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Industry leader marks 15th year with five national locations, new and improved Website, and anniversary discounts for customers nationwide.

New York, NY (PRWEB) September 20, 2006 — Fifteen years ago, a guaranteed, one-price quote was almost unheard of in the moving industry — until New York’s Flatrate Moving (http://www.flatrate.com/) came along. Flatrate has helped to shape the industry ever since, and now celebrates its 15th successful year in business with a new and expanded national website (http://www.flatratemoving.com/) serving all locations, and a new discount to thank its customers, as well.

“Flatrate Moving changed the way the moving industry worked, and empowers customers with a hassle-free new approach to the moving process,” says Eric Klepar, General Manager of Flatrate Moving. “We’re proud to say that Flatrate’s excellence and honesty within the moving industry have made our company the mover of choice in New York City today.”

In 1991, moving customers too often found themselves at the mercy of bait-and-switch tactics and unscrupulous companies. As a result, entrepreneur Sharone Ben-Harosh founded Manhattan’s Flatrate Moving Systems in direct response to an often confusing industry that didn’t offer customers the simpler pricing options they wanted most. True to its name, Flatrate met this demand, and its unique new “flat-rate” approach proved so popular that the company quickly flourished, achieving rapid success through customer word of mouth.

Today, the unique business model Flatrate introduced has generated a host of imitators nationwide, and helped to usher in a popular “flat-rate” trend industrywide. Flatrate, however, remains the original, and its five locations include some of the nation’s busiest and fastest-growing metropolitan areas, including New York, Los Angeles, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., and Miami and Southeastern Florida. Whether within a city block, or across an ocean, Flatrate gets it done, making even long-distance moves a complete pleasure.

The company’s new and improved national website supports this vision and provides a hub for its five separate locations, via http://www.flatratemoving.com/. The site will also offer a wealth of information, tips, and other enhanced online support to prospects and customers worldwide.

Furthermore, to celebrate its 15th birthday, Flatrate is using its new and improved website to offer customers a special discount on move prices through the end of 2006. To take advantage of the discount, users simply go to http://www.flatrate.com/ and click on “Special Rate Days,” or go directly to http://www.flatrate.com/nyc_movers/specialDatesList.asp. A list of “special rate dates” will appear, on which customers will receive a significant discount on the price of their overall move.

Flatrate’s fifteen years haven’t been without their share of challenges. Like many New York companies, it found much to overcome after the tragic events of September 11, 2001. When the terrorist attacks occurred, Flatrate’s headquarters was located on 100 Maiden Lane — just a couple of blocks from the World Trade Center, and in an area heavily impacted by the collapse of the towers. The entire area was closed and inaccessible for over a month after the tragedy, and even after reopening for business, Flatrate found itself, like many NYC movers, struggling for business in an atmosphere predominated by moves out of, not into, New York City. But the company persevered, and soon found itself on the track to success once again. One year ago, Flatrate moved to a new and larger location in SOHO — a prime location with easy access to customers in all five boroughs and beyond.

In June of 2006, the general public voted this same New York flagship location a prestigious Best of Citysearch (BOC) Award as “Best Mover 2006.” In addition, Citysearch reviewers and reporters also chose Flatrate as #1 in a separate editorial honor for the company.

A History of Community Involvement

Flatrate Moving offers a strong history of community involvement. In 2004, the company launched the “Furnish a Future” program, created in partnership with a nonprofit organization that helps the formerly homeless to get back on their feet, and utilizing unwanted or donated furnishings to help homeless or needy families find a new start in life. Also known as “Furnished Home,” with this program Flatrate has, to date, donated furniture, trucks and moving men — thousands of dollars and man-hours, helping to furnish the homes of formerly homeless families.

In this same spirit of lending a hand, Flatrate also donates two dollars per customer feedback entry received to their site, to the Cancer Recovery Foundation Project (CRF). This program provides an incentive to customers to keep in touch about their experiences while also helping to set the company apart from its competitors. Flatrate happily repays this kind of in-depth feedback by donating dollars to CRF for each valuable feedback entry. For more information, or to take part, please visit http://www.flatrate.com/nyc_movers/feedbacks.asp.

For more information on Flatrate Moving’s New York location and fifteen years in business, or for terrific tips for your upcoming move, please visit http://www.flatrate.com/. To view the company’s new and improved national website serving five locations nationwide, please visit http://www.flatratemoving.com/.

Source:http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/9/prweb440206.htm