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Why aren't you tards starting your own business as a mover?

Today i made more money than any of you cucks will ever make day trading cryptocurrency. Want to know something amazing though? I can hold it in my fucking hand, thats right i can count my dollars right in front of my face. I'm not playing around with pretend coins that don't have any impact on this world.

I started work at 5:00 AM today. I was able to move 3 boxes each giving me ~$3 per. I moved 3 pianos each giving me ~6$ each for 30 minutes of work. I find boxes that exist in every single customers house that i enter into. Even if its an old fucking boomer in their 70s who ruined our economy i dont care I love to move boxes.

You really need this box replaced!! It's looking really old and the bottom could fall out at any moment!!

Even though its completely fine i'll just bill them for a $9 box that was in perfect working condition.

The only way to get ahead in life is to fucking push your way around. So that's right today i made $12.59 US dollars. Meanwhile you fucking cucks are investing in digital garbage like "Bitbeans, Cuckbeans, Linkies, and GOGOS" Spamming your fucking cuck memes and losing money with your pink wojaks..

Why don't you use your brain for a minute and realise that the latest SEC securities news is going to crash all of your crypto world around you in the next few months. Bitcoin is a Ponzi scheme that only profits for the original founders. You will never make as much money as me in the trades because you're too busy failing realizing the only way to get ahead in life is through hard work and ripping people off.

Enjoy staying poor idiots

>> No.13505375

>I started work at 5:00 AM today
No thanks.

>> No.13505401

Imagine waking up before 9am ever

Pass

>> No.13505427

12.59..... i make more money taking a shit on company time

>> No.13505430

>>13505357
>So that's right today i made $12.59 US dollars

nice b8 m8

>> No.13505527
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>>13505357
Imagine overcharging for a box instead of flat rating appropriately to more than cover your costs.

It's true though. On a good day I walk with a few hundred. Not worth it in the long run as it's not physically sustainable but short term the money keeps me debt free and in a nice comfy savings.

Also I'm ripped.

>> No.13505534

>>13505357
way ahead of you anon.... piano move here

$150 to move upright piano ground floor to ground floor. + more for stairs and distance

$250 to move grand piano. + more for stairs and distance.

I pick up side furniture moves all the time. Move whole houses for 5k-10k depending on the shit they have.

Last year I made 30k on paper and 80k cash.

You got fucked

>> No.13505556

>>13505534
Pianos are fucking insanely heavy, whats your technique?

>> No.13505577

>>13505357
also, those fucks have no clue how to efficiently move a piano lmfao

>dolly strapped to piano
>no ramp
>actually lifting and carrying the piano
>blanket on floor where soft rubber wheels roll but no blanket on brick steps where one of the movers will probably fatigue (probably the one walking backwards), drop piano on step and chip it.

>> No.13505602

>>13505556
uprights you just dead lift and place a dolly and roll.

grands:

>remove lyre
>remove left leg
>lay left side down on piano board
>flip over onto board on the flat side of piano
>remove back leg and top leg
>wrap
>strap
>1 person on heavy side throws back
>1 person on tail (light end) picks up
>either person throwing back runs around and sets the dolly or a 3rd person sets the dolly
>roll out

it's all levers and pulleys.

>tfw 180lbs and still the strongest mother fucker in the world

>> No.13505643

>>13505602
fellow mover here. i appreciate the knowlege you dropped. i have a point to make. how can you only charge 250 usd for a grand piano move, yet charge 10k for a house? was it a long distance move?

>> No.13505676

>>13505643
Yeah, grand piano, if not in house is an easy $450.

>> No.13505686
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>>13505577
Ramp?

Actually NOT lifting a piano?

Manlet.....

>> No.13505710

>>13505643
moving pianos is fucking EASY. wham, bam, done.
moving armoires, stone and glass tables, hundreds of boxes, trampolines, exercise equipment, california king size beds, knick-knacks, curios, etc..... THAT'S back breaking work.

>multiple trips
>playing truck tetris
>once again +more cash for stairs and distance
>hours and hours of work
>constantly running in and out the house, up and down the lift gate.

it gets exhausting.

stereotypically, people who own pianos have money. if you can afford a steinway model D with a player system in your home, you probably have a million dollar home. and when the rich need to move, they gotta pay. they have expensive shit and they don't want to hire niggas off craigslist to move it. they see how well me and my boys handle a piano, so we mention we move other stuff as well. 7/10 call for us to move their house. the other 3/10 already have movers set up.

once again, $250 is MINIMUM for ground floor to ground floor, local move. Going to the next city over? +50 bucks. going 200 miles away? +200 bucks. going up a flight of stairs? +300 bucks.

>> No.13505728

>>13505686
i'll keep my back and balls, thanks.

and also not break a sweat.

>> No.13505729

>>13505643
10k will get you a couple bedrooms or a 20' shipping container or 1000 cubes. Two thousand is more like 13-15k depending on how much crating is necessary. The customer has no choice on international they have to pay for crating pictures, glass, etc or the shipping Jews start kvetching.

So on bulky items we have a minimum $100 charge for local moves. Grand piano or large gun safe is $250. That doesn't including packaging costs or "crating" for the piano. I never ask what's in the customer's safe.

>> No.13505742

>>13505710
and you only madr about 100k in a year? im doing way higher frequency smaller moves in a city and making double that

>> No.13505749

>>13505742
Go on....

>> No.13505751

>>13505729
Oh and that doesn't include the trip charge or hourly rate. Say you want to move a baby grand. You're looking at $650 easy But this does include a insurance "policy."

>> No.13505775

>>13505729
what kind of vehicle/s are you using and how many guys?

>> No.13505790

>>13505742
if you make 200k+ a year as a basic mover, you've gotta be sucking off your customers or SOMETHING. i commend you.

i don't get moves very consistently, but on average 1 a month. Some are small family homes (2-5k jobs), some are mansions (5-10k jobs). furniture moving is a side gig for me. i move pianos for a piano company (basically part time). i can say I consistently move misc items (a desk, stack of pictures, or maybe a recliner) while moving pianos for tips.

i don't think i've done a move over 10k.

>> No.13505793

>>13505775
26' box truck and three guys for all local moves sometimes 4. If it's just delivery we can get by with two in total.

Only use 26' box trucks. You can't make any money with the smaller ones. I'm saving up for a lease contract with that one company I think it costs 1.2k a month

>> No.13505805

>>13505790
>
>i don't get moves very consistently, but on average 1 a month.
Nigga what? I do around 12 a week during the busy season and average $300 a week in tips.

Though, it's been slower this year because the housing market is too high and no one is able to sell.

People are moving out of Chicago though. There are warehouses full of shit waiting for movers to come get them rn

>> No.13505818

>>13505793
>You can't make any money with the smaller ones.

we use a 15ft box truck. learn how to play truck tetris better lol

also, more people = less profits. 3 max for us.

>> No.13505835

>>13505818
Dude we have stackers with 20 years experience and some moves still need two box trucks fully stacked. One 26' will get you most moves done. Idk how y'all fuck around with the smaller ones. Make multiple trips I guess? Fuck that

>> No.13505847

>>13505805
i can't force the mother fuckers to buy a new house and move.

moves = big furniture side jobs.

like i said, i move pianos for a company during the day and do side jobs in the afternoon or weekends.

same, ~$300 a week in customer tips from piano moves.

it's slow season for us too right now. but when school is officially out, i reckon people will start moving again.

>> No.13505862

>>13505357
Imagine destroying you body for a couple hundred dollars a day.

>> No.13505863

>>13505835
it is what it is. not everyone has the same furniture.

yes, we may have to make 2 trips, but that adds to our payment! and since we use the company truck, we don't pay for it! that's really the only reason why we use a 15ft truck (it's all we got LOL)

we have had to rent a 26' uhaul before. after factoring in time loss and all that shit, it's sometimes better for us to rent. especially on the big moves.

>> No.13505864

>>13505790
just have a "good website" and you get more work. i do way more moves than you but charge way less.

we would move someones house 1000 miles for 5k usd. most of the jobs we do can be done in half an hour to 3 hours. 1 truck with 2 dudes can pull in average of 3 to 5 jobs a day 1000usd a day average.

>> No.13505874

>>13505862
>imagine being a weakling

>> No.13505877

>>13505847
That's why you need to get with the Jews. They run this shit. The entire world moving system.
>>13505862
That's why you buy your own truck and go to work for yourself retard. That's what the Jews do. You think they spend more than a few months learning how to touch furniture? Fuck no. They draw massive credit and start a business with their network.

>> No.13505879

I worked in moving company before. Shittiest job I had apart from construction. Only worse would be cleaning toilets.
Sorry bro but I'm brains not brawn, enjoy doing manual labor.

>> No.13505893

>>13505864
>1 truck with 2 dudes can pull in average of 3 to 5 jobs a day 1000usd a day average.
Calling BS right there friendo. Most days we can only get two in. How are you getting so many in? Are you in one of the top three most populous cities doing little studios?

>> No.13505896

>>13505864
nah, not interested in making a legit business out of it. word of mouth is more flexible and fulfilling. also, i like to be lazy and content.

if someone wanted my boys and I to move their whole house 1000 miles away, i'd charge a fuckton more than 5k. you don't hire local movers for that. either hire a freight shipping company or DIY. i'd probably charge 15k for that kind of moving and driving.

>> No.13505903

>>13505864
Pay to boost yourself on Yelp

Don't hire smokers drunks or addicts

Keep a clean appearance

You'll be hand picking your jobs after a couple years

>> No.13505913

>>13505879
But yes 1k a day is what you should expect one truck and crew to make on average.
>>13505896
You don't even have to do that. Just do the pickup and make them sign agreeing to pay by weight. Do the quote up front based off cubic feet then weigh the truck. Once you have their shit you can call in any number of drivers depending on your location to pick it up and do the delivery. You just need a little shop to store it in that's it.

>> No.13505921

>>13505903
>Don't hire smokers drunks or addicts
You just ruled out almost all the movers. But def background check them and avoid thieves and perverts.

>> No.13505940

>>13505874
Because professional athletes don't destroy their bodies for money. At least they get paid well.

>>13505877
Go back to pol you stupid fuck.

>> No.13505952

>>13505357
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INVITE CODE: nexus

>> No.13505954

>>13505921
Understand that one or all are inevitable but I tell all new hires that we want to keep about the shovel loads of cash they can make and we keep a nice crew for the most.

>> No.13505963

>>13505913
nah.

>i move your shit
>you pay me

that's it.

>> No.13505979

>>13505954
I feel you. I'm trying to quit smoking and avoid doing it in front of the customer. I can't manage without a little beer after work though. That's the only thing that keeps me going through the day is thinking about sipping a nice cold beer or two or three once I'm done.

>> No.13506005

>>13505893
yeah basically

>> No.13506007

>>13505963
So you take the cash up front before pickup? You are screwing yourself out of tons of money but at least you are avoiding a ton of headaches from crying customers.

On long distance take 70% up front based off the quote you work out based off cubic feet converted to weight surcharge plus fuel and plus packing and plus the cost for unloading and reloading at the shop. Don't tell them about the last part. Then any difference based on actual weight can be made up on delivery

>> No.13506017

>>13505979
One or two after work is one thing but showing up soaked in it and stinking of it is a huge problem.

Had a rich cunt customer request clean cut non smokers and I delivered

I added a cunt tax for that and she paid it, all smiles

>> No.13506018

>>13505903
yelp is shit

>> No.13506032

>>13506017
Makes sense. Keep a king's crew around for just that.

>> No.13506036

>>13506018
Do a good job and you'll get good reviews

We're at the point of denying work, passing jobs on to smaller companies

Hand picking high end jobs now and years ago we were bidding on section 8 welfare moves

Feels good

>> No.13506051

>>13506036
you dont need yelp to get good reviews. theyre free

>> No.13506058

>>13506036
No Yelp is actually shit. It's been abused by some shitty millennials that have been encouraged to become professional yelpers. Google reviews are what most people look at. Push those hard. Yelp is really kind of meh.

>> No.13506080

>>13506051
Correct but Yelp brings a different type of customer

Typically it's out of town family doing research for family locally or higher end customers that want the top dogs

Im that top dog

Reviews from these customers along with word of mouth in their small circles snowball

No other advertising besides word of mouth

Spend money to make money

Name your price

>> No.13506090

>>13506007
i don't do long distances and if i do, i'm charging out the ass for it. like i said, you don't hire local movers to move you from Florida to Washington. i don't store shit, i don't outsource shit, i don't do any of that shit. i don't have the time and they don't have the money. i charge by how much pain and suffering i'm gonna go through, how long it's gonna take, how heavy their shit is, how much shit they have, stairs, etc. that's why i assess EVERYTHING first and start calculating in my head how much i'd charge to move this and that, and then i give them a price.

>i move your shit
>you pay me the agreed price.

if they don't like it, fuck em. someone will pay me what i'm worth. i've turned down hundreds of moves because they only want to pay $500 to move a 4 bedroom house. they either do it themselves and hate it, or they just call me back :)

>> No.13506112

>>13506090
We just keep their shit if they don't pay. We make them sign their life away upfront. That's it. We don't have to do the long haul we are just their to pick up their shit and get the upfront money and signatures. Maybe someone else does the delivery for a few hundred. Maybe we do it. It's whatever.

>> No.13506144

>>13506112
moving furniture/houses is just a side gig for me. but pays me more than my day job as a piano mover. but i wouldn't have side gigs if it wasn't for my day job. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

>> No.13506157

>>13506144
I'm just telling you how to make money. I don't care what you do. /biz/ owes me like 2k dollars for bad advice anyway

>> No.13506234

>>13505357
try harder, obvious bait

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>>13506234
i love how OP tried to bait but everyone ignored him and had real conversation discussing moving jobs instead. i wish all /biz/ threads were like this.

>> No.13506298

>>13506276
It's a brotherhood of sorts

Outsiders will never know the shit we get in to

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You could move other people's stuff for the rest of your life or you could spend 1122 bucks on BSV today and retire in 5 years.

>> No.13506721

Roll for big tips tomorrow

>> No.13506732

>>13505357
Kek, HOW MUCH DO YOU MAKE IN TIPS???

>> No.13506758

>>13505375
>>13505401
>>13505427
>>13505430
>>13506234
>>13506276
>what is the Canadian plumber pasta
>what is the thread yesterday about a mover complaining he didn't get tipped

>> No.13506786

>>13505577

>blanket on brick steps
Enjoy slipping and hitting your head, dumbass.

>> No.13507693

If you want to be poor and with back problems before 40, listen to OP. KEK.