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Re:A High-End Mover Dishes on Truckstop Hierarchy, Rich Peop... by le-mark on Friday September 22, 2017 @11:24AM (#15312994)
A lot of criticism about movers has to do with how claims are handled. Moving companies require considerable documentation before paying a claim. Do you know why? It’s because so many people file bogus claims.

Many people don't know, but the (US) military pays for professional movers of this caliber. I used to know a guy who would ship 10 busted tv's (cathode ray tube) and put in claims for all of them every time he changed duty stations. It was an easy $2000 check each time. Apparently the movers can't turn on electronics before or after a move due to the potential for condensation to damage the electronics. This was a while ago, so I don't know if this is actually true or not.

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Re:A High-End Mover Dishes on Truckstop Hierarchy, Rich Peop... by bbarn on Friday September 22, 2017 @01:11PM (#15313957)
They may now, but they didn't always. I grew up military, moving every 3-4 years, and it was always a fear filled game of anticipation when we finally got our stuff - sometimes weeks later. We had movers completely destroy some of our stuff, "lose" expensive electronics, the exact opposite of what this guy is talking about re: professionalism and claims.
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Re:A High-End Mover Dishes on Truckstop Hierarchy, Rich Peop... by it_luddite on Friday September 22, 2017 @02:21PM (#15314473)
I remember my older brother being moved by professionals when he was in the Navy. They came in and packed everything up including the waste basket by a desk... with all the paper trash in it. There was one thing damaged, which they told him about. His motorcycle fell over during the move and had a slight dent in the fuel tank. He looked at it and told them not to worry about it since he had a larger one on the other side.

He was really impressed with their services and if I ever use professional movers, I'd want folks like that.

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Re:A High-End Mover Dishes on Truckstop Hierarchy, Rich Peop... by ashark on Friday September 22, 2017 @01:55PM (#15314266)
My wife's stories about moves as an 80s/90s/early-2000s army brat are mostly ones of everything getting broken and, over the course of 10 or so moves, almost anything resembling a keepsake or memento (or even just a favorite toy) eventually being in one of the several boxes per move that the movers straight-up lost. Sad stuff.

'Course, her dad was enlisted, so that may have made a difference. About as high-ranked as he could be toward the end, though, and AFAIK their moves were still awful.

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Re:A High-End Mover Dishes on Truckstop Hierarchy, Rich Peop... by birdman3131 on Friday September 22, 2017 @07:04PM (#15316727)
My dad was in the army back in the 80's and was investing in wine at one point. One case that he had he recalls would be worth $25k-$30k these days. It vanished on a move one time and he assumes it just got drunk.
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