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    Ben the Mover Guy

    3.6 (48 reviews)
    Open 7:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    Aimy T.

    Had to move unexpectedly and my neighbor recommended Ben the Mover. I'd seen his signs around so I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask for a quote. Other movers had quoted me $800+ for a studio apartment and Ben did my 1 bedroom for under $500. The rundown of my experience: - Had to postpone 2 days but honestly it worked out better for me. Be flexible if you can! - Available at his personal cell # every day - Anything that didn't fit in a box was moved in crates that he brought - Booked me for 11am-2pm arrival and arrived by 11:10am - Move completed in 2 hours - Nothing broken and multiple IKEA pieces made it unscathed - He takes Venmo Overall I had a positive experience that was high quality at a reasonable cost. Thanks to Ben and his crew!! PS: my neighbor moved the week before me and also had a positive experience!

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    This company is honestly a joke. I hired Ben years ago and he broke my bed frame putting it together incorrectly and forcing the pieces into the wrong places, which was very clear to see it was wrong. Fast forward to two weeks ago, my mother hired him again, even though I warned he wasn't great. His guys are super nice and we didn't have any issues with them, but Ben texted the morning of, pushing back the time because he wanted to "have his guys run an errands." My mom is super nice and what other choice did she have. Now after the move and unpacking, we noticed there is a large box missing with all of her dishes and hundreds of dollars worth of vintage houseware. My mom texted him inquiring about her missing property, with no response. She tried again and still got no response. I then was asked to handle the situation by my mom, so I texted asking nicely that he'd return our texts and said it was unacceptable to completely ignore us. The response we got was completely bizarre. Said he wouldn't be doing anything about our missing property because I was "mean." Like honestly the weirdest and most unprofessional business owner I have ever dealt with. Absolutely do not recommend his company, and wish my mom would have listened to me and read his other crappy reviews. Not even sure how he's still in business. Also side note, I am going through a process of filing my a claim against his business and I'm starting to believe he's operating under false information, and he's not actually licensed or insured. Posting screenshots of proof, since his responses to bad reviews are kind of insane. Sorry they are out of order but I numbered them correctly.

    Stearns M.

    I'm going to include all the correspondence from my experience with Ben the Mover Guy here. Read for yourself, and take note of the response times. Great things: - All communication was through text - The guys were super nice the day of, albeit inadequately trained and careless Not so great things: - Ben was very slow to respond most of the time. - He texted the night before (!) to ask if we'd be able to reschedule to the next day (Tuesday) due to "personnel issues" - good thing we had an extra day we could stay in our old place. - These guys are not equipped or trained to move pianos. They damaged mine trying to wedge it in the front door. No padding. If they had tipped it on its side (as I recommended and as any piano mover would). No responses so far to my texts (our move was August 30th). - The guys, while very nice, completely disregarded "fragile"and "very fragile" labels on boxes. We watched them carry those boxes on the BOTTOM of stacks of boxes of books and other heavy items. - I selected the Silver package: "Furniture is padded with tape prior to being moved." They wrapped nothing. As a result, almost everything is scuffed in some way and our mattresses were filthy. What mover doesn't wrap up a mattress? - All of the advertising for Ben the Mover Guy says "licensed and insured." I could overlook all of this other stuff if the guy would just even respond about the damage done to the piano and other items. Isn't that what insurance is for, when you damage people's stuff? Even if he's not willing to take responsibility for the damages, to not even respond about it isn't just unprofessional. It's unconscionable, and cowardly. And mean. Do not use this company. I will tell everyone I know. Moving is stressful enough - don't let these amateurs make it worse for you. Don't use them. PS - As I was picking a mover, Ben had some great reviews and some bad ones. That bad ones sounded like maybe they had never hired movers before, or they weren't prepared, We did everything right. Everything was packed, labeled, and ready to go when they got there. The guys even complimented and thanked us for being so ready, more than once. I'm adding this because in Ben's responses to reviews that are less than 5 stars, the majority of the time I see a reply from him turning the blame back on the other person. If you've seen his Instagram you've seen the "We are a 5-star business! Yelp just buries the good reviews!" I guess I only have myself to blame that I fell for it. Next time I'll hire professionals.

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    Initially I was very satisfied with the crew and their customer service; however when I discovered the crew had left my daughters entire room at the old house along with my lamp, clothes rack, and mannequin I was floored!!! How do you leave behind an entire room? Lastly, I contacted the owner numerous times and no response. So I had to hire ANOTHER moving company to retrieve the items left behind. If the owner would have responded, taken accountability, and set up a time date to retrieve the items and deliver to us this review would be totally different. I'm flabbergasted.

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    Lisa T.

    The worst movers ever. He called the night before my move to change his arrival time from late morning to early in the morning. I reluctantly agreed. They packed up my house okay and we were set to leave after about 11 am. We arrived to my new location and started the unpacking. Only the helper was moving items into my new place, Ben never left the truck. Long story short after damaging many items, and several that can never be replaced, Ben made a false stated about me threatening his employee and he refused to finish the move. He dumped the rest of my items on the parking lot and had the nerve to demand full payment of more than $1,000.00 for this horrible experience. WORST MOVING COMPANY IN PA!!!!

    The table looked like this 2 nigh    The table before they came.

    Catastrophic destruction and failure to listen to directions and shocking aggressive and bullying to senior disabled female. Hired to pack one day and move the next they blamed me Do not let these people near your family or your belongings. This catastrophe cost 2400 dollars. The load was ridiculously small Specified as needing extremely gentle handling I've added photos of a table is worked on for weeks These guys were more like a terrorist attack than service professionals.

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    Asked if he could come early and I agreed. He never showed up. Not dependable. Excuses

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    Thank you Tara! It was a pleasure helping you! :D

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    Thanks for the word Matt!

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    Ben is "the man".. Solid as they come.. Don't look any further.

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