DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY!! READ THIS!!!
On July 7, 2020 I contracted with AAA Family Move to move me from my home in Kansas to my new home in Georgia. I had accepted a job as the Fire Chief and hired this firm to move my items. On July 7, I paid a deposit of $1,500.00.
The company picked up my items in Kansas on July 25th (suppose to be the 26th, showed up a day early.) I paid $1,751.25 upon pickup. I was required to pay with a money order. They claim they then stored them in their warehouse and everything was to be delivered in Georgia August 5th. They did not show up that day nor for several days thereafter. I made numerous calls and emails and did not hear from them. They were not answering or returning my calls or emails. I finally connected with them on August 5th and was told it could be up to 21 days before delivery; but maybe by the weekend of the 8th-9th they would have my stuff to me. They never mentioned anything else to me. (Keep reading....)
Later that same day, on 8/5, I received a call and text from my new Fire Department secretary in Georgia indicating that a woman from Missouri had contacted her and was indicating she had pictures of some of my things (fire helmets, badges, etc...attached) all over the floor of a warehouse. AAA Family Movers did not tell me any of this when I had called. I connected with this woman who texted me several photos of many of my items sprawled out over the floor of her warehouse. I then attempted to get a hold of the moving company.
I finally got a hold of them telling them I was contacted and shown pictures of my things that were stolen and they admitted they knew about it a few days earlier (but did not contact me at that time, or tell me when I called) and that there is a police report filed with PD, officer Rudy. They told me they think 90% of my stuff is still there and will go over to the warehouse and send me an inventory list (never received).
For several days, I waited for the company to get back to me about what they were going to do about my items and where the balance of my items were. When I called the lady back the next day who contacted me from the warehouse, she indicated that someone had come back and took the majority of the items that were there but left a few behind. Again, I waited for the movers to contact me about the inventory they were collecting.
After numerous texts, I finally got a hold of Sam Kosukhin (the individual whom I had been dealing with over the phone after the initial contract was signed with Steve Wright.
I never did receive an inventory list of the items. On August 11th, the movers showed up with the balance of my items. Approximately 60% of the stuff that was loaded onto the truck never made it to my home. Many of the items I did receive were damaged. Many of the boxes I had packed had been obviously opened and repacked with items from other boxes. Thieves do not do this, they just take what they want. A lot of my furniture came up missing along with 19 boxes (as indicated by the company). I noted the police report number on the document they made me sign indicating what I had received and was forced to pay the balance of the contracted amount ($1,886.25) in cash to receive those items.
I was told to file a claim with the company and Sam sent me the filing information. As indicated above, Sam indicated that they would take care of this and he felt horrible about it. I took a number of days to compile the list of items I had lost. It was a significant undertaking trying to remember what I had packed compared to what was received. Many items were of a personal nature and could not be replaced - badges from my entire fire service, fire helmets I had collected over the years, and personal photos of my children. I filled out the information and returned it as requested. I then was contacted by CSI - the third-party insurance broker - who indicated they would manage my claim.
After completing the arduous task of filing the claim (identifying item by item it's value and how long I had it - leading to hundreds of lines of claim) along with providing information on the police report provided by the moving company, I submitted Claim ID X on October 22, 2020.
On January 4, 2021 I received notification from CSI that my claim had been denied indicated that I did not acknowledge that any of my items were missing or stolen on the documents I signed when the items were delivered. I put the police report number on the documents they provided when I received the items. In addition, they indicated on these forms the items that were not delivered. I immediately filed an appeal with CSI who claims they now have up to 45 days to review my dispute.
The total value of items lost in my move was over $39k. The contracted amount for the move was $5,132.50. The contract indicates that they valued the items at $0.60 per pound as I apparently waived my right to full replacement. I have received $0.00 from CSI or AAA Family Move.
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