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What are your biggest, heaviest pieces of furniture or large appliances? Dining room table; dining room server/hutch combo; refrigerator.
Have you had a truck come out to pick up large items for donation rather than move them yourself? No. I've never donated a large enough item that needed to be moved on a truck. When I've had to replace inoperable appliances, the folks who delivered the new ones took away the old ones.
What's the last large item you took out to the curb or dumpster? About 10 years ago, I put an old, beat-up table out by the curb in front of my house. A scavenger picked it up less than an hour later.
What's the last large item delivered to your home? Refrigerator, in late 2018.
Do you ever tip such delivery men? Not always. It depends on whether they do a good job. Twice, I've had delivery people damage a large item while moving it into my house. No tips for them. My server was damaged so badly that they had to put it back on the truck and I had to order another one.
Do you ever offer workers at your home something like a cold drink on a hot day? Yes. When contractors are here, I always offer them coffee or water.
Thanks for the questions, PegE!
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What are your biggest, heaviest pieces of furniture or large appliances? - Heaviest by far is my king size bed.
Have you had a truck come out to pick up large items for donation rather than move them yourself? - When my ex and I broke up, after we divided what we had. I got rid of most of it and paid a company to do so.
What's the last large item you took out to the curb or dumpster? - My old chair. If I had another 8 inches here I could have kept it.
What's the last large item delivered to your home? - My bed in 2012.
Do you ever tip such delivery men? - I tip the movers. I never did tip anyone else but the deliveries have been very few.
Do you ever offer workers at your home something like a cold drink on a hot day? - I bought Gatorade for the last movers when I asked if they wanted something to drink. They were unprepared for some reason.
What are your biggest, heaviest pieces of furniture or large appliances? I'd say it's a three-way tie between the desk, the refrigerator and the sofa.
Have you had a truck come out to pick up large items for donation rather than move them yourself? I move them myself.
What's the last large item you took out to the curb or dumpster? Nothing larger than the trash bins.
What's the last large item delivered to your home? None of the deliveries have been that large, but I'm hoping to buy a sofa soon.
Do you ever tip such delivery men? Yes, I do.
Do you ever offer workers at your home something like a cold drink on a hot day? Yes, I do.
What are your biggest, heaviest pieces of furniture or large appliances? Both the bed (very heavy clunky pine) and the sofa (can't even push move it).
Have you had a truck come out to pick up large items for donation rather than move them yourself? I let Junk Bee Gone (TN) and Got Junk (MD) take the items and donate them. Junk Bee Gone told me the name of the charity. Got Junk was too long ago (17+ years) to remember.
What's the last large item you took out to the curb or dumpster? Tall awkward boxes but not heavy, taken out last Sunday.
What's the last large item delivered to your home? Cases of water I had to drag in were the heaviest but the boxes of oversized photos I sent out to be printed were the largest, even though they were light.
Do you ever tip such delivery men? We're talking UPS and FedEx. No.
Do you ever offer workers at your home something like a cold drink on a hot day? The maintenance men live in the complex. The computer guys I offer a drink hot or cold days.
What are your biggest, heaviest pieces of furniture or large appliances? Refrigerator, dresser, day bed
Have you had a truck come out to pick up large items for donation rather than move them yourself? I called them
What's the last large item you took out to the curb or dumpster? Small entertainment center. It was gone before the garbage truck made the rounds.
What's the last large item delivered to your home? Refrigerator
Do you ever tip such delivery men? Nope
Do you ever offer workers at your home something like a cold drink on a hot day? Yup. Even though I know they have gallon water coolers on the equipment, I dropped off a case of cold bottles of water to a blacktopping crew. I worked with that stuff for 20+ years and know what it's like to work with it.
What are your biggest, heaviest pieces of furniture or large appliances? French door fridge, washing machine and dryer, entertainment center
Have you had a truck come out to pick up large items for donation rather than move them yourself? Yes but it's been awhile
What's the last large item you took out to the curb or dumpster? Sofa and office chair
What's the last large item delivered to your home? Big Screen TV
Do you ever tip such delivery men? Depends on variables....FED EX and UPS No
Do you ever offer workers at your home something like a cold drink on a hot day?
What are your biggest, heaviest pieces of furniture or large appliances? Entertainment center, sofa bed, dining room table, drawer set, fridge, stove.
Have you had a truck come out to pick up large items for donation rather than move them yourself? Not yet.
What's the last large item you took out to the curb or dumpster? A recliner. Dragged it out there less than an hour before pickup and saw it loaded.
What's the last large item delivered to your home? HVAC replacement a few years ago.
Do you ever tip such delivery men? Affirmative.
Do you ever offer workers at your home something like a cold drink on a hot day?[/quote] Always. Usually a canned drink. It's obvious they're sealed.
Thanks, PegE.
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