Thousands moving customers fall on these cost trap: hours package! Who doesn’t know that? Get comes home after a long day at work, opens the mailbox and find different flyers of various moving companies in it. Each advertises with a still cheaper flat rate for hours… 3 Man + 1 truck for 4hrs 250,00 euro, etc. Just for people who need or want to actually move and a limited budget who sound this offers incredibly tempting. Unfortunately, it happens all too often, that amounted the final cost far more than originally planned.
We look at an example at: Mrs Mayer currently lives with her small son in a 2-room apartment. Being alone mothers, their resources are limited and therefore she calls one this flyer. The fellow sounds very friendly on the phone and it is agreed a short-term appointment immediately. On the agreed day, a professional-looking man comes over and runs briefly through the apartment to tell her immediately, that will represent the move permanent on about 3-4 hours and 3 Man and 1 truck is needed. The costs are thus at maximum of 250,00 euro. If cartons are needed or a no parking zone, this costs extra…
With all the bells and whistles, she would then at a final price of about 370.00 euro. Ms. Mayer is pleased and agrees to immediately. On moving day, Ms. Mayer is already very excited. All cabinets are empty, the boxes packed and given the child to Grandma. The waiting area has been raised also 3 days ago… People can come. It was agreed at 8:00. It is 8:05, and nobody is here… Then gives you just a few odds and ends or pulls some plug out of the wall… Perhaps, the traffic is just too strong… At 8:20, Ms. Mayer is nervous and telephone number ever finds out where she had called at that time…