My Stuff is Gone
// September 1st, 2010 // Moving, News
The movers came yesterday and finally got all of mine and Ellen’s stuff taken away. We ended up having a lot of trouble with the movers and I subsequently am going to have to make a call and try and figure out what can be done to compensate. The movers originally said that they would arrive on Sunday between 7am and 1pm. Well 12:30 rolls around and I still havent heard anything from the movers. I finally am able to get in touch with the driver and he says “Oh yeah, we’ll be there between 4:30-6:30pm.” Awesome. 6:15 rolls around, no word from the movers. I call them again: “Oh yeah, we’ll be there 6:30:-8:00pm.” Awesome. 8:15 rolls around, no word from the movers and I decide to call again. “Oh yeah, we’ll be there a little after 9:00pm”. Awesome. The movers finally show up around 9:15 and I get a call and he says, “Is there another entrance to your place? We can’t get our truck inside.” For a month now I have worked with the contractors at The Moving Experts to detail out the move and have explicitly stated that a smaller truck will need to be used in order to gain access to the condo complex. I am even paying a $200 shuttle fee for this service. The movers show up in a 53 foot semi truck that has no chance at all making it into the complex.
As this point I am just ready to give up for the night and go home. The movers asked if they could come the following day between noon and 2:00pm and pick up my items. Note that this would be Monday and I guess I am just expected to take off work so that I can be there for the movers. I was able to work it out with my parents that they would be able to be there for the movers but at this point, I think I’m ready to let the moving company have it. The movers showed up at 2:30pm and didn’t finish moving the items into the truck until after 7:30pm. Needless to say I owe my parents a nice dinner out.
On Tuesday we were able to get the whole apartment cleaned up and ready to be looked at by the Landlord in order to get my deposit back so things are looking better now. Hopefully the moving company will cut me a deal on the move and make a lot of concessions to make me happy again. 12 days until I am off to San Francisco.
