tipping furniture delivers??

[goofyme]

having furniture delivered tomorrow...do i tip...bought about $7,000 worth of items(dining room suit and kitchen table and hutch)..if i do tip, how much? thanks

 

[aprilgail2]

I usually tip furniture guys about 20 bucks....they usually put the old stuff to the curb and bring in the new stuff and there is usually 2 of them so it really only works out to 10 bucks each.

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

I'd never really thought about tipping delivery people like that. I figured they get a pretty good salary anyway. Of course, they probably aren't required to take the old stuff to the curb, so a tip for going out of the way like that and being extra careful with the new stuff makes sense.

A quick search on google pulled up this site on tipping. It suggests $5 to $10 depending on the size of the delivery.

 

[WDWLVR]

I always tip about $20 and depending on the time of day tell them to have breakfast or lunch on me.

 

[Pop Daddy]

I never tipped them, I didnt know you where supose to

 

[CEDmom]

I do offer a tip - usually around $5 per person. However, the last few times we've had furniture delivered it's been refused.

 

[Sleepy]

Yet another person to tip? I don't think so. I am, sure they get at least minumum wage. I give them a cold soda and they have always appreciated it.

 

[wdwnutze]

My b-i-l delivers furniture for a living. He owns the truck so he does make good money but his helpers only make about $10-$12/hr. He usually gets tipped $20(according to my son who works for him occassionally).

 

[browneyes]

Anytime I've bought furniture, my SO and I've been the furniture deliverers, so I've never tipped.

For some reason, the title reminded me of cow tipping.

 

[Minnesota!]

DH works in the furniture business, and does deliveries. Tipping is pretty standard. I would say he gets about $20 a trip, when he does them! Now, it's not his full job to do deliveries (he's a manager there), but the ones who do deliver on a regular basis, do NOT make good money - maybe $8 an hour?

 

[monkeyboy]

$5 to $10 a person and a cold drink (or morning coffee)

 

[CyranoJones]

When we moved here from Brooklyn, we were quite surprised to have all delivery people refuse tips. We were so used to automatically tipping everyone.

 

[momof2inPA]

For such a big order, I'd tip $40.

 

[SyracuseWolvrine]

Tip em $5 each, and then buy them a pizza and a 6 pack of pop.

 

[gina2000]

Yep, we tip. $20 or more depending on how tough the delivery is.

 

[scrappinMickey]

We've never thought about tipping, b/c the store usually charges us $50 to $100 to deliver anyway!!

 

[faithinkarma]

I had never paid for furniture delivery in my life until I moved here. In this region there seems to be a standard fee of $59 per delivery, no matter how many or how few items are purchased.

I knew ahead of time about the $59, which was to be paid in cash at time of delivery. It surprised me at first, but I tipped anyway.

I handed one of the guys the money with an extra $20 thrown in. He just took it without counting it. Several minutes after they left he called me on his cell phone to ask if I knew I had given him too much money. So I guess tipping is not common in this area.

 

[disneydragon]

I tip according to the size and weight of the furniture being delivered and where I want them to put it. If they have to go up a flight or two of stairs, they get a big tip!

 

[IMGONNABE40!]

$10-$25 depending on the difficulty of the delivery and the number of delivery guys.