I have no clue how Mike's Moving has been voted "Best of Tallahassee" in the past. Our move from Tallahassee to Athens, GA was the worst experience we have ever had with a move. We have used both local and national movers in the past (Mayflower and Dale's Pack and Load) for full service moves and have had wonderful experiences. Mike's Moving is a joke.
The movers were not only significantly late each of the three days of our move, but they did not contact to let us know they were going to be late. They were unprofessional, disorganized, and treated us and our things with no respect. They did not have any of the proper packing materials when they showed up the first day and even the second day to pack, and wasted enormous amounts of time trying to get the proper material. We paid for a full service move (pack, load, drive, unload) and on day two of the packing the one guy said "she'll finish packing the kitchen" (referring to me) while he directed his men to pack a different room. Didn't ask me, just said "she'll do it." Incredibly disrespectful.
The "packers" at Mike's Moving have zero training in how to pack and we had to constantly monitor them. The packers did a TERRIBLE job of packing our breakables - we literally had to repack boxes that had breakables in them that were hardly wrapped at all with any packing materials. I witnessed one lampshade that was crushed as well as many breakables that were hardly wrapped with any packing material. We kept having to go behind them and repack many things. The first box I unpacked upon arrival had a heavy garden seat on top, and all of the antique creamware dishes from our bedroom on the bottom. Needless to say it was broken. It almost seemed as if one of the packers was intentionally trying to break our things.
On day 2, after the truck finally left for Athens, I was cleaning the house for my renter. I found my two-year old daughter's pink piggy bank (which was very clearly out in her room to be packed that morning) hidden in an empty bathroom drawer. The bottom was broken, hundreds of pennies were spread out in the bottom of the drawer, and only pennies were left. It was very obviously broken by a mover and hidden from us - I guess whoever did it hoped we wouldn't find it. Unbelievable.
My husband and I worked as hard, if not harder, than the movers to get everything packed and on the truck. We were packing boxes, lifting furniture, and I believe that if we had not helped our move would have taken much longer than it did. I have NEVER had to work so hard for a service that I was paying a lot of good money for. We were told to email our complaints to Mike's Moving, and did so a few days after we got settled. We never received a response back, although we did notice that some of the charges were removed from our credit card bill, which we appreciated.
A move is a very stressful event for any family, and it was made much more so for us due to the lack of professionalism and respect that Mike's movers showed for my family and for our things. We understand that things come up and that things might not run completely on schedule, but the extent to which this happened during our move was completely unacceptable. In addition, it was very obvious that none of the people who were in our home packing our things had any training of any sort in how to pack. We took very good care of every mover that came into contact with us by providing generous tips each day, meals, and, of course, many cold drinks hoping that they would, in return, treat us and our things with respect. They did not. I will never be able to recommend Mike's Moving company to anyone. I am not someone who routinely complains about services (in fact, I can't remember ever having to do this!), but this was such a horrific experience that I feel that it is necessary to take the time to post this review. It has been a month since our move and we have not received a response from the "management" at Mike's. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY FOR YOUR MOVE. read more