[geeks] Moving Stuff

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com>
>Date: 2007/07/26 Thu PM 12:56:39 CDT
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] Moving Stuff

>Lionel Peterson wrote:
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>> At 89 cents/mile (U-Haul, Enterprise, et al), I don't think this would be much of a savings (the distance is near 3,000 miles AFAIK, OR -> FL)...
>> 
>> Sample U-Haul rates (from OR to FL):
>>  - 10 Foot truck would cost $3,117
>>  - 17 Foot truck would be $3,351
>> 
>> And, you get the joy of packing/un-packing the truck yourself!
>
>I *never* pay per mile on a one-way rental.  There's no way of avoiding 
>paying per mile on a local rental, though.
>
>BTW, never rent U-Haul.  They don't maintain their transmissions.

I agree about U-Haul, they just had a handy estimator.

How do you avoid per-mile fees? I usually rent local, and I just know who around me offers trucks without mileage fees (i.e. Enterprise vans are per-day, typically around $50/day)...

Lionel