I never had to make a national move in my life. Usually it was from one city to another within San Diego County, but then I had a business opportunity that forced me to spend a lot of time in Florida.
To make a long story short, I was a bit apprehensive at first. I shopped around a lot, and I got a lot of estimates from a lot of different companies. The prices were widely disparate, and ultimately the most economical was Valet Movers, but then, having been warned by so many people about their moving experience, some with even the big moving companies, and why not to go with the lowest price, I decided to do some research first.
I did my research, checked reference, and asked a lot of questions. I wanted to make sure that the price wouldn't go over, because it was so attractive, and ultimately when Valet did come out they did not spend a whole lot of time. As a matter of fact, the ended up packing some extra stuff for me and didn't charge me for it. There were some other things that I had never got around to packing myself that I then asked them to pack for me, including a fridge, and they were very, very reasonable. I spent a little more because of it in the end, but it was my choice, and after all, I hadn't packed those thing up myself anyway.
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