File a Mover Damage Claim Inside the Window — Free
Paste what the movers damaged and when you found it, and get the claim window counted from your own delivery date, a numbered docket of every item, and the total to demand.
The proof surface
Damage claims fail on arithmetic, not sympathy: the mover's clock starts at delivery and the item table has to be complete. Counting both from the reader's own paperwork moves the claim ahead of the deadline.
Why the flat version breaks
Calling before logging
The first call sets the file number, and a vague list at that moment becomes the mover's record of the claim.
Unitemised totals
A claim for 'about a thousand dollars of stuff' invites a lowest-common-denominator settlement on two items.
Letting the window drift
The claim window runs from delivery, not from when you finished unpacking — and it does not pause for holidays.
How to work the damage claim docket
The delivery date from your paperwork is line one; every countdown hangs off it.
One line per item with its value and the date you found it, photos noted where they exist.
The docket prints days used and days left against the window on your bill of lading.
The itemised table, the photos, and the total — in writing, inside the window.
What the docket replaces
| Question | Before | On the docket |
|---|---|---|
| When does the claim window close | guesswork, then panic | a countdown stamped from your delivery date |
| What was damaged | a camera roll of unlabeled photos | a numbered table with a value on every line |
| What the claim asks for | a phone call with no total | one itemised demand the mover can pay against |
The docket counts from the dates and items you supply; the window printed on your own bill of lading is the authority.
Run it on the samples, right here
FIRST-LOAD
Data note: Everything runs in this browser tab on the damage claim docket: your damaged items, values and your delivery date stays on this device, nothing is uploaded, and the reading is rebuilt only when you press run.
Go deeper: the companion app files the same reading as a clerk's docket sheet
The article demo above runs without limits. The companion app keeps a local history, exports the rows as CSV, prints the ready-to-mail packet, and holds your drafts on this device — one free run, then $ 9 one-time for the layer that keeps filing.
The docket and the countdown are free. The paid layer keeps the item register, prints the claim letter with the item table attached, and tracks the mover's response dates.
Open the damage claim docket companionBoundary
This damage claim docket works only on the damage list and delivery paperwork you paste you paste. It does not decide what your policy legally covers, does not sue the mover for you, and does not settle the claim amount with the mover. The figures describe what you supplied, not what is true in the world. Confirm anything you plan to act on with the mover's claims department, and your state's consumer or transportation office for a stalled claim before you rely on it.
What this is built on
- Every figure comes from the damage list and delivery paperwork you paste you paste; nothing is looked up, scraped or asserted as verified.
- Method: the countdown starts at the earliest dated line you supply and runs against the window days you enter; each item line keeps its own value, date and photo flag
- Sample values are labelled samples — illustrative by design, not your data and not a quotation of any organisation's policy.
Before: the reader photographed the crushed bookcase and left it in the camera roll. After: they see 41 days left to file and $955 of items not yet logged, because the docket counted from their own delivery date.