I hired these "movers" for the suggested time, for a two-bedroom apartment. I had a 26' truck for a 900 sqft apartment that my 71-year-old mother lived in.
I looked at their reviews via the U-Haul site and felt that they would be okay, and also were the closest to my mom's apt. I trusted that U-Haul properly vetted their moving companies, that they suggested.
I booked this move SEVERAL months ahead of time. My mom was going to move to KY when her lease expired - July 2025. Therefore, I selected the time that would best work for her, me, and my siblings, June 27th. I CANNOT control the weather; however, for 2.5 hours, I heard constant complaints about how hot it was.
The "moving company" R&W Moving, LLC. arrived five or so minutes late, shortly after 9 am. When they showed up, it was one man and one woman. The woman did not acknowledge my existence and would not look at me. The man was working fairly steadily, albeit complaining the entire time, while the woman would grab one box at a time, walking sluggishly to the truck. She was vocally complaining as well, and the two were arguing. She snapped at him when he asked if she could use the restroom. It was surprising and awkward.
Further, while complaining about the heat that I cannot control, and again, it is late June in Indiana, so I'm not sure what temperature they expected, they also complained that my mom had "too much stuff." Constantly. I awkwardly laughed and hoped he would just keep working the promised time that was paid for.
The man consistently stopped to complain about the heat, and my mom's "too much stuff." Yes, my mom has a lot of stuff, she has lived a lot of life, so of course, she has acquired items. Yet all of these items fit inside her 900 sqft, two-bedroom house.
This man also had time to stop to smoke, in addition to complaining, eating into the three hours I previously paid for.
I get it, it was hot. It was humid. But it is summer, after all, and they accepted this job knowing that. So, I went and bought ice-cold water for them. He drank one, and I put the rest in the refrigerator and let them know to have at it.
Because I had paid for three hours, was told I had two movers, and was suggested by U-Haul that that would be sufficient for a 2-bedroom, 900 sqft apartment, I made an appointment for my mom at 2:30 pm. Recently, after booking this move, etc., my mom suffered a cardiac event and needed emergency heart surgery roughly 6 weeks ago, and has needed several additional appointments for her care and recovery. I thought I had plenty of time. 9 am to 12 pm leaves a fair amount of time for the afternoon appointment.
At the two-hour mark, the man came to me saying that it was too hot, and that slowed them down, and mom had so much stuff that he couldn't get it done in three hours. He said he could do most of it in four, but there may be "just a few things left". I am by myself, and am desperate for this to be done after all that my mom has been through. I asked how much for an additional hour - $150 - and I said, okay, just one hour, and I will try and load the rest. I reached out to my siblings, who are all out of state, and they were very mad, but we are on a timeline and needed this done.
So, now I have to get my mom to this appointment, and I need to be here for the "movers," but I can't be in 2 places at once. My mom reached out to one of her retired friends, who came and sat with them while I went to get my mom. I gave her friend what I had planned to tip them, because I still felt that the man was at least trying. Perhaps if his "partner" actually helped, they would have finished in three hours.
While I was getting her friend oriented, my siblings begrudgingly said to pay for the fifth hour so that we could ensure that this was done. After all, these people represented themselves as professionals. I have never known a professional who not only could not get the job done in the suggested time by U-Haul, they also could not get it done in five hours. That's correct, they still did not finish after five hours. My siblings and I paid over $700 for 5 hours for two "professionals" to load up my mom's thoroughly packed two-bedroom, 900 sqft apartment. Two "professionals' who complained that my mom had too much stuff and it was too hot. In June.
While I was at my mom's appointment, the man called me and said again that they couldn't finish, that my mom has "too much stuff," it is "too hot," and now, a brand new complaint, the U-haul was "too far away". Excuse me, what? If it was "too far away," why in the world did they not ask me to move it to what would be most convenient for them? I am thoroughly irate at this point. I told the man to stop, I did not want any more excuses. I reached out to the friend at the apartment and asked that she not give them the tip, but it was too late. Not only did they take off immediately after I got off the phone, but they left the U-haul ramp down! This poor lady tried to get the ramp read more