Moving and Storage Business News

The News Review:

- Unscrupulous companies might change terms and take clients …
- Go Mini’s(R) Announces New Portable Moving & Storage Website
- Nintendo President Reveals Company Strategies Wii Storage at GDC
- Back in the saddle
- San Jose Storage Company Vanishes So Do Valuables
- Agencies groups reach out to the homeless in Dallas
- Glasgow Storage Company Now Assists Victims of the Current Credit …

Unscrupulous companies might change terms and take clients …
Columbus Dispatch
They look legit (to) people who don’t know anything aboutmoving” said Justin Wilson of Move Rescue a consumer-assistance organization that helps trackinterstate moving companies. Tasha Bettis used an online referral service to find a mover when she relocated from Georgia toCleveland in 2007. She hired Atlanta-based Advantage Moving and Storage for $1460. As her belongings were being loaded the workmen demanded more money saying her things took upmore space than they expected. After they loaded and weighed the contents they demanded double theestimate. When she couldn’t pay the higher cost Advantage moved her things to a storage unit. In a panicBettis called her sister an assistant district attorney in Warner Robins Ga.

Go Mini’s(R) Announces New Portable Moving & Storage Website
FXBusiness
The Go Mini’s website is the result of more than six (6) months of strategic brand analysis and planning. “The Go Mini’s website reflects an effort to provide customers with state-of-the-art features to make their experience with portable moving and storage simple and hassle free” said Bill Norris CE of Go Mini’s. “Many consumers are still not familiar with the many advantages that portable moving and storage solutions offer over services provided by conventional moving companies and we wanted to provide the marketplace with a destination where they could learn how to make their move more affordable convenient and flexible. The new website was an obvious way to accomplish this goal” said Norris. When asked to comment on the new website Mr. Norris stated: “We wanted to try something a little different and provide individuals and business with tools and features previously unavailable in our industry. We just felt it was time for our industry to offer consumers the same types of applications that they’re used to seeing on other websites in other industries” Mr.

Nintendo President Reveals Company Strategies Wii Storage at GDC
PC World
are we seeing honest-to-god peripheral support?DSiWare’s Moving Memo is announced officially. DSiWare WarioWare title confirmed for the U. as WarioWare Snapped. This game uses the DSi camera in a way similar to the PS3 EyeToy to record your facial expression as you play.

Back in the saddle
Sunday Business Post
“The company also has a significant storage operation with 175000 square feet of warehouse space across Dublin Kildare Limerick Cork and Belfast. According to Doris the majority of the space is filled with many people opting to leave their possessions in storage if they are leaving the country for a number of years. Through its Hire-A-Crate division the company has 12000 moving crates where are leased to multinationals and Irish businesses to assist them move office. Plastic boxes may not be fashionable but they have proved profitable for Doris in the past. He previously owned Rentacrate Britain’s largest supplier of plastic boxes for commercial removals but sold the business two years ago as part of his retirement plans. He sold the business for €18 million a significant return on the €6. 5 million he had spent acquiring it just three years previously.

San Jose Storage Company Vanishes So Do Valuables
KCBS
Employees showed up to work one day this week and found the office at the Trimble Road facility not only closed but completely empty said Assi Elmalen. His company Moishe’s Mobile Storage has been hired by All American to clean up the mess left behind by the franchise owner.

Agencies groups reach out to the homeless in Dallas
Dallas Morning News
• Valueptions received about $140 million in 2007 to provide mental health and addiction services in North Texas. • The funding is not enough to give the intensive level of care needed for many homeless people with chronic mental illnesses. Transitional housing • The city had about 500 beds of housing that serves as a temporary stop for families moving out of shelters. The plan called for 300 more units. So far 155 of them have opened. THER PRGRAMSIn addition to new solutions in the 10-year plan Dallas has spent millions providing a variety of services for the chronically homeless including:vernight shelters • The Salvation Army Dallas Life Foundation Austin Street Centre and Union Gospel Mission in Dallas are the major local shelters for the chronically homeless. • The shelters sleep about 1400 a night.
Related from Camp-supetar: Plan would offer notice of homeless camp sweeps

Glasgow Storage Company Now Assists Victims of the Current Credit …
IPR Wire
Faced with unmanageable debts redundancies and the collapsing housing market many young adults simply cannot afford their own homes. They find the only solution is to return to live in their parent?s house until their situation improves. Chris Stevens the managing director of Kangaroo Self Storage Glasgow states ?6 to 8 customers a week tell us they are storing their belongings and moving back in with their parents. Demand for our smaller sized rooms has never been so high?. Lesley Morris typifies the loss of independence ?I just couldn?t afford to stay on in my own flat. Thankfully my parents are supportive and happy for me to move back in with them for a while. Kangaroo Self Storage has the perfect sized room for my needs?.