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Price 
Location 
Distance 
Submitted by  
Description
$ 1000
Jul 2007
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
1200
Moving stuff from Florida to Ohio   more... close row
$ 1895
Jul 2007
Turlock, California
24000
Pack it yourself movers very helpful  more... close row
$ 700
Mar 2008
Memphis, Tennessee
200
Moving mother from Memphis to Nashville  more... close row
$ 850
Apr 2008
Atlanta, GA
575
Long distance movers were two hours late  more... close row
$ 600
May 2008
East Lansing, MI
300
Moving from college back home  more... close row
$ 9800
Sep 2006
San Diego, CA
2200
All moving expenses when moving from Ohio to California  more... close row
$ 3500
Mar 2006
Fort Wayne, IN
1300
Delivery of boxes only  more... close row
$ 1200
Jan 2007
Little Rock, AR
500
Moving stepson from Mobile to Little Rock  more... close row
$ 1500
Aug 2008
Exeter, NH
419
Very careful movers worth the money  more... close row
$ 7500
Oct 2006
Cocoa Beach, FL
5000
Stuff missing after movers employed  more... close row
$ 2500
Feb 2007
Chicago, Illinois
2000
Moving from San Diego to Chicago  more... close row
$ 896
Aug 2007
Fort Worth, TX
989
Customer responsible for packing and unpacking   more... close row
$ 2500
Feb 2007
San Diego, CA
300
Took three weeks for movers to move from Chicago to San Diego  more... close row

Description of service

I moved from Chicago to San Diego. I packed everything but the movers loaded the truck in Chicago and took it San Diego. Then they unloaded the truck in San Diego.


Review of Service

The biggest hassle with this was how long it took. It took almost 3 weeks for my things to arrive in San Diego. I don't remember the specific estimate on time but it was much less time than 3 weeks, I know that much. The movers offered to put extra padding and tape on some of my valuables like televisions, furniture, etc. I thanked them very much. It turns out I was charged for the materials to do this. Which is fine, I just feel like they should have told me. The actual moving part of it was fine. They handled my things carefully and nothing was broken in the move. When they left my apartment in Chicago though they left behind all their empty tape rolls and some other trash just lying on the floor. I didn't really appreciate that.


Tips

Your goal here should be to have your things moved safely and quickly. Don't expect to get great service. Make sure you read your contract thouroghly as there can be some surprises in there.