Ethel Mertz Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Situation: our movers left a few items behind ranging from an area rug to a camp stove to boxes of important papers and photos. One of us is at the new location already. We have 3 cats and a teen to get to new locale. The person at old locale wants to rent a van and drive teen, cats, and miscellaneous items to new locale. Then this person would drive the van back to old locale (can only get a round trip rental) and drive family car to new locale. This plan would add an additional 1600 miles of driving. Driver is exhausted from packing, has cataracts, and experiences back pain on long trips. Person at new locale says let UPS pick up, pack, and ship the items to new locale - after deciding which items are important to keep. Note: There is only one driver in the family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Do you have a good friend in the original locale who could drive the moving van back for you? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Just from a cost perspective, unless the rug is a valuable antique, the cost of the van rental + gas for a 1600 mile trip should be more than the UPS ship rate. Or, if there is a large amount of stuff, one u-pack pod, which is delivered door to door. PS--my sympathies, we just had a horrible move ourselves 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 This is a no brainer. Unless the exhausted cataracts driver is secretly looking forward to a cross country adventure with some fun pit stops on the way. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I'd ditch the rug, camp stove etc... (unless really valuable) sort the papers and stuff them in the trunk or anywhere possible in the car. Barring that I'd UPS them. No way I'd drive an extra 1600 miles. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel Mertz Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 Thanks for the responses! Good thought about a friend who could drive, but there isn't any one who can really do that. The lack of one way rentals appears to be a condition of the uhaul rental at old locale. Pod! Excellent thought. Will check that out. I'm fine about ditching most of the items. We'll see what transpires tomorrow and I'll update. Thanks for the responses! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) Will the family car pull a small trailer? If I *really* wanted the rug and stove, I'd rent the smallest closed U-Haul trailer (which is 4ft long, I think), and pull it to the new location, one way. UPS would probably charge as much as a trailer rental to ship a heavy rug and stove. But, I'd be more likely to donate those larger items and just bring whatever will fit in the car. Edited February 15, 2018 by Suzanne in ABQ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renthead Mommy Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) Why isn't your moving company shipping/paying to ship the items they left behind? They left it behind. You need to hold them accountable. Edited February 15, 2018 by Renthead Mommy 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I'd ship them and then try to recoup from the movers the best you can. I find an angry man yelling at them works best in situations like these. Angry women don't get listened to as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Why isn't your moving company shipping/paying to ship the items they left behind? They left it behind. You need to hold them accountable.Yes, they should be able to arrange for it to get on a another truck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Why isn't your moving company shipping/paying to ship the items they left behind? They left it behind. You need to hold them accountable. Ring the them up and ask what the have arranged to fix their mistake. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) nm. misread Edited February 15, 2018 by regentrude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel Mertz Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 As of this morning, the plan is to see if we can get a trailer hitch put on our Outback in time to deal with this. But, wow. Thanks for the insight about getting the moving company to deal with this. I am the one at the new locale and the movers are arriving here in about an hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandra Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) I'd want to check moving company paperwork. Was one of your family responsible for checking off that items were on truck? Or was there an inventory? People often want to move family photos and papers themselves, so movers could have assumed? In any case, moving contracts usually have a deductible, so they might be able to wiggle out of fixing the mistake. Btw, I wouldn't complain to the movers until the truck is unloaded safely at your new location. Trailer hitches are expensive, might not be worth it if the Outback is older. Good luck! Edited February 15, 2018 by Alessandra 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bootsie Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 It doesn't sound to me like a one-way rental would solve the problem in that the family car would still be at the original location. Can the person at the new location rent a van at the new location, drive to the old location and pick items up, while the person at the old location drives the family car to the new location? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Thanks for the responses! Good thought about a friend who could drive, but there isn't any one who can really do that. The lack of one way rentals appears to be a condition of the uhaul rental at old locale. Pod! Excellent thought. Will check that out. I'm fine about ditching most of the items. We'll see what transpires tomorrow and I'll update. Thanks for the responses! I would check out other uhaul locations to see if their policies are different. I know it was for car rentals, and they just had a fee for dropping it off somewhere else. I'd also check into a small trailer - after the moving company, as they should fix this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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