MoveSafe Relocation

I was sold a service that was not delivered and resulted in the worst moving experience.

I've moved across country 2x previously and used other moving companies that provided excellence service, cared for my home goods, and kept me in the loop on arrival.

After 90% of my goods were loaded on the truck I was slapped paperwork for ANOTHER moving company that had a D1 rating on the BBB. I was confused as to why I was signing paperwork for a company that I didn't have knowledge of to deliver my property. I refused to sign the paperwork and immediately called MoveSafe. The customer service lady argued with me that the other moving company was reputable, and that the BBB was a "pay to play" service and the ratings were not "real".

After being advised that if I didn't sign the paperwork, they would not be able to proceed with my move, I signed under duress.

Once my items arrived 10 boxes were smashed, plastic bins were cracked/broken and mangled. Needless to say, my belongings also didn't fare well. Additionally, the guys who delivered my property didn't have the bill of lading or box manifest so tracking what was being delivered vs. what was originally loaded on the first truck was sketchy at best.

I will say William, who called me to confirm my move, was an absolute joy to work with.

If Sonny, the slick sales guy gets you on the phone for a high-pressured sale, don't buy his narrative. I was told that my items would be on one truck and the movers who loaded would be unloading my property. This was a HUGE thing for me when making my decision on which company to go with.

Save yourself the headache of movers who don't care for your property and find another service.

Move size: 1 Bedroom Home Service cost: $4500

I was referred to you by Katie and Pat Miller. Dave and Eric showed up on time. They were very careful and wrapped all my

furniture. They were so polite, professional and really great guys. They worked diligently to get the truck loaded by a certain time. I followed them to the location that my furniture was being unloaded. Everything was unloaded and put in the house carefully. Nothing was broken or scraped. The two of them are great guys, very friendly and I felt very happy to have them moving my things. I would give them a ten if I could. Thank you Dave and Eric so much. It was great meeting you and I will recommend you to others.

Move size: 4+ Bedroom Home Service cost: $750

Worst moving experience of my life. ZERO STARS. DO NOT USE MOVE SAFE RELOCATION!!

-- The positive reviews on this site are FAKE!! They will remove their company page and change their company name when too many complaints are online.

-- They are not movers! They are BROKERS that arranges the transportation of a customers’ personal household possessions. Brokers do not have vehicles and do not assume responsibility nor take possession of the household goods. They do not take any accountability for the service!

-- Once they have your NON-REFUNDABLE money they do not care about you. You will not get your money back even when they break your things.

-- They will hold your things hostage and not unload it from the truck until they get paid in full.

-- It is a bait and switch scam. They charged me double the original quote and held my things hostage in the truck until I signed the "revised estimate".

-- I have video proof that they overcharged me $1,200 for 300 cubic ft moving truck I did not use. I called to get a refund and they called me a liar.

-- Three different agents promised me a delivery date 2 days after my pick-up, but it was 3 weeks late. They told me it is my fault and that the contract gives them up to 2 months to deliver.

- I called every day to get a delivery date and they no one knew where my stuff was located. They were rude and arrogant and awful.

- Once I realized they were con artists I asked if they were licensed to move across the nation. The agent immediately got angry, told me I can find their information on my contract, and then hung up on me.

-- Do not trust anything they tell you over the phone! They will lie to you and say whatever it takes for you to hang up the phone.

-- The sleazy sales person, Andrew, LIED ABOUT EVERYTHING when creating a quote and locked me into an nonrefundable deposit with lies and deceptive business practices.

-I asked about the negative online reviews and Andrew claimed it wasn't for their company, but instead it was for a company that used to own them and they are no longer associated with them. This was a lie.

-Andrew gave me his "direct phone number" in case of issues or questions, but it was not a real number. This was a lie.

- Andrew told me I didn't have to remove clothes from the dressers and I put ship blankets and soft items in garbage bags. These were more lies.

-Andrew promised that my stuff would be in one truck the entire time. This was another lie. Everything was loaded into two different trucks, then unloaded into a warehouse (they would not tell me where it was located), and then packed into another van to drive across country, and then unloaded into another van to transport everything to my storage unit. That is FOUR DIFFERENT transfers when Andrew said everything would stay in one truck. He lied again.

- Andrew said that it was MoveSafe company movers every step of the way. This is a lie. They do not move anything. They just call the movers and give them your address. Do not use MoveSafe Relocation!

--The team who unloaded everything into a storage unit was inexperienced and didn't understand that fragile boxes should not be on the bottom under large heavy boxes stacked 8 boxes high.

-- I am missing 5 boxes, the foot board to my queen bed, and they tried to deliver things to me that were not mine. Your things will go missing.

-They broke numerous dishes, my peloton screen, luggage wheels, and did not wrap my new desk and it is now demolished with scratches and dents. They will absolutely break and damage your possessions.

DO NOT USE MoveSafe Relocation!! It's a scam. They will steal your money, break your things, and you will regret it!!!

If you had a horrible experience as well, be sure to speak up and file complaints with the Better Business Bureau and the US Department of Transportation FMCSA. There have been 7 FMCSA complaints filed in the last 6 weeks against this company.

BBB:

https://www.bbb.org/file-a-complaint/0633-92032708/form

FMCSA file a complaint:

https://nccdb.fmcsa.dot.gov/nccdb/home.aspx

FMCSA - link to see previous complaints against the MoveSafe Relocation scam:

https://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/hhg/SearchDetails.asp?ads=a&id=29915140&id2=31588386&f=lan%3DEN%26search%3D5%26ads%3Da%26state%3DFL

Here are their numbers for the complaints:

USDOT No. 4021844 / MC No. 1517170

I cannot say this enough - MoveSafe Relocation is a SCAM

Move size: 2 Bedroom Home Service cost: $7000

I am a female in 20's and their QA was not afraid to shame me emotionally and passively. Would highly recommend to AVOID.

I got a phone call from this company while I was looking to move from east coast to mid-west. It was very stressful process as I thought having broker company would help with actually getting stuff figured out with moving company, but no. I had to explain myself repeatly to both this company and the actual moving company (which I did like talking directly to the moving company than going through Movesafe). #1 QA is not afraid of pulling "oh I'm sorry you didn't read the fine prints when you signed the paper"... As I did, couldn't find where it was written, asked them to screenshot the part and send over, never responded and annoying. It was along the line of "please send me a screenshot stating that lower volume of items will be combined with other mover's truck" - whatever the reason maybe (prob cost related), it was not explictly stated, and when I called to understand/potentially speed up the moving process, the guy who called himself a QA said was "Oh it's on the paper, you just didn't read it".

Umm... Still waiting for the email response with screenshot.

Not only that, I couldn't get the actual follow up from Movesafe to a simple request as getting a form from the moving company due to damaged furniture during transit for claims. They did respond that they will get back to me, which they never did.

I re-followed up directly with the moving company after a few days, and they were able to help out, even how to submit the claim.

Only embarrassment and annoyance, blockage of communications experienced with this broker company.

Move size: Studio Service cost: $2232

We shopped around for days to find an affordable moving service. We were moving from California to Texas.

The original contract/quote was 3100$

1525 upfront

806 at pickup

806 at drop off

We paid for the upfront cost, and the day of the pick up, the moving company then added 2200$ extra to the bill.

Mattress covers (said we HAD to use theirs)

Too many stairs (14 of them)

Too far from the front gate/street (80 feet)

Boxes were “large” not medium

2 loose items not in boxes

Mirror was bigger than expected

Etc etc (the fees kept coming)

I had no choice but to pay it, as there was no time to change the plan. We reached out to the company, and they said “we will look into it”. Days passed, and it took the company 11 days to get us our stuff. They demanded 1268$ at drop off AND said it was going to be 450$ extra because they couldn’t get their 18 wheeler in the apartment gate.

They delivered multiple boxes with broken items.

None of these details were conveyed to us, and at every step they charged more and more and told us we couldn’t have our stuff without paying (holding it ransom)

Then when I expressed my concerns to the delivery team, they told me “all companies lie about the price because if we didn’t, you would have looked elsewhere”

The most scummy, unprofessional situation I’ve ever dealt with. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY - but if you need to use movers, make sure your contract has all fees up front so you know what you’re paying.

Move size: 2 Bedroom Home Service cost: $5718

Where do I begin?

1. They sub contract all their moves. Our movers were 3 middle eastern men that couldn’t speak English.

2. The drivers got lost and I had to travel 1.5 hours to get them and bring them to my home.

3. Once they arrived at the house, they were incredibly rude to my wife and told her that there was too much stuff and that they wouldn’t be moving it.

4. Once they got done shouting at their boss (another middle easterner), they decided we would owe them $13,000. Their original quote WITH A DETAILED LIST OF ITEMS, was around $4,000. This was on TOP of the amount we had to pay Move Safe (around $4500). We settled on $6300 and they STILL did NOT take everything they were paid to take!!!

5. They then played basketball on my son’s basketball hoop and chose to stand around for 3 hours before they did anything. Then decided to come back the next day to fill the truck up.

6. Once they left the house with a full truck, they decided to change the plans and deliver next day. They texted me at 11:00pm and told me they would be in town at 4am and that they wanted to deliver early. I left work at noon the next day to meet them. They then told me they were a hours away. 4.5 HOURS LATER THEY SHOWED UP!

7. They unpacked the truck like they were in a huge hurry. Then bullied me into signing an insurance waiver. AT THIS POINT I JUST WANTED THEM TO LEAVE!

8. Once I began unpacking, I realized that they had picked up boxes that specifically said “DO NOT TOUCH, MOVER DO NOT TAKE! FRAGILE” Guess what, my wife’s snow globes, family heirloom glassware, ALL DESTROYED! SHATTERED! Irreplaceable items!

9. Now when I am trying to call back Movesafe to complain, they’ve left me on hold for 30 minutes so far!!!! DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY!!! SCAM ARTISTS!!!

Move size: 3 Bedroom Home Service cost: $10725

Let me start by saying that they are so customer-oriented over the phone that you fall into their trap. You are doomed if you do not have money to buy extra insurance.

According to the first person who sold me the service, the moving company would pack for me and then stage my furniture in the new house. After the worst moving experience I ever had, with most of my stuff broken or damaged, all they said was, "I'm sorry for your experience. You did not buy extra insurance; all we can give you is 150 dollars; that is our responsibility."

The movers we got were utterly unprofessional; they did not know how to pack anything. The TV boxes I paid for never made it, and by the way, they do not stage anything, so while watching in disdain my stuff getting out of that truck either broken or damaged, the movers told us they do not stage anything that those were promises from the broker to sell us the service.

Since then, Move Safe Relocation has stopped using those movers due to multiple complaints. However, they never took responsibility for connecting us with them nor offered anything to alleviate the financial burden and the emotional distress that this provided to my family. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY!

Move size: 3 Bedroom Home Service cost: $8500