I got several quotes from several moving companies but decided on Perry Moving (PM) at the end due to good reviews on Angie's List. They also beat another competitor's quote, which gave me a good feeling that I made the right choice.
The move was uneventful. They manage to do a decent job. However, the bill came and the charges were exorbitant. I was quoted for 9 hours of moving, and in the end, was charged 5 more hours than the original quote. I called the office to contest the charges. No one returned my call in a timely fashion. Everyone dodged my phone call. I felt that they were very eager to have my business initially but did not handle me appropriately when things became challenging. One person passed me to another, from the office manager, back to the original estimator to the warehouse manager. No one wanted to talk to me. Several weeks go by I decided to write to the owner and explained my situation. I got a text back from the estimator via Text. He told me that out of the 5 hours that was over charged from the estimate, he was only able to take 2 hours off my bill. That was all that was offered me. No phone call from the office was made to me to explain the situation or no one offered any support to make me feel more at ease with the whole situation.
I also had to use Perry Moving warehouse temporarily until I move to my next destination. I was charged monthly for my items. (Unless, you absolutely have to use their warehouse for storage, I don't advise it either.) Their fees are twice as much as the storage unit elsewhere. Moreover, I had to move my things out of their warehouse for I did not have access to my things. The company is located in Jessup, MD. According to PM, if I need to access my things, I would have to pay someone at the warehouse to get to my crates. The mover would charge me per hour, per person to assist me in the process of retrieving my things and to move things back into the crate when I am done. So it could get costly. You do the math.
So, I finally found a another local storage unit near me. I made a reservation when I could move my things to the new place. I called Perry Moving to alert them of the move date. The new place could only hold the reservation for 2 weeks. When I called PM, I asked if they could pro-rate the charge that I had paid them at the beginning of the month already since my moving date is set for earlier in the month. The office manager, Kathy, was very unfriendly and cold. She told me that I was given enough credit already. And No, Perry Moving do not pro-rate the monthly charge. You move out mid month, you lose what you paid for the rest of the month.
The move date arrived. I was given an estimate of 10 hours that it would take to move my things into the new storage unit. I was promised a 4 men crew and was told that they would arrive by 10. They did not arrive until 11:45A. The crew didn't call until 11A. FYI, the office is closed on Sat. So if you want to check on the crew b/c they are late, you can't. They were friendly. But they were not very efficient. You have to watch them a little. Most of them smoke, so they take smoke breaks. They were hitting on other clients at the storage facility. They were folding pads that they use to minimize breakage on my clock. And there were a lot of those pads that they had to fold. (I wonder why they couldn't do that when they get back to their facility.) They could have been more efficient. The tallying of the bill was performed at 4P. The crew leader- Alvin- told me that they started loading my things at the warehouse at 8A earlier that morning when he talked to me on the phone to alert me when he was on his way to the storage unit. However, when the bill was presented to me, he changed the time from 8A to 6A to add more hours onto the bill. Alvin's reasoning was that there was a warehouse crew who started working at 6 AM to bring my things down to the loading dock. And he and his men crew showed up at 8A only to load things into the truck. I confronted him and refused to sign the receipt, for it sounded fishy and dishonest to me. And right before that, he told me that I saved 2 hours from the estimated time since we finished in 8 hours. I asked to talk to the facility manager, he would not allow me to talk to anyone directly. He told me to call the office on Monday. Exchange of words took place in the parking lot. They all gave me their side of the story and left me in the cold, standing there after it was all said and done to wonder why I had chose them for service and how I could have prevented this matter from happening. The fact is- It is bad service.
I did talk to Rich Perry eventually and told him of my dissatisfaction with his moving company. The biggest complaints are the cost and the dishonesty. It was exorbitant! It was far from the estimation. Be aware of the crew and their efficiency. read more