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Who pays for mover's mistake?

Geo-TH,In

Geo-TH,In

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The owners sell a home with some appliances included in the purchase agreement. Owner gives mover a list of thing to move from Plainfield, In to Las Vegas. Owner wasn't present when the mover was there loading truck. Mover take some of the appliances that were not to be moved. At closing today, the owner agrees to buy new appliances that mover took by mistake. A cost of over $2600.

How much should the mover pay for his mistake? BTW, the owner paid mover by the pound for shipping.

Geo
 
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That is between the seller and the moving company. The buyer of the house is not involved. If I was the seller I would expect the moving company to make good on their mistake.
 
That's kind of a gray area. There should have been some kind of supervision or at least tags on the appliances not to be moved. Since they had it in writing what should be moved I think they should move it back at cost.
 
I think the thread title says it all. If it was the movers mistake, I think the mover should be responsible for their mistake.

In fact, if they are licensed(or whatever), and insured, they should be covered for a mistake like this.........especially when the list of items was written so there should have been no doubt what was to be moved, and what was to be left.
 
Brother in law is a wealthy doctor, and he and his wife moved cross country, but weren't there when movers arrived to load things. They eventually found where all the expensive jewelry wandered off to... got it all back, but they are very careful now when moving, to be on-site and keep a look-out.
 
That's why we always did our own moving after a commercial mover messed things up. Made the last move when I was 75; used our own pickup, didn't get a rental truck. When we moved to AZ, I bought a used cargo truck for $6K. Unloaded our furniture when we got to AZ and sold the truck for $6K.

Not many people willing to move themselves anymore; guess people have just gotten too dang lazy. As long as their credit card still works, they will hire someone else to do the work. Then they wonder why they don't have money enough to retire.
 
It depends on what is written in the moving contract and could also depend on how the seller approaches filing a claim. If the appliances were not damaged, the movers should not be responsible for replacing them. At best the movers could ship the appliances back, but the seller already agreed to provide new appliances, so that no longer has any value to the seller.

In my opinion, if the seller files a claim that the appliances were moved by mistake (and he has the paperwork to prove it), so he should not have to pay for moving the appliances, his claim might be successful. If the seller files a claim for $2600 to replace the undamaged appliances, the claim will likely be rejected.
 
I've had moving companies pack and move me several times. In each case, I had to check off each item which was loaded and again when delivered.

I'd say the owner needs to eat the cost of new appliances. After all, he still has the original appliances. He should have tried to get the buyer to split the cost with him, since the buyer is getting new instead of used appliances. But it's too late now.
 
The problem was discovered by the buyer just before closing. Seller made good on purchase agreement and bought new appliances to close the deal.
 
Depends on the specificity of the list. " Owner gives mover a list of thing to move..." leaves too much to the imagination. Did the list contain specific items with descriptions or just general terms like "kitchen appliances"? I would have listed each and every item along with a description like "white 40 inch electric stove, currently installed and plugged in"
 
That is not how it worked when I moved . Every article or box was tagged by a foreman and in the end I had to do a walk through with him.
 
Definitely, a semi tractor was used by mover. If all posts were tractor related 99% of the posts wouldn't be here.
 
I will say that you can sue them but you will never see a dime.Moving company's have iron clad contracts, and they were signed or they did not pick up the load. The chances are good that the truck and crew that picked up the load, was not the truck or crew that delivered it either. I never hauled household goods, but I did work for a warehouse that made a lot of moves for a nationwide company.
 
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