Resources of Interest To Moving & Storage Professionals

Learn move about your friends at Avatar Moving Systems. This Adobe Acrobat PDF document will provide you with up to the minute information about Avatar Moving Systems corporate history, corporate insurance, standard operating procedures, and contact information.

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As a public service, the Long Island Moving & Storage Association (LIMSA), has released its "10 Questions To Ask Before Moving". Moving professionals may want to distribute this document to potential customers who inquire about their services. The goal of the document is to educate consumers to understand what qualifies a company as being a professional mover. In addition, it strives to educate moving consumers on steps that they must take to insure that they receive an accurate estimate and a trouble free relocation

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The Market Segment Understandings (MSU) Program, first introduced in 1993, is a means of enhancing tax compliance while reducing taxpayer burden. This Program envisions that the IRS and taxpayers in particular market segments, work together to improve tax compliance in those areas through educational efforts and other collaborative approaches rather than through traditional audit techniques.

A basic understanding of the moving industry is a necessary foundation for determining whether Van Operators are employees or independent contractors. This document sheds light on how the Internal Revenue Service views the subject.

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Mr. Ronald V. Claussen, a storage specialist at MTMC, wrote an article about MILDEW, that was first published in Translog Magazine. Translog is a monthly publication by the Military Traffic Management Command. The article is being presented here for your use.

Statistics are not readily available on the extent of mildew damage to personal property. While all indicators point to the conclusion that it is not a sizable factor, it does occur; and generally to the member whose goods are delivered from non-temp storage with mildew on valued items. Insignificant statistics mean nothing. Mildew becomes a significant factor to that member-and to the transportation officer and the carrier who must consider a claim for damaged goods.

Mildew can be removed from upholstered flirniture, mattresses, rugs and carpets, reminds Bobbie McFatter of the Louisiana State University Cooperative Extension Service.

Try to remove the mildew spots as soon as they are discovered to keep the mold from weakening or rotting the fabric, urges the home economist in telling how to do the job.

Visit ClaimsNet, The Claim Prevention and Procedure Council. ClaimsNet is a growing, active, non-profit organization of claims professionals in the moving and storage industry, and professional service providers such as furniture repair professionals, appraisers, adjusters, attorneys, etc.

ClaimsNet has twin goals: (1) to prevent claims (such as damaged and/or missing items) in the moving and storage industry, and (2) to handle claims professionally once they do indeed occur.

If it has to do with claims in the moving and storage industry, ClaimsNet’s 1,225 members are involved!

Avatar Moving Systems' is placing our Household Goods Survey Report Form into the public domain. Avatar's Survey Report is a well designed form which will allow your sales representatives to make note of pertinent household goods shipment data on a single page. This will enhance communications between the sales representative and your customer service or your operations department. The better that the customer and shipment needs are communicated, the better the quality of the move. Ok, ok! You may already have a form. And your form just may be better than our form. But even if your form is better than our form, our form was the first form on the Internet and that makes our form more advanced than your form.

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