I will never use a "professional" moving company ever again, thanks to Shoreview/Bayshore. If they offered to move me for free, I'd decline. That's like Homer Simpson declining free Duff beer, or a cop refusing free hot Krispy Kremes. What happened that gave me moving PTSD? Do you have all day? No? How about some bullet points:
1) My truck driver showed up late. Is this a big deal? Nope. I was ready with McDonalds gift cards to hand out to him and his crew for lunch. But he didn't want to hear it. He stormed out of his truck, blustering and ready for a fight. (The crew members later told me the truck driver was pissed off because he got lost.) This isn't a good sign, but people who are moving are trapped, and ShoreView knows it. Within 5 minutes, he was YELLING loud enough for my neighbors (in a neighborhood with acreage) to hear him and come out to see what was going on. Highly unprofessional too, wouldn't you say?
2) My packer started out awesome. Well mannered, quick, courteous, and careful. Sounds like a dream, right? Well, that's what I thought too, until it started getting late and he started to repeatedly tell me he was running out of boxes. WHAT?! The company assured me he came with enough supplies for 3 houses. I offered to run out to Lowes to some more but he declined, but kept saying he was running out. Well, it must've been a MIRACLE because he never ran out of boxes. I did, however, have to supply my own Ziploc bags for sealing up liquids. I think he was just making up a story so that he could go home. (He'd been bellyaching about driving from the next state over, and having to come back the next day to finish the job). Is that even a way of doing business?
3) During the loading day, the crew but mostly the truck driver griped and complained all day long. "The sales guy screwed up, the estimator screwed up, I'm SO going to complain and challenge this..." That's nice that you guys have a system in place for disputes or whatever. But don't air the dirty laundry in front of the customer.
4) While unloading the truck, the truck driver muttered under his breath "I challenge some local loser moving company to try this. They can't do it." Well guess what, I did hire a local moving company to unload my storage unit, the one you loaded, and they RAN CIRCLES around your miserable crew. The local company did every single thing I asked, with smiles, and I didn't lift a finger all day because they were so responsive and easy to direct. They even entertained me. I'd pay THEM the $10,000 without thinking, all over again. By contrast, ShoreView's days were filled with 12 hours of physical labor and misery for me.
5) After unloading the truck, there were 35 boxes missing (out of over 200). The truck driver swore up and down that his truck didn't have any of my stuff in it. Then he said come into the truck, I guarantee you won't find anything of yours. So I did - I went in and without any trouble found 9 boxes that were mine. This was without touching or moving anything, just looking. So, I wonder if we had moved things, what else of mine would be found. I filed a claim with the company with my meticulous notes to show what box numbers and the contents, but they immediately rejected it. This is like having judge, jury, and executioner all be the same person. You are screwed from the beginning and they know it.
6) Between loading and unloading days, the estimator emailed me and said there was a huge error somewhere and would I pay half the overage fee, something like $2000. Are you serious? I replied: You did a bad job estimating my house, so bad that I had to ask you why you didn't open kitchen cabinets, or even ENTER the bathroom to see? I told you over and over that you need to see all the organizational boxes I have, so you get an accurate picture of what needs to be moved. Now you want me to pay for your mistakes? No way. Then he wrote me a sob story about how he was going to have to pay the difference out of his own pocket. Um dude, you didn't do your job correctly and I'm supposed to feel bad for you? This is probably why they automatically declined my claim. Nice.
F-. Negative stars.
Reply to Business owner: I read your reviews on other sites before choosing your company. Your even keeled replies to irate customers sealed the deal for me. Unfortunately, even keeled answers on review sites do not guarantee a good experience, as evidenced by my experience detailed above. You won't find me in your records because this isn't my real name. And I doubt "reviewing" anything now is going to change the atrocious way my move went down. Your truck driver can't unscream at me. He can't unscare my dog and kids. He can't unlose my stuff. Your packer can't unbullshit me. My moving PTSD won't go away. Truth be told, even if I got a full refund for my move, I would never hire you again. I'll gladly pack 50 moving pods myself and die 3 deaths doing it than have you guys do it. read more