The call comes from (800) 807-2173. If you would rather not wait, that number reaches the same desk right now.
None of this is required. It just means the coordinator calls you with a number that already accounts for it, instead of asking on the phone.
A move coordinator calls from (800) 807-2173. Save that number now so it does not read as spam, and ask them for the USDOT number of the company that will actually carry your shipment.
You walk the rooms together over video or by phone so the inventory is real rather than assumed. This is the step that stops a quote changing on move day.
A written estimate showing whether it is binding, non-binding, or binding-not-to-exceed. If it does not say which, it is not a real quote.
Then check it yourself. A company that will not give you one, or whose number comes back as a broker, is the single most reliable predictor of a move going wrong.
Check a DOT numberBinding, non-binding and binding-not-to-exceed are three different promises. The difference routinely shows up as four figures on delivery day.
How the estimate types differEvery company below is listed with its USDOT number and a link to its FMCSA record, so you can check the licence yourself rather than take a ranking on trust.
SAFER lists active interstate authority as a motor carrier of household goods, a broker of household goods, and a freight forwarder of household goods. Holding all three means a booking may be carried on its own authority, brokered to another carrier, or forwarded, so ask which applies to your job.
SAFER lists active interstate authority as a motor carrier of household goods, a broker of household goods, and a freight forwarder of household goods. The same three-way authority as United, so confirm in writing which one your booking is being taken under.
SAFER lists active interstate authority as a motor carrier of household goods and as a broker of household goods. Its freight-forwarder authority covers property other than household goods, so a household-goods job is either carried on its own authority or brokered out.
SAFER lists active interstate authority as a motor carrier of household goods and as a broker of household goods, with freight-forwarder authority limited to property other than household goods. Same carrier-or-broker question to settle before a deposit.
