I had a great experience with Royalty moves back in February where they helped me back a trailer…read more So, when I was coming back to NC, i texted him on the Monday before the move and asked if he was able to meet at 3pm on Sunday to help unload the truck. He said he could. We confirmed the time. He did not ask for a deposit. All good I thought. Sunday rolls around and I text him at 1pm asking him to confirm the move in at 3pm. Silence. Sunday at 3pm rolls around. He's nowhere to be seen. I call at 3:15pm. No Answer. I call at 4pm no answer. I've been ghosted with a truck full of boxes with no help available. He calls back at 4:30pm. He says he can't make it that he sent his crew out. he then says that he can't do today. Then, he says that we never confirmed (lie). Then he said I never sent a deposit (he didn't request). Then he said, "why do you need to be aggressive here?" Well, I'm angry because i've a truck full of boxes, no help, i need to get the truck back and I need to work the next day. End result - I unloaded the truck by myself. And, hence, this 1-star review.

Preface to this review. I had used Yelp to get quotes on a move from Durham to Wilmington I…read moreinitially had quotes ranging in price by thousands of dollars. So I clarified my requirements and offered FaceTime/Skype appointments to provide visibility to the move. Royalty upped its original quote of $800 to $1,000 then $1,200 and said that he wanted a chance to see the beach and that he just bought his truck and was wanting to utilize it as much as possible. I bought his line and wanted to hire him. ... he wasn't the cheapest but I bought his 5 kids and new truck story .... And it is all a story Tony Douglas is the owner of Royalty Moves if that is truly a viable entity. Tony is right no matter how wrong the situation is. Or how wrong he has done you!! I should have acknowledged that my $600 deposit was a lost cause when 3 days after me sending him the money ( 50% of the quoted job) , he wrote to say that he needed another truck and the job would now be $2,000- not the agreed $1,200. When I told him, that he lost the job, he told me that he had a " no cancellation policy" and would not return my deposit of $600. Tony said he was just trying to do "right by me" and that he needed a second truck. He agreed to physically come to my house, which he did and acknowledged that his 1 truck would be sufficient. With 3 weeks before the move, it looked like this initial hiccup had been resolved The day before the move, I texted Tony to make sure we were all set for 7:00 am the next morning. 3 hours later he texted me back -"all set, but do you have blankets?" Okay.... The story goes from bad to awful from here Tony says his truck broke down and his blankets were in the truck, but no worries, he'd rent the truck and blankets and we were still on for 7:00 am the next morning. A few more texts from me, explaining that we had a lot of dominoes in play on the move starting on time, and Tony reassuring me that he was all set. I also started to get the feeling that Tony's truck wasn't just broken down, but impounded. The next morning, we woke up at 5:00 am , checked my phone and read a text from Tony- sent at 10:04 Pm - "Can you guys grab the truck for me in the morning and we start the job at like 9 I'm having a problem reserving the truck it has my number flagged connected to another customer I think this is the quickest fix for me to get you to get the truck first thing in the morning and we get the job done ". When we didn't reply because we were sleeping, he wrote: "Let me know first thing so we can get it squared away I DO NOT NEED TO CANCEL THE JOB I JUST NEED FOR YOU TO PICK YHE TRUCK UP YOU RENT A TRUCK AND WE CAN START THE JOB AROUND 9:00?" I called Tony once I read the texts in the morning and the saga became a fiasco. We asked for our money back, he said he didn't have a cancellation policy and that he'd find a way to get a truck. He ignored my calls and texts for a few more hours. Said we were just too much of a problem and stress and that by afternoon he could send our deposit back possibly but that he didn't have a cancellation policy. We actually did rent a truck from uhaul but Tony had been blacklisted and he couldn't be a registered driver on the truck So we said we couldn't proceed and he said -" so you're cancelling? " Tony told me I was bad blood and a nasty person and he had done everything possible to make the situation work. Tony is delusional in his perspective on reality. Beware of him It has taken me a few weeks post this encounter to calmly write this review. He was exhaustingly warped in his spin of reality. I highly recommend that YELP eliminate this company from future bids on move projects. He is not professional, nor courteous , and most importantly in a mover- he is not Reliable Do not use this company and I apologize for anyone who has been burnt by him in the 3 weeks that have past since our nightmare with him