Moving: When you move do you hire movers.. move yourself...

United States
September 11, 2009 9:22am CST
When you decide you are moving what do you do? Do you do all the moving yourself? Do you hire professional movers? Do you enlist the help of family or friends..or drop a hint that you are moving and wait and see if anyone is willing to help? Have you ever had any bad experiences with moving?
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@smileonstar (4007)
• United States
11 Sep 09
Hello, I do the packing and when I move, I just hire a couple of people to help me move the heavy stuff. I hate to move cuz when you put them in is easy but when you unpack them.... it takes years... lolz
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• United States
12 Sep 09
I think that's why I am trying to learn to live more simply. Having to pack things to move is always a chore
• India
31 Aug 13
When you decide you are moving what do you do? When you have huge amount of trashes in your home, then you should look for the professional moving company to move your trash. In some case trashes may be low, in that case you hiring same vehicle for your moves is better choice. Do you do all the moving yourself? Do you hire professional movers? When we have lesser trashes we can do these moves by our own but it has some risk. If you hire the professional movers for your moving project then you can be free out various pressures. Suppose if you would like to move a heavy load from place to place, it is really difficult for us to move, and therefore we need some help from professionals. For hiring the good reputed company is really difficult unless until you know them as professional. Before hiring any mover make sure you need to get reference from your friends, family or any neighbor. They may have chance to know about the company. Reference:-
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@prinzcy (32299)
• Malaysia
11 Sep 09
I've move a couple of times but it's not a major one where a professional mover help was required. I only need to take my clothes, books and some other miscellaneous appliances and stuff. I used my father's car to bring all of that. If I need to carry something big, I'll ask the help of someone with a van or lorry. I don't mind paying some money but I am sure it's cheaper than professional mover.
• United States
12 Sep 09
Five years ago when we moved to our current location, we hired professional movers and it was most definately one of the smartest decitions we have ever made. For starters, we did not want to burden our friends with such a time consuming task of heavy lifting, nor did we want to depend on them of carrying out such a challening task. Hiring the professional movers were certainly a good choice for us, because they arrived on time and carryed out the task so efficiently that they saved us two hundred dollars by completing the task in five hours instead of the eight hours that we originally paid for. Of cause there are many other factors you must consider as well. such as, your financial situation, are your friends healthy, reliable and responsible enough to carry out such a difficult task or are they just a group of drunks who might damage several items of yours.