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I had a locksmith pull that on me once. They gave me one quote over the phone, unlocked my car, then invoiced me for double. Car movers are also notorious for

I had a locksmith pull that on me once. They gave me one quote over the phone, unlocked my car, then invoiced me for double. Car movers are also notorious for this. The fun part there is that if you don't pay the new rate, they hit the road again and it can be another week before you get your car back-- assuming it hasn't been impounded.

craftyguy 9y ago
What's a 'car mover'? Do people pay others to move their car for them? I can understand if the 'move' requires transit over water, but is there another reason for this?
- mgerdts 9y ago
  I think it's fairly common with corporate relocations for the package to offer to put your cars on a car carrier and send you and the family via plane. I've had this opportunity a couple times and took advantage of it once. If you see a car carrier unloading a car or two in or near a residential area or in a corporate parking lot, it's quite likely this is part of a relocation package.
- beambot 9y ago
  Been a while since I used one... But $500 for cross-country car move as part of relocation. Beats the cost of flying back to home city, 48 hours of driving and multiple hotel nights.
- cafard 9y ago
  Time. My son, then living in Washington, DC, got a job offer in California. He had little time to find an apartment, etc., and it did not seem practical to spend what time he had driving across the country. We stuffed the trunk with what it would take, drove out to Montgomery County, and handed off the car to the mover.
- jstarfish 9y ago
  Relocations mainly. If you have two cars with any value left in them and are moving cross-country, there are better uses of time and money than selling/rebuying or flying back and forth and driving the same distance twice just to move your cars.
- Groxx 9y ago
  In addition to the other threads here: Buying specific cars tends to mean they're all over the country. Easier to fly there, check it out, and have it moved for you. Car collectors, for instance, though I assume the rich ones don't have these problems. Sometimes it's cheaper to buy a car in state X and move it to you rather than buying it where you live. Also other countries, etc, though I assume you put that in the same mental-category as "over water" :)
irrational 9y ago
That's why I always go through my insurance. They don't try this kind of stuff (in my experience) when they have been contracted through a company that will stop using them over one complaint.

craftyguy 9y ago

What's a 'car mover'? Do people pay others to move their car for them? I can understand if the 'move' requires transit over water, but is there another reason for this?

mgerdts 9y ago
I think it's fairly common with corporate relocations for the package to offer to put your cars on a car carrier and send you and the family via plane. I've had this opportunity a couple times and took advantage of it once. If you see a car carrier unloading a car or two in or near a residential area or in a corporate parking lot, it's quite likely this is part of a relocation package.
beambot 9y ago
Been a while since I used one... But $500 for cross-country car move as part of relocation. Beats the cost of flying back to home city, 48 hours of driving and multiple hotel nights.
cafard 9y ago
Time. My son, then living in Washington, DC, got a job offer in California. He had little time to find an apartment, etc., and it did not seem practical to spend what time he had driving across the country. We stuffed the trunk with what it would take, drove out to Montgomery County, and handed off the car to the mover.
jstarfish 9y ago
Relocations mainly. If you have two cars with any value left in them and are moving cross-country, there are better uses of time and money than selling/rebuying or flying back and forth and driving the same distance twice just to move your cars.
Groxx 9y ago
In addition to the other threads here: Buying specific cars tends to mean they're all over the country. Easier to fly there, check it out, and have it moved for you. Car collectors, for instance, though I assume the rich ones don't have these problems. Sometimes it's cheaper to buy a car in state X and move it to you rather than buying it where you live. Also other countries, etc, though I assume you put that in the same mental-category as "over water" :)

irrational 9y ago

That's why I always go through my insurance. They don't try this kind of stuff (in my experience) when they have been contracted through a company that will stop using them over one complaint.