A North Texas moving company has agreed to return all of a Colorado woman’s property as long as she forgoes the $1,200 deposit.

Cindy Manchi said she could not reach the owners of Longhorn Moving, which had portions of a load of antiques valued at $250,000. Manchi was given sole ownership of the antiques from a divorce settlement and she planned to sell them and use the money to cover costs associated with her cervical cancer.

“I have to sell it,” she said.

Manchi said movers arrived Thursday with two trucks that only fit two-thirds of her load. When movers came the next day with a third truck, they said they would consolidate the goods into two trucks on their own. But Manchi refused, as her contract stipulates that she is liable for any damage encountered when she is not present.

“I assured her we do this everyday,” said Longhorn Moving owner Kenneth Sewell.

Sewell said his employees had to move the goods on their own from one truck to another to ensure the vehicles met the legal weight limit on the road.

“She grossly underestimated her own material,” he said.

But Manchi requested Longhorn visit her warehouse in Prosper Tuesday to see, and analyze, what they would be moving. Sewell said he didn’t go to the viewing, but “one of the guys went by” and the weight of the items was difficult to gauge, as they were already packed into boxes. But Manchi maintains that the movers should have figured it out themselves.

“At this point,” Sewell said, “it’s a burden to both of us.”

Neither CBS 11 nor Manchi was able to reach Sewell Saturday. But Sunday, the Longhorn owner told Manchi the two would go their separate ways, as long as the moving company got to keep the $1,200 deposit.

Moving experts do advise individuals to watch as movers load their goods into trucks.

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