sim posted:

A word of warning for anyone planning a long distance move: DO NOT use Zippy Shell or it's sister company or whatever 1-800-Pack-Rat (they merged within the last couple years). I had to plan a sort of last minute cross country move and because of my remote destination, had limited options. Looking back on things, I wish I had just paid local movers to do the whole thing. But I went with the only "pod" like service that would deliver to my destination (Pods and Upack wouldn't). The first screw-up was they changed the pick-up date on me after I had already scheduled a flight and shuttle. At least they took $100 off the total for that confusion.

They gave me an estimate of 7-10 business days for the whole move. It's been 21 so far, with no end in site. My stuff sat in a warehouse in the city I moved from for 3 weeks. It then took almost a week to make the drive that only took me 3 days. Now it's in a warehouse 3 hours away and they won't schedule a delivery date. Every time I call it's a different problem. Supposedly their "forklift is down", which is preventing them from even scheduling. They've charged the final payment, but still have my stuff. Now they're claiming if it stays in their warehouse for another month, I'll be charged the monthly rental fee.

Kind of at my wits end with this company, but all I can do is keep calling back and complaining. Their customer service, like most companies unfortunately, is completely powerless. They usually don't know anything and I have to sit on hold for 20 minutes while they call other departments.

Happiness Commando posted:

I really wish there was a way to filter housing ads for whether the stove is gas or electric

sim posted:

A word of warning for anyone planning a long distance move: DO NOT use Zippy Shell or it's sister company or whatever 1-800-Pack-Rat (they merged within the last couple years). I had to plan a sort of last minute cross country move and because of my remote destination, had limited options. Looking back on things, I wish I had just paid local movers to do the whole thing. But I went with the only "pod" like service that would deliver to my destination (Pods and Upack wouldn't). The first screw-up was they changed the pick-up date on me after I had already scheduled a flight and shuttle. At least they took $100 off the total for that confusion.

They gave me an estimate of 7-10 business days for the whole move. It's been 21 so far, with no end in site. My stuff sat in a warehouse in the city I moved from for 3 weeks. It then took almost a week to make the drive that only took me 3 days. Now it's in a warehouse 3 hours away and they won't schedule a delivery date. Every time I call it's a different problem. Supposedly their "forklift is down", which is preventing them from even scheduling. They've charged the final payment, but still have my stuff. Now they're claiming if it stays in their warehouse for another month, I'll be charged the monthly rental fee.

Kind of at my wits end with this company, but all I can do is keep calling back and complaining. Their customer service, like most companies unfortunately, is completely powerless. They usually don't know anything and I have to sit on hold for 20 minutes while they call other departments.

Cugel the Clever posted:

Sorry to hear that! At 21 days, they've effectively stolen your stuff... Check the contract you signed for their obligations to you and consult with a lawyer.

sim posted:

A word of warning for anyone planning a long distance move: DO NOT use Zippy Shell or it's sister company or whatever 1-800-Pack-Rat (they merged within the last couple years). I had to plan a sort of last minute cross country move and because of my remote destination, had limited options. Looking back on things, I wish I had just paid local movers to do the whole thing. But I went with the only "pod" like service that would deliver to my destination (Pods and Upack wouldn't). The first screw-up was they changed the pick-up date on me after I had already scheduled a flight and shuttle. At least they took $100 off the total for that confusion.

They gave me an estimate of 7-10 business days for the whole move. It's been 21 so far, with no end in site. My stuff sat in a warehouse in the city I moved from for 3 weeks. It then took almost a week to make the drive that only took me 3 days. Now it's in a warehouse 3 hours away and they won't schedule a delivery date. Every time I call it's a different problem. Supposedly their "forklift is down", which is preventing them from even scheduling. They've charged the final payment, but still have my stuff. Now they're claiming if it stays in their warehouse for another month, I'll be charged the monthly rental fee.

Kind of at my wits end with this company, but all I can do is keep calling back and complaining. Their customer service, like most companies unfortunately, is completely powerless. They usually don't know anything and I have to sit on hold for 20 minutes while they call other departments.

Thanatosian posted:

Call the cops, report your stuff stolen, tell them where you think it is. They probably won't do anything, but it's with a shot. I would consider putting in an insurance claim, too. Your company might crawl up their rear end.

hypnophant posted:

Did you pay with a credit card? See if they can do anything, at the very least dispute the final payment

sim posted:

Thanks for the ideas! I've contacted my insurance company to get that process started. I will consider disputing the credit card. That just sort of feels like the nuclear option though. I still have hope they will deliver my stuff, but if I manage to cancel their payment, they definitely will not deliver my stuff.

Another option I'm considering is paying movers on my own to pick up the stuff and deliver it, then disputing the original payment to Zippy Shell. But I don't even know if I can get access to my stuff since it's a special "pod"-like system.

Thanatosian posted:

Call the cops, report your stuff stolen, tell them where you think it is. They probably won't do anything, but it's with a shot. I would consider putting in an insurance claim, too. Your company might crawl up their rear end.

sim posted:

Well I can't believe it, but a BBB complaint actually did some good.

Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:

I'm surprised the Better Business Bureau still exists. The whole thing is a racket. They're just a club that charges businesses a fee so they can display their stickers. If they get a complaint, they send it to the business. All the business has to do is respond, it doesn't matter how, and the BBB marks it as resolved. That people still care about the BB in the modern age of online reviews, yelp, and whatnot baffles me.

Erwin posted:

Yelp is also a racket in a similar way.

Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:

I'm surprised the Better Business Bureau still exists. The whole thing is a racket. They're just a club that charges businesses a fee so they can display their stickers. If they get a complaint, they send it to the business. All the business has to do is respond, it doesn't matter how, and the BBB marks it as resolved. That people still care about the BB in the modern age of online reviews, yelp, and whatnot baffles me.

sim posted:

I finally got my stuff! But of course it didn't come without further ineptitude from Zippy Shell. The local movers they contracted to deliver up our stuff showed up to our house, an hour after their scheduled window had closed. The guy walks up to me and says "so where should I put your shell?" I was like... "you mean unload our stuff?" Confused looks all around. "You don't have an empty truck there do you?" He did. The local movers showed up at the Zippy Shell warehouse, gave them my name, and they assumed he wanted to check out an empty pod/shell and so they drove 2.5 hours to deliver nothing.

The guy tried to take the blame, but obviously Zippy Shell is a completely incompetent company. So he promises to make this right, get in his truck and drives back to the warehouse. He finally showed up to our house at like 8pm with our stuff. He said the warehouse didn't even know where our shell was, so he had to search for it himself. There was a lock on the shell that I didn't put there, so he had to break it open. Inside, a bunch of boxes had been chewed into by mice (it's an open cage that sat in a warehouse for 30 days).

But thankfully at least nothing appears to be damaged or missing, so I'm just happy this move is finally complete.

DO NOT USE ZIPPY SHELL or 1-800-PACK-RAT FFS!!

sim posted:

I finally got my stuff! But of course it didn't come without further ineptitude from Zippy Shell. The local movers they contracted to deliver up our stuff showed up to our house, an hour after their scheduled window had closed. The guy walks up to me and says "so where should I put your shell?" I was like... "you mean unload our stuff?" Confused looks all around. "You don't have an empty truck there do you?" He did. The local movers showed up at the Zippy Shell warehouse, gave them my name, and they assumed he wanted to check out an empty pod/shell and so they drove 2.5 hours to deliver nothing.

The guy tried to take the blame, but obviously Zippy Shell is a completely incompetent company. So he promises to make this right, get in his truck and drives back to the warehouse. He finally showed up to our house at like 8pm with our stuff. He said the warehouse didn't even know where our shell was, so he had to search for it himself. There was a lock on the shell that I didn't put there, so he had to break it open. Inside, a bunch of boxes had been chewed into by mice (it's an open cage that sat in a warehouse for 30 days).

But thankfully at least nothing appears to be damaged or missing, so I'm just happy this move is finally complete.

DO NOT USE ZIPPY SHELL or 1-800-PACK-RAT FFS!!

Dick Trauma posted:

Cheese Thief posted:

hi goons. I'm moving into an unfurnished apartment for 5-6 months while on business contract out of state. I made a friend so I can have stuff shipped for me to her address locally. I am happy to not have furniture but I might want something to sleep on. Was just going to use a sleeping bag until I can figure it out. I like Japanese floor mattresses, traditional futons. I like Emoor as a brand. Does anyone else have anything particular that might work well. I could maybe rent something but it might be cheaper to buy a minimal folding type mattress that I can throw in the back of my pickup truck and take home with me when contract is over. Like this
https://www.amazon.com/EMOOR-Tri-Fo...8823949&sr=8-15

taiyoko posted:

So I'm apartment hunting right now. And I have a potential landlord asking me to go to this site and send her the result. Does this look legit?

taiyoko posted:

I ended up going with my gut to nope out of the whole thing when she was weirdly insistent that I pay an application fee tonight rather than after seeing the place in person in less than 24 hours. Doubly so when the "fee" was too be paid with PayPal's "friends and family," meaning that I would have no recourse to get my money back if it was a scam.

I hate every part of this apartment search poo poo, and it's only my first time. Don't want to have to go back on taking this new job, bit it looks more and more like I'll have to, because there's no way in hell I'm spending 3 hours of my day commuting for $15/hour.

Thanatosian posted:

Any place asking for a credit check before you see the apartment is a scam.

Nanomachine Son posted:

Is there any thread or general guide for soundproofing out there? I searched around and couldn’t find much.

I ended up moving to a detached house, which has been pretty great, but I’ve found that this place is extremely susceptible to low frequency noise, usually bass from car stereos. This place isn’t well insulated and some of the windows seem to be single paned. Even noise that doesn’t seem that loud outdoors seems to reverb like crazy inside.

I’ve been looking into various solutions but can’t find what would work. Mass loaded vinyl is out of the question since I can’t rip up the drywall, nor would I want to make huge permanent renovations in a rental.

I don’t have much of anything on my walls right now and I’m wondering how much of a difference that could make. Been looking at foam acoustic panels too, though I think that’d only do more for controlling echo inside a room.

I’m guessing my options are pretty limited without being able to add insulation or MLV. Still, I’m wondering if anyone else has been down this rabbit hole and if they found any other decent solution that didn’t break the bank.