Former TV Host Dick Cavett, commenting for the New York Times, reflects on the traumas of moving. He talks about the trauma of watching special possessions get destroyed. In his case, a 100-year-old antique was hacked to “splinters.”
Movers get directions wrong too. He gives a horror story of movers who actually moved people’s furniture of out their new apartment back to their former apartments. Well, all I can say is, never leave movers alone! You have to have a representative.
I would add: Make sure the rep understands what’s involved. Once my appointed representative asked, “Is there room in truck for a few boxes of books?” The driver’s eyes lit up. “You bet!” he said.
What he didn’t tell my friend was, “We charge based on weight, not space.” I had specifically asked my friend to send those boxes via media mail. Understandably, he figured he’d avoid atrip to the post office.
It could have been worse.
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