Tipping removal men

[Skates]

What is an appropriate amount to tip removal men?

[spacechimp]

Start of with �50 and remove 20% for every item broken.

[Ethel]

Call me mean but I no longer tip anybody.

Everyone gets paid at least the minimum wage today and I consider tipping to be unnecessary.

If you intend you use removal men regularly - and the same company - you may want to tip though!

[spacechimp]

You're mean.

[spudqueen]

When we moved into this house 3 and a half years ago we tipped our removal men �50, though they had loaded us up one day, driven 300 miles, and then on the second day sat outside our new house for 6 hours before we even got the keys. Would probably have been �20 - �30 if the move had been more local and easier.

[spaced]

ethel, some people actually depend on tips to keep them above water. Scrooge!

[rhona_j]

I'm kind of with Ethel on this one. While I would give a tip (not an excessive one mind!) if they did a good job, I don't think it shold be expected that I give them one. That's the probelm with tipping, it's become expected. You should only tip when you feel you have been given an exceptionally good service.