Wow! I understand my initial review would garner a response but a pack of lies from the owner? I didn't expect that. Or maybe I should. My review couldn't be good for business but that's what Yelp is for. To provide feedback to the public on YOUR experience with a business or service. I'm a war veteran, public servant, and a respected member of the community. I have absolutely no reason to lie about my experience and in this case, it's the absolute truth. I'll respond to your rebuttal by paragraph.
1. An in-home estimate was never offered to me. I was advised to use the moving estimator by one of your reps because they didn't have personnel available to provide an in-home estimates at that time. So that's what I did.
2. I concur, my previous residence was a 2 bedroom apartment. Fully-furnished? NO! You're lying about my estimate. Why would I tell you I "only" had a dining room set to move, when you've already acknowledged your people came (1.5 hours late) to begin my scheduled move with two guys...only to move a dining room set in a 17' truck? The second bedroom was an office with a chair, desk, a couple of empty bookcases, boxes I packed, and a collapsed treadmill. As for the small, round, dining table that sits four people, what difference does it make if the tabletop is glass? It's a simple task to wrap it in a cloth cover and be on your way. I won't even rebuff the rest of this dribble in paragraph two. You contradict yourself during the entire paragraph.
3. I was not advised about trucks being weighed or whatever. So, I'll just have to take your word for it.
4. Another blatant lie. I left before your men had broken down my bed to buy them lunch and water and to get more cash to pay your reps at the end of the move, as directed. By the time I got back, the bed was fully disassembled and on the damn truck. None of your men advised me and never showed me pics of my broken bed boxspring. That is a lie! If your man provided me proof of the broken bed, ask him to provide me a copy of this/these pictures because I never saw it/them. Hell, you have the capability to provide the picture in this forum. Why didn't you?
5. I said...I labeled 90% of my boxes and instructed your men to put the unlabeled boxes in the living room, which for the most part they did. Thank God nothing happened to the rest of my boxed items during the move. If I'd been notified prior to the move, that you wouldn't cover items I packaged in boxes because of your insurance stipulation, I would have been screwed if there was a mishap. Since I personally boxed upwards of (according to you) 150 boxes, I would have to be a complete idiot to box all my stuff knowing it wouldn't be insured during the transit. It's simple. I wasn't informed about that stipulation. Period.
6. Your rep told me over the phone that this was a cash move prior to the move. Your rep asked me at the end of the transaction, how I would like to pay for the move. Your own manifest has a box at the bottom for inputting credit card information. No one informed me specifically that LONG DISTANCE moves are cash only! The time it takes for your business to pack and move a truck is literally irrelevant to me. This is part of YOUR business model. You estimate, I pay. Get it together.
7. I had to ask your rep to reassemble my bed as they were heading to the trucks after receiving my tip, once the last item was placed. Your rep, said we will take care of it. Four men were called back from the truck, they went up to my bedroom to assemble and set my bed in place. Afterwards, no one mentioned a walkthrough, no one mentioned a broken bed, they did a cleanup outside my residence, and left. That's exactly what happened.
My experience with your company for this move was not all terrible. I believe I mentioned that previously. These guys worked their butts off in July heat to complete my move successfully. They were courteous and respectful and so was I. The issue here is a few things went wrong with MY move. If I don't advise you (and a public) about what went wrong with my move, then you can't fix it, and the public won't be deceived by a bunch of positive remarks. This is the cost of doing business. I can't give you a 4 or 5 star rating when my $1800.00 bed is broken and no one told me AND I'm still carrying LABELED boxes up and down stairs after the move is complete. Now that your rebuttal includes these lies, I would never give you a higher rating or my recommendation because this means I can't trust you or your company. My recommendation for you simple. Work on your customer interaction and move preparation package BEFORE the move. Set up a walkthrough prior to move execution. If you don't have the staff to do it, contract a service. read more