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eck

apartment hunting

Jun 12, 2004 15:56

As at least one friend has pointed out to me, I have never really gone apartment hunting for just myself. I've always been looking for myself and exactly one other, at least a housemate. So there's always been someone else with a direct interest (as in, also benefiting) in the outcome. My most sanguine take on the new experience is that it's ( Read more... )

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minnaleigh June 12 2004, 15:17:12 UTC

Do NOT NOT NOT use AMJ Campbell Van Lines. They were an awful company to deal with. So bad that I wrote a complaint letter once I had all of my stuff in my new place. And I never got a response to the complaint letter. Because they are rude, inconsiderate, horrible people.

Another piece of advice: Get rid of as much stuff as possible to make the move easier. Especially if you're looking at leaving Edmonton in the next year. And especially because renting an apartment will tend to mean a severe lack of storage space. I got rid of piles and piles of stuff when I moved and I actually wish I'd been more brutal about purging.

If I were in Edmonton, I would help you move stuff to your new place!

eck June 12 2004, 16:00:44 UTC

I've heard and experienced only bad-to-indifferent things about moving companies. I'll sure at least avoid AMJ Campbell Van Lines.

I've been meaning to get rid of "lots of" stuff for months with minimal result. Fighting packrat tendencies along with everything else. I've yearned for cheap mass storage and sheet-feed scanners for a long time, so I could at least shrink a bunch of my clutter down to tiny digital scales. Now big drives and sheet-feed scanners are both cheap, but I'm low on money and out of time!

All good advice, thanks.

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Re: Helping Rid the Packrat Within buhrger June 12 2004, 22:00:33 UTC

word!

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Re: Saving for different weather... purpletigron June 12 2004, 23:30:44 UTC

I need to be able to save and know that, if I'm out of a job for whatever reason, I can afford wherever I'm staying.

Seconded!!!!

futabachan June 13 2004, 10:29:23 UTC

maybe Toronto for October

Further evidence that the plan to get all of the Cool People to come to Toronto is bearing frut....

eck June 13 2004, 12:17:33 UTC

Aw, thanks!

Should I admit that I'd almost like to see Shrub re-elected, so we could get lots more cool friends to move North?

mecmom June 15 2004, 09:52:54 UTC

NO! It's too awful to even think of.

rasteik July 9 2004, 00:07:39 UTC

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