Quotes and mover checks
One row per price you collect, from a mover, a rental company, a container company or helpers, with the license lookup, the estimate type and the valuation offered beside it.
Essential if you are hiring anyone, a mover, helpers, a truck or a container: the sheet is where prices become comparable. Moving services compared says what to price, and Hiring a mover says what to check.
Quotes
One row per company or option. A blank amount or deposit means not given yet; 0 means none. Check the license lookup yourself and tick it; a number printed in an ad is not a check.
How to use this sheet
- One row per company or option. Two scopes priced side by side (a truck with helpers and a container, say) tell you more than three quotes for the same thing.
- Check the license yourself. Tick “checked in lookup” only after you have searched the USDOT or MC number in FMCSA's search, or the license in your state regulator's lookup, and the name matches.
- Record what they said, not what you hope. Estimate type, survey and valuation are what the paperwork says. “Not stated” is an answer worth writing down.
- Blank or zero. A blank amount or deposit means not given yet; 0 means none.
The three example rows are the Brandts' quotes (fictional): Mover A's binding $9,850 after a virtual survey, Mover B's non-binding $7,400 after an in-person survey, and Company C's $5,900 by phone with no survey, which turns out to be a broker with no carrier named. The Brandts drop Company C.
The sheet compares what each company told you. It does not say which is cheapest in the end: a non-binding estimate can end higher than a binding one, and valuation and accessorial charges change the total. A license lookup shows registration and authority, not quality; FMCSA does not endorse movers.