After a quote of $856 for 4 hours, 3 men, and truck, I decided to hire McKendree.
Initially, my move was scheduled for Tuesday, 6/23/2015 in the a.m.; however, my settlement did not occur until Tuesday, 6/23/2015 @ 2pm. I talked to Joan, an employee of McKendree Moving & Storage, (McKendree), and she told me to let her know ASAP of when settlement is. Once I did, Joan said they could move me on the same day as settlement, June 23, 2015. The movers were supposed to arrive between 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. but they did not arrive until 2:00 p.m.
On Tuesday, June 23, 2015, McKendree Moving and Storage, ("McKendree"), moved my furniture from my apartment to my house.
Below, are the following problems encountered:
The movers:
* Put a hole in my bedroom wall.
* Did not put up my dresser mirror.
* Left their wrappings/coverings in one of the bedrooms.
* When they brought in my living room furniture, they left the plastic wrapping and placed them in a position where you cannot sit on them.
* My living room chair is missing the 4 legs.
* They claim they could not bring up my queen box spring. They spent about 30-45 minutes trying.
* They did not even try to bring up my daughter's queen box spring.
o (Once they left, my daughters brought up BOTH box springs in under 10 minutes.)
* The movers did not come prepared. We waited approximately 3 hours waiting for another mover to bring the proper tools to dissemble our beds.
* My daughter's bed was broken.
* Missing a box of clothes?
During the move, it started raining, thundering, and lightning. One of the movers came into the house and said he does not move during lightning storms and proceeded to sit in the truck. After a while, my daughters went onto the truck to start moving the furniture because it was getting very late.
After the move, the same mover charged me $1600 for working from 2pm to 10pm. I told the guy that I was not paying anything until I talked to Joan. He was very adamant about me signing the form, which I refused to do. When I explained why I was not going to sign, he kept saying "That's not my job; that's not my fault." He refused to leave...
The next morning, I spoke to Joan, who began defending the movers. After a while, I told her the problems I encountered with the movers. She said that the matter needed to go to the next level.
Later that morning, the owner called and once again, started defending his workers "and" that with them moving me at the last minute, they did me a favor. The owner also said that he was willing to knock off 1 1/2 hours of time from my invoice.
I told the owner that I am not paying for anything above 3 1/2 - 4 hours worth of work. He was very quiet. He stated that without them, we probably would not have been moved because of the 4th of July. I explained to the owner that it does not matter if they squeezed me in or if he "thought" his company was doing me a favor, it did not excuse the poor quality of work. We kept going back and forth and I told him that I am more than prepared to take this matte further (I had taken pictures). He told me to go ahead...
After a while, the owner and I finally agreed of a price of $825. The owner also said that he obviously handled the matter poorly, which I told him he did.
After the call, my daughter said that one of the movers told her to call me and let me know they accept tips. I immediately called the owner and told him, who dropped the price down to $795. He said the worker who said that would be fired.
I went ahead and paid because they company did provide a service, so I felt they should have received something.
Today, 7/3/2015, I am still unpacking and finding things the movers failed to do. Although I have sent them an email, (through their online form), requesting them to show me how to file a claim, they have not responded. read more