Van Liners: Van Line Moving Companies
March 23, 2010 by admin
Filed under Moving News, Moving scams
Recently It has come to my attention that I may have given the false impression that I am anti-van line. So let disspell that myth right here and now…I am not anti-van line.
I am anti-moving
scam.
How this came about was I invited by a local moving company, that also happens to be a Wheaton Van Line agent out of Kalamazoo, to meet with the owner of that moving company and tour his installation.
He was very polite and professional and he explained to me how many van liners work. He showed me his facilities and his trucks etc. I was very impressed to say the least. But more importantly he showed me where I had erred in my judgement of van liners.
So from this I just wanted to express three points about Van liners, no matter whom they may be:
1) Van Liners are Local Moving Companies:
Many van liners have agents do their selling and transporting for them. Similar to a franchise these agents go out and bid on moves, do advertising in their perspective regions etc. But those agents usually are moving company owners in their own right.
These agents operate their own local full service moving company like any other full service mover. They just also happen to be van line agents.
2) Van Liners can be cheaper for small long distance moves:
I had this one completely wrong. I said that for smaller moves that van liners were not not competitive in pricing. In fact, for small long distance moves they can actually far cheaper than a full service mover.
Of course you will give up some control and time using the Van Liners but you make it up in cost.
Now, what I say does hold up if you are moving long distance. But then you take in account point 1 above.
3) You still need to verify a Van Liner like any other mover:
No matter if you are looking at Full Service Movers, Van Liners or Craigslist movers you still need to do your research on the company.
Just because it is well established name in the moving business does not mean they are good moving company to use.
If you read the articles that I have on this website then you know I did a review of moving scams. Over 80% of those moving scams were committed by “licensed and insured” established moving companies; and 60% of those were committed by Van Line agents.
So while reported that Van Liners committed most of the moving scams I have to amend that and say most were committed by Van Line agents.
The moral of the story is: Do your research any mover you plan to use.
I hope this helps to clarify my views on Van Liners.
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One of the many questions that I get asked a lot is: “Are Craigslist movers reliable?” And the answer to that is simple. Some are and some aren’t. You have do your home work on all the movers you may hire no matter where you find them. And it doesn’t matter if you find through friends, Craigslist, Yellowpages, or on Google.
I made a quick video about reliable Craigslist movers; enjoy:
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Craigslist Moving Help
February 7, 2009 by jburnham
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Craigslist can be a wealth of information and help, but it also can be a haven for scammers. So in searching for Craigslist moving help you do need to informed and educated.
Most movers, like myself, that promote their moving businesses on Craigslist are reputable and reliable movers, but there is that small fraction, no matter how legitimate they are, that are moving scams.
This website serves a dual purposes: 1) It is my website that promotes my moving services. I am very proud of it. I am constantly working on it to improve it more. I hope that it may convince you to use my services, but if it fails in that regard then I hope fulfills its other purpose; 2) It is here to educate you and inform you about the moving business. I hope that it has everything that you need to so that you may avoid moving scams, find moving companies and to get the best estimates, and save you money moving.
In looking for Craigslist moving help, my article called Craigslist Mover Scams is by far the most popular on this website, it is also the most popular article of mine with ezinearticles.com.
I know that I don’t have all the answers, or that I may not even be the moving company for you, but I hope that this website performs some service to you. If it doesn’t then let me know how I may improve it, please.
