{"id":161,"date":"2009-02-13T10:51:56","date_gmt":"2009-02-13T15:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.movingplace.net\/blog\/?p=161"},"modified":"2009-02-13T10:51:56","modified_gmt":"2009-02-13T15:51:56","slug":"choosing-a-moving-company-through-reputation-checks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.movingplace.net\/blog\/moving-companies\/choosing-a-moving-company-through-reputation-checks\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing a Moving Company through Reputation Checks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leaving your old home and life may be nerve-raking. Many changes may occur. To decrease the possible stress moving can bring, you must find a good <a href=\"http:\/\/www.movingplace.net\/moving-tips\/choosing-a-moving-company.php\">moving company<\/a>. Have moving services that will really take care of you possessions so that you can face a great new start.<\/p>\n<p>So what should you do to find the best <a href=\"http:\/\/www.movingplace.net\/\">moving services<\/a> you can get? Do reputation research.<\/p>\n<p>You Can Start Online<br \/>\nUnswerving moving companies have good service advertisements available through the internet. With just a few clicks of your mouse, you can find a good list of your potential moving serve providers. Make sure you take note of their address and contact numbers.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a list, find good and bad customer reviews that are also available online. <\/p>\n<p>Survey<br \/>\nAsk friends, relatives, and acquaintances that has moving experiences for local <strong>moving companies<\/strong>. Know which have great and which have disappointing services.<\/p>\n<p>Do More Research<br \/>\nWith a shorter list of potential movers, do an extensive reputation research.<\/p>\n<p>Check the Better Business Bureau (BBB) for complaints filed against your potential <strong>moving service provider<\/strong>. Know if problems are resolved quickly or are left pending.<\/p>\n<p>Ask the US Department of Tourism if your choices are registered and updated.<\/p>\n<p>After all the research, there may still be more choices in your list, but here are some CAUTIONS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No contact information available online<\/li>\n<li>The receptionist does not answer the phone with the company name, and worse, a machine answers your call.<\/li>\n<li>Cash and pricey initial payments and deposits.<\/li>\n<li>Claim that insurance will take care of your properties.<\/li>\n<li>No pre-movement inspection done.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.movingplace.net\/moving-tips\/renting-a-truck.php\">moving truck<\/a> does not carry the company\u2019s name.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You may have done every reputation check, but you must always trust your gut feeling. Your instincts may dictate doubt to a certain moving company\u2019s offer, so do not choose that. These reputation checks mentioned are only guides. It is still up to your decision, if a moving company suits your needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leaving your old home and life may be nerve-raking. Many changes may occur. To decrease the possible stress moving can bring, you must find a good moving company. Have moving services that will really take care of you possessions so that you can face a great new start. So what should you do to find [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.movingplace.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.movingplace.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.movingplace.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.movingplace.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.movingplace.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.movingplace.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":164,"href":"http:\/\/www.movingplace.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions\/164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.movingplace.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.movingplace.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.movingplace.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}