moving-company-estimate-decoder
Decode a moving company estimate — binding vs non-binding, the weight and cubic-feet games, valuation vs insurance, and the red flags that precede hostage-load stories. Use when someone asks 'is this moving quote legit', 'decode my moving estimate', 'binding vs non-binding estimate', or 'how do I avoid moving scams'. Produces an estimate-type decode with what-you'll-actually-pay scenarios, ranked red flags, the valuation decode, and the questions that separate real movers from brokers.
npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill moving-company-estimate-decoder --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Moving Company Estimate Decoder Skill The moving industry has a specialty: quotes that grow between signing and delivery, enforced by the fact that they have your stuff. The whole game is in three distinctions most customers never learn — binding vs. non-binding estimates, mover vs. broker, and "valuation" vs. insurance. This skill decodes the estimate against those three, prices the realistic worst case, and flags the patterns (lowball-then-reweigh, cubic-feet pricing, big deposits) that show up in every hostage-load story. ## What This Skill Produces - The estimate-type decode: binding / binding-not-to-exceed / non-binding — and what each means for the final bill - The realistic-total scenarios: quoted vs. likely vs. worst-case, with the mechanisms that move the number - Ranked red flags against the known-scam patterns - The valuation decode (that "$0.60 per pound" line, explained on their actual goods) and the verification checklist ## Required Inputs Ask for these only if they aren't already provided: - **The estimate/contract text** — including the fine print pages; the type of estimate is sometimes only in the fine print. - **The move shape** — local vs. long-distance/inter
- What This Skill Produces
- Required Inputs
- Framework: Severity Scale
- Output Format
- Moving Estimate Decode: [route, date — company as quoted]
- Quality Checks
- Anti-Patterns
- Based On
What does the moving-company-estimate-decoder skill do?
Decode a moving company estimate — binding vs non-binding, the weight and cubic-feet games, valuation vs insurance, and the red flags that precede hostage-load stories. Use when someone asks 'is this moving quote legit', 'decode my moving estimate', 'binding vs non-binding estimate', or 'how do I avoid moving scams'. Produces an estimate-type decode with what-you'll-actually-pay scenarios, ranked red flags, the valuation decode, and the questions that separate real movers from brokers.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill moving-company-estimate-decoder --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, a repository with 1,255 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.