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Discount? From movers? Not sure what it's like in the UK, but here you count yourself lucky if they only shake you down for a little bit extra. Everyone talks about used car salesmen, but the moving business has got to be the sleaziest one around.

by MarekNYC on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 06:20:55 PM EST
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well after some discussion, there will be a considerable discount. Trading standards and another similar agency are involved. they did attempt to triple the cost, by charging for an extra van to complete the job, plus the cost of driving a van up to the new house to demand the money from us in person!

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 06:33:25 PM EST
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What they do here is refuse to unload the stuff until you pay them. Sure you can file a complaint, and you'll win. In the meantime your things are in a black hole for a few months. Their rating will drop, soon enough they'll close and reopen under a new name, same scam. The high end bigger firms tend to be honest, but you pay extra for that.

by MarekNYC on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 06:50:38 PM EST
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Re: Friday Open Thread (none / 1)

Books tend to be a sticking point-- when I moved back to California the moving company charged me a few hundred dollars extra, blaming it on the weight of all the books I had. Never mind that they'd helped me move once before and knew exactly how much stuff they were dealing with.

by lychee on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 08:03:39 PM EST
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No, no, the sleaziest business has to be garbage collection.

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 09:15:32 PM EST
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Re: Friday Open Thread (4.00 / 4)

Er - politics, surely?

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 10:32:44 PM EST
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