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+title: 'Not Bloody Likely'
+date: '2002-07-12T06:38:04-04:00'
+permalink: /not-bloody-likely/
+tags:
+    - grousing
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+
+Um, hi. I’m trying to get an estimate on a small move.
+
+— *Where from?*
+
+— New Orleans.
+
+— *And to?*
+
+— Southern California.
+
+— *How small a move?*
+
+— I’m in a small one-bedroom, but it’s really sparsely furnished. So not much stuff at all. Like I’m not even taking my bed, right.
+
+— *So…*
+
+— I’ve used some online inventories and they estimate that my stuff would come in at around 1500 pounds.
+
+— *Let’s say 1700, to be safe.*
+
+— Okay…
+
+— *So, if that’s 1700 pounds… and roughly 1800 miles… let’s say 1850 to be safe… and if we add the origin…* \[inaudible mumbling, backed up by the sound of an adding machine\]*… and destination… and* \[inaudible, followed by much production from the adding machine\]*… it comes to right about $1700.*
+
+— Okay, 1700. That’s based on the weight, right? So what if my stuff actually weighs more, or less?
+
+— *Oh. No. This is a binding estimate.*
+
+— Based on…? I mean, you haven’t seen my stuff.
+
+— *Yeah, but I’m giving you the TPG rate. I could give you the 400N, sure, and then we could deal with the actual weight, but then I wouldn’t really be free to discount the price.*
+
+— Mm-hm. And in terms of insurance…?
+
+— *The price includes a valuation of 70 cents per pound per article. You can buy more if you want more, up to $2.50 per pound per article. Or you can get replacement coverage, up to $10,000, for $264 for no deductible, or $60 for a $500 deductible.*
+
+— And what are your windows like for pickup and dropoff?
+
+— *We’ve got a three-day pickup spread. And then there’s a five-day transit time. So counting the actual day of pickup as day 1, the dropoff window begins on day 6 and extends to day 18.*
+
+— Uh-huh. Great. That’s what I needed to know.
+
+— *Call us back when you’re ready to get this started.*
+