Moving from st louis to NY

[SLU MD]

My wife and I are moving in may. Wondering the best way to move our stuff. ideas so far are:
moving company (allied, benkins, etc)
PODS
Uhaul
Two men and a truck

anyone have any experiences or prices i might expect.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

I just moved. I sold/gave away everything I could. Then bought back new stuff when I got here. All I moved were my clothes, books, DVDs and a few antique maps. Of course, I'm single... so when I got here All I needed to buy was a couch, bed a $60 kitchen set from K-Mart.

My brother used PODS. He liked them.

 

[eits]

why would you ever move from this marvelously beautiful and safe city to a coastal city?

gl in ny congrats

 

[Anubis]

what part of NY?

 

[SLU MD]

moving to ithaca, NY for business school at cornell.
thanks for the replies, but unfortunately, they arent quite the help i'm lookin for. anyone with info?

 

[Pepsi90919]

for the love of everything do not use uhaul

 

[eits]

Originally posted by: SLU MD
moving to ithaca, NY for business school at cornell.
thanks for the replies, but unfortunately, they arent quite the help i'm lookin for. anyone with info?

my friend lives there she's awesome... you and your wife should hit her up sometime

her name's jenni kotting

 

[darkxshade]

Just fedex all of it overnight :thumbsup:

 

[RbSX]

Originally posted by: eits
why would you ever move from this marvelously beautiful and safe city to a coastal city?

gl in ny congrats

I hope this is sarcasm.

St. Louis = hell hole.

 

[eits]

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: eits
why would you ever move from this marvelously beautiful and safe city to a coastal city?

gl in ny congrats

I hope this is sarcasm.

St. Louis = hell hole.

no, st louis is a very beautiful and safe city... one of the safest cities in the country with TONS of things to do.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: eits
why would you ever move from this marvelously beautiful and safe city to a coastal city?

gl in ny congrats

:laugh:

 

[cherrytwist]

I moved from STL to RI via moving company and would NOT recommend the same. They damaged close to $1k worth of belongings (and we live rather modestly).

I moved up here with my current job and my company picked up expenses (~3 years ago). We're ready to move back.

When we move back to STL we are considering the PODS thing, selling most of our possessions and preparing for (another) fresh start.

GL and let us know how it goes :beer:

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: SLU MD
moving to ithaca, NY for business school at cornell.
thanks for the replies, but unfortunately, they arent quite the help i'm lookin for. anyone with info?

i have a friend who starts this Fall @ Cornell. great school, good luck. :thumbsup:

business? i thought you were a med student.

 

[vi edit]

It completely depends on how much you are moving.

How many rooms and estimated weight are you looking at?

With an actual shipping company (North American, Mayflower, ect) you will most likely be looking at $5,000+.

If you go with Allied you are looking at the $3000-$4000 range and you might have to arrange your own load/unloading.

If you rent a Rider truck yourself you are looking at $1200 or so for a 26' truck + gas. Pay a couple day laborers on each end for another $250 for the load and $250 for the unload and do it for under $2000.

 

[snoopdoug1]

So you just got your MD @ SLU and now you're going into management? Sorry, off topic, but do realize you're leaving hte cardinals behind

 

[LegendKiller]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
It completely depends on how much you are moving.

How many rooms and estimated weight are you looking at?

With an actual shipping company (North American, Mayflower, ect) you will most likely be looking at $5,000+.

If you go with Allied you are looking at the $3000-$4000 range and you might have to arrange your own load/unloading.

If you rent a Rider truck yourself you are looking at $1200 or so for a 26' truck + gas. Pay a couple day laborers on each end for another $250 for the load and $250 for the unload and do it for under $2000.

It was 2950 to move a 2-bedroom apartment worth of stuff from VA to NYC with two guys loading, unloading, and doing a significant amount of packing. This was through an Allied affiliate. So your estimate is a bit...high.

Never go to moving.com or anything like that.

If you want a good moving company head over to www.movingscam.com. THey have forums there, the main one has a sticky with local mover reviews. It's how we found out allied mover and we were very pleased.

 

[SLU MD]

i'm leaning towards pods right now. its around 3 grand, but i can pack everything myself and make sure nothing gets broken. Uhaul doesnt work b/c of timing issues, i cant drive it there myself.

Yes, i'm a doctor, and yes, i'm getting my MBA.

as for the cards, its been exciting while i've been here. hope they play better than opening day the rest of the year.