I know it has been a while since I moved (11/30/17) but with working, the holidays and having caught the popular flu going around, it delayed my writing this.
I'm just going to dive in. The movers were careful with my stuff, but, it ended up taking 10 hours to move a two-bedroom townhouse. Thew were so slow. They did not have to move any appliances from the house. And, it did not include moving the garage! And, in fact, I had moved all of the boxes to the downstairs, so it would be easier on them and not take so long. I am a single person with not a lot of money. I can say that I never want to see shrinkwrap again in my life. There was so much shrinkwarp on everything, that it took me days to get it all off. One of the movers put loose items in a wardrobe box for me. He wrapped it so tight that it broke one of my items. It was just a plastic hamper. But, when I let him know he had broken it, he said it would only take $5 to replace it. I told him that wasn't the point. He said he would go buy me a new one. Again, that was not the point. (he did not replace it, btw)
They also put a hole in the wall at my old place when they rounded the corner taking furniture down the stairs. A couple of items were broken when they were going down the ramp, and the boxes fell off of the dolly at my new place.
One of the movers, the same one that said it would only take $5 to replace the broken hamper, continually talked to me about $$. He asked how I was going to tip them. Was I going to give them cash? He also questioned me about double drive time. I told him I had already confirmed it with Paul that I would not be charged for it since I was less than the miles required and time required. He did not believe me and made me show him and forward him, the email that said I would not be charged for it!!!!
After many inquires about $$, I told the other movers to keep him away from me. After MANY hours of moving, he came to me again and said they were at about 2/3 they way and that the bill needed to be settled. He said he would charge me an estimated amount, and if they didn't go over that, he would have it refunded to me. I said NO WAY would I advance money to the company that I don't have. Again, I told him to stay away from me until the job was done.
It got to be so late that I just had them put the remaining items in the garage, but I was exhausted. They had arrived at my first location at 10am. I finally sent them home at 8pm.
Again, this was just a two-bedroom townhouse. They did not have to move any appliances from the house. And, it did not include moving the garage! (I didn't include the garage, because I needed to try and keep it affordable) I only had them get the refrigerator from my garage since I didn't have a way to move it myself.
It ended up costing me $1050 to move my small place. I am thinking they moved slow so they could charge me for the hours.
DO NOT use this company. read more