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Paper Hunter
If you can manage the move in your own, do it.
I moved from CO to GA about 5 years ago. When we packed I got the opportunity to purge a lot of useless junk, as you load/pack it, ditched it via garage sale and trash. The relocation bonus covered the Penske truck, gas, storage and first/last months at the new place.
When moving back, the new job covered relocation. The movers showed up and packed EVERYTHING. Trash, all the food stuffs in the cabinet, and many things that belonged to the house in GA. We didn't get a chance to purge any crap, nor put stuff where it was supposed to be. Like my drill that was packed with bedroom stuff because I was finishing up a ceiling fan install as they showed up, not packed with garage stuff. I'm still finding stuff randomly packed in the "wrong" place, which sucks because I had to purchase new and just wrote it off to lost in the move.
After my move, 45 days of storage was included, I tried to extend it to 60 days, but the moving company wanted another $109/day to store. They also wouldn't deliver to another storage facility, only a physical address. Probably for the better as it forced us to buy a home, rather than rent.
The moving company also wouldn't touch toys (4wheelers, boats, lawn mower...), any chemicals (think about under your sink & laundry room) guns, and ammo. they fought us on the various gun related items... Mags and parts, but we eventually talked them into it. So we ended up renting a uhaul trailer anyway.
When we asked how much the pack and move would have cost us if we were paying, they rough quoted us $9-10k, when my taxes were done, they showed $18k~ish as the amount the company doled out.
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