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Story time from the beginning, requesting the quote was fast and easy. Eddie called my phone and gave me cool tips to leave stuff in my furniture with drawers so I can utilize that space.
He was super nice and answered all my questions. He told me boxes for the TV's I had were free of charge, told me about brokers and how they aren't like that. He then wanted a scope inventory to give me a better quote (original quote was $1300), after I told him how much crap I had he then increased the quote to $2300. Eddie billed me via paypal for the deposit which he said a deposit of $200 was fine. I didn't pay the invoice immediately because I was still considering it, but Eddie called me several times leaving several messages asking me to pay it so I can lock in that rate. I paid the deposit, and he never called or answered my calls ever again after that.
The day of pickup. The guys that showed up were awesome, but they were in a rented budget van. English wasn't their first language so it was little hard understanding them, but they were fast, energetic and were really friendly. When they had arrived, they told me I had a lot of stuff, and the sqft of what I'm going to take up on the truck was doubling from the quote. They boxed up my tv's, and wrapped my furniture in moving boxes. When everything was loaded on the truck, the bossman went over the paperwork and inventory with me. He then showed me the price sheet which broken down was, $4000 for the space on the truck, and $1000 for labor and materials (Eddie lied about the materials being free of charge), and extra two flights of stairs fee (that Eddie failed to add to the quote) and asked for tip.
I didn't have a delivery address for them, so they said they'd store my stuff and I had to contact them as soon as I knew because it can take anywhere between 1-14 days to deliver. I contacted them a week before my official move in day and they wouldn't speak to me until I paid the extra charges that accumulated from the day of the move. After I paid, I requested that my belongings be delivered my first official moving day (a Wednesday), they told me they would do their best to accommodate me and reassured me that my stuff was getting loaded on a truck on a Monday and that it would take anywhere between 1-4 days. I contacted the new driver and he told me he can get it to me on that Wednesday.
That Wednesday. I called the driver and asked approximately what time I should expect him. He told me he didn't have my stuff, that another driver did, and he gave me this other drivers info and hung up on me. I called this other driver and he told me they were loading up my stuff in his truck which was still at the original destination (830+ miles south). I was furious, I called the headquarters, the woman who I had been in contact with (since Eddie dropped off the face of the planet) was clueless as to what was happening. Her boss called me back saying that my stuff was getting loaded today, and it would be the first one dropped off so it would be 2 more days before it would get to me.
On Thursday I called the driver to get an estimate time for when he'd show up, he said around noon time, and he'd call me before hand to let me know he was approaching soon. That Friday the driver calls me and tells me he is stuck half way through the destination and can't get to me that Friday, but will arrive at first thing Saturday.
That Saturday, he shows up with a generic truck, with a different DOT license and is EXTREMELY RUDE. He had one person with him to help him move all my crap. He told me that more movers are on their way. He also rudely asked me to pay upfront, and I said why, when my stuff got picked up I paid after. He told me when I go to mcdonalds I have to pay first. Yeah well I don't like mcdonalds, and restaurants serve you first, before paying, but after arguing for a few minutes, I gave up and paid. The help that showed up after was nice and friendly, but unprofessional and had no tools to put my furniture together. My furniture came damaged and when I spoke to the driver he said he saw it was already like that. I didn't want to argue anymore with this jerk, but he wasn't there when my stuff got picked up so how can he argue that?
Pros:
- Awesome accurate inventory
Cons:
- Cost was $5000+, quote was $1300
- Moving representative lied to me about moving tips, gave me a super inaccurate quote and never returned my calls
- They hired unprofessional people and rude drivers
- Office is clueless as to what is actually happening to your belongings
- Held my stuff hostage until I paid the extra fees
- Operates like brokers
- Damaged $1300 worth of furniture
- Didn't put together all the furniture they took apart
- They were late and can't keep up with their own words
- Boxes came ripped, crushed and most was in poor condition