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- Moving crew makes room for ‘Makeover’ show
- How to avoid being scammed by movers
- Vendors ptimistic About Macworld Expo 2010
- Door to Door Storage Partners with Loyola University Chicago to …

Moving crew makes room for ‘Makeover’ show
Indianapolis Star
Castleton-based Wheaton is donating its time manpower and storage space to Bernard McFarland and his family who were chosen to receive a new home through ABC’s “Extreme Makeover Home Edition. Intermittent lightning mostly pitch-black streets and obstacles caused by camera crews and trailers made moving the family’s belongings out of the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood on Indianapolis’ Near Northside a little challenging — but it wasn’t anything the moving men couldn’t handle. “We just did our jobs” said driver Michael Crawford.

How to avoid being scammed by movers
msnbc.com
Here?s how to make your moving bill match the estimate given ? and get your furniture delivered in one piece and on time.   The Big Scams?The Hostage?You get a lowball estimate from a moving company but once they?ve loaded your furniture on their truck they change the charges sometimes doubling or tripling their original quote. If you balk at the number they simply refuse to give you your belongings until you agree to the inflated price. Story continues below ?advertisement |.

Vendors ptimistic About Macworld Expo 2010
PC World
Some of the excitement comes from the reduced costs companies will have to pay to attend the show. Early January is still peak holiday travel season so prices usually remain high. For companies transporting several people (sometimes 10 or more) the savings on travel hotels and other associated costs by moving the show to February 9 to 13 can be significant. “As a businessman I need to look at all the costs” Paul Kafasis CE of. “And we need to know that people will be there.
Related from Macintoshpost: Macworld Expo Moves to Mid-February

Door to Door Storage Partners with Loyola University Chicago to …
PR Web (press release)
getElementById( “quote_”+randQuotId ). Volunteers of the school will periodically empty the bins during the day and deposit the donated items into the Door to Door storage containers for safe keeping. Loyola University's "Think Green & Give" is presented by the Facilities Management Department Residence Life the Consumption and Reduction Recycling Committee and the Center for Urban Research and Policy (CUERP.