The 30 day clause in part 375 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Rules and Regulations requires movers that have additional charges, above those spelled out in the binding or non binding cost estimate, to wait 30 days before billing the consumer, for the extra charges. Unfortunately, crafty and dishonest moving companies have devised ways to get around the 30 day clause. This is the first in a series of articles describing how moving companies bypass the 30 day clause.
Part 375.403 of the FMCSA Rules and Regulations, section a8, prohibits movers from charging the consumer for costs exceeding the moving estimate, until 30 days after the move. On the actual date of delivery, therefore, the mover can only collect 100% of a binding cost estimate and 110% of the non-binding estimate. So what is an unscrupulous mover to do, after he manipulated the move so as to inflate the moving cost 2 times or more above the moving cost estimate. Lets say the mover had his men pack the items loosely so they would take up more cubic feet, or he falsified weight tickets, or he required unnecessary repacking on the day of the move. The mover can claim that transporting the additional items, and repacking on the day of the move, were minimal “additional required services.” Now, he wants to collect for them. However, he knows that if he delivers the goods before 30 days and gets only the estimated payment, then in all likelihood, the consumer will never agree to pay the inflated costs. Under these circumstance, the unscrupulous mover would fear going to court against the consumer. So what he does is put the goods in storage, and hold off delivery until 30 days have passed. Now, he can charge the consumer the full inflated fee, and if he doesn’t get paid he can hold the goods hostage. This is the basic abuse of the 30 day clause.
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