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I have been ripped off by an interstate moving company before so I am aware of the problems. Movers usually figure out some way to extract more money after they take your stuff. I liked the demo site except the differences between the low and high quotes for the different classes of services was wide. Is that based on a common weight and volume comparison? Is there another reason for the gap?

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Quotes can vary widely from one provider to another, hence the ranges. Right now we are using predictive pricing based on historical data, so that also can create wider ranges. We are working on integrating with pricing APIs which will make the pricing real time.

Moving companies probably have the largest gaps, with quotes sometimes being $10K+ different between two moving companies. That's fairly typically, so those ranges will always be wide.

The comparisons are based on a common volume. I'm happy you asked this because a lot of people get taken advantage of by simply not evenly comparing options on a volume basis. You're primarily paying for space when you move. We eliminate the room for error by always comparing options on an even basis.

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