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Originally Posted by TheProfessor

Now let me state the other side of what can happen.

A friend sold home in Lakes Region. New home in Naples, Florida was not yet built. So household goods and furniture were stored at one of those storage facilities in Concord, NH. And for a few/many months.

I did advise my friend to be very careful in choosing a moving company. He advised me that he needs no such advise as he is a sharp business executive.

He found a 'fixed' price to move all of the household goods and furniture from Concord, NH to Naples, FL for $1,785.00. He obtained a written contract for the fixed price.

He did ask me on moving day to travel to Concord, NH to make sure all went well. The moving truck arrived 2 hours late. The moving truck came up from NYC. The moving "guys" while loading truck called their boss in NYC and stated that in no way could they load all of this "stuff" for the price agreed to. Cell phone calls went everywhere that day and the price agreed to by all parties jumped up to $2,475.00. But it went up in increments with each cell phone call. I was not involved in any of the 're-negotiations' or cell phone calls.

Two weeks. That is what he was told for delivery to Naples, Florida. Two weeks came and went. Then the third week. Then a guarantee of Monday the following week. On Tuesday mid moring a tractor trailer shows up. And the driver states that he needs $2,500 in order for he and his partner to unload and deliver the household goods and furniture. No credit cards accepted. No checks accepted. Must be cash. If they didn't pay the cash the furniture would go back to the warehouse and they would be charged for unloading goods and a daily rate for storage.

So, in order to finally get their stuff. My friend had to go to bank and get cash to pay the movers.

So the 'bargain' price he obtained searching online for an inexpensive furniture move of $1,785 turned into almost $5,000.00.

There is a moral to this story some place.

Yup.....this is common practice in that business. Lot of scum in the moving business.