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6/11/2007 10:36:53 AM

I know a furniture store owner. They pay those guys $50 for every in town delivery. That normally means they are well paid when knocking out several deliveres in a few short hours. I dont tip delivery guys as you have normally already paid a good amount of money for the service...

Now, when it comes to movers, there is good reason to announce prior to the service the intent to tip. I would tip movers, but they would also know ahead of time they would be tipping X amount of dollars for doing a good job.

6/11/2007 1:21:09 PM

I've heard $20-$30 per mover but it seems weird that there is no distinction made between a 2 hour move vs a 6 hour move.

I never thought about tipping store deliverers since they charge me $60 to deliver one item.

6/11/2007 1:37:57 PM

I have movers coming over in an hour and it is supposed to be a six hour move. I've always heard it is a nice gesture to buy the movers lunch, but I am paying by the hour, so I don't want to buy their lunch and then pay for them to sit and eat it. Any ideas?

6/16/2007 8:13:43 AM

Here's how it works.

If you buy them lunch they are more apt to be careful with your stuff. Is $100 worth all your stuff being moved with care?

6/16/2007 8:46:21 AM

The possibility of being tipped should make them more apt to be careful with my stuff.

6/16/2007 8:47:36 AM

if it takes a fucking bribe for people to do their damn job right, it's not worth it in the first place

6/16/2007 9:18:20 AM

^ Yes! I'm not against tipping at all, but I'm so tired of this "Be ready to take it in the ass and have all your stuff broken/food ruined, etc." attitude it seems like we're to embrace these days because people don't want to do their jobs!

6/16/2007 9:25:34 AM

i've also heard 20-40 bucks per mover. thats pretty fair without being outrageous.

[Edited on June 16, 2007 at 10:16 AM. Reason : raige you can often buy moving insurance for less than a 100 bucks per mover ]

6/16/2007 10:15:43 AM

^^ It's not a bribe, it's getting what you've paid for. If you go with exactly the price to be paid, the movers / delivery guy is going to give you exactly the service outlined in the contract, no more, no less. It's a matter of, if you treat people right, they will treat you right. Good service costs money, and it's about time people started remembering that.

6/16/2007 10:27:56 AM

^ so are you saying the contract says "we will treat your shit rough and not give a damn"? face it, everyone is greedy and will do anything they can to get a buck

my attitude is (and should be of any consumer), you're lucky to have my business. if your company fucks up or i hear anything negative, i'll never use you again and i'll recommend against you to anyone I meet. that should be incentive enough to do a good job, but yet you have this attitude of "we don't give a fuck if you give us business or not" in some of these service occupations.

[Edited on June 16, 2007 at 11:39 AM. Reason : ]

6/16/2007 11:37:13 AM

Hardly, but the contract will have certain limits, and so the job will be performed to those limits and no more. It's like anything in life, if you are going to do the bare minimum you will get the bare minimum in return. Sure the company may be liable for damages in certain cases, but the only care they're going to take is enough care to cover their ass.

Look, I'm not saying if you don't tip, the people should just toss your shit around without a care, nor am I saying that it would be acceptable if they did. But if you want them treating your shit with kid gloves, then it's going to cost you.

6/16/2007 12:23:26 PM

I had a couch, loveseat, recliner, dining room table and 6 chairs delivered on thursday. they charged me 160 bucks for delivery, so it was very likely i wasn't going to tip anyways...but the fact that they screwed up my the first try at the delivery sealed the deal.

i also had the cable installer come out and transfer my service to my new house. he would have been more likely to get a tip since it was a free service...but i wasn't home when he came and forgot to leave him something. but it looks like he is trying to charge me for something...so i guess it worked out that i didn't give him any money because now i'm going to have to waste time getting the fee waved.

6/16/2007 1:01:02 PM

i dont think anyone is arguing to tip the cable man though (particularly since they cable company ALWAYS screws you over one way or the other).

6/16/2007 1:02:28 PM

The move went great. They finished a little after 1, so no need for lunch. They brought a third guy who I wasn't charged for plus they charged me for 1.5 hrs less than the actual moving time, so they got a nice tip.

[Edited on June 18, 2007 at 8:22 AM. Reason : ]

6/18/2007 8:22:13 AM