From: "John" 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Moving Costs.
Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2004 02:54:23 GMT


"Mike"  wrote in message
news:b9ddd551.0404011508.122c1bf@posting.google.com...
> Ok, Im a frugal, live like a monk type of person.
>
> Still have a 25 inch tv as my main tv, its about 16 years old, its the
> old school with wood around the edges.  But it still works fine.
> Furniture is maybe 10 years old, the cloth is a bit worn, but its
> still good.
>
> Anyway, I live in NY.
> My sister and her husband live in California.
>
> They are planning on moving overseas for work.
> They do not want to ship all their stuff over, so they want to give me
> a bunch of their stuff.  Couches, tv (widescreen-cool), etc...
>
> Now is it even worth it?

To rent the smallest truck from Uhaul to go from CA to NY is about $2K. This
excludes cost to get down there, lodging, food, gas. Moving company is
probably at least that much.

As another poster said, would you buy this stuff anyways sometime soon? If
not than I don't know if you'd gain anything.

> We will probably have to hire a moving company...but the cost of
> moving something from Cali to NY is probably very expensive.
>
> Plus they (actually my sister, my bro-in law is overseas already) have
> a lease with 2 years left, so they are thinking about transfering it
> to me.
> But that will have to be moved also...

And get a new job, and a bunch of other headaches.

> Would it be cheaper in the long run for them to sell it cheaply in
> Cali?

Better for them to sell it for as much as the market will bear.