Thursday, May 29, 2008

Poll #3: And the answer is...

You may be surprised:

Going with movers:

moving company $3300 (to $3600)
ticket to SF $280
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total $3580 (to $3880)


Doing the move ourselves:

Truck Rental $1027.19
Gas $1445.11
Food and Misc (i.e. parking) $265.77
Hotels $473.59
Fun Stuff $80.24
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Total $3291.90

Experience of driving cross country with my sister in a Penske truck - Priceless

(And yes, I did use a Mastercard for most of the trip. And got several phones calls from them making sure my card wasn't stolen. :) I'm not complaining. I'd rather they check.)

Surprised? I have to admit, I was a little, I thought we'd break even at best. So woohoo!

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Question:
So, the question of the week: Did I save, break even, or spend more money than if I had hired movers?

Saved. Right decision!
Broke even. But it was fun to drive, right?
Spent more. Oops. Should've gone with the movers!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I'm shocked. I figured with the non-direct route to California and the price of gas that we would be lucky to break even. Well, I'm glad it was cheaper!