I wouldn't even give this company 1 star if I had the option to. I wish I was exaggerating with this review, but I have never in my life dealt with such a poor, unprofessional, unacceptable experience and I could not make this up if I tried! I wish I could get at least a portion of my money back for damage done to my belongings and major inconvenience during the scheduling of my furniture and boxes being delivered. My move was from Maryland to Colorado. I am an extremely polite, accommodating and reasonable person (too accommodating sometimes) and I feel that these men took complete advantage of me and disrespected my validity as a paying customer. I was told by Erick and his assistant mover that my belongings would arrive at my residence in Colorado 21 days from the time that they left Maryland and that they would contact me 5 days prior to schedule a time to deliver, unpack, and put together my furniture. I was contacted by Erick on a Sunday at 5:30pm that he would be delivering between 3-6pm the next day, Monday, or between 8-10am Tuesday, but he didn't know yet and he would let me know at 12pm the following day, Monday. He didn't give me a choice, it just depended on how much driving he wanted to complete in his own time frame. This was not anywhere close to what I was told upon scheduling prior to the move. I have a job with strict set hours, so I was not available during either of those times. I asked politely about a possible delivery on Wednesday. He said no. I jumped through hoops to get someone to cover my work shift on Tuesday morning. I gave clear instructions prior to the delivery that they should have had documentation of, and during the delivery on which boxes and furniture needed to go into my home and which items needed to go into my garage, a VERY short distance from my front entrance. The items were even labeled clearly. Erick and his assistant were both unwilling at first to take the items to my garage, but eventually agreed in a snarly, unprofessional manner. When I saw the brand new Hefty moving boxes that I bought for this move and other heavy-duty plastic moving boxes that I so carefully packed up with my items, my jaw dropped. They were damaged: bottoms cracked and broken, sides of the bins bent in, lids caved in, etc. Just destroyed and 100% unacceptable. On top of that, all 3 cardboard moving boxes that I packed for the move had huge gashes/holes in them. A few of my belongings were broken inside of the boxes. Most of my belongings were packed tightly and securely with bubble wrap by me that I, luckily, was able to salvage most things.
Prior to Erick and his assistant entering my home, I asked them to please be careful with my floors, as they are brand new. I believe that this should go without saying when a moving company is delivering belongings, as I know of tips and techniques that movers have used in a professional effort to not damage the homes they are working in. When Erick and his assistant moved boxes and my furniture into my brand new home, they did it with such tremendous carelessness that they scratched my brand new floors severely, and even put a gash in one of the floor panels. They pushed and slid the boxes and heavy items from my front entrance across the floor down the hallway into an unorganized pile in my living room without a moving blanket underneath, even after asking them to place certain items in other rooms. They carelessly unwrapped SOME of the furniture with the blankets and cushioning that they used to pack it up before placing it on the moving truck, but left some still wrapped, leaving it for me to take care of myself. When they were finished unwrapping the small portion of furniture that they did, they were quick to leave. It was agreed upon during the quote consultation that they would be putting together my metal bed frame (which was also scratched from them being careless), so I followed them out to ask about it. They said that they don't do that and that was never the agreement. I was extremely disappointed and still don't know if they were just being lazy or if I was told the wrong information upon booking this company. After they left, I noticed so much damage to my furniture that I have taken such great care of. My beautiful wooden kitchen table is now scratched and chipped in many places, as well as other side tables and my coffee table, my leather chair has a small gash in the leather that I can prove was not there before, etc.
I contacted the company about this shortly after the move, and I never heard back. Very poor, all around. I've attached a few photos of their damage to encourage customers to think twice before using Mid Atlantic Van Lines if you take pride in keeping good quality of your belongings. read more