April 12th, 2007

bills, bills, bills and evil, evil movers

I’ve been getting my final bills from our utility companies, and overall, they haven’t been horrible… except for our final gas bill, which I just opened.

$205 for seven days.

Yeah. What the hell? The office is closed, so I can’t call, but does anyone have any ideas about why my gas bill would skyrocket? It’s been averaging about $100 per month, and now it’s $200 for a week? Seems very wrong to me.

I also received the claims forms for the furniture the movers damaged… and they suck on a huge level.

“If this form is not completely filled out IN FULL your claim will be DENIED. No exceptions.”

Oof… it says that three times.

I flip through the pages and find what I have to fill out.

I HAVE TO GET AN EFFING ESTIMATE?!

Hi, it’s an IKEA bed. And I am so not paying to have someone come in here, look at it, and say, “Yeah, that can’t be fixed. Now pay me $50 for giving you this estimate.”

I also need the receipt (which I could probably find.. it’s only two years old :P), pictures (yeah, I already took those) and all the paperwork I ever had with the movers.

Part of me is wondering if I should just give up on it. I mean, if I don’t have an estimate on how much the damages will cost to repair (does anyone even repair IKEA wood? lol), my claim is going to be denied anyway.

Should I really bother taking the time to hunt through two years of receipts for the bed receipt?

I can hear my mother saying, “Yes! It’s the principle!”.. so I know I probably will, but my god, does it really have to be this difficult? They broke it. They should fix it.

This is the second time I’ve dealt with movers, and let me just say, so far, a big thumbs down, F grade for all of them.