Well, I for one am just happy to see you finally join the ranks with the rest of us highly educated intellectuals.
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Moving woes ** let the mover beware
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Damn Marines!Since I may be returning, however briefly, to the scene of that crime, nothing would be more apropos. However, the perpetrators of the original act made use of bolt-cutters, no doubt checked out from the squadron tool room, so I don't know if that would help.
In the end, your warm wishes (or seething contempt, as the case may be) will be quite sufficient.
Brett
Yeah, we opted for the full-replacement value insurance this time around. Good thing too - damage to a made-to-order custom-leather love seat made in Italy and scratch/dents to a couple pieces of brand new living room end tables. It's gonna cost 'em.On our last move, at my wife's insistence, we sprang the $300 for full replacement insurance. We didn't have a single claim for the whole move. Maybe it was murphy's law, maybe we we would have been lucky anyway, or maybe the mover's were more careful because of the insurance. I don't know. It seems like a good investment (well, maybe not with 4 PCS moves in 3 years).
MasterBates
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I have always done DITY or Partial-DITY.
From Whiting to Mayport, I had them move my motorcycle and some furniture.. My move was around bike week.
My bike was "in the warehouse and unavailable for delivery" for about a month... I made many calls, and demanded to know WHERE it was. I went there. It was not..
It turned up 3 weeks later, magically in the spot where it was supposed to be, with 2400 miles more than it had, and a bald reat tire. And it never ran right after that..
I think some asshole "borrowed" it for bike week and abused the shit out of it.
They "compensated" me for the mileage, and loss of use, and paid for a new tire. I asked them to sign a letter taking responsiblity for any tickets that I may be sent from the missing time.. They refused, until I told them I was going to press GTA charges. The bluff worked.
2 unpaid parking tickets were paid by them.
From Whiting to Mayport, I had them move my motorcycle and some furniture.. My move was around bike week.
My bike was "in the warehouse and unavailable for delivery" for about a month... I made many calls, and demanded to know WHERE it was. I went there. It was not..
It turned up 3 weeks later, magically in the spot where it was supposed to be, with 2400 miles more than it had, and a bald reat tire. And it never ran right after that..
I think some asshole "borrowed" it for bike week and abused the shit out of it.
They "compensated" me for the mileage, and loss of use, and paid for a new tire. I asked them to sign a letter taking responsiblity for any tickets that I may be sent from the missing time.. They refused, until I told them I was going to press GTA charges. The bluff worked.
2 unpaid parking tickets were paid by them.
Totally concur on the "full replacement value" idea. Murphy probably helps... but they'll still break/lose something. You may pay a little more for it but it doesn't hurt too much because it comes out of your check that isn't itemized anyway, so who knows how they got to that value to begin with. And always remember, with full replacement, a box that says "sheets/towels" on the manifest ALWAYS has egyptian towels and 800+ count sheets...
Coming from someone who is new to the whole PCS thing (done it only once, full-DITY):
Would you recommend moving as much as you can yourself and letting the movers take the big stuff (basically what you can't fit in your truck/van/trailer)
OR
Taking about what you need to make it until your shipment arrives and letting mover ship most of your stuff?
Thanks, Bubba
Would you recommend moving as much as you can yourself and letting the movers take the big stuff (basically what you can't fit in your truck/van/trailer)
OR
Taking about what you need to make it until your shipment arrives and letting mover ship most of your stuff?
Thanks, Bubba
Bubba, I've done it several times so far and each was a partial-DITY. If you don't have a lot of stuff, i.e., it'll all fit in the back of a tow U-Haul, I'd say go that way. I have a lot of crap so I always do a partial, usually take my guns, important papers, stuff like that. I'll let the movers haul the big stuff (furniture, tv, piano) so I don't have to worry about it. My wife and I have gotten used to using paper plates and plastic silverware till the rest of our stuff shows up. Plus, the Navy pays me more to move some of my crap than if I just had it all moved.
One thing not mentioned is the MWR loan locker. They have a lot of everyday stuff (pots, pans, small appliances) you can use till your crap shows up.
One thing not mentioned is the MWR loan locker. They have a lot of everyday stuff (pots, pans, small appliances) you can use till your crap shows up.
Yea, what he said. I have never let the movers haul all my stuff, just the big things.
I did a full DITY once between Fallon and China Lake. 17,000lbs (and more) is a chore to move. There is money to be made, but, unless you have lots of buds at your new duty station, that unloading will be a lot of work. On the plus side, nothing gets broken or stolen.