Household Moving Tips: Understand Bulky Item Charges
Household moving companies have to provide customers with what is known as a list of tariffs. Basically, it’s a pricing sheet which goes over how they price their shipments and what you can expect when it comes to moving your household items.
A lot of companies have the same basic prices for the same basic services, or at least they’ll be close to one another, which really helps when it comes to finding the right household moving company for your specific needs. If you’re moving a lot of items, one of the most important things that you can do is understand how household moving companies price larger items and what it will do to your shipping prices.
Household movers charge customers based on the weight of their shipment and how expensive or important it is to ship…usually. There’s a few different ways to price a household move, and it does depend on the company you are discussing it with and getting prices from, but one of the most common things you’ll see is a bulky item charge.
These are charges for items that take special care to move, secure, and ship via an interstate transport truck – things like TV’s, large stereos, computers and monitors, large and expensive paintings, the list goes on – if the item is big or bulky and expensive, it’s likely going to come with a bulky article charge.
Not all items that get slapped with a bulk item charge are actually bulky; it usually just means that extra care or handling is required with those items. How a moving company prices bulky items is up to their tariffs, which is a list of services and prices, is up to them, which is why gathering multiple quotes is a key component in your search for the right household moving company.
Each moving company may charge you slightly differently than others based on where you are shipping from and to and how much you are shipping. Charges for bulky items are at the discretion of your mover, so make sure you understand their policies and procedures when it comes to moving bulk items so you aren’t left paying hundreds more than you have to.
If you’re interested in getting quotes from top-rated household moving companies, be sure to visit our Household Moving Articles page to gain access to our free household moving quote request form. In addition to gaining access to our free household moving form, you gain access to our list of helpful household moving articles that you can peruse to get more information about the process of moving household items and how the industry in general works.
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Since 2007 Dave has written all the content and blogs for American Auto Shipping and during this time added the duties of customer support and transport logistics.
He currently resides in Washington with his three kids and their mom and cat. A fan of Marvel movies and good stories, when not shipping cars Dave can be found working on his novel, enjoying a good book or playing some tournament HALO.
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