While you may feel yourself slowing down as the days grow longer and the temperatures go up, summer is the busiest time of the year for movers. Millions of us are likely to pack up and move house between June and September. But moving is a fraught proposition; it can be hard to tell the difference between a legitimate outfit that will properly bring you your stuff, and one that will steal from you or extort you for cash. [More]
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Millennials Aren’t Moving Anywhere, Despite Fewer Obstacles
By 2.13.17
For many younger consumers, each new year used to bring a new address, whether that meant switching from an apartment to a house, or following their dreams across the country. But the latest generation of millennials apparently aren’t on board with that. [More]
Cat Makes Everyone Happy By Surviving 30 Days In Moving Box On A Cross-Country Trip
By 12.4.14
There are many bad things in the world, things that make you sad and upset and tempt you to throw large, breakable things against the wall and rail against whatever it is that’s bringing you down. In those moments, grab hold of the fact that a cat’s owners say she survived 30 days trapped in a box that traveled cross-country, without food or water to sustain her. [More]
Comcast Doesn’t Understand The Idea Of ‘Transferring Service,’ Shuts All Of Our Services Down
By 1.28.13
Brad is a longtime customer of Comcast, and he planned to take Comcast with him to his new home. This was a mistake. Not the part where he was going to keep using Comcast: in many areas, people who want cable don’t really have a choice. His mistake was letting Comcast know ahead of time that he planned to move. Things began to go terribly wrong within mere minutes, and he is still without any of his Comcast services, even though the move is weeks away. [More]
Moving My DirecTV Service Costs $230, Canceling It Costs $500
By 11.27.12
Some satellite TV customers decide to end their relationship with their company of choice when they move, but that’s not what Brad and his wife want to do. They’re moving to be closer to family during a medical crisis. The problem is that they’re still under contract: they just signed up this August. They also like their service and want to keep it. The problem is that DirecTV offers them two options: a $200 fee to move the service, or a [More]
Watch Out, Dish Network: Comcast Can Send Misleading Mailers, Too
By 8.30.12
Reader Christopher is a Comcast customer, but had just signed a new one-year lease an has no plans to move. So the letter from Comcast he received in the mail that said “New home transfer service summary” in red letters caught his attention. Was there an error at Comcast and they thought he was moving? Was the the victim of identity theft? Better open it and find out. [More]
Sprint Isn’t Sure Whether They Can Unlock My iPhone Or Not
By 7.16.12
In a few months, Jessica and her fiancé will move to his native London. This wasn’t in her long-term plans when she bought an iPhone 4S and signed a contract with Sprint. Life happens. At least she will be able to keep her newish iPhone after unlocking it and swapping in a UK SIM card…right? Well, no. Maybe. No. Yes, but for $300. Nobody, including Sprint employees, seems to know what Sprint’s actual policy is. [More]
T-Mobile: Sorry You Lost Your Job And Had To Move, Here’s Your $500 ETF Bill
By 5.24.12 — Updated: 7.10.13
Walter’s wife was laid off from her position in Chicago, and she needed a job. She found one in a different Midwestern city: Omaha. She doesn’t seem to have any complaints about Omaha, except for the thing where she has next to no cell phone service. This still isn’t enough to get her out of her contract with T-Mobile, and she’s on the hook for her entire early termination fee, plus her whole non-prorated last month of service. [More]
Allied Van Rentals: We Didn't Deliver Wrong Mattress, You Just Forgot Wetting The Bed
By 5.8.12
Mike used a local Allied affiliate for his cross-country move, and everything seemed okay. Until he unwrapped his Serta mattress and found that he had received the wrong one. How did he know this? Well, the one at his house hadn’t been covered with urine stains. Or so he says. Allied, for one, doesn’t believe him. [More]
The Downside Of Relocating For Work
By 3.29.12
On many a dreary day, the fantasy of landing a job in a new city, uprooting and starting fresh seems appealing. But when an actual opportunity arises that allows you to do so, reality sets in and you’re confronted with some tough choices as you weigh your options. [More]
How To Save Money When Moving
By 3.28.12
It takes a lot of time, effort and money to haul all your junk from your former residence to your future one. But there are ways to trim costs and make the nightmarish experience more tolerable. [More]
US Postal Service Swaps Box Of Love Letters For Strangers' Mail
By 9.15.11
David has saved every piece of paper correspondence that he’s received from his wife during their entire life together. When shipping most of their possessions during a cross-country move, the box containing all of these cards and letters was damaged, and the contents lost. They were replaced with an awful lot of random items that don’t belong to David at all. So where are David’s letters? And who are the random people whose mail was stuffed in the box? [More]
How It Took 2.5 Hours To Stay With AT&T After My Move
By 8.25.11
What Y. wanted was simple enough: to remain an AT&T U-Verse customer while moving from one apartment to another within the same complex. Somehow, this process took two and a half hours of navigating the customer service maze after someone typed the wrong apartment number on his service order. The individual customer service representatives weren’t the problem. AT&T’s system was. [More]
Con Ed Piles On Late Fees, Won't Accept My Bill Payment
By 8.23.11
Shay’s last Con Edison bill keeps going up due to late fees. “So pay the bill!” you might say. Well, he’d really like to, but the company won’t let him pay online, as he always has. [More]
North American Van Lines Won't Move My Stuff, Won't Tell Me Why
By 8.11.11
John hired North American Van Lines last month for his move from Massachusetts to California. He and his family have made it safely to California, but all of their stuff is still on the wrong coast. And no one can tell them why. [More]
Don't Move To These 10 Cities If You Want To Have A Job
By 5.24.11
Do you enjoy the process whereby you perform tasks for others in exchange for compensation? Then don’t move to any of these 10 cities. They’re the worst ones for job seekers! [More]
Protect Yourself From A Moving Scam
By 5.16.11
The day has come for your big move. All your belongings are packed in the truck. Your heart is filled with hope for the new stage in your life, and you’re proud of yourself for getting such a low rate from the moves. But when you get to your new abode, problems arise. The movers are demanding several times what the agreed upon price was, otherwise they’re driving off with your stuff. You just got scammed. How could you have protected yourself from this situation? [More]
Double-Check Your Budget Truck Reservation If You Don't Want To Give Away Your Stuff
By 3.15.11
Moving can a great time to take a clear-headed look at your possessions and determine what it is that you truly need. H. and his family ended up giving away many of their belongings during a recent move, but not because of any desire to downsize. They had to leave their things behind because the employees at his local Budget thought that a family that booked two identical trucks had done so only because they double-booked. Not because they actually needed two trucks. Nope. [More]
