How much to tip... furniture delivery

[MissManda]

Haven't had furniture delivered in ages. We are having a queen bed and mattresses delivered today (in the rain...ugh). Bedroom is up one flight of stairs. They will take the old bed down and haul it away (its a twin) and set up the new bed. Any idea how much I should tip these guys?

On a side note, my nephew that we have custody of is so excited. He's 15 and this is the first time in his life that he won't have a twin bed. He's upgrading from a twin to a queen. We let him pick out he bed frame and his mattress. He's so exicted. He said he was going to bed at 7pm because he can't wait to sleep on his new mattress that feels like a cloud

 

[mjkacmom]

I'd say $15 pp? I base it on the difficulty. If they are delivering a chair to the first floor, $5 pp. However, taking furniture up stairs, putting it together, and removing old furniture results in a bigger tip from me. I might even up it to $20 pp due to the rain.

 

[firecracker725]

Haven't had furniture delivered in ages. We are having a queen bed and mattresses delivered today (in the rain...ugh). Bedroom is up one flight of stairs. They will take the old bed down and haul it away (its a twin) and set up the new bed. Any idea how much I should tip these guys?

On a side note, my nephew that we have custody of is so excited. He's 15 and this is the first time in his life that he won't have a twin bed. He's upgrading from a twin to a queen. We let him pick out he bed frame and his mattress. He's so exicted. He said he was going to bed at 7pm because he can't wait to sleep on his new mattress that feels like a cloud

I've never tipped a furniture delivery guy. I dated one once, and he said that if his boss found out about anyone giving tips, they'd get in big trouble. The drivers are paid well for what they do.

 

[Breezy_Carol]

I have never tipped a furniture or appliance delivery guy either.

 

[Disneymaddness]

My son worked for a furniture store delivering furniture. The avg tip was $10 but sometimes more if there was alot of furniture moving involved. It's hard work and he really appreciated the tips!

 

[Janepod]

$10 each.

 

[FlyingDumbo]

I usually do 20 dollars each, but we have an old narrow stairway that is very difficult to navigate. I think 10 bucks each would be ok under your situation. Generally I think enough for them to get lunch is a nice tip. I also want to mention that this tipping has come back to me in karma because we had a few deliveries from the same store over time and the guys were more than willing to get rid of an old piece of VERY HEAVY furniture that I never would have gotten out of there on my own. They took it outside to the curb and they did not have to do that, it was a big heavy awkward thing.

 

[tvguy]

Never tipped them either.

But my policy is never to tip anyone making more than I do.

 

[wiigirl]

I usually tip $20.

 

[jlewisinsyr]

But my policy is never to tip anyone making more than I do.

I sure hope this is sarcasm.

 

[ManyMinnie]

I have never tipped a furniture or appliance delivery guy either.

Me either. Especially if I'm paying a delivery fee.

 

[IheartMickey]

We tip anywhere from $10-$20pp depending on the type of delivery. We still tip even if we pay for delivery. Don't you tip movers? Isn't it kind of similar?

 

[ICF]

Me either. Especially if I'm paying a delivery fee.

Same here

 

[Kellydelly]

I would tip $10 each guy. Hopefully it's just two guys . If they were not going up any stairs I would have said $5. From your responses it seems half the people don't tip, so any extra cash should be appreciate .

 

[hlg22]

For me it would depend on lots of things - stairs/how easy they are to navigate, whether they're taking out the old bed as a favor or whether you're paying for that, whether the delivery guys show up on time (or call/apologize if they're late), how careful they are with the furniture/walls, and how receptive they are to moving the furniture exactly where I want it, etc.

Most recently, I had a treadmill delivered with some gym flooring to be installed. The two guys showed up precisely on time, brought everything down the stairs into the basement without dinging the walls, worked around the fact that the salesman had not calculated the right number of floor tiles and MacGyvered a solution for me from the scraps to still cover the entire room, and moved the treadmill to exactly where I asked. They got $50.

 

[minniecarousel]

We just spent $150 for delivery of a dining room buffet. The store is going out of business, so we got a great deal on the piece, but that's a hefty delivery fee - so I won't be tipping. (they'll come straight in the front door, about 20 feet, with just a stair at the porch.)

 

[DebbieB]

When I got furniture last year, I tipped $10 per guy (2 guys), it was alot of furniture. No delivery charge.

 

[MissManda]

Thanks for the replies. Looks like $10 per person will be fair (provided they are careful and don't tear anything up).

 

[DVC-Don]

I was a furniture delivery guy and we could gotten in trouble for taking a tip. Very few were offered.

 

[tvguy]

I sure hope this is sarcasm.

I am afraid it isn't. I have no problem tipping someone in a minimum wage job, but as others have pointed out many firms forbid taking tips (I think Sears has that as a condition in their contracts with independent delivery companies). And around here Home Depot and Lowes usei independent owner operators and if I've just paid an owner operator $150 to deliver an item, I don't think a tip is necessary.