Do you tip removal men?

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And if so, how much?

We did, £20 each (there was 2 of them). They were really excellent and got the job done efficiently with great banter

We also did at £20 each and we had three.

Yes. We did 20 quid each and there were 3 of them. It was hard physical graft all day and they were great.

Blimey!

The removal is costing quite a lot as it is. I was thinking a tenner each, I think there might be about 4, but would that be insulting?

I was going to tip a tenner but my three men were like machines, they worked really well together and consulted me on nearly every box. Definitely deserved the £20.

I’m being charged £1500 to move less than a mile. Granted they have an excellent reputation but I won’t be feeling the urge to tip them!

My guys worked their socks off , nothing was too much trouble , made a difficult time easy , well worth a £20 tip each

£20 quid each and food and drink all day and yet still my DMs jewellery disappeared.

£20 each here and pizza for lunch once when they were really kind and put my trampoline together.
We move every two years or so and I know they don’t get paid much, obviously the fee goes mostly to the company.

I can’t believe some of ours are still working, two are early sixties and still lugging sofas around, their backs must be ruined.

Jewellery - we took jewellery and 2 paintings to a friend's house for a couple of days. Too difficult to keep an eye on.

We were impressed with our removal firm, they worked there socks off, loaded drove to our new home, 3+hour drive, unloaded, made up beds, 12 hour day. I gave them sweet & biscuits to have on their journey, made them tea coffee in the morning. Gave them cash to buy lunch. @JudgeRindersMinder that seems very high to me we paid £1800 and moved 200 miles away. Good luck with the move.

No. I don't get a tip for doing my job. I offer drinks and food though as a matter of course for anyone working in my house.

We did as they were brilliant and had to put up with a lot of crap as our buyers turned up 2 hours early(against advice!)so they then had to skip their lunch so they could get us out even quicker.
They were also lovely and very funny.
We gave them £80 between them and there were 6 of them , was the only cash we had to hand

We tipped £20 each when they were really good. More recently they were quite crap so we didn’t

I don't think it would even occur to me to tip them! Drinks and snacks to keep them going yes but cash, no.

We tipped £20 in total there were 2 guys. It wasn't a company as such so they were getting paid the removal fee anyway which was quite a decent amount of money. It's hard graft though so we were happy to give a bit extra. We also helped bring stuff in and out of the house to speed up the process. Left the heavy stuff to them though.

Yes, something like £10 and some nice local beer. They were great though, and worked like machines!

No, I wasn't that impressed with them to be honest, and there were 7 of them. They didn't do some of the jobs that they should have, but I didn't have the energy to argue with them about it at the end of a very long day (e.g. wardrobes were left downstairs because they couldn't be bothered to dismantle to take them upstairs). So definitely no tip, but I did feel obliged to offer food and hot drinks throughout the day, and I did a McD's drive through run for them at lunchtime.

We didn't- they broke a picture, dropped my tumble dryer and scratched my newly french polished antique piano. I then had to pay £50 excess on the insurance claim...

Yes - £20 each. Plus snacks and drinks through the day.

Mine were great though, they worked really hard. We also helped them load and unload the vans, and they were surprised - they said mostly people just sit on the sofa and watch them.

@Roselilly36 😊 thank you...we did get several prices and this fell kind of towards the upper middle of them. Happy to feed and water them, but I’m not tipping!

Nope, we didn't. But they turned up late, got the size of the van wrong so left us with a load of stuff we needed to shift ourselves...and they were rude. I would have done if I was happy with the service however.

We never tipped the large companies that were getting thousands from us. We recently moved with a man with a van and basically paid 50% more than he quoted because it was so bloody cheap and did a terrific job.

We gave them each a bottle of wine to say thank you.