To: bovik@k
Subject: Moving Companies
Date: Fri, 27 May 88 15:58:16 EDT
Message-ID: <4167.580766296@BLEE.DEMETER.CS.CMU.EDU>
From: William.Birmingham@BLEE.DEMETER.CS.CMU.EDU


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To: William.Birmingham@blee.demeter.cs.cmu.edu
Subject: Re: Long distance movers
Date: Thu, 26 May 88 11:17:36 EDT
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From: Peter.Lee@PROOF.ERGO.CS.CMU.EDU

Last summer we moved here from Ann Arbor.  We used Allied -- they were
*great* in Ann Arbor -- we have a *lot* of irreplaceable glassware
and stemware.  It was all packed extremely carefully, and everything
survived the move.  (Actually, it's kind of funny to see these big burly
men daintily pack thousands of dollars worth of glassware. :-)
The Ann Arbor crew was on time, very professional, and friendly.
It took them a day to pack, and a second day to load the truck.

The crew at the Pgh end was OK, but much slower and less professional.
It took them all day and late into the night ('til about 2am) to unload
our stuff from the truck (although this was a lot of stuff, including
even a car, and also it was a hot day) --- more time than it took to
load the truck!  Also, the truck arrived 4 hours late.  From what I hear
this isn't supposed to be too unusual.

Allied seemed a bit expensive -- about $2500 for the whole thing.

Peter


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