Posted: 1/6/2012 9:31:53 AM EDT
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If you don't tip get out of my thread.
Anyway, the wife and I bought furniture. A big heavy wood table, a big heavy wood buffet and a big heavy cast iron side table. This shit will weigh a ton. It's getting delivered soon. Since this is our first married apartment and thus the first time I've bought furniture since I got three items from Ikea as a broke ass intern, I'm not totally sure what to tip the guys. Also, I don't live in a 'normal' place. It's 3 floors up in an building with 16 foot ceilings. No elevator. Anybody have any thoughts? Any movers here know what the usual is? I'll probably get furniture from this place again and don't want to be known as the tight ass hole at the top of a fuck ton of stairs. |
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Not sure, depends on how efficient they were and whether they seemed to have their act together.
Most of the movers I know make in the $9 to $10 per hour range so I'd probably take that into consideration. I've heard of ten hour back-breaker jobs that resulted in no tip, and short jobs that resulted in hundred-dollar tips, lunch for the crew, bottles of high-end liquor to take home, etc. Not sure if there's a reliable average to fall back on. |
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Depends.
If they go above and beyond to cater to you, sure. $5-10 a guy. If they do exactly what they were paid to do, and nothing more, no tip. If they do a piss poor job, violate every common sense rule known to man, then have the balls to give you shit when you don't tip them, I tell every person that will listen about the experience. The latter happened to me with a local safe moving company. 
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| I would probably go 20-30 each just because of the stairs. More if it turns into a giant pain in the ass to get them up there. I hope you took into consideration the size of the stairs when you bought these pieces. Otherwise you might be in for an unpleasant surprise. |
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When I worked for a white glove delivery service I always appreciated any tip. $10 tips seemed nice and $20 were great! Even $5 bought a quick bite to eat or a pack of cigarettes.
I would say $10 each for a good normal tip. More if you got it or they were just really good at what they do. If you know one of them is the owner of the company, don't tip him. Hes already making money off the backs of his laborers (which he should) and charging you accordingly tip or not. Just my thoughts. I was a white glove delivery service worker for about 4 years or so. |
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When I moved into the house I had built in 2002, the crew I got busted their asses, so they got $20/person. Next time I moved, same crew, and they, again, busted their asses and got $20 each. Third time same result. Each time I moved was during the summer so I also provided cold water or Gatoraid for them.
They treated me right and gave excellent service. They also remembered me on the subsequent moves and took good care of my stuff and even set some stuff up at no charge. Moral of the story here is they are moving you belongings and if you take care of them they will make sure the job gets done right and quick. MPD165 |
| If it takes them a half hour or less - $20 each. If it takes longer, up to an hour, $30 each. More than an hour - $50 each. I've never been a mover or used a mover. Wife and I still live in the house we bought when we were 22 and 23 (housing market sucks). We used ourselves and family as movers and just bought food and booze. The above is what I would probably do in your situation. I've had to move friends up and down steps before and it isn't fun. |
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did furniture delivery before ..
Some tips , clear your aisle way's to where you want the junk, i once knocked down a glass picture frame some cheap piece of shit walmart one, while moving in some guys ghetto piece of shit house i got ALL my gas compensation money from my company for using personal vehicle knocked out of my supplement pay for that one .. Thanks jack ass We enjoyed any tip given, except one that gave us expired candy, Cold water / soda is enjoyed , As well as any monetary tip, We did one delivery where we went 2-3 hours away from store, had problems with delivery including missing parts and furniture, the guy was in a "poorer" neighborhood and still gave us 50 bucks each, When we came back he gave us another 20 or 50 dollars dont remember .. Very nice people.. Other times we did huge deliverys to people with the escalades and mercedez in the drive ways, and nothing .. So to sum up any kind of tip is always appreciated.. |
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When we moved (way too much stuff) we had a moving crew (2 guys) for 10 hours one day, then a couple of guys the next day (amateurs) to help get the little stuff out.
The Crew was great...couple of scrawny guys that hauled stuff out very well. Hot (end of June). We made sure they were fed (Subway), watered, and each got $50 at the end of the day. The Amateurs...one guy (mid 30s) was great....his usual helper was out with a back problem, and his temp help was some twentysomething with his pants down around his thighs, taking phone calls and texts, etc....he 'didn't feel well' and had to quit after a few hours....the other guy put in a good 8+ hours. He got fed also, and got a $40 tip. AFARR |
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I am actually the Regional Manager for a moving company.
Our men are paid between $11-$18 an hour. I have had men work for an hour with a little old lady, and receive $100 each. I have also sent me out to move brian dawkins house. (saftey for the Denver Donkies) they worked for 3 days and received nothing. $20 each is $40 to you, and pretty damn good. 20-40 per guy is a very kind gesture. $5-$10 each is almost insulting. |
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$5-$10 each is almost insulting. They're paid to do a job. What entitles them to extra compensation "just because"? (and we're off!) The above question is a false premise. Within the human social construct, sometimes a nominal tip is worse than no tip at all. Like leaving a nickel for your waitress. It doesn't say "I am parsimonious." It says, "Fuck you." |
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The above question is a false premise. Within the human social construct, sometimes a nominal tip is worse than no tip at all. Like leaving a nickel for your waitress. It doesn't say "I am parsimonious." It says, "Fuck you." $11-18 an hour is hardly what waitstaff makes. Comparing a mover that makes $18 to a waitress making ~$3 is asinine. When I had my safe moved in, the mover admitted that he fucked up multiple times. Yet he had the balls to give me shit for not tipping him. By tipping for no reason at all, you are supporting the entitlement mentality. I've got no problem giving a decent tip when someone's done the extra effort. But I fail to see why doing the job your paid to do should result in anything "extra". |