Dispelling Common Moving Myths

We’ve all heard stories about people who had good experiences with professional movers in St. Louis and others who haven’t. These stories build up over time and morph into urban legend. They become the stories that always begin with, “well, a friend of my cousin moved one time and…” It’s hard to tell fact from fiction, and that’s why our team at Goodfellas Moving Company is creating this blog post. We present it to dispel myths you might have heard about moving companies.

Let’s start with the big one. It’s basically that you can expect items to get lost or damaged. It’s a fact that things possibly will get damaged when moving them, but the risks are vastly reduced when using professional movers. Movers take care when loading, transporting, and unloading your property. They have the proper equipment such as sliders, padding, and retention straps and take care to ensure your belongings arrive unharmed.

It’s cheaper to move yourself. This is another myth we encounter a lot. You may pay more to do it yourself when you factor in the time, the extra materials and equipment you will have to buy or rent, and the overall hassle of finding friends to help you. Relying on people who do this for a living means it will get done much more quickly and efficiently than if you try to tackle it on your own.

Finally, many people believe that it’s best to move on the weekend. That is the problem though, as everybody seems to think it and all the movers may be booked. Booking at an off-peak time will ensure you get professional movers and may even get a discount on the price.