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Movers charged 10 times the agreed upon price, Oakville woman says
Last minute move went from about $250 to $2,200
Smee, Michael http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/movers-kijiji-oakville-deposit-1.4717008
Publisher: CBC
Date Written: 25/06/2018
Year Published: 2018
Resource Type: Article
An Oakville woman's simple $250 move deteriorated into a $2,200 nightmare earlier this month, she says. And now, the people she hired to do the move are not returning her calls.
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Nadine Natour, a make-up artist, needed a mover in a hurry this month. She had to be out of her Mississauga condo the next day, and into her townhome in Oakville. The mover that she had arranged backed out of the deal at the last minute. So, she says, she turned to the online marketplace Kijiji.
She found an ad for a mover who promised,"No surprises, no time wasting, no hidden cost."
Natour agreed to pay $45 per hour for the move, she says, along with a $200 deposit.
But problems began to develop almost as soon as the crew arrived.
She said they could only load about two-thirds of her belongings into their small truck.
Before they agreed to drive her things to the new Oakville location, they demanded another $200.
"We said, 'Are you kidding?' And they said absolutely not. They weren't joking, they were not budging. They kept saying call our boss. So I called their boss and said this is ridiculous ... the boss wasn't budging."
Eventually, she relented and paid the second $200 deposit.
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