What dummy would switch from practical mileage pay to HHG?

Ha,ha so what did you guys pick? if you don't mind answearing.........

 

Personally I chose to start on the per diem practical pay scale. Which puts me at .30/mile to start. This is a little off the main topic but Millis does give a nice incentive to choose the Per Diem plan which I haven't seen any other companies do, with the added bonus and the extra 2 weeks of vaca and paid holidays. I most likely will take a look at it at the 2 year mark once the vacation goes to "normal" per say. On HHG vs practical, from what I can tell and heard they in the end balance out with no huge difference, I think starting out practical is the way to go until you know your way around the Highway system etc, just my thoughts anyway.

 

Well thank you for your view Truck it ! i start school at Millis Dec. 26 so i guess i have a little time to think about it!

 

for better or worse.. this article regards what happened to me. I had some HHG moved, had a contract with a price on it as well as a receipt/invoice showing it was paid, and the moving co. tried to upcharge me before the men would unload. I went inside and called the police, then came back out and told the guy I wasn't paying any more, here's the receipt and contract, so he should either have his men tote the stuff inside or get on the phone to his boss and get permission to unload, because otherwise I would file a theft claim with the moving insurance I had with a third party cargo insurer. There was a delay, but once the police arrived and I talked to them, there was no further delay. Basically they tried to cheat me by giving one price and trying charge another once the truck was in the street outside my place. I suppose that they believed that I would be so upset by seeing it right there, threatened by having the truck leave and incur more expenses, that I would pay anything to get my property. But I am not so stupid. I don't know which or how many of them was in on it and it was not my concern. This experience (and one before involving deceptive trade practices and treble damages) tells me its a crooked business. Now this article has shown up, so apparently lying brokers and cheezy moving companies are still very common. I'm glad there are no more long distance moves for me. Hopefully you won't end up being the truck driver in a situation where some family is cheated by your HHG-moving employer.


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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Wednesday, Sept. 19, provided notice of its policy concerning enforcement of its household goods motor carrier and broker regulations. FMCSA said it may take enforcement action when a HHG motor carrier or broker knowingly and willfully fails, in violation of a contract, to deliver or unload at the destination a shipment of HHG for which charges have been estimated and for which payment has been tendered.

According to FMCSA, a motor carrier or broker found holding a HHG shipment hostage may be subject to suspension of registration for a period of not less than 12 months to not more than 36 months. The agency said it would publish a notice in the Federal Register on this policy.

FMCSA’s notice came one day prior to a Senate committee hearing targeting household goods moving fraud. An investigation by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation found a growing trend among Internet-based moving brokers and carriers to provide a price quote without visiting a home to estimate a move’s real cost and later hold the goods hostage and demand huge markups before releasing them.

“Thousands of consumers are often stuck at the mercy of abusive moving companies at one of the most vulnerable times in their lives,” said Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.).

Probes by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s inspector general “have shown that the dishonest broker, with full knowledge, provides customers a low-ball estimate, knowing the carrier will grossly inflate it once the goods are loaded on the truck,” said Timothy Barry, principal assistant inspector general for investigations.

The inspector general has 14 open investigations involving companies operating under 108 different names, Barry said. That covers more than 3,800 potential victims and about $1.9 million in damages, he said.

 

Wow, that had absolutely nothing to do with this thread! This is about HHG miles vs practical miles

 

###### lb i was going to say that