First of all, let me say, I would not recommend these movers to my worst enemy or anyone at all, actually. Now, on to my HORRIBLE experience with this "company."
This process started off easy and friendly enough in the days prior to my scheduled move. However, on the day of the move, which was yesterday, 11/29/14, sh** hit the fan. I did inventory with Jay Friday afternoon and was under the impression that my movers would arrive at 2pm since that was the agreed upon arrival time. However, I received a call from him later that afternoon telling me that due to the size of my move, a 3BR townhouse to a single family home, it would be better for "everyone" if the movers came between 9-10am. I told him that that would cut out 6 hours of packing time for me, but if he thought it best, it was fine. That was the last understanding I had of where we were. He let me know that the movers would call me 30 minutes prior to their arrival and that everything would be fine. Again, I said okay. To prepare for their arrival yesterday, I got up at 5am to make sure I would be ready to go by 9am in case they got there then, Well, by 10:21am, I'd received NO call and NO movers. I called them and was told that they had pushed my move back to 2pm to "give me more time." At that point, I asked why no one had told me that, and was given every answer except the truth, which I will get to later. I told them fine and I would see them at 2pm. Now, my move was scheduled for 3 hours, 2-5pm. I think most people in my situation would have assumed that the arrival time would be 2pm. WRONG. When 1:30pm came and went, I grew concerned that I still had not received a phone call from the movers with their arrival time, so I called them back AGAIN at 1:40pm. At that point I was told that the reservation was from 2-5pm, which meant that they would arrive any time between 2 and 5pm. WHAT?! Oh, I was pissed. I asked why that was not explained to me when the reservation was made and was told that my estimate showed it. Lies. When I did inventory with Jay, he said 2-5pm and not BETWEEN 2 and 5pm. Furthermore, I reviewed my estimate and it read:
MOVING DETAILS
Reference Number:
Created on: 11/25/2014
Booked on: 11/25/2014
Booked by: Jay Smith
Move Date: Saturday, 11/29/2014
Move Time: 2:00 PM ~ 5:00 PM
Type: Local Move (Residential)
Where in that does it say between 2-5pm? Nowhere. Exactly. Well, again, I said fine because at that point, what choice do I have? 3pm, no movers. 4pm, no movers. 5pm, no movers. Uh oh. Now what? Well, at 4pm, I started calling them every 10 minutes. Know what I got? Voicemail. Voicemail from a company that claims on their website they're open 24/7. More LIES. I decided to give them until 5:30pm before I said f*** it. 5:30pm, no movers. I'd just so happened to look outside at 5:25pm and saw a Penske truck parked across the street, but I figured that wasn't them. WRONG again. It was. They'd been out there and called me as I was putting my coat on and going out the door to my new house at 5:32pm. First of all, the truck was only 16' and not the 26' I was advised it would be. Second of all, again how dare they show up and call me 32 minutes after they were supposed to be at my house. Wait, I misspoke. Giving them the benefit of the doubt of arriving at 10am, which is the latest rescheduled time I was given, they were in fact more than 7-1/2 hours late to do my move. When the movers called from their cell, I cussed them clean the hell out. Now, prior to doing so, I did explain to them that I knew their tardiness was not their fault but that of the booking department. I knew they only went where they were told, so I was not mad at them, but somebody had to get cussed out and it unfortunately was going to be them. I then told them to call somebody with a cell phone and find out if they could come back the next day and that I would wait to leave the house until I heard back from them. After I got of the phone with them, I changed my mind and decided to walk outside to speak with them directly. When I got out there, they asked if the owner has asked me to come outside. I told them I hadn't talked to him and I never did either. They said he was supposed to call me, but some lady did, at which point, I promptly fired all of their asses. We'll see how long it takes for the $125 deposit to be refunded. Not expecting that to go smoothly either. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY!!!!!!! BUYER BEWARE!!!!!!!! read more