Moving

[rjs]

I will be moving back home to NJ near the end of May, which means I need to start planning now.  When I moved out here, I shipped a bunch of boxed via a company called Freight & Crate, but they screwed me by jacking up the price at the last minute and then messing up a bunch of the boxes (luckily nothing broke).  I then drove myself across the

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[adb_jaeger]

If you're going to fly to NJ, you can take the cat with you in the cabin.

But you'll need to decide pretty quickly, most airlines limit the number of animals per flight.

[scottro]

Rent a small u-haul with a trailer for the car. Easy, not too expensive, and you won't lose anything. I moved to Vegas this way (although it was a huge truck with all of our shit.

Just get the smallest u-Haul truck and the trailer. I find that peace of mind is worth far more than paying someone else to move your stuff.

You moving back to Home St.?

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[rjs]

If I remember from 2 years ago, this option was surprisingly expensive (probably because of the distance).

[gunga_galunga]

I did the u-haul/tow car back when I moved from Ohio to Colorado. It seemed pretty reasonable at the time, but this was back in '94. Oh, and if you do it, go with Ryder, not u-haul. Just search the web for u-haul horror stories. On one way rentals, a lot of the price depends on which way people are migrating. A lot more people go west from New Jersey than the reverse, so it costs a lot more to get the trucks back east. I bet going east is a lot cheaper (except for the gas).

[rjs]

Oh, and no Home Street for me. Erica is living in North Brunswick with some friend right now, and then a month or so after I get back, we'll find our own place somewhere.

[adb_foldem]

There are services that will arrange for someone to drive your car cross country for a reasonable fee. They provide added insurance and the driver pays his/her own expenses. In 2000 this was about half the cost of a shipping company, but gas was under $100/barrel :)

[rjs]

Hmmmm - interesting. Know of any off hand?

[spidurman]

Welcome back to our lovely home state!

I do hope to catch up with you at some point once you get settled in.

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[rjs]

Definitely. Maybe I can meet you down in A.C. one day after I'm back (although I'll probably have to wait at least a month or two before I throw out the idea of an A.C. trip).

[anonymous]

If you pack, box, palletize and wrap it I can get you a good freight price but you have to pack really good because there is no insurance.