Making A Cost-Effective and Safe Long Distance Move (from California to Indiana) - Page 2

 bachelorette.no.3@gmail.com wrote:
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As the others have said, sell, donate or toss everything you can. The
less you have to move, the less cost and trouble. Since you said you
don't have the money to make this move, it's likely the things you own
aren't worth much to start with.

Here in California illegal immigrants come across the border with
nothing but the clothes on their back and they seem to do ok.

Why can't you make the drive alone? I don't know where you're coming
from or going to but Mapquest shows the distance between the two
capitals as about 2200 miles with an estimated driving time of 31 hours,
14 minutes. This would only take 4 days if you drive 8 hours a day and
3 if you drive 11 hours.

Anthony

 

OK since you are not going to drive, and you are not going to have any help,
you have to hire someone or sell everything and repurchase when you get
there.

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bachelorette.no.3@gmail.com says...

The only time I have ever moved with my own furniture (just a few
items) was very local - in the same suburb.

When I was a teenager, I was really turned off of my parents'
mental attachment to big, heavy wood furniture.  And all the
hassle from our relatively frequent moves.  They had a lot of
other useless stuff, too.  Which the resulting problems of high
moving costs, and years-long self-storage rentals.

So, anyway, I would never move any furniture beyond a local area.  
It's just Salvation Army type stuff, anyway.

On a more positive note, I have moved a couple of times using the
postal service.  I bought the largest boxes allowed (some from
USPS), and mailed my stuff to my new area.  In the US, you might
be able to set up a P.O. Box (or a Mailboxes, Etc type box)
without going there in person.  Or maybe ask if "General
Delivery" will work.

I even did the mail-moving strategy internationally once.  I seem
to recall that it was something like US$2 per kilo at the time,
which is a good incentive to figure out just how much you want to
keep the stuff.

The bottom line is that the priority is to reduce the amount of
stuff, as low as possible/practical.


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