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So we're coming up on the time when our claim for damages has to be filed, so I'm slugging through more boxes... OMGoodness. I think chimpanzees could have packed our house better!
I mean, how many times can we bend a rolled poster to fit into a box? Let's put this special limited Disney litho under every other thing (except the laptop computer) in the box. Let's put the only known lithographed copy of a work of art by an artist from late 1800's in a wardrobe with shoes, clothes, books and other items just stuffed on top of it. How about our Make-A-Wish photo albums literally tossed into a box so that the pictures in the sleeves are torn out of the album? Oh, and let's put a WWII standing Japanese doll under a lamp, push it all down to fit in a box (including bending the socket for the lamp) so that the doll now lies flat (I'm not joking).
I'm at 135 items, and not even close to finishing. That doesn't count the items I'm not writing down. And these people got paid tons of money to do this. Aaaargh!
In the big scheme of things, this is probably not a terribly life shattering issue, but dangit!
I've BTDT and it is a horrible feeling, unpacking box after box and seeing your precious things smashed and shattered. My favorite part was when they caught the back of my sofa on the door jamb and just kept moving, ripping the entire back, KNOWING it was ripping and not stopping. Their solution when I flipped out about it? Put it against the wall. ARG!
I'm so sorry you're going through this...it really stinks. I'm a DIY mover now, never again will someone else pack my stuff.
Life shattering or not you paid them to do a service, and I would wager it wasn't demolishion. Sorry that you had such lousy movers, and I hope they settle your claim quickly.
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Why is it that the worst damage is to things you can't replace? And the "value" they allow on the items is a joke! After so many moves by "professionals" that is the ONE reason I was happy DH retired from the Navy!
I hope you get a fair settlement, though, as stated, I know that most of the things are priceless for you!
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How awful Susan!
It sounds much worse than the storage unit that we rented.....that had a roof that leaked and ruined boxes of stuff. I never did turn in my letter of damage....though I did get it finished under a year later. Too painful.
I am so glad my dad is a truck driver and when I moved out to Michigan his boss let him ship boxes out here to Michigan....for free! My dad actually transported them to Pennsyvania on his truck and loaded them into the truck to Battle Creek, MI. When the boxes were delivered to Battle Creek one was damaged. My dad said, "Oh I did that....sorry."
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Ditto, BTDT, except our movers stole all of DS Nintendo Game cartridges and this is the sad part they also took all of DH's medals, some that will never be replaced.......
His police badge we will never be able to replace
My best friend had a horrible experience when they moved from NYC to DC. The movers lost a huge, antique armoire that had been in her family for nearly a hundred years. They didn't leave it behind. It just disappeared enroute. How does that happen? I mean at some point you have to realize the movers are fencing half of your client's stuff, right?
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My favorite part was when they caught the back of my sofa on the door jamb and just kept moving, ripping the entire back, KNOWING it was ripping and not stopping. Their solution when I flipped out about it? Put it against the wall. ARG!
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How does that happen? I mean at some point you have to realize the movers are fencing half of your client's stuff, right?
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