Moving your own furniture can be a huge hassle. Even if you can find someone who has a pick up that they are willing to let you borrow, you’ll find that you can really only move one or two items at a time. More often than not the quickest and most economical method for moving your furniture from your old home to your new home will be by hiring a shipping Sacramento company that also has a great deal of experience helping folks relocating.
You should never, ever hire a shipping Sacramento company without first doing a great deal of research. Not only do you want to make sure that they’re properly licensed, you also want to make sure that they have a great reputation for being easy to work with. You should only settle for a shipping Sacramento company that has a really good reputation for spectacular customer service.
You shouldn’t be embarrassed by your desire to check out the company and make sure that you’re going to be using the best possible people. Not only will a good company expect you to check them out, they will also happily provide you with a list of credentials as well as the contact information for past references.
Before you sign any agreements, the shipping Sacramento company should provide you with an estimate. Once you have the estimate, they should also be willing to explain exactly how they calculated the costs. Once you know how they came up the estimates you can look at some different things you can do to help reduce the amount of money you will have to spend just to move your furniture from one location to the next.
The biggest problem that many people run into when it comes to working with a shipping Sacramento company is hidden costs. The company provides them with an estimate, but fail to mentions some extras, such as packaging. These hidden costs can really add up. The best way to make sure that this doesn’t happen to you will be to ask the company for a list of their tariffs. The tariffs will provide you with all kinds of pertinent information about how the company calculates both the weight of the furniture you want to have shipped, and the distance they will be transporting it. You want to make sure that the only thing you’re getting for is the furniture you need to have moved, don’t let the company tack the weight of their truck onto your bill.
If at any point the company starts to become irritable, or if the hedge your questions, you will want to walk away and look for another company. One that you feel more comfortable with.
