I hired Ankit S. to pick up a lamp at a store in Brooklyn and deliver it to me on the Upper West Side. He was very nice and easy to communicate with. My only complaint is that it took much longer than I had expected. However, we had agreed on a flat fee, and I had told him I was in no hurry, so maybe it was my own fault if he decided it was OK to do other things along the way, which is what I suspect he did.
It's true I was in no hurry, but I did get nervous as the hours stretched on, because so far he had no reviews on Yelp and I found myself hoping he had not absconded with my lamp. The good news is, he had given me his cell phone number and every time I called to check on his whereabouts he answered right away. He said there was lots of traffic and assured me he would get here eventually and not charge any more than we had agreed on.
Ankit delivered the lamp 4 1/2 hours after he had picked it up in Brooklyn, and I was very relieved to have it. As I said, he was extremely nice and polite, and I would recommend him. I would just suggest that if you are in a hurry you let him know that you need the job done in a certain time frame, and I am pretty sure he will make an effort to do that. read more