Anyone Know any Good Toronto Movers?

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• I'd avoid "Yellow Moving and Storage" like the plague. Admittedly, I wasn't the smartest consumer ever, but they certainly took advantage of me:

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  -RW

• Weird that i'm following up after J....worked together for a couple years.

  I've got a recommendation. Tender Touch. A few friends have moved with them before. Good if you don't want anything broken and they put down sheets & runners to protect everything. Possibly not the speediest, but they do a good work.

  Blaine http://www.blainekendall.com

• After a few moves where we chose the movers based on price (and were never left feeling excited about the great choice we made), this January we went with Tippet-Richardson ("The Careful Movers") and were very happy with the results. From the moment you first call them, they take care of you. Very thorough and professional about ever step of the process from the estimate to the follow-up.

• One thing to be wary of is movers that charge by the square footage. Apparently there's a scam going around where they will quote one price, then when everything is on the truck, charge something much, much higher. With a weight-based quote, they have to supply proof that your goods are X weight, making it harder to swindle you.

• I did a bunch of research online, called a dozen firms, looked up companies in the BBB, etc. and ended up selecting Toronto Movers (416) 652-6613. It's a small operation but I was pleased with the move. They gave me a quote based on two movers ($65/hr + 1 hr min travel time). On the morning of the move, they were actually *early* and there were three guys! In the end, it ended up being cheaper this way as they were able to finish faster.

  EF

• That's true in the US, but Canadian laws differ.

• After a few VERY bad moves I decided it was worth the higher price to pay for a national company. They generally have a name and a reputation to protect and so are less of a blind leap of faith, or so says I.

  I'd highly recommend any local agent for Allied; I've done two long hard moves with them and both times the men were courteous, efficient, and good-humored throughout (guys who can sing satirical moving songs in the 6th hour of a three-household move get my vote every time). Bonus points: during my last move there was an accident and a new monitor got damaged; though I had only the default per-pound insurance, Alliance decided to recompense me for the full value of the monitor even though they were legally only bound to pay seven cents per pound... they just thought it was the right thing to do. A big thumbs-up for Allied!

• Oh, and Tippet-Richardson, named earlier on, are Allied agents as well - at least in Montreal.

• If your company regularly uses a moving company for relocating employees find out who it is and use them. They will do a good job and be careful not to jeopardize the corporate business.

• Tom Trucker - Excellent service, great prices, highly recommended. You can find them in the phone book.