Do you tip the removal men?

lopez75

I was just wondering if you tip the removal men?

I am a pads brat and I know in the old days when we lived in Germany the removal men would get some duty free booze or cigarettes.

I don't usually a)because I am tight and b) because we are always moving and it would cost a fortune!

So what do you do?

bonsibabe

I don't buy them fags, but if they do a good job and don't break too much, they might get a crate of beer. But I don't do it all the time - only for the really good ones.

Antispam

I tipped mine because they did a good job and two good lads. I gave a tenner to share dont have a lot of cash

Sparky29

I tipped the last lot a tenner each (x 3) because they did a good job putting the boxes in the right rooms and actually unpacked as per the contract. I hate it when they try and leave me with a mountain of cardboard boxes and wrapping. I had Whittles once who promised to come back the next day and take it away. It took me over a week and several phone calls to get them to do it and it became a point of principle in the end. When I did unpack there was loads of broken stuff which they aren't interested in as you should have insurance. I refuse to use them now.

Sparky29

lopez75 wrote: »

I don't usually a)because I am tight and b) because we are always moving and it would cost a fortune!

If you are always moving you are always getting over £1000 disturbance so is it

I don't usually a)because I am tight and b)because I am tight and c)because I am tight

ChipRAFP

Tenner each if they do a good job.

lee634

Normally, We'll give them Bacon Butties when they arrive, this is a good ice breaker when you then give them the warning that if you break any of my stuff i'll break your legs,

That sometimes seems to do the trick

Marker_2

Keep the butties and brews going they'll do a good job. Never tipped before, cos im to tight!

hobjahooda

If I'm moving back from overseas, I usually tip with a carton of cigarettes each (a bit naughty, but if they were to buy them themselves, it'd cost them 50 quid+...). And a currywurst mit pommes from the Schnellie!

This has always ensured an excellent service and extra care of our stuff...

johng_uk

lopez75 wrote: »

I was just wondering if you tip the removal men?

I am a pads brat and I know in the old days when we lived in Germany the removal men would get some duty free booze or cigarettes.

I don't usually a)because I am tight and b) because we are always moving and it would cost a fortune!

So what do you do?

No I never do. We are not a tipping society and they get paid to do the job they do.

I do offer tea and coffee etc as they will (potentially) have been on the road for sometime.

No-one tips us military types for saving the world one day at a time;)

charlie42bravo

We moved from Plymouth to Portsmouth on a baking hot day with only two removal men as Whites expected my husband to be there - He wasn't!!!!!! With two small children I was next to useless to the men. Therefore the pints of squash were flowing all day and a tenner each for them to buy themselves a real pint at the end of the day did not seem unreasonable.