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tip question

catlover — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 18:55:00 GMT

how much should you tip the 2 men that deliver your matress?

thank!

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sunshine45 — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 18:57:46 GMT

how long did it take?

i would probably do $5 - $10 each if it was a short period of time.

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CelticCrafter — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 19:16:12 GMT

Absolutely nothing.

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Mersha — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 19:19:15 GMT

If the delivery was to my house today, I would give each $20.

There is snow/ice everywhere and they would have to carry up several flights of stairs.

Furniture delivery people work very hard.

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proudlyfromNJ — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 19:22:08 GMT

When we got our mattress last year we tipped ten dollars each.

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El_Lay — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 19:23:23 GMT

I think $5-10 per person sounds about right. It would depend on such factors as did they have to walk up a long inclined driveway to get to your house, and did they have to take stairs to get to the bedroom? I want to take this opportunity to ask a variation of this tip question: how much should one tip movers? Should it based on a percentage of the final bill? Thank you in advance.

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LuvmyLab — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 19:36:03 GMT

Nothing. I think tipping has gotten out of hand. There are tip jars everywhere for everything these days. If they just delivered a mattress that you ordered, what's to tip? It's their job to deliver it. They did not do anything special to deliver it. A hair stylist is different. When I get my hair cut, she does some special stuff that I appreciate and she does a great job.

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happycat — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 19:38:46 GMT

I would have done more, but when we had our mattress delivered last year, my dh gave them 20.00 each. It was a very heavy mattress. And the mattress they took was too.

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Iamstillhere — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 19:39:26 GMT

I would give at least $10.00 each, I am not wealthy but I always take into consideration factors like traffic, difficulty to find a parking spot - I live in New York - I also take into consideration the weather, if is too hot or too cold and also the good attitude and willingness of the delivery people like if I ask for a phone call when they are on their way, same for food delivery, with the snow storm this week, I have ordered from restaurants near by so they can walk and don't have to drive or ride a bike to deliver my food but I tip extra due to inclement weather.

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Mz iMac — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 20:05:52 GMT

@El_Lay That would depend on a lot of things.......

Professional or Pookie from around the way?

How many movers?

Moved from apt/condo to house or vice versa? Or apt/condo moved to same?

Moving out of state?

Movers had to climb stairs?

House small, medium, large?

Did they put your things in the places you wanted....you changed your mind & had the movers move your things someplace else?

Anything broken, scratched, etc.?

On average (professional):

3 movers who just did their job the normal rate (depends on region) - $30 to supervisor......$20 each for the other 2. Give each one a bottle of water.

If the 3 movers went over & beyond - $50-$100 to supervisor.......$40-$75 each for the other 2. Give each one a bottle of water.

Moving from 1 state to another is another can of worms. Most times you will have 2 set of movers. 1st set moves you out of your home. A different will drive & maybe 1 or 2 extras will accompany to the other state. $$$$$$$$.

My mother moved from N.J. to Ga. She tipped the movers who drove from N.J. to Ga. a total of $300 (3 movers). Took them to dinner which she also paid for. My middle brother drove.

She knew the manager of the hotel they were all spending the night. She had the manager upgrade their rooms.

My middle brother met the movers in Ga. The movers were on time - a little early, my mother was the drill sargent working the movers for over 3 hours as she kept changing her mind where she wanted things. It got to the point my brother had to tell my mother let the movers "do their job." If you want something changed, he will do it. Thankfully, that never happened.

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sunshine45 — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 20:16:06 GMT

@El_Lay wrote:
I think $5-10 per person sounds about right. It would depend on such factors as did they have to walk up a long inclined driveway to get to your house, and did they have to take stairs to get to the bedroom? I want to take this opportunity to ask a variation of this tip question: how much should one tip movers? Should it based on a percentage of the final bill? Thank you in advance.

@El_Lay

a few years ago my mom decided to give up her "weekend condo" that was two bedroom, two bath and about 1600 square feet. she moved most of her stuff into a storage area although i begged her not to.......we gave each guy $50 and bought them lunch (pizzas and subs.)

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Love my grandkids — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 20:26:42 GMT

@catlover My whole family are good tippers. My DH always was very generous.

I personally would give them each $10 and never bat an eye.

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Kachina624 — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 20:28:12 GMT

This may be a regional thing but in my area, its not customary to tip furniture delivery people. They are well paid by their employers and don't depend on tips for income, unlike service workers. Since they're performing their normal duties, why should they be tipped?

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Mz iMac — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 21:00:27 GMT

@Love my grandkids My father NEVER tipped for deliveries which was a huge embarrassment to my mother. His mindset was "they are doing their job." She would have one of my brothers tip the delivery guys discreetly as they were getting back into the truck.

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Anonymous032819 — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 21:12:51 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
This may be a regional thing but in my area, its not customary to tip furniture delivery people. They are well paid by their employers and don't depend on tips for income, unlike service workers. Since they're performing their normal duties, why should they be tipped?

@Kachina624

I don't know where you are, but I live in California, and I would've tipped exactly zero.

They are doing their job.

Tipping is getting way out of hand.

What's next?

Tipping your doctor?

Your accountant?

Your dentist?

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Love my grandkids — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 21:30:10 GMT

For those who say delivery people are "well paid", how do you know? I don't know how much they make and I don't care.

I enjoy giving someone a tip for doing something I need done that I can't do for myself. When I first met DH, after our first date, he asked me what my "criteria" was for dating. I said "Good manners, sense of humor, good safe driver and someone who treatss service people with kindness and tips well." Lucy for both of us, he hit all the marks!

I am orignally from California (my first 62 years) and everyone I knew tipped for services lilke this.

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Kachina624 — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 21:46:39 GMT

@Love my grandkids wrote:
For those who say delivery people are "well paid", how do you know? I don't know how much they make and I don't care.

I enjoy giving someone a tip for doing something I need done that I can't do for myself. When I first met DH, after our first date, he asked me what my "criteria" was for dating. I said "Good manners, sense of humor, good safe driver and someone who treatss service people with kindness and tips well." Lucy for both of us, he hit all the marks!

I am orignally from California (my first 62 years) and everyone I knew tipped for services lilke this.

@Love my grandkids. Because I worked over 30 years for the state employment service and was qualified to testify as an expert witness on wage issues. In my early years as an interviewer, I placed truck drivers in jobs and took job orders for them.

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sunshine45 — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 21:56:47 GMT

i dont understand why people say "tipping is getting out of hand?"

if i want to give a tip, i give a tip.

if you want to give a tip, give a tip.

if you dont want to give a tip, dont give a tip.

no one is ever forced to give a tip so no one should ever feel pressured either way. there are times when i feel a tip is appropriate. this case is one of them.

we dont know what these people are making. i am sure they receive some tips throughout the day and other times not.

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Sage04 — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 22:00:43 GMT

I over tip and sometimes I wonder why. My husband was the same way. Just yesterday I went to have one tire change and I gave the guy 10 and he looked at me and ask, is this a tip and he kept thanking me. I tip everyone who does something for me.

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Mominohio — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 22:04:24 GMT

If I paid a delivery fee, nothing. If I had an unreasonably hard location for them to get it to, I might tip a $20 bill to the team.