A smart consumer always.... We saw this today at Curbed and thought it useful. Moving Scam.com was started by Tim Walker in 2001 after he was scammed by a mover in Virginia. Three years later, Moving Scam keeps an updated blacklist with the help of volunteers of all the BAD ONES, and offers good advice on how to find a good mover. He DOESN'T have a list of GOOD ONES, so we will have to do that here at Apartment Therapy. (Thanks, Lockhart!) MGR
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Just a quick note if you dig deeper into movingscam.com you will find they are actually under investigation for making defamatory comments about perfectly good moving companies along with the bad ones. they only give good reviews to six companies that pay them for the leads so it seems like a good idea but it's really a marketing trick by a fewmoving companies. http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/365/RipOff0365834.htm
a Better location for a <A href="http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/016/RipOff0016522.htm">moving company black list is: http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/016/RipOff0016522.htm
also http://www.protectyourmove.gov is the official site from theFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
There is a website that can save you from all the problems of moving company scams: MovingScam.Info
There are about 20 questions and answers of how moving companies can rip you off and ways of how you can avoiding it.
Wish you all who needs to move a happy move and a safe one.
Flat Rate Moving in NYC has done a great job for me and several friends. In setting up my move this year, they made sure to get the same "moving specialist" that I had a few years ago, since he'd be familiar with my furniture and belongings!
Also, to Melonie and others who've had bad moving experiences: you're mad as hell, and you don't have to take it anymore!!
There are a few simple steps you can take on your own.
1. Notify the credit card company you used for payment.
Often, this is enough to get things straightened out.
2. Contact the Attorney General for the state where the movers picked up your belongings.
Each state's AG helps with consumer fraud issues. Write them a letter stating what happened. The AG will get in touch with the company in question. You don't need a lawyer for this.
3. File a complaint with the Better Business Bureau.
They have a simple, online form you can fill out. The BBB then contacts the company in question.
Moving scam is among the largest fraudulent activities within the moving service industry. Moving scams occur with regards to Moving insurance, unused spaces in trucks, rented trucks rather than employing their own, moving size and packing pitfalls, estimates quotes etc.
The unethical movers take the chance of time and expense of the people to gain extra money.Federal and state laws require movers to prepare a written estimate on every moving shipment, which is supposed to be given to the customer. All charges, including transportation, access fees and advance charges, are to be included on the estimate document. Federal and state laws require movers to prepare a written estimate on every moving shipment, which is supposed to be given to the customer.
Details could be found here: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/7705765/increasing_moving_scams_in_eastern.html?cat=8