bingo sheet: Filing a claim for loss or damage with your mover.
- 07/30/08 03:50 AM
The first thing you have to remember is that your mover did not provide you with "insurance". Regardless if you purchased additional "valuation" from your mover or elected to just move with the standard 60 cents/lb./article...you do not have "all risk" coverage. #1. If your claim is for packing damage, it is incumbent on you to keep all packing materials, so that the mover can inspect them. Failure to do so could negate your claim on a technicality. My advice, if you discover packing damage and your packing was done by the mover. Stop unpacking that particular box and alert the … (0 comments)
bingo sheet: Inventory of your items on a move. NEVER WAIVE THE BINGO SHEET!
- 07/06/08 02:23 AM
Many times on a move, your driver will ask you to "waive" the "bingo sheet" at delivery. The bingo sheet (a mover term) is basically a grid form with hundreds of numbers on it. As the movers bring items into the residence, they call off the number written on the moving labels they've put on each box or furniture item. In a perfect world, each labeled item put on the truck comes off, and all items, check off the bingo sheet. (**Please note, Interstate and Intrastate (i.e.statewide) moves will have an inventory. Many times, local moves will not). Waiving the bingo sheet … (6 comments)
The first thing you have to remember is that your mover did not provide you with "insurance".;)
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