Packing Service’s Inc. advice to avoid Moving scams and dishonest moving companies

Moving Scams are all too common in today’s world. A dishonest company will seem nice at first, and they will offer you a “low ball” moving cost. But on the day of the move, after your possessions are all packed away on their truck, they will suddenly hand you a bill for twice the original estimated cost. And if you don’t pay, your clothing and furniture will sit in the warehouse of this unscrupulous moving company, and you may never get them back.

So next time you are making a move, be sure to carefully check out the company you are planning to use, before letting them handle your belongings. Packing Service Inc. the founders of MovingScam.info recommends you take the following steps to check out a moving company, before hiring them, and before you let them touch any of your belongings. Continue reading

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Professional Packing Services Company

Packing Service, Inc. (PSI) is a full or partial packing / unpacking professional services company. We offer free visual estimates on all services provided, with pictures illustrating how your possessions will look before packing and unpacking your move in our picture pages. PSI does not charge by the hour, only by the items to be packed. We use ALL the necessary equipment to ensure your items are secure and cared for as if they were our own. We are a very professional packing company that provides Flat Rate Guaranteed Quotes, for customers who don’t want the bother, have the ability and/or time to pack up their house and own personal goods. Our main goal is to explain in detail how to pack, what to pack and load by offering professional suggestions on the supplies to be used in order to ensure our customers that their property will be safe with us throughout the process.

PSI uses all top quality packing boxes and the necessary equipment to protect new or used fragile items, including furniture, antiques of all kinds, or any item to be included in the move. We also work with other shipping and moving companies for those last minute jobs, Residential and Commercial, International and Domestic. We only hire professional movers, so you can assure yourself and your items are receiving the best care in the packing services business when hiring our professional packing company.

Here is an approximate brief Packing list of items that Packing Service, Inc. offers, including our professional package services we use to pack and load items and the supplies we use in doing 90% of our house packing jobs, every job is different but we try to make it as easy as we can:

LARGE ITEMS AND FURNITURE:

Our packing company wrap ALL items with the highest quality special double-padded paper pads used on the market today to give that added extra protection during the move. Items that would require this are: dressers, tables, chairs, bookcases, coffee tables, end tables and all wood or metal items. Each item will be wrapped, handled, covered and placed in the PODS Container or rental truck by our professional staff.

CHINA AND GLASSWARE:
We only use double tick china packing boxes wrapped with unprinted newspaper (white paper). Our package services company only uses this certain paper as opposed to most packing services, who don’t know that regular newspaper can stain the items which can be impossible to remove. We take the utmost care with China and Glassware as it can be easily damaged during the packing and unpacking process, packing and loading Pods Containers and/or rental trucks. Again, we treat our customer’s property as if it were our own!

PLATES and SAUCERS:

Packing Service, Inc. wraps each piece separately in unprinted newspaper; place them in packaging boxes standing on the edge.

BOWLS:
Packing Service, Inc. wrap all bowls individually, then stack 2-6 together, wrap again and place them standing on edge in the packing boxes.

CUPS and GLASSWARE:
Packing Service, Inc. wrap the cup handles in paper, then wrap the entire cup, place them in packaging boxes with all handles pointing in the same direction to make it safer while packing and unpacking your everyday glasses individually, which are then placed packing boxes to be placed on the PODS Container or rental truck.

STEMWARE:
Packing Services, Inc. use white packaging paper, use china or liquor box with dividers, wrap each glass individually and stand on rim in box, to ensure during the packing and loading process.

BOOKS:
Our professional packers pack books standing on bottom edge in book boxes.

CLOTHING:
Packing Services, Inc. use wardrobe boxes for handling clothing, other clothing, blankets and linens can be folded and packed in linen boxes; we recommend emptying all dressers and chests as the added weight can make them difficult to move and move susceptible to damage.

POTS and PANS:
Packing Services, Inc. use large boxes stack them together with a few pieces of paper in between them.

LAMPS and LAMPSHADES: 
We remove shades and bulbs, wrap lamps in layers of paper and place in box on base. Wrap lampshades lightly in paper, nest one inside the other and pack it in a separate box.

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT: 
Our packers wrap these items heavily in bubble wrap and will place it in a box.

PAINTINGS, MIRRORS and GLASS:
PSI use professional packers to wrap picture boxes and add bubble-wrap for extra protection, valuable pieces may need to be professionally crated by us, all at a flat rate.

Estimating how many boxes you will need while packing house, will vary from packing and crating, depending upon what to pack and how to pack, as this will vary from house to house, but is still guaranteed at a flat rate by the box to get packed:

Small Studio = 10-15 boxes
Medium Studio = 15-20 boxes
Large Studio = 20-25 boxes
Small 1 Bedroom Apt. = 10-20 boxes
Medium 1 Bedroom Apt. = 20-30 boxes
Large 1 Bedroom with Children = 40-60 boxes
Small 2 Bedroom Apt. = 40-55 boxes
Medium 2 Bedroom Apt. = 55-60 boxes
2 Bedroom (3-5 Years) with Children 50-70
2 Bedroom (5-7 Years) with Children 70-80
3 Bedroom Home with Children 80-100
4 Bedroom Home with Children 100-200

Number of boxes can change because of all sizes of houses don’t have the same items as every customer, this is only an estimate. But again we use flat rates moving quotes to ensure customer satisfaction while saving people money. Our packers pack and load all items and use packing crates when needed.

 

Our professional packing company can be extended to cover the disassemble of large furniture items while packing house, will re-assemble the items at your new home, we can even help with difficult access, doors, stairs etc., while packing and loading PODS container. Please discuss your need with our representative; we are always willing to help.

All packing or any kind of services ways can be different with each job, no job is the same and no one has the same things, our professional employees are trained and prepared for each job and any kind of services. So please call our representatives to get a flat rate guaranteed quote for packing boxes, packing fragile items, wrapping furniture or packing antique items.

We have export packers for international moves; we use only high quality international packaging supplies and provide international packing crates and package services all over the U.S.

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Packing Service, Inc. Best Advice

Here you will find moving saving tips of why it will be the right choice to use Packing Service, Inc. and also avoiding a lot of problems in the future when you need to move:

DO NOT USE A LEAD WEBSITE COMPANIES TO GET AN ESTIMATE: There are many websites out there that you will need to fill up your information and let this website sell your information to 5-10 moving companies, all the 5-10 moving companies will call you and try to give you the best price and this is how the low ball moving scams starts, they will fight to book your job for the lowest price, you will like the estimate and feel that the moving dream came true, but when you will book the job and get going on the moving date, you will find out that whatever they sold you over the phone is totally not true, always get an estimate from a packing or a moving company directly.

Be Your Own Boss When You Move: Don’t let moving companies to be in charge and take the full responsibility for the whole move, once you give them the power to do and charge anything they want, this is what they will do, you will get an estimate over the phone by the hour (local move) or by weight/cubic feet (long distance move), and not included packing and materials charges for packing and wraping your belongings, once you sign with them to start the job, you make them your boss.
Packing Service’s Inc. best advice is to hire a company to do the packing/unpacking, loading/unloading (What we do almost nationwide) and another company that will transport your belonings from one place to another.
Local Move – Rental Trucks – if you willing to drive, book with Packing Service Inc. to come to your location, pack and load your belongings into your rental truck, if you can’t/don’t drive, book PSI to do the packing and let any moving company (that you trust) to move your items to your new home, this way you will save money by not paying for the time for packing, this way once you will have everything packed, you can provide more information to the movers and get a flat rate, the isue that when you move and dont have eveything packed, it will be very hard for moving companies to get you a flat rate, this way PSI saves you the truble of being charge by the time and this way you can know from the beginging how much the move will cost.
Long Ditance Move – Portable Container / Trucking Companies – will drop of a container / truck next to your location and they drive it to your new home, this way you will know from 2 companies how much the move will cost before and not after, also in this you are the boss.

Be Smart, Don’t Waste Your Time: Let Packing Service, Inc. do what we do best, while you pack your belongings which will take you forever to finish, to our employees it will take only few hours. Why to spend time on packing while you can do what you do for living and not be stressed after work every day? the time you will spend packing will end up paying more. You can make more money in what you do and love, and let our company take care of your packing business.

Time Is Money: Please do not let any company to charge you by the time, in this point when you do, you are scamming yourself because you should know that moving takes time and sometimes takes a very long time, be smart and be charged by a flat fee, in every kind of business time is money, no one wants to finish the job as soon as possible, then no one will make any money.

Don’t Break Your Back: There are many locations with difficult access such as doors, stairs narrow hallways and it makes moving very hard to get a furniture out from or into a room, you don’t need to call your family or friends to help you break their back nor your furniture, our employees are experts in maneuver large furniture items through narrow hallways and turns into rooms. Packing Service Inc. makes all this hassle go away.

Don’t Scam Yourself: When you hire a moving company, you want to get the best price so when the moving company will ask you what you have to move, don’t provide them a list with less items, this is how all the moving scams starts, always ask for a representative to come to your home and let them see what you have to move and get a flat rate quote. On the same day of the move, make sure that you sign a full contract with the total fee on the bottom of the page, do not sign an empty contract, then by law the moving company will and can write any price that you want, it is like signing any empty check and you will pay whatever it will say on the contract, if you will call the police, the police will tell you that they can’t do anything because it is civil and you will have to sue the moving company to get your money back, in most cases the lawsuit will cost you more then the move it self.

With all the tips we have just provided you, we do not tell you what to do, this is only an advice, we are here only to help to make your life easier, we know what we do for living so please listen to us and take our advice seriously, these information will save you a lot of time, money and stress. So please be careful of choosing any kind of company and be smart with your choices.

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