Michelle Singletary, a personal finance columnist for the Washington Post, wrote a great article entitled "Beware Of Movers Who Take You For a Ride" where she talks about the high stress and high expenses of moving. She then goes on to explain about some of the moving scams and steps you might consider taking to avoid getting scammed by your moving company.
"The really serious complaints are rogue movers or scam movers," says David Sparkman, vice president of communications for the American Moving and Storage Association, which represents the interstate movers. "These people are thieves who are pretending to be movers."
The classic moving scam is when a moving company will give a low estimate to pack up someone only to substantially hike the quoted price once the items are loaded on the trucks. If the consumer doesn’t pay the new price, the belongings are held hostage. Last year about 15 percent of consumer complaints filed against movers involved hostage goods.
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