I am going to preface this review by stating I found out about these flaws on moving morning and I…read morehad no time to make other moving arrangements.
Up until moving day, everyone that I came into contact with was respectful and quick about returning calls.
We moved from Chesapeake VA to Onslow County NC last Friday, August 29th. We wanted to save as much in a move as possible so we bought over 100 totes & packed mostly everything ourselves so basically, all we needed moved was our furniture and little things left over that we needed up until day of move.
The moving crew showed up between 9-10am reeking of Marijuana. Did I see them smoke it? No, I did not but they all smelled like it so, regardless of who was actually smoking, they were all in the same cab together. Not only did they show up smelling like dope, each time they came back from a break, there was a fresh Marijuana stink. Now, what others do on their time off is their business, but when they've been entrusted to move my things, I would expect them to be sober and unencumbered by the stench of dope. I mean, these folks drove a large moving truck high on grass. Isn't this an OSHA violation? We are not yet unpacked but most of my lamp shades are damaged-bent out of shape, filthy with dirty hand prints and one of them has a gouge all the way through the shade. Some of the frames on my artwork (not fancy stuff but still) have been scratched to the point there is no way to fix them. My shoe closet has a long scratch across the top. Now, I will say, our furniture appears to be undamaged but I also haven't finished unpacking. I would hazard a guess that the damages are less than $1000 & I'll just replace the lamp shades & live with the other damages because they were able to deliver our goods the next day so, that was a plus.
Our things smelled like Marijuana when they were delivered but it dissipated as the day went on.
I didn't take possession on delivery date, my husband did, because I just couldn't deal with another day of dope stench.
I'm waiting on our rep to call me back as they need to know of these safety issues.
2 stars because most of our furniture wasn't damaged and we did get next day delivery but seeing the damage we do have on fragile items, I'm glad we packed (and moved) all of our breakable & expensive items ourselves.
Ps, I spoke with Bill the other day & gave him all this info. He said he would address it with their crew. Again, I do not know who was actually smoking the weed as I did not see them do it, only got the after effects. I see on another review someone else talked about someone on their moving crew being under the influence.
Brian texted me today to ask about our move. He advised me that action had been taken but again, I told him I did not see who was actually smoking it, just that they all smelled like it & the truck had a lot of smoke in the cab. I feel this is important to note as I do not want to accuse the wrong person. He stated he thought we were happy with the move as my husband didn't mention anything before they left after delivery. My husband thinks everyone should get a pass & would never complain to a business regardless how the service went. That's why I'm the honest, but heavy, truth teller. Plus, he didn't inspect anything. Just took delivery & paid for it.
**** thank you Brian for asking the time to respond to my review. Everything stated in this review is a fact. Not an opinion, but a fact. We do not smoke anything but I am very aware of the smell of Marijuana & I did not imagine it (I am not the only reviewer to mention it either) as it was only myself & the movers. So, the stench didn't just appear.
My husband carted 2 lamp shades, both of which are still in the totes i packed them. The damaged shades were all packed & transported by your crew.
We did not transport the artwork & it was not damaged prior to moving.
As I had informed you, what my husband will not, (he) never has or will do, in the future is complain about service. It is not in his DNA. Yes, he tipped your crew but he tips everyone, regardless of whether it's earned or just ingrained in him to tip everyone.
I have been accused of many things but being a liar isn't one of them. Nothing posted here is fictional or untrue. I am very aware of my things & how they appear to myself & others. I would notice one shade out of order from a distance like one 50 yard line to the other. I stand by comments, I have nothing to gain from giving my honest opinion & have not requested for damages to be repaired or items to be replaced.
Just the facts ma'am. Nothing but the facts.
