You may have read recent news articles about the growing number of scam movers in the U.S. Movers can scam you in a variety of ways. The most common practice is to provide a very low estimate and then demand higher payment when they arrive and you are in no position to bargain. More unscrupulous movers will even load up their truck with your possessions and demand extra money to unload the truck. Movers have been known to charge exorbitant amounts resulting in a practice similar to extortion.

There are numerous precautions you can take to avoid falling victim to a scam. Citimove.com was actually created specifically to avoid these problems. The sites provides a comprehensive review system for former customers to evaluate the service they received. Read through a mover's reviews carefully to see the experiences past customers have had with the mover. By accepting a bid on Citimove, the terms of the mover are clearly written for both you and the mover. If the mover attempts to deviate from this agreement, by charging you an unreasonable amount, the violation will be more apparent. In addition, this indicates to the mover that you clearly intend to return to the site and submit a review of the mover once the job is complete. Movers will often think twice before risking a bad review, as the poor review can seriously impact their business.

Ask yourself carefully why no other moving site offers a review system. The simple answer is that all other moving sites are affiliated with the movers on their site, in some cases the sites themselves are simply brokers for the movers. There is no other site that looks to act as an independent 3rd party. Why not? Because there is less money to be made this way. Movers would not stand for bad reviews to remain on those sites, they would take there business elsewhere. At Citimove, we are not concerned if movers get bad reviews and take their business elsewhere, we are confident that reliable, reputable movers are out there to fill their place.