Local movers to Chargers: We won’t move you

A number of San Diego moving companies are banding together to express their displeasure with the Chargers’ decision to relocate to Los Angeles by using — or not using, rather — the only method at their immediate disposal: moving vans and trucks.

Friday, a dozen local movers publicly pledged on the website WeWontMoveYouChargers.com not to lend a hand should the team call on them for relocation assistance.

Their vow, as listed on the website, reads, “We decree, henceforth, that we shall unite as a perfect union of professional movers in agreeance to not aid the San Diego Chargers to move to Los Angeles.”

The we-won’t-move-you website and campaign was started late Thursday by Oceanside startup HireAHelper in a Hail Mary attempt to prevent the team from leaving town.

“They can’t move to LA without a mover. So what if all the movers in San Diego refused them? That was the idea behind it,” said Ryan Charles, vice president of marketing at HireAHelper, an online marketplace that lets consumers hire movers by the hour to help with their truck loading and unloading needs.

The startup has been cold-calling its competition to secure their commitment in not moving the Chargers. As of Friday afternoon, a variety of small to mid-size movers, such as Move Central, Gorilla Movers and Titan Movers, had all publicly pledged not to move the team to Los Angeles.

Still, like other outbursts from disgruntled fans, this initiative is unlikely to have an impact on the team’s decision, which is not lost on the company behind the campaign nor those participating.

“We just wanted to show one last bit of loyalty to the San Diego Chargers before it’s really the Los Angeles Chargers,” Charles said.

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