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I did a quick Google of your request and people in the industry say that 5% is standard. For a move around $600., that would mean that $15. each for two men would be acceptable.
I hired 'Simple moving labor' to come load me, then unload me when we get to our arrival.
What I don't know is if most people tip these guys, and if so, how much.
it's a bit expensive (read, not budgeted) to hire guys just to load boxes, but i had no choice.
it's going to cost me $300 for 2 guys @ 2 hours.
Do most people tip these guys? if so how much is standard?
honestly? i have to pay another $260 to unload and again since this wasn't budgeted that's almost $600.
I can't afford to tip them, but i also can't feel good about stiffing them if it's standard to tip.
can someone tat knows help a bit?
I guess people do tip them, but I don't see why. You're paying $75/hour for low-skill labor. The chances are that they will do nothing special for you in terms of above-and-beyond customer service. You won't see them again, so you're not hoping to pave the way for a relationship. I wouldn't.
I see your point, believe me, but as a guy that worked his way through college bartending I can understand too.
I guess I look at it this way. if I drop 20 to each of them (think that's around 13%), that 20 bucks is probably going to mean more to them than the 40 i save by not tipping.
i guess each has their own way of thinking. i can completely understand your point and you're not wrong. to me i guess hell i'm already at $5000. $40 is pretty minimal
I recently made a small full service move 2 guys and a truck for 2hrs at $75/hr. Half of what you're paying at their base rate so that seems high to begin with. Especially since my guys brought a truck and drove it too. I gave each guy a $20 as tip. In the Portland metro area so not a cheap place either.
I did a quick Google of your request and people in the industry say that 5% is standard.
Five percent sounds reasonable for a local move, but what happens in an interstate move (like we are doing soon), where there'll probably be different people loading and unloading?
Five percent sounds reasonable for a local move, but what happens in an interstate move (like we are doing soon), where there'll probably be different people loading and unloading?
that's what's happening to me, but it would still be the same, 5% of half of the total is still going to be the same as the full
5% of 250 is $12.50
5% of 500 is $25.00
so the math still works.
HOWEVER, in my case I'm treating mine as two stand alone deals. because loading for me costs $100 more than unloading. ( i'm driving 1300 miles to a large city from a small city) I spose it's due to traffic etc. to get to the loading site (not in a metro area). So i'm going to give a tip based on $300 to load, then when I get there another based on $193 to unload. Although now that I think about it, that doesn't make a lot of sense. they're doing the same work, so I should be tipping them on that premise, not the price
I did a quick Google of your request and people in the industry say that 5% is standard. For a move around $600., that would mean that $15. each for two men would be acceptable.
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Originally Posted by Clarallel
I guess people do tip them, but I don't see why. You're paying $75/hour for low-skill labor. The chances are that they will do nothing special for you in terms of above-and-beyond customer service. You won't see them again, so you're not hoping to pave the way for a relationship. I wouldn't.
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Originally Posted by story97
I see your point, believe me, but as a guy that worked his way through college bartending I can understand too.
I guess I look at it this way. if I drop 20 to each of them (think that's around 13%), that 20 bucks is probably going to mean more to them than the 40 i save by not tipping.
i guess each has their own way of thinking. i can completely understand your point and you're not wrong. to me i guess hell i'm already at $5000. $40 is pretty minimal
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Originally Posted by notnamed
I recently made a small full service move 2 guys and a truck for 2hrs at $75/hr. Half of what you're paying at their base rate so that seems high to begin with. Especially since my guys brought a truck and drove it too. I gave each guy a $20 as tip. In the Portland metro area so not a cheap place either.
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Originally Posted by froglipz
Give them $20- $25 each.
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Originally Posted by CapnTrips
Five percent sounds reasonable for a local move, but what happens in an interstate move (like we are doing soon), where there'll probably be different people loading and unloading?
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Originally Posted by story97
that's what's happening to me, but it would still be the same, 5% of half of the total is still going to be the same as the full
5% of 250 is $12.50
5% of 500 is $25.00
so the math still works.
HOWEVER, in my case I'm treating mine as two stand alone deals. because loading for me costs $100 more than unloading. ( i'm driving 1300 miles to a large city from a small city) I spose it's due to traffic etc. to get to the loading site (not in a metro area). So i'm going to give a tip based on $300 to load, then when I get there another based on $193 to unload. Although now that I think about it, that doesn't make a lot of sense. they're doing the same work, so I should be tipping them on that premise, not the price
I also did a quick search, It said for 2 movers with there own truck it should cost between $90-$120 an hour. If its just 2 movers with no truck, and just labor, it should be about $60-$80 an hour (for both, not a piece). Not sure why you needed to use these guys, (For this price this would be my last choice), and I certainly wouldn't tip.
And heres a few I found in less than a minute on craigslist.
Searched a little more,
OP have you seen how most of there yelp reviews are really poor?
That company is supposedly based out of Bedford, If that's where you are, heres a quick craigslist one that seems much more reasonable. http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/lbs/5748197126.html
2 Movers + 2 Hours + Moving Truck only = $198!
Last edited by adriver; 09-04-2016 at 09:20 PM..
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