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Sacramento Moving Company Honored by US Commerce Association

2012-01-03T18:52:09Z

Sacramento, CA — The U.S. Commerce Association recently recognized Tony’s Sons Moving & Storage with the “Best of Rancho Cordova Award” in the Moving Company category for the 2011 business year.

According to company owner, Bruce Fasolo, receiving the award was a great way to finish up a good year in 2011. “It’s an honor to be recognized as being the best at what you do in your community, said Fasolo. “Our company is looking forward to trying to earn this award again in 2012, which marks our 47th year of helping Sacramento residents and businesses with their relocation and storage needs.”

Fasolo’s father, Anthony Fasolo, started the family business in 1965. Over the years, Tony’s Sons Moving & Storage has built a reputation for friendly, reliable service. The company has been a Better Business Bureau (BBB) accredited business since the year 2000, and currently maintains an A+ rating.

“One of the keys to our success is that we get a lot of repeat business,” Fasolo said. “We have customers that we’ve moved four or five times over the last couple decades. We even move multiple generations of families. Customers that we’ve helped moved in the past, often refer us to their kids or even their grandkids.”

Promptly responding to customer calls and providing affordable estimates helps keep Tony’s Sons Moving & Storage ahead of its competition. “I handle the majority of our sales and provide in-home estimates that are usually much lower than our competitors,” Fasolo said. “Having the owner of the company show up at your home or business to complete the estimate establishes a lot of trust for the customer. No job is too small. If someone lives in a one-bedroom unit, I have no problem going to their home to provide a fair and accurate estimate for their move.”

Tony’s Sons Moving & Storage currently has 15 employees and averages approximately 150 moves per month. Second-generation owner, Bruce Fasolo assumed management duties of the company when his father retired in 1995. The company maintains memberships to a variety of housing and apartment associations in the Sacramento area and donates boxes to the Rancho Cordova Fire Department each year. For more information, call Bruce Fasolo at (916) 638-1888 or visit Sacramento Movers.

When Coats for Kids needed on-the-ground logistics, NEWS10 called PODS Moving and Storage of Sacramento

2011-11-01T19:52:16Z

PODS of Sacramento provides vital storage and logistics solution for NEWS10’s 21st Coats for Kids Winter Drive.

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) – PODS Moving and Storage of Sacramento will donate several of its storage containers to help collect donated coats in support of NEWS10’s 21st Coats for Kids Winter Drive through Dec 9.

Logistics were a nightmare for organizers prior to using PODS®, according to Brian Bills, a lifetime resident of Fair Oaks, Calif., and territory manager at PODS of Sacramento.

“In 2010, we supplied three PODS® containers at Swansons main dry-cleaning facility and transported each filled unit to Cal Expo where volunteers from the Salvation Army sorted the coats by size,” Bills said. “Having onsite storage at the starting point streamlined the collection process and allowed for greater efficiency overall.”

Donations will be accepted through Dec. 9 at select Swansons Cleaners locations throughout greater Sacramento. PODS will then transport each container filled with clean coats to Cal Expo for staging and distribution on Dec. 30.

Coats for Kids has collected and distributed more than 500,000 coats to children of all ages. This year’s goal is to collect 25,000 new coats. Monetary donations also will be accepted. Mail donations to: The Salvation Army, PO Box 340699, Sacramento, CA, 95834. All proceeds benefit News10 Coats for Kids.

PODS of Sacramento is owned and operated by Storage Mobility and also participates locally in Sacramento's Chips for Kids Toy Drive, Toys for Tots, Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure and several other nonprofit and community organizations.

For more information, or to make a donation to help a child in need, visit http://www.news10.net/life/community/events/coatsforkids.

Disclosure: Disclosure: Tina Vervoorn is a Public Relations Manager at Consortium Media Services, representing PODS of Sacramento and Storage Mobility.

Is that it?

2009-03-12T02:03:26Z

About a week ago I moved to a new house. A duplex, actually. Moving is never easy; besides all the heavy lifting and cleaning to do there are new neighbors to meet, new trash day to remember and the ceremonial 'arranging of furniture'. However, I've moved so many times throughout my life that it's become a pretty breezy process. Except this time.

Not only have I been barraged with neighbors coming over to excitedly point out that I am, indeed, parked in front of their house, and, Can I please not do that? And will I please make sure my dog never poops in their yard? Okay, so I get it, I am part of the never-ending cycle of new tenants in the neighborhood. And it's not like I was expecting a homemade pie or 'Welcome to the neighborhood' basket of goodies.

But what happened when I parked in front of my own house was an extreme case of public-street-parking-rage.

Rather than simply ask me not to park in this spot, my neighbor (and fellow duplex-resider) rams his car into mine and tries to push my car out of "his spot" and into the middle of an intersection.

Instead of just leaving a note on my car explaining that he is particularly affectionate about this parking spot, my new neighbor with whom I share a very thin wall, takes his key out and etches a long, squiggley line into the front panel of my car.

Another neighbor watched all of this happen from his front window, and so luckily, I have a witness. And some advice.

I am told to call the police and in the future, don't park there or in the spot across the street. If I do, says the witness, the lady across the street will pull up and honk her horn until you come out and move your car.

I call the police and I'm told that, due to the budget crisis, no policeman will be dispatched. No policeman, no arrest, not even a slap on the wrist for this guy. I'm told I should simply let my insurance company take care of it.

So my question is, Is that it? And why are people so psychotic about their parking?