Orchidflower
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Does anyone know of a good website that will rate movers that move across country and get your things there safely?
I have found some ratings on epinions.com (put moving companies - commercial in search), but wonder if there is any other way to find a good mover other than word of mouth? Unfortunately, I am in an area where nobody seems to go in or out of now, so that is out.
WARNING: Bad moving story about WALD/Mayflower in Houston:
When I moved up north 3 years ago from Houston, I called up 3 moving companies from the yellow pages. Not the best way, but it was all I had at the time available as none of my associates had moved.
Anyway, I chose Wald because over and over they promised they would move my things safely, and--most importantly--I could store my stuff with them until I needed them even for up to a year, if necessary. I went over and over this with the Manager to confirm this with Wald.
Well, they LIED! After 2 months, the same Manager who made this promise to me over and over, called to scream at me to get my things out of his place! Nice.
When the items were delivered, a few unimportant things had broken, and a commercial fan was stolen (pricey one) by one of the movers, but the biggest error was they came to pick-up my things not at the agreed upon time but a WEEK LATE...YES!!!!!!!
I was very lucky the new buyer was a builder, and had been a client of mine before in advertising from another industry. If not, I would have been up s**t creek without a paddle, as they say. He understood, trusted me to get out when my stuff was picked up and saved the day. Whew!
So, folks in Houston, do not use a company named Wald as they are bad, bad, bad!!!!! You've been warned now.
Oh, and epinions.com does have a number of negative reviews on Wald Moving in Houston already. Wish I had found it sooner.
I have found some ratings on epinions.com (put moving companies - commercial in search), but wonder if there is any other way to find a good mover other than word of mouth? Unfortunately, I am in an area where nobody seems to go in or out of now, so that is out.
WARNING: Bad moving story about WALD/Mayflower in Houston:
When I moved up north 3 years ago from Houston, I called up 3 moving companies from the yellow pages. Not the best way, but it was all I had at the time available as none of my associates had moved.
Anyway, I chose Wald because over and over they promised they would move my things safely, and--most importantly--I could store my stuff with them until I needed them even for up to a year, if necessary. I went over and over this with the Manager to confirm this with Wald.
Well, they LIED! After 2 months, the same Manager who made this promise to me over and over, called to scream at me to get my things out of his place! Nice.
When the items were delivered, a few unimportant things had broken, and a commercial fan was stolen (pricey one) by one of the movers, but the biggest error was they came to pick-up my things not at the agreed upon time but a WEEK LATE...YES!!!!!!!
I was very lucky the new buyer was a builder, and had been a client of mine before in advertising from another industry. If not, I would have been up s**t creek without a paddle, as they say. He understood, trusted me to get out when my stuff was picked up and saved the day. Whew!
So, folks in Houston, do not use a company named Wald as they are bad, bad, bad!!!!! You've been warned now.
Oh, and epinions.com does have a number of negative reviews on Wald Moving in Houston already. Wish I had found it sooner.