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Hi @JohnC_ISM
Sorry, but your screenshots don't offer anything meaningful. I believe you when you say you're having issues, it's just those screenshots do not adequately illustrate where the 'movement' is occurring.
I'm sure you can see, and know, bad results happening, but the forum can't, so you'll need to upload better screenshots (or make a video). Help the forum so the forum can help you.
Chicagolooper
A lot of things can cause sucht a surprising behavior. To avoid a lot of guessing, post your file please.
Jürgen Palme
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@JohnC_ISM wrote:
You seem to be the only one having the issue.
No, he's not alone. Me too. I also do not understand what you are doing and what happens then.
One of a lot of other possibilities to record your screen:
https://ocam.en.softonic.com/download
One of my thoughts to your problem: Do you have (perhaps unwanted?) 3D objects and not in plan view?
But that is only a guessing - without seeing your file hard to say.
If you don't want to share (at least a part of) your file and also can not show us a video, would you please show us a copy of your text window (if possible with added notes what you do) so we can (perhaps) see more clearly what is going on.
Jürgen Palme
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<<i thought the screenshots were pretty self explanatory…>>
Yes, they are excellent screenshots for YOU, but not so good for others who YOU go to for advice.
If your copied objects don’t end up where you want, try turning OFF osnap in the middle of your copy-and-paste operation. You may have osnap ON when you copy, but before you paste, turn osnap OFF (F3 key).
Chicagolooper
@JohnC_ISM wrote:
i thought the screenshots were pretty self explanatory. ....
I didn't get what you were talking about at first, either. Studying the images further:
In the images, I assume one side of the heavy red mid-line is "right" and the other is "wrong," though it's not identified which is which. I think it's the right side in ex2, because of the boxed-in bits that are apparently pointing out what I assume must be the "wrong" result. There is a difference in Y-axis-direction position between certain things in one side vs. the other.
In ex1, I assume the purplish-brownish line at upper left is a constant, and gives something to compare the position of the big M in the text to, to see the difference. But if the right side is "wrong," it's higher, rather than lower as described, so maybe it's the left side that's "wrong." And in the left side, what looks like a drag line is visible at the top, apparently in mid-command, so what can it tell us?
In ex2, if the boxed-in bits in the right side are "wrong," there's a very much smaller Y-coordinate difference from the left side [but there is a difference] than the difference in ex1.
But if my interpretation of what the images are meant to show is correct, we're still missing the more crucial parts that even a drawing file might not answer. We can't tell what you gave it as start and end points for the Move displacement, what your Osnap setting was [if any], what Coordinate System and/or view direction you're in, etc. That's why a video might be the most helpful thing, preferably including the UCS icon and enough of the Command line to see what commands/options you're using.
Kent Cooper, AIA 
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