Mover Recommendation?

Rusty Shackleford

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Jul 21, 2006, 3:11:48 PM7/21/06

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Hello,

Can someone recommend a good, competent, honest moving company to move
a family from Summerlin to Henderson.

I know that honest movers are as hard to find as honest mechanics, so
I need to turn to the community for help.

I would appreciate any recommedations.

Thank You.

QX

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Jul 22, 2006, 10:04:56 AM7/22/06

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Be sure to get a "BINDING ESTIMATE", or when they get to the delivery
location, they will hit you up for hundreds more. If you refuse to
pay, they take your goods to the warehouse, and you get hit up for
even more in storage fees. Stick with the name companies (Allied,
Mayflower, North American, etc) and be careful with the "non
affiliateds independents" if you select one of them.

Be sure they are licensed, insured, and bonded, and they have long
term, background checked employees. You don't want some guy from the
day labor pool, or someone they picked up that morning from the street
side checking out your stuff as it's picked up and delivered. Laborers
have been known to come back weeks later to help themselves, and they
know exactly what you have.

Be sure they carry (and that it is current) workmens comp insurance or
when the laborer hurts his back carrying in your TV, you (or your
homeowners insurance) don't get stuck for his medical bills.

If you are paying by weight, follow them to the scales and veryify the
weight. Be sure they don't stop to fill up the gas tank on the way to
the scales to pad the bill also. (50 galls of gas weighs about 400
pounds, and you don't want to pay for that extra weight).

Do your homework and thoroughly research their record. Google the name
of the company, check on Craigslist, etc, etc.

Check the Vegas BBB website for complaints:
http://www.vegasbbb.org/
http://www.vegasbbb.org/go.html?location=/~special/bbblink.php3?library
Click on Home
Click on Planning a Cost-Effective Move

Check the local regulatory agencies also, state, city, county for
complaints, licensing issues etc.

Newt

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Jul 22, 2006, 4:40:23 PM7/22/06

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I cant remember the name of the company...but they drop off a big box,
you load it up and they will come and pick up the box and drop it off at
your new house.
Oh I think its called "PODS" or somthing like that.

QX

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Jul 23, 2006, 12:29:00 AM7/23/06

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www.pods.com The service is available in the Las Vegas area.

Nobody

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Jul 23, 2006, 1:34:16 AM7/23/06

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I, and some of my coworkers, have used an in-town moving company called
Denali Movers. We all have have been very happy with the service. They
do no boxing. They just load your boxes and furniture and deliver and
unload the stuff into your new location. Last I heard they charge $85 an
hour. So it behooves you to have everything ready for them to load onto
the truck.

Jerry

Samsung

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Jul 28, 2006, 10:55:03 AM7/28/06

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Go to Bonanza, between Martin L King Blvd & Rancho Dr. and pick up two
hispanics. They'll be standing on the side of the road waiting for a job.
Believe it or not, this is exactly where all the moving, yard work, and
construction companies pick up their labor force each morning, around
5am'ish.

Same people, less cost. Now go get a U-Haul and just keep an eye on them
while they do all the work for you.

Personally, if I were you though... I'd just go back to New York or
California, or where ever you moved in from. Las Vegas is really bad news.

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QX

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Aug 8, 2006, 9:40:30 AM8/8/06

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On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:11:48 -0700, Rusty Shackleford
<reply.to@newsgroup> wrote:

Here is just the article you may want to see. It's in todays Las Vegas
Sun, and focuses on problems with unlicensed movers:

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/consumer/2006/aug/06/566652125.html