L And M Trucking

Sir I'm sorry you had such a bad move! I and my husband used to wirk for NORTH AMERICAN VAN LINES and are proud if our performance with them because we did do a good job for our customers. The problem you ran into was back in the 1980's the government deregulated the industry. That means ALLS FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR. At the time alot of owner-operaters(like we were)were against such a move because that ment .... If you got a truck and can sign on to ANY company,then your a mover! No real training about the business and how it works and how to approach the customers when there are issues.You said you have copies of your paperwork,you should have gotten an inventory sheet of every thing they shipped for you. Learn how to read that description of your items.If ANY ITEM has more damage done to it through the move.get a lawyer take 'em to court for the damages and if you have the original papers they gave you that said $8500 but it looks like you said $16000+ then you might be able to regain some of that money you lost. 1.NEVER MOVE ON THE VERY DAME DAY THE PACKERS ARE THERE AT YOUR HOUSE it cause too much confusion and you wont know what all if REALLY HAPPENING "ALL"THE TIME. 2.PACK YOUR MORE BREAKABLES YOURSELF. USE AS MUCH NEWSPAPERS AS YOU CAN SHOVE AROUND THOSE THINGS-USE BLANKETS-PILLOWS- STUFFED TOYS.BUT THE MORE YOU DO BEFORE"ANYONE"EVER SHOWS UP,THE CHEAPER AND LESS HECTIC IT'S GOING TO BE FOR YOU. 3.GOT KIDS/PETS? GET BABYSETTERS OR FRIENDS TO TO WATCH'EM. 4.HOUSEPLANTS-GIVE 'EM AWAY- THEY ONLY "ADD" WEIGHT TO THE SHIPMENT AS ADDS TO YOUR CUBIC FEET USED IN THE TRAILOR. 5. GET THE INSURANCE"ALWAYS"! THE MORE THEY TALK ABOUT HOW GOOD THEY ARE THE MORE YOUR GONNA WANT THAT INSURANCE. COMPARED TO WHAT YOU LOST THE COST OF EXTRA INSURANCE IS PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR! These are just a fraction of some things that I can think of to help you-we quit that industry back in the early 90's there were too many "BJ AND THE BEARS " OUT THERE. AND IT WAS TOO EMBARRASSING TO DO THAT KIND OF WORK. We used to see ourselfs as professionals then but not now! Not now! Again I'm sorry you had to learn this lesson so hard! But try taking them to court. You might just have a judge see it your way and order a complete refund! Good luck sir. Unipeg-thats my c b handle name.