“Cagier Cons”
In keeping with her goal of making Reader’s Digest a more useful media channel to help “average people getting by”, Mary Berner, the magazines new CEO, is changing the look, feel and content of the...
View ArticleFraudulent USDOT Letters
This morning’s Inbox contained a timely warning from Patricia McLaughlin’s IMAWA Bulletin Board. Pat’s a long-time friend of the moving industry, small business mentor and advocate, and the veteran...
View ArticleMore People Moving Out of Florida
It appears there might be another big casualty of the real estate mess – Florida. In an article released Sunday, veteran Associated Press newsman Mike Schneider explains what many national van lines...
View ArticleMove It – Don’t Lose It
Yesterday I received a note from a reader in the Bay Area who’d apparently read ‘Is shopping for a mover in a virtual marketplace safe?’ He wrote to say he had learned a lot from the five part series...
View ArticleAnother move broker, Budget Van Lines, sues MovingScam
New York based Budget Van Lines, a five year old household goods and property broker has sued the owner of MovingScam.com for allegedly endorsing some full service moving companies and vehicle...
View ArticleRescission Estimates and Relocation
One of the more frequent complaints that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) receives from consumers involves the unexpected and supposedly “arbitrary” increase in cost that an...
View ArticleA schism at MovingSCAM? - It appears it's now the movers who are fighting back!
It appears it's now the movers who are fighting back! Perhaps it's the hectic summer schedule created by too many customers and not enough capacity that's getting on people's nerves. Then again,...
View ArticleWaiting Time = Hostage Load??? - "Realtor of the Year" takes aim at the...
"Realtor of the Year" takes aim at the moving industry The following is a copy of a recent entry that a well-intentioned realtor posted in the Report a Scam forum at the popular trash-your-mover site...
View ArticleNorth Carolina cracks down on illegal movers
Beginning on October 1, 2011, rogue movers operating illegally in North Carolina will have to think twice before advertising their services to the general public. In an effort to protect inexperienced,...
View ArticleAre you part of National Consumer Protection Week?
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is celebrating the 15th anniversary of the National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW) for 2013 on March 3-9. NCPW is a coordinated campaign of more than 60...
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