Mark Duell (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} mduell) wrote,@ 2006-08-15 21:45:00 |
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The joys of moving
As many of you know, GE is moving my stuff across the country. They contract it out all the relocation stuff to Cartus. Cartus contracts out the actual movement of goods to Barrett Moving and Storage. Barrett contracts out the pickup to some local place, the haul to United Van Lines, and the dropoff to some local place.
The local place in California picked up all of my stuff on July 27 and took it to their local warehouse. I was given a delivery window of August 5-15 by Barrett. I called Barrett about August 3 and they said it was on its way, so I was hopeful for a delivery near the beginning of last week. I called Barrett on August 9 and they said it's halfway across the country according to the United dispatcher, likely to arrive "toward the end of the window".
Having heard nothing from them since, I called my contact at Barrett yesterday and they said they'd call United and call me back. They called back, couldn't get anything out of United, which seemed kinda odd. I called again today, slightly annoyed, and got the same "I'll call United and call you back." This afternoon I got a call from the supervisor of my contact at Barrett. Due to some sort of miscommunication (and outright lies from United), my stuff wasn't loaded on the long-haul truck until today.
If you look at your calendars, today is also the end of their delivery window. The supervisor said it "could be here next Monday or Tuesday" which is unfortunately after I start work. Meanwhile, thanks to Cartus' contract with Barrett (and likely Barrett's contract with United), I get $250/day starting tomorrow until my stuff is available for local delivery.
As many of you know, GE is moving my stuff across the country. They contract it out all the relocation stuff to Cartus. Cartus contracts out the actual movement of goods to Barrett Moving and Storage. Barrett contracts out the pickup to some local place, the haul to United Van Lines, and the dropoff to some local place.
The local place in California picked up all of my stuff on July 27 and took it to their local warehouse. I was given a delivery window of August 5-15 by Barrett. I called Barrett about August 3 and they said it was on its way, so I was hopeful for a delivery near the beginning of last week. I called Barrett on August 9 and they said it's halfway across the country according to the United dispatcher, likely to arrive "toward the end of the window".
Having heard nothing from them since, I called my contact at Barrett yesterday and they said they'd call United and call me back. They called back, couldn't get anything out of United, which seemed kinda odd. I called again today, slightly annoyed, and got the same "I'll call United and call you back." This afternoon I got a call from the supervisor of my contact at Barrett. Due to some sort of miscommunication (and outright lies from United), my stuff wasn't loaded on the long-haul truck until today.
If you look at your calendars, today is also the end of their delivery window. The supervisor said it "could be here next Monday or Tuesday" which is unfortunately after I start work. Meanwhile, thanks to Cartus' contract with Barrett (and likely Barrett's contract with United), I get $250/day starting tomorrow until my stuff is available for local delivery.
