Is it normal to pay a friend $100 for helping with two days of moving?

It all depends on how good a friend this person is.

Would they be willing to help you move again? There answer tells you how they feel about it.

Unless they are really very good friends... methinks $100 these days for 2 days of moving is rather cheap on your part.

As for everyone saying beer and pizza. Your best friends will do that; and they expect you to help them on the same basis (would you?). I've rarely found people willing to show up a 2nd time on that deal (even if I've spent 10-20 days at their house helping them renovate - they seem to feel that helping me 1 day equals the scales).

I have a big vehicle. I will help my friends move in they ask me to, but it is a massive imposition. Moving is shit, nobody wants to do it. It usually takes up the entire weekend that I could be spending with my children. I don't get much free time.

$100 probably covered the fuel for such a big vehicle and a little bit extra for the trouble of this person spending 2 whole days moving somebody else's stuff.

Have you ever had to hire professional movers? If you ever do you will look back on this and cringe at how surprised you were that your boyfriend paid your friend a measly $100 For doing this.

Think of it in terms of how much it would have cost you to hire a mover...and how much time and effort your friend put in to help you when he could have left you and your boyfriend to do it on your own.

If its somebody you're friends with beer and pizza is a normal pay arrangement

For two days of work and fuel expenses for his vehicle, 100 bucks isn't much.

Some people say it's too much money, cause it's a friend, but so what?! It's his time, his vehicle and probably one whole weekend, without the chance to unwind. Friends are not slaves that can carry and move your shit, just cause you are friends. Even if it's a best friend, you gotta thank him for his help properly.

Be thankful your boyfriend's mate helped. If you had to resort to a moving company, it would have cost a helluva lot more than 100 dollars.

I've helped 2 of my friends move and provided the transport (the dealership van - extra long Sprinter) and both of my friends paid me 50 and 60 Euro. 20 bucks alone went for fuel... full size, V6 vans don't run on hopes and dreams XD

Both times moving took about 6 hours, cause they already had most stuff ready to go and not much heavy furniture. They were also smart enough to take apart large furniture so it's easier to move.

His friend, his money, his decision. If it was paid out of joint money he should've discussed it with you first.

He sounds generous and you sound miserly: what would it have cost to employ a professional mover for 2 days? Ring up a few companies and I'm sure you'll find it would've been much more than $100, so actually your boyfriend came out of ahead.

100bisnt bad. Hell of akot bettrr than pizza. Man this shits annoying. At least buy me some KFC.

I dunno, my mom always slips a little extra for helping even if it's family. $100 doesn't seem like too much.

Overall I can see I was being a bit of a Scrooge. I think my brain just couldn't process it was only $100 for moving and the other $200 was for the tv. It's a giant tv too, it was well over $1000 brand new. Overall I'm grateful to have a friend who would help us out that way.

It would of cost more if you hired a mover so , just be happy he was willing to help you all out and he had a truck .

Of course a lot of people who want help moving usually don't have everything packed up and ready to just go. No, normally there is crap everywhere just kind of laying around.

If the person moving already has everything packed, cleaned up, etc, it shouldn't take two full days just to move.

$100 for two days of grueling work like moving house is next to nothing.

If it took two days its not alot. He could have potentially missed 2 days of work where he probably would make atleast 300+ (before taxes)in those 2 days.