about our belongings no matter what we paid, so why not go with the cheapest? I did some research on movingscam.com and found that Oz did both local and long distance moves. Their reputation for local was better than the long distance, but they had been doing local longer and the questionable reviews on long distance moves seemed outdated. For example, one review said that Oz would be sub-contracting her move to Fragile Van Lines and everyone on the site agreed that Fragile should be avoided at all costs. But when I spoke to the person at Oz he told me that they would be taking my belongings from NYC to LA and that they were starting up a new weekly service to LA which is why we were getting such a good rate.
Fast forward to today when Kelly from Fragile Van Lines called to confirm my delivery. Yup - we had been sub-contracted. I'm not freaking out yet, but I am not thrilled. Hopefully everything will arrive as planned looking no worse for the wear.
In the meantime, SMS and I are going to the Dodgers game tonight where Barry Bonds could tie and possibly break Hank Aaron's home run record. That should take our mind off of it!
No comments:
Post a Comment