Bekins … Stevens … United Van Lines … Unigroup appear to be implicated in moving scamRecently a CBS TV station in Sacramento set up a sting to catch a reputed rogue mover that has been preying on unsuspecting consumers in the area for the past three years. According to California Public Utilities Commission's (CPUC) business [...]
One of the more frequent complaints that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) receives from consumers involves the unexpected and supposedly “arbitrary” increase in cost that an interstate household goods motor carrier and/or move broker tries to negotiate on loading day.
The moving and storage industry is experiencing a number of unfavorable circumstances that have converged to create “the perfect storm” from a business perspective. Reed analyzes the issues that have lead to the current situation by drawing on views from economic and demographic experts as well as notable industry leaders. By Eric Reed, CRP, GMS [...]
MAY 12, 2010, ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Household goods moves by members of the armed services and by federal government employees provided relatively steady business for the nation’s professional interstate movers during 2009, but moves by individuals and corporate clients failed to keep pace, reflecting last year’s down economy; according to the latest issue of [...]
Atlas Van Lines has launched a new website that makes it easier for consumers shopping for a broad range of relocation services to plan their next move. A lot easier! The new features at www.atlasvanlines.com allow visitors to select from a variety of service options for interstate, cross-border, inter-provincial, or international transfers from one [...]
The moving and storage industry finds itself at a crossroads, and must examine both the past and future to ensure success when faced with today’s challenges. Reed offers a history of the moving and storage industry to better enable understanding of the conditions facing today’s moving professionals. By Eric Reed, CRP, GMS as published in [...]
Related Articles Choose a local relocation service provider Insist that they be properly licensed Request and then verify the mover's credentials Check out the Better Business Bureau Do they have the required insurances? What kind of dispute resolution arbitration programs do they participate in? Does the company have a physical ‘bricks and mortar” business [...]
RELORoundtable on Twitter There was an earth quake – of sorts – in San Francisco recently. You won’t find any mention of it in any of the conventional news media. But it sure shook up the blogosphere. It started rather innocuously early on October 21st when Marissa Mayer, Google’s Vice President of Search Product and [...]
Yesterday I wrote about Jon MooAllem’s recent New York Times article The Self-Storage Self – Storing All the Stuff We Accumulate, that provides an excellent in-depth look at the birth and relatively short history of the self storage industry in the U.S. I learned about this new piece from a reference that I [...]
It’s long … it’s thorough … and it’s vintage Moo! Jon MooAllem’s well researched article, The Self-Storage Self – Storing All the Stuff We Accumulate, provides an in-depth look at the birth and relatively short history of the self storage industry. As usual, the off-beat freelancer does an excellent job spotlighting how America’s penchant for [...]
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