It is always painful to say good bye to your friends and relatives with whom you have shared countless memories, but you can’t really help it. Some time moving out from your favorite house to a new city is the only option, especially when you are getting transferred at your work or moving out to pursue your dream. But these feelings may be temporary and what hurt more than going away from your loved ones is when you receive your favorite dining table cracked or even worse, getting your 42 inch plasma screen TV damaged during the course of shifting your house.
Choosing a movers and packers for home shifting services in India is way more complicated than you could ever think of. But you are innocent and if you are hiring a movers and packers for home shifting services in India then you may take it too lightly and have a casual approach.
We often assume things, but assuming could turn out to be critical when you are working with a mover for home shifting in India. In fact when you hire a mover, especially for long distance home shifting services e.g. home shifting from Delhi to Bangalore or Pune to Gurgaon or Mumbai to Chandigarh for that matter you need to be very cautious and avoid certain mistakes.
I have written several posts in the past about the right ways to do home shifting in India, but this post is to give you a good overview of what are those 5 crucial mistakes that could end up you in a total mess. If you are planning to relocate your home and want to book a mover who could offer safe and affordable home shifting services in India then I insist, you must read this post.
So are you ready? Let’s start.
Avoid these mistakes when hiring movers for Home shifting in India
Not having a proper plan for home shifting in India can be terrible. Similarly not doing enough research about the background of movers and packers company could be terrible. Let’s check what other mistakes one commit that should be avoided at any cost for safe and affordable home shifting in India.
Choosing wrong movers and packers for home shifting services
This is probably the number one mistake you could commit, especially if you are hiring a movers and packers for the first time. Since the entire shifting is to be done by them, it’s important to choose the right service provider. But how do you know that you have picked the right contractor for your requirement, who will responsibly deliver your goods to your doorsteps without letting a single scratch to your valuables?
If you end up with a wrong mover packer service your home shifting experience will certainly not be good. There are a lot of things that depends on the right choice of movers packers, especially when you are shifting valuable and fragile items.
There are several packers and movers around your locality who claims that they are the best among their peers. But the question is how you can determine who will best suit your specific requirement.
There are a lot of fraud companies which try to cheat consumers through their various unethical and illegal strategies.
Hiring movers packers without comparing and researching
The aforementioned problem arises generally when you take hasty decision on hiring a packer mover, without taking quotes from other packers and without much research about them. Although this problem can be easily solved if you get the facility of comparing from at least three packers and movers for your home shifting requirement, then you can easily pick one that suits your particular requirement.
Confirming mover over the phone without meeting face to face
There are many people who settle their deals over the phone especially when they are in a hurry, and a shrewd packer mover who has a wrong intent will happily accept the offer such that they can raise their price at the day of shifting through various excuses like the volume and weight of items that they have assumed is way beyond their estimation, so they raise their price 2-3 fold. Then another excuse will be the alley leading to your entrance is very narrow so they won’t be able to park their trucks in a suitable position to load your stuffs in the truck properly. And they have to carry those stuffs through their labors that invariably raises the labor cost and one last reason that if you have forgotten to mention that the place where you live or where you are going is not in the ground floor, and then they will take more labor charge since they have to carry all the stuffs to the upper floors.
So while home shifting, if you do not clear these things in advance you are bound to face a lot of problems and end up paying a lot more than you have bargained for. I have even seen worst case scenarios where the wretched contractors have stranded the items on the road for the customer to take it to their place, as they claim that they have got contract (or charges) to shift those items upto that place only on other such craps. Hence always ask them to come over to your place and examine every thing on their own and give you a closing estimation of the whole thing.
Trusting sweet talk and verbal commitments
While negotiating, many contractors talk in such a sweet manner that the consumer starts believing them with their words. And eventually get overcharged or cheated in some way or another. Hence it is recommended that you should never believe their words and write everything in written before striking a deal with them. Take their contact numbers, check their ID proofs, and ask them about their permanent and official address. Leave no loose ends for them to cheat you. There are many instances where they tend to make a fool of you, either with the company policies they follow which contain lot of hidden flaws which might be bad for you if something happens to your goods while transferring them, issues related to insurance of your goods. So it is advisable to you to read all their policies in a scrutinized way so that they won’t have any chance to cheat you in any way.
Searching for movers in the last minute
Some time we receive requests from consumers who ask for contact details or rates of movers and packers. That’s not strange. But when they say they would like to move most likely today or tomorrow, I feel really sorry for them. Common how come you did not get time to search or research for movers and packers when you had time? Usually people don’t get up one fine morning and decide to hire a mover for home shifting. Most likely they know about it at least a couple of week earlier than the scheduled shifting date and that’s the right time to start your search for movers and packers.
When you are in hurry, you don’t get time to look into the details and also not enough option to compare rates. This is when you end up choosing wrong movers packers companies or end up paying more because of your urgency. Remember, there is no tariff for home shifting services in India and you have to be smart enough to deal with these movers and packers yourself. Avoid this mistake when possible and that will help you in many ways.
Extra: Beware of posers or end up in a mess
Well dishonesty and corruption has taken its course it is present every where. Recently when I was communicating with a contractor, after some time, one of the employees of that company came to me and conveyed that he can take care of the whole responsibility and he will do it for a very little money. These people are generally fake people. They will either dope your money or valuables. Complain their superiors immediately about their apathy. If you commit the mistake of hiring these people, they might not handle the work at all and you will get in real trouble, hence avoid such people at all times.
Over to you
It’s not difficult to verify, compare and evaluate movers and packers before hiring and signing the contract. You are educated; know how it is but still some time take things casually. Remember, it’s your goods; you ought to be double sure about everything.
