UPDATE: In order to respond to owner's claims, it is important to let new and potential customers know how accurate my review is......because this could be you in the future.
To start off with, customer service shows when owner decides to counterattack an accurate review and insinuate that the customer is lying. As someone who has worked in customer service in the past, what ever happened to "the customer is always right"? I'm not looking for a refund, or anything of the sort from Michael's Movers. A simple apology for damaging furniture and wood floor of new place would've been good enough.
To begin with, when asked by Michael's Movers over the phone what size the move would be, it was clearly stated that it was for a 2-bedroom apartment. We listed in detail the items being moved, which included a washer and dryer, which we ended up selling before the move, so that reduced the number of large items. Due to staging of our condo to sell, we had most of our items moved months before from condo to storage and understood that the move would be double that of a normal move. This, and this only, was the reason for the tip, knowing it would take 2 movers a longer than usual time. Let me emphasize.....the amount of time it took to move our things from 2 different spots was NEVER an issue. So not sure why the owner is making a bigger deal of this.
As far as wrapping our furniture by movers, this was NEVER OFFERED!! Not sure if the 2 movers wanted to rush, but it was never offered. Tables, bookshelves, writing desks and televisions were not wrapped and I was never asked.
As far as wanting to upload recordings of phone calls on Yelp, I wish we could do that, because it would prove that owner never made me aware that I had supposedly rejected wrapping of furniture. I was present when he was put on speaker phone by his employee, and the wrapping of furniture was never even mentioned to them either, so how on earth would owner know that furniture was not wrapped before charging if he was not even there, or asked his employees of it?? Did I go over the documents I signed with a fine tooth comb? No I didn't, but this review is to give any potential customers a heads up to pay closer attention. Regrets, regrets, regrets.
PREVIOUS REVIEW: Found these guys on Groupon for our move from storage, current home, then to new home. Contacted them for quote, which seemed pretty reasonable, considering they stated that Groupon deal was applied, so no need in purchasing the voucher.
We had 3 hours to move, which ended up being 5 hours altogether. I would've given them 5 stars had it not been for them really jamming all of our furniture into their truck as much as they could, damaging our furniture in the process.
They never wrapped our furniture in plastic and blankets as it was portrayed on the Groupon reviews. I wish my spouse and I would've checked our furniture when it was unloaded, but with it being a moving day, and having to tend to other things in the process, we didn't feel a need as we felt confident that they took care of our things. They made me sign about 5 documents in the beginning, indicating that they were not responsible for damages made to owner's belongings so I didn't bother taking it up with the owner. We ended up getting rid of our dining room table that had substantial chipping and scratching due to move....unfortunately, didn't photograph it before getting rid of it.
Buyers remorse for sure, as we ended up tipping each of the guys $100 after all was said and done, because we felt guilty going over a couple of hours. Sucker, you say? Yeah, I feel it now. Regrets, regrets, regrets! read more