Tipping for Furniture Delivery?

[hanutedmansionmomma]

Do you do it? How much? $5 per guy ok? We're getting a king sized bed (upgrade from a queen! More room for me!) delivered this weekend.

The budget part would be 18 months no interest. Will be paid off before that Oh, and it was on sale too.

TIA

 

[puffkin]

I don't tip delivery guys except for food delivery.

 

[MickeyManiac]

I don't tip furniture delivery people. I will usually offer them a cold bottle of water or soda.

 

[ZuZugal]

I have only tipped movers, not furniture delivery guys. I offer them something to drink when they are finished.

If I was going to give a tip, I would make it at least $10. My only reasoning with that is $5 might not even be enough to buy a lunch...funny reasoning I know...but you are the one tipping so it is totally up to you!

 

[DVC-Don]

Very rarely. I delivered furniture for 5 years back in the early 1970's and tips then were rare too.

 

[mjkacmom]

Always. I assume they're putting it together, and not dropping the box off on the front porch, right? At least $10 each (I tipped more for bunk beds). I might tip less if they were dropping off a recliner.

 

[Janepod]

$5 per guy. But we're just outside NYC; around here you tip for everything.

 

[kerplop]

When we had our king delivered a couple years ago those guys were out the door before I could even think of getting to my wallet. Ohhhhhh well for them.

 

[Tistal]

I don't tip furniture people. If I'm getting charged $100 to have it delivered from the store to my home (a set of bookshelves and a kitchen table that were both already put together), I'm not tipping. I did give the guys a bottle of water each because it was 100+ that day.

 

[TaraPA]

How about carpet installers?

We had carpet installed last week from Lowe's & when they were done the guy & his assistant hung around uncomfortably for about 10 minutes - I gave them a "thanks guys I love it, it looks great, see you later" and they just stayed....and stayed....and stayed...it was very awkward. I had no intention of tipping them since we paid a hefty price for the carpet and also an installation fee...but I guess maybe they're used to tips?

 

[MikeP22]

$5 per guy. But we're just outside NYC; around here you tip for everything.

Ditto, with a caveat that it really depends on the level of service received. There's an epidemic of lack of service and rudeness towards customers that a lot of businesses around here allow, probably due to low wages.

Assuming good service and service with a smile (and they manage not to damage anything of mine during the delivery), for furniture/appliance delivery, carpet cleaning, etc, I'll tip anywhere from a couple of bucks to $10pp, up to around $30 total. Maybe a little more if the delivery gets tricky for whatever reason. And of course even more for big jobs like movers, etc.

But if they can't deal with their customers properly, they get squat.