I have moved interstate with Armbruster several times over the years. Every move was as stress free as you could ask. I recently started using yelp to decide on where to go around town and what not so, I'm just getting hip to relying on the reviews. I had to move again about 2 months ago and decided to see how they faired on the yelp. I was surprised to find a terrible review on the company that has helped me throughout my most stressful times. Intrigued and worried that something may have happened to my favorite moving company; ie, change in management, I had to ask about this post. At the end of my in home survey, I decided I would ask my sales rep about the move below. He would not elaborate on any details at first. After pleading with the sales rep and promising that I wouldn't do anything like post on yelp to defend their name, he finally broke down and explained the situation. Might I add, I have never seen someone so professionally defend themselves, all the while be appreciative of a customer's business who has talked so bad about it. There are always two sides to every story and Armbruster was too professional to come forward and say anything and let their HQ reply. I, however, will not stand idly by and let this customer who did not get their way talk bad about a pristine company, at least in my eyes.
As most people who have moved professionally before know, they give binding estimates in order to give customers peace of mind that they will not be charged more than they agreed upon. If I asked Armbruster to do a service, then I go ahead and do that service, I am not going to expect money back unless I had talked to my sales rep first and signed new documents. Apparently the case below asked for an extra stop at their destination city, which means they deliver some of the customer's items to another location. The cost of this service is usually spelled out at the end of the paper work necessary to sign when booking your move. The customer then decided not to use the extra stop, tipped the so called "unprofessional" driver that delivered, what they thought was half the money the customer thought they would be receiving back. The sales rep wouldn't say how much the tip was, but said it was triple digits. I personally have never tipped ANYONE over $100 for a service that was sooo bad that I wanted to write a nasty review like that. So anyway, they just assumed that money would be taken off of their move. Once the move was complete, the customer asked for money back for not utilizing the service. Armbruster being the customer service award winners they are offered their customer the cost of the extra stop back, even though they legally did not need to. For anyone who hasn't moved before or had an extra stop, they don't cost much at all and its a great and frugal option to use if needed(I ask for one every move). The customer apparently was not happy with their offer and decided to go to court with Mayflower. Apparently they ended up settling for the amount requested by the customer.
I hope this helps other yelpers and can save some face for a company that doesn't deserve the nasty remarks. You can't please everyone I guess. Don't let the review below eliminate them from your list of potential movers and I wouldn't worry about a thing when trusting Armbruster with mine or your belongings. They have great, friendly, experience, professional staff both in the office and in the trucks. I wish them the best and urge you to move with them, that is to say if you want a stress free move. read more