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moving stuff across the country
A little background here, I'm originally from the East Coast, Washington DC Metro area. I moved out to California 4 years ago, and I left a bunch of my stuff with family. Now they are starting to ask me when I'm going to get the rest of my stuff so they can do something else with the space it's taking up. That's fair, I think. What doesn't seem fair is that they want to throw my beloved things away! So I need to get this stuff moved ASAP! Tips for finding the best price: move in the middle of the month, or the beginning. The end of the month is the busy part of the month and you can end up paying more. Problem: the majority of this stuff is heat sensitive. To be specific, we're talking vinyl records. A LOT of them. Somewhere along the lines of 2000 records. And I'm extremely protective of them. Two possible solutions:
I've applied for more quotes, but from what research I've done I have found that PODS is one of the most well known options, and U-Pack is one of the cheapest. I'll post more when I get more quotes or information. If this is helpful, or if you have anything to add, please let me know! I'd love to hear about what others have experienced!
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posted by
anonymous
on Jun 14, 2007 at 10:21 PM
Ebay? Make some $$? :) What about an actual full service mover? It might be less than you think. Do it need a POD for the storage?
posted by
wish
on Jun 15, 2007 at 08:15 AM
I think I might try the ebay route for a few of the things I have out there, but the records are very dear to me. I would like to look into a full service mover. Do you have any you could recommend? I don't have a lot of stuff to move though, just the records. I would like to move my loveseat too, but it's a hide-a-bed and extremely heavy and cumbersome to move (plus it's currently in the basement). I'm strong for a girl, but it was really hard to get that thing down in the basement, and bringing it up the stairs and around the 90-degree corners at the top might kill me... I don't need the pod for the storage, storage isn't really an option for me (I don't want the records to be subject to temperature changes for long), I just want to move them from the east coast to Bakersfield. I moved the rest of my stuff (all that I could fit) in my car and drove 4 days straight across the country and that was a long ordeal I'd rather not repeat. The other option I'm seriously considering is to just go out there on a plane with some extra suitcases and pack them full of records and fly back, paying the extra charges for extra baggage and sending whatever doesn't fit through the mail somehow (ups/dhl/usps, etc). Postage is about $1/per record though and that could get expensive. I'd have to fly out there to pack this stuff up anyhow, so the plane option is looking to be the least expensive, and the fastest method. I'll look into the costs for that and post them on here.
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