I've used them more than once and there's some good and a bit of bad when it comes to using movers at this price. Each time I moved, I needed a quick, cheap 1 br deal...nothing too serious. Usually it's between these guys or someone that will charge me much much more to move a one bedroom apartment, so I chose Henry's Moving Company.
My main issue is with the owner. Each time we moved, there seemed to be a miscommunication between him, us, and his movers.
On our most recent move, our movers showed up without a simple wrench to take apart our bed. It wasn't a big deal. Ours was already packed up somewhere in a slew of boxes that were already in the truck. Since a home depot was nearby, my boyfriend (who facilitated the move while I was at work), went to the Home depot to purchase a wrench, which would've been quicker than trying to find ours.
The moment I found out this happened, I spoke to Henry about it. I called him and told him that apparently his movers showed up without a wrench and that my boyfriend was going to buy one quickly for them to use. I estimated that this would put us off by about half an hour and I asked if we could simply pay for the additional half hour due to the fact that his movers came without tools. He agreed and said that in light of the entire situation, he would be able to allow us to only pay for the half hour we used.
When the move was finished, exactly 30 minutes over the 2 hour minimum as I had expected, the movers said that Henry told them to charge for the full hour. I called him about it and he claims I, "simply asked him a question" and somehow that means that he doesn't have stick to his word. After I made it clear that I wasn't buying that, he then said that the bed required a "special tool" that the movers didn't have. 1-they didn't have ANY tools and 2-a simple wrench is not a special tool. Again, I made those points clear and he said he would call me back.
Apparently, Henry communicated none of this to his movers, because shortly thereafter, they went to my boyfriend asking what's going on. My boyfriend put Henry on the phone and Henry proceeded to tell my boyfriend that I called and that he "doesn't make agreements with nobody." Again, my boyfriend stood by his guns and Henry, a true con to the end, claimed that he would "knock 20 bucks off the full 3 hours price" which is only a little more than what we would have paid for 2.5 hours, so we just gave them that amount and they left.
Unfortunately, the movers were very unhappy with that arrangement. One of the movers showed my boyfriend a text message from Henry stating to them that this would be a minimum 3 hour move. Henry's e-mail to me said that there would be a 2 hour minimum. The movers were expecting to paid a 3 hour minimum to move, based on what Henry told them. I have the confirmation e-mail proving that the minimum was 2 hours, not 3. I felt so bad that the movers were not being paid what they expected, but not bad enough to make up for Henry's lies.
Also, in true cowardice, Henry never called me back. read more