Sorry I have not posted, but the move went pretty bad. I am at about a 75% loss on furniture alone, this is not including boxes that were destroyed, collectibles, books, glass items, lamps and so on
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I hope the moving company is more than apologetic. If they don't offer you compensation at the level at or beyond the value of the goods destroyed by obviously, determinedly negligent behavior, take them to court. Or, do it easier and faster by sending your photos and story in detail to a consumer advocacy blog like Consumerist. ETA: fixed link
I'm totally serious, too. There's no way that professionals of any stripe could do that much damage without being somewhat willfully evil or absent of comment sense. Dishes break with a breeze. Solid wood in thick slab does not. They need to be punished for this behavior. Do work with them, but if you get one dollar less than what all that stuff was worth, excoriate them either in court or in the court of public opinion. It won't surprise you that the latter will probably be more effective. (And even if they do compensate you, write to Consumerist to warn others--either about their horrible practices or their generous settlement, or both.)
I will do that, working with their insurance company now. Trying to get up the courage still to go through my Christmas stuff. I have 90 days to file, and going over everything with a fine tooth comb before i send in my claim, like my Kitchen Aid mixer looks fine but was leaking oil and now jumps all over the counter when i run it. I would rather have everything checked, and that takes time when you think of how much stuff the average person has
Things just went bad. I honestly think they were in an accident because everything seemed fine and then about an hour before they were supposed to show up, they had "truck problems" and had to change trucks. So they were supposed to show up at noon, got here at 9:30pm...of course i can never prove that
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Critical failure on someone's part, sorry to hear about it.. =\
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I'm totally serious, too. There's no way that professionals of any stripe could do that much damage without being somewhat willfully evil or absent of comment sense. Dishes break with a breeze. Solid wood in thick slab does not. They need to be punished for this behavior. Do work with them, but if you get one dollar less than what all that stuff was worth, excoriate them either in court or in the court of public opinion. It won't surprise you that the latter will probably be more effective. (And even if they do compensate you, write to Consumerist to warn others--either about their horrible practices or their generous settlement, or both.)
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