From past few years relocating industry has seen a dreadful rise in the number of moving scams. You can easily find at least one article in the newspaper defining related to such moving frauds daily. They follow certain strategies to dupe the customers and just pretend to be big brands of the industry but in real they are not. They are only a group of people who have merged together with an aim to form a fake relocating company in order to earn money. Such packers and movers do not value the sentiments of the customers that are attached with their precious belongings whereas they are stonehearted individuals who deceive them using several false practices.
What they exactly do?
At first, they create a website using a famous brand’s name and then start advertising by showing big discounts and offers. By doing this they emerge a lot of traffic online and offline as well which automatically helps them to get enquires from people relocating to different areas.
From a customer’s view point, the situation is quite genuine obviously a company offering discounts or providing the services at an extremely lower price can attract a common man easily because rather than thinking of the reasons behind such unbelievable offers people only see the lower rate quotes and trust such fraudsters and finalize them to relocate their stuff to another place. However, later when they do not find their goods intact or the situation when they have not even received the delivery of their goods, they just regret with no other option left.
Therefore, to avoid such moving scams in your case, there are certain ways that can help you to opt for a truthful moving professional. The ways are listed below-
1. Stay away from extremely lower priced quotes- The most common technique that these vendors use to forge the customers is offering extremely lower priced quotes. Also, if the costs are higher than they provide heavy discounts with other unbelievable offers to attract them whereas a reputed company never provides such discounts even if they have any scheme prevailing at that time, it would be genuine with acceptable and believable discounts offering minimal reduction in the prices.
2. Look for the reviews and comments- To ensure whether a company is authentic; seek advice from its old or existing customers. It does not meant that you have to find the address and visit them at their houses, you can simply get the brief of their experiences through the reviews posted by them on their official website and other social media channels. Read each of the comment properly. Also, to make things more clear you can get in touch with the people who have some kind of moving experience, they can be either your friends, relatives or any other person.
3. Examine the certifications- Make sure the company you are planning to relocate with has proper certification and licensing documents. As it is the only thing that defines that a company has potential with ethical standards and norms required in a moving industry. Thus, check the necessary documents accordingly.
4. Insurance or loss cover-Many movers offer loss cover to protect the goods against the damages occurred in the middle of the way but do not consider the same. That means they agree to the provision of transit insurance in the beginning but later when any of the item gets damaged these moving companies vanish and denies settling the claim against the damage caused. Therefore, check whether the concerned company provides insurance facilities along with the proper documents for the same or not. If it agrees to provide it with the relevant papers as well then they are genuine vendors for sure.
5. Read the contract framed- It is one of the most common yet frequent mistake that people usually do, they avoid reading the details mentioned in the contract. Hence, it is advisable to read and double check all the details including dates, rates calculated, services offered, addition of transit insurance and the final amount to pay carefully. Make sure everything written by the movers have been true to your knowledge. After examining all the details, sign the contract.
6. Fair pricing and cost computation methods- Several movers increase the total amount calculated in the beginning by adding numerous hidden charges into it. For instance, once they have completed the packing process, they delay the delivery or ask for the extra amount in the name of transportation charges, labor charges etc. However, a customer agrees to pay such amounts in order to get the delivery also many of them are unaware of the fact that all the charges are already added in the quotation since the beginning of the process. Thus, make sure the company you are moving with does not charge any kind of hidden charges before delivering the goods at your place because a trusted company never asks for an extra amount to be paid by a customer by any way possible.
7. Check their transportation vehicles- Numerous fraudsters rent the tempos, trucks and containers from outside companies to load and move a consignment from one place to another. They do not have their own transportation vehicles to shift the stuff which is quite risky for the goods from being safely transferred to the destination. Thus, enquire if the company you are moving with posses their own vehicles or not.
Beware of relocating frauds; these scams are mostly occurred on the online platforms because of the attractive web portals and fascinating websites that are especially made with the goal to trap innocent customers. Therefore, stop yourself from being attracted towards such portals and make the correct choices.
Read and follow the 7 simple ways mentioned above to search and book the most reliable movers and packers located near you. Protect your precious belongings by giving the charge of packing and moving them in the safe and experience hands.
Happy moving!