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Cost of an in town move in Colombia

We are moving from one apartment (1st floor of a house) to another apt (11th floor of a building that has an elevator). The places are about a 10 minute drive from door to door. We don't have much furniture to move, just a small fridge, washer, stove/oven, full bed, 2 nightstands, desk, small couch, small table, 4 chairs, and two small shelves.We plan to move the rest via car. We have no idea how much to expect to pay or what kind of questions we should ask when calling around. Anyone want to give me an aprox guess for how much it should cost more or less and what questions to check on. Thanks.

By adrienne79 on Sep 21, 2008, 14:56 in Friendly Talkzone.

pilotguy says on Sep 21, 2008, 15:07:

Probably 25 - 50K, but may not do any loading. Truck and workers are seperate many time.
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pedro (☼Travelguide writer) says on Sep 21, 2008, 15:14:

50k, maybe, or a little more?

Maybe check if it's one guy or two. Check whether they have blankets and other equipment to protect the furniture as it gets moved.

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omargue says on Sep 21, 2008, 19:12:

usually 50K but nothing more, say thats what you have to pay, take it or leave it.....but obviously he has to help in the move, just say its not much. also this is what you do, the morning of the move go to the nearest Galeria, if in Cali go to Galeria Alameda, they are always lined up waiting for those kind of jobs everyday allday....doesn't matter where you are, they are always there with there trucks....so you pick...

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omargue says on Sep 21, 2008, 19:13:

oh yea, obviously go with someone who is a native speaker and have them talk and nogociate, unless you already know how to talk with the people and be real demanding, if not they'll definitly take advantage....

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bickerss says on Sep 21, 2008, 22:12:

we paid 30,000 pesos to move my GF stuff in Envigado. Took about 3 hrs and included an approx 8 t truck. We had to pay in the end 10,000 more as they helped unload. GF did the negotiating not me - I could see they wanted to price hike when I showed up.

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adrienne79 says on Sep 28, 2008, 12:31:

okay, thanks everyone. We were calling moving companies and getting quoted over 100,000 for the move. We decided to take the risk of not sceduling the move and called a taxi company the day of the move and arranged for a guy with a truck and one helper to move us for 40,000.

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