If you are giving away furniture, who pays for moving bill?

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Anonymous wrote:I would expect whoever hired the movers to pay.

I agree with this. If you didn’t discuss paying for the movers as part of the initial arrangements, I think you should pay, since the friend had no say in making the arrangements. I hope the friend tipped the movers generously.

Just saw the update. Since the friend arranged it with the movers, and since you told the friend to “hire” a mover, it’s on the friend to pay. I’m surprised that the moving company didn’t get a credit card or deposit from your friend when they arranged it.

+1 this is a weird story. Why would a moving company assume a client who referred them to a new client was going to pay it? Sorta think OP called the mover herself and is hiding the ball on that.

The mover is an acquaintance of ours. I am not hiding anything.

So ask your acquaintance why they didn’t collect a payment from their client. Absolutely bizarre to come with their hand out to you, if you truly simply gave your friend a referral.

The acquaintance came to our house to pick up the furniture and drove to the friend’s house. Acquaintance movers then told me that the friend said we would be paying for the bill, not them. Friend is not returning our phone call.

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Anonymous wrote:I would expect whoever hired the movers to pay.

I agree with this. If you didn’t discuss paying for the movers as part of the initial arrangements, I think you should pay, since the friend had no say in making the arrangements. I hope the friend tipped the movers generously.

Just saw the update. Since the friend arranged it with the movers, and since you told the friend to “hire” a mover, it’s on the friend to pay. I’m surprised that the moving company didn’t get a credit card or deposit from your friend when they arranged it.

+1 this is a weird story. Why would a moving company assume a client who referred them to a new client was going to pay it? Sorta think OP called the mover herself and is hiding the ball on that.

The mover is an acquaintance of ours. I am not hiding anything.

So ask your acquaintance why they didn’t collect a payment from their client. Absolutely bizarre to come with their hand out to you, if you truly simply gave your friend a referral.

The acquaintance came to our house to pick up the furniture and drove to the friend’s house. Acquaintance movers then told me that the friend said we would be paying for the bill, not them. Friend is not returning our phone call.

So what happened when the friend called the acquaintance and said, I’d like to hire you as a mover, how much will you charge? Sure seems like that key communication was missing.

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Anonymous wrote:I would expect whoever hired the movers to pay.

I agree with this. If you didn’t discuss paying for the movers as part of the initial arrangements, I think you should pay, since the friend had no say in making the arrangements. I hope the friend tipped the movers generously.

Just saw the update. Since the friend arranged it with the movers, and since you told the friend to “hire” a mover, it’s on the friend to pay. I’m surprised that the moving company didn’t get a credit card or deposit from your friend when they arranged it.

+1 this is a weird story. Why would a moving company assume a client who referred them to a new client was going to pay it? Sorta think OP called the mover herself and is hiding the ball on that.

The mover is an acquaintance of ours. I am not hiding anything.

So ask your acquaintance why they didn’t collect a payment from their client. Absolutely bizarre to come with their hand out to you, if you truly simply gave your friend a referral.

The acquaintance came to our house to pick up the furniture and drove to the friend’s house. Acquaintance movers then told me that the friend said we would be paying for the bill, not them. Friend is not returning our phone call.

Sounds like friend is either really crappy or instead really confused. How much is the bill? How much do you like this friend? How much do you like the movers?

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Anonymous wrote:I would expect whoever hired the movers to pay.

I agree with this. If you didn’t discuss paying for the movers as part of the initial arrangements, I think you should pay, since the friend had no say in making the arrangements. I hope the friend tipped the movers generously.

Just saw the update. Since the friend arranged it with the movers, and since you told the friend to “hire” a mover, it’s on the friend to pay. I’m surprised that the moving company didn’t get a credit card or deposit from your friend when they arranged it.

+1 this is a weird story. Why would a moving company assume a client who referred them to a new client was going to pay it? Sorta think OP called the mover herself and is hiding the ball on that.

The mover is an acquaintance of ours. I am not hiding anything.

So ask your acquaintance why they didn’t collect a payment from their client. Absolutely bizarre to come with their hand out to you, if you truly simply gave your friend a referral.

The acquaintance came to our house to pick up the furniture and drove to the friend’s house. Acquaintance movers then told me that the friend said we would be paying for the bill, not them. Friend is not returning our phone call.

Sounds like friend is either really crappy or instead really confused. How much is the bill? How much do you like this friend? How much do you like the movers?

The friend is actually my brother in law. All other facts are the same. Movers will get paid.

I didn’t want to make it a family thing. I think it is absolutely ridiculous that BIL didn’t pay the movers.

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It seems like what happened is, you steamrolled over BIL’s plan to monopolize your husband’s time and energy to move them with a UHaul, and enlisted movers yourself, assuming he would let you steamroll him. He dodged your steamroll and now you’re mad. Look, I would also have not wanted my husband sucked into this, but if he had REALLY consented to your plan, this would not have happened like this for the simple reason he would have had his own credit card/contract with the movers. You hired the movers because you overruled his plan, and now it’s on you.

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You should’ve discussed this before the furniture was moved. For example — we will happily give you the furniture for free if you pay to move it. Were there no discussions?

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Anonymous wrote:You should’ve discussed this before the furniture was moved. For example — we will happily give you the furniture for free if you pay to move it. Were there no discussions?

I was not part of the discussion. My husband asked his brother if he wanted the furniture. He said yes. BIL wanted to get a Uhaul and wanted DH and other mutual friends to help him move at 7am on a Saturday. Dh said no. Other mutual friends also said no. DH told BIL to get movers and gave him our mover’s contact info. Furniture got delivered and BIL said we would be paying the bill. I was actually not part of any of the discussions.

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Anonymous wrote:You should’ve discussed this before the furniture was moved. For example — we will happily give you the furniture for free if you pay to move it. Were there no discussions?

I was not part of the discussion. My husband asked his brother if he wanted the furniture. He said yes. BIL wanted to get a Uhaul and wanted DH and other mutual friends to help him move at 7am on a Saturday. Dh said no. Other mutual friends also said no. DH told BIL to get movers and gave him our mover’s contact info. Furniture got delivered and BIL said we would be paying the bill. I was actually not part of any of the discussions.

Your mover really messed up then. Absolutely crazy to take on a client then try to pass the bill on to someone else.

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Anonymous wrote:You should’ve discussed this before the furniture was moved. For example — we will happily give you the furniture for free if you pay to move it. Were there no discussions?

I was not part of the discussion. My husband asked his brother if he wanted the furniture. He said yes. BIL wanted to get a Uhaul and wanted DH and other mutual friends to help him move at 7am on a Saturday. Dh said no. Other mutual friends also said no. DH told BIL to get movers and gave him our mover’s contact info. Furniture got delivered and BIL said we would be paying the bill. I was actually not part of any of the discussions.

Your mover really messed up then. Absolutely crazy to take on a client then try to pass the bill on to someone else.

The mover was OP’s brother.

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Anonymous wrote:You should’ve discussed this before the furniture was moved. For example — we will happily give you the furniture for free if you pay to move it. Were there no discussions?

I was not part of the discussion. My husband asked his brother if he wanted the furniture. He said yes. BIL wanted to get a Uhaul and wanted DH and other mutual friends to help him move at 7am on a Saturday. Dh said no. Other mutual friends also said no. DH told BIL to get movers and gave him our mover’s contact info. Furniture got delivered and BIL said we would be paying the bill. I was actually not part of any of the discussions.

You may not have been part of the discussion. But the discussion should’ve happened just the same.

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Anonymous wrote:You should’ve discussed this before the furniture was moved. For example — we will happily give you the furniture for free if you pay to move it. Were there no discussions?

I was not part of the discussion. My husband asked his brother if he wanted the furniture. He said yes. BIL wanted to get a Uhaul and wanted DH and other mutual friends to help him move at 7am on a Saturday. Dh said no. Other mutual friends also said no. DH told BIL to get movers and gave him our mover’s contact info. Furniture got delivered and BIL said we would be paying the bill. I was actually not part of any of the discussions.

How did BIL set it up without giving credit card info.

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Anonymous wrote:You should’ve discussed this before the furniture was moved. For example — we will happily give you the furniture for free if you pay to move it. Were there no discussions?

I was not part of the discussion. My husband asked his brother if he wanted the furniture. He said yes. BIL wanted to get a Uhaul and wanted DH and other mutual friends to help him move at 7am on a Saturday. Dh said no. Other mutual friends also said no. DH told BIL to get movers and gave him our mover’s contact info. Furniture got delivered and BIL said we would be paying the bill. I was actually not part of any of the discussions.

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He doesn’t have the money to pay the movers that is why he wanted to use a Uhaul, since you suggested the movers then he wants you to pay for it.

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How much is the bill for moving? How much would it have cost you to pay someone to remove it from your home?
Sounds to me like they were doing you a favor by taking your furniture

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Anonymous wrote:How much is the bill for moving? How much would it have cost you to pay someone to remove it from your home?
Sounds to me like they were doing you a favor by taking your furniture

Good point. We just cleaned out my moms home and literally would’ve paid to get rid of some of the stuff.

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Anonymous wrote:How much is the bill for moving? How much would it have cost you to pay someone to remove it from your home?
Sounds to me like they were doing you a favor by taking your furniture

Good point. We just cleaned out my moms home and literally would’ve paid to get rid of some of the stuff.

And OP is now paying to get rid of it