ABF Upack Moving Mis conseption of MONEY with false impressions. Fort Smith Arkansas

I don't know in your situation if I would have used any upack service, but I understand given the cost constraints. It might have been useful to hire a couple of packers from a local moving company to perform the labor for you. It might have cost you the same in the long run ($1,346) but then I also thought it might be unreasonable to do the move for $946 if you planned to pack loose.

Remember, since you're the one doing the packing both of your items and onto the truck - you're the one who has the control over the cost of your own move and the truck clearly delineates the amount of linear feet you used. If you pack loosely, that will cost you more because you used more linear feet. You had the opportunity to pack tighter and make the cost cheaper to you.

It is also clear with any Upack service like ABF, that you:

(1) Be flexible and don't schedule things too tightly. In other words, ask yourself what would happen if the trailer was delivered a few hours later than scheduled? If you are on a tight schedule - you are truly tempting fate. Having 3 firm days is too tight for something you were trying to do if you asked for 14 linear feet.

(2) Make sure that you have all the equipment needed to load, including dollies, a ladder, moving pads, tarps or shrink-wrap to protect against water and dust, and tie-down straps if you use them. Since they are a freight company and this is a service you perform, you need to have this before the move. I reviewed their web site and they do not offer refrigerator dollies for rent or otherwise. The local U-Haul would have such equipment for rent.

Now - I think the only thing that might have done wrong was to cash your cashier's check at time of pickup. This is from their website:

"Payment arrangements are made when you make your reservation. Credit cards, money orders or cashiers' checks are acceptable. Money orders and cashiers' checks are collected when your shipment is delivered; credit cards used for payment are charged during transit."

Now, if they delivered the same day as pickup, then they did OK. If they did not, then they did wrong. However, as you said, you were not ready to have that much written out of your account. Would you have had an additional $400 in your account at time of delivery? I don't know - but you do. If you could not, then it would not have mattered when the check was cashed because you still would have been overdrawn at delivery and incurred the NSF fees.

I personally would take the $90. Much of the reason the move ended up at $1346 was because of your packing in the truck and you overdrew your account as a result. Best of luck to you.