What Are You Doing Right Now
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Back in the office for a week before being gone for 2.
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Breakfast is being cooked.
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We had another moving company do an estimate for us.
First Company: $1000 <--we happen to know for a fact do a very good job.
Second Company: $600 (high estimate) <--we know nothing about the second company.Now, the first company resides in Long Beach Island, which is big money so that could account for the disparity but am I right to be a little taken back at the price difference?
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Well if you know and like the work of the first company, was there anything about the second company that makes you think their work is less up to snuff?
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@DustinB3403 No, but every moving company seems shady from my experience. Lack of information makes me nervous
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Are you moving across state lines, or just a few towns over? Are both insured? $400 difference is a pretty big amount of money.
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They are both insured with license #'s and everything
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@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Are you moving across state lines, or just a few towns over? Are both insured? $400 difference is a pretty big amount of money.
More importantly, 40% seems like a big jump.
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So if they are both insured, and have a promise of work, why not save the $400 and go with the lower cost shipper?
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Yeah I guess. I looked up the lower estimate in the better business bureau and they have only been a company for a few years. The higher has been around for decades.
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Was thinking about upgrading my XenServer to latest 7.1 build
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Did also look to see if I can grab two machines to play with XOSAN
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@hobbit666 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Did also look to see if I can grab two machines to play with XOSAN
You have to install the plugin, Not sure if its public yet... maybe.
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@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Yeah I guess. I looked up the lower estimate in the better business bureau and they have only been a company for a few years. The higher has been around for decades.
Don't trust the BBB it's a known scam that companies pay into to get complaints off of their record. It's an extortion racket for businesses.
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@hobbit666 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Was thinking about upgrading my XenServer to latest 7.1 build
Might want to review this.
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$600 and $1000 - what are these guys evening doing for you? Those numbers seem potentially low - but then again, I've actually never hired a moving company, and I'm sure they mostly employ people who make just over min wage... so.. Assuming 50% overhead to the company, $500 in wages, at let's assume $12/hr that's approx 40 man hours of moving time. I suppose that could be right.
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
$600 and $1000 - what are these guys evening doing for you? Those numbers seem potentially low - but then again, I've actually never hired a moving company, and I'm sure they mostly employ people who make just over min wage... so.. Assuming 50% overhead to the company, $500 in wages, at let's assume $12/hr that's approx 40 man hours of moving time. I suppose that could be right.
Moving furniture and boxes. Unfortunately my friends moved all across the country so this is the first time I don't have another guy to help me.
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@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Yeah I guess. I looked up the lower estimate in the better business bureau and they have only been a company for a few years. The higher has been around for decades.
Don't trust the BBB it's a known scam that companies pay into to get complaints off of their record. It's an extortion racket for businesses.
Have to agree. BBB reviews are worthless or worse... misleading.
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@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Yeah I guess. I looked up the lower estimate in the better business bureau and they have only been a company for a few years. The higher has been around for decades.
Don't trust the BBB it's a known scam that companies pay into to get complaints off of their record. It's an extortion racket for businesses.
I don't trust any reviews. I was just comparing the information they have about when it opened to what the owner said when he came to our place. Just being as safe as I can be.
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@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Yeah I guess. I looked up the lower estimate in the better business bureau and they have only been a company for a few years. The higher has been around for decades.
Don't trust the BBB it's a known scam that companies pay into to get complaints off of their record. It's an extortion racket for businesses.
I don't trust any reviews. I was just comparing the information they have about when it opened to what the owner said when he came to our place. Just being as safe as I can be.
That's what we are saying. BBB has no access to special info, their info could be completely misleading. They are not your friends, they are your enemy. The BBB is in the business of misleading you, so the safest thing to do is to avoid them. Their misinformation could drive you to avoid a good company.
