One Source Van Lines LLC

My mother-in-law needed to move and I wanted to help her in any way that I could. I told her that I would take care of the moving details. I did my due diligence and researched reviews of countless companies. I picked the top 3 that looked best and got quotes. One Source Van Lines wasn't the cheapest and it wasn't the most expensive. I provided them with the list of furniture and since she was selling the house, they pulled the pictures of the furniture off of Zillow so that we could get the closest estimate possible. The thing that made me choose this company over the others was Joann and what she told me. She said the reason that we aren't the lowest is because most companies will give you a cheap quote and then they will increase the price on the day of the move. We won't do that to you.... My response was of surprise! I did not know that moving companies did such a thing. I appreciated her honesty and her commitment to not price-gouging my mother. I can appreciate an honest company that tells me everything upfront. The quote was for $5590. This would be to move all of her furniture from Cheney Washington to Boise Idaho (6.5 hour drive). In full transparency, she did have a baby grand piano and heavier items like a china hutch. We ensured that we listed all of this for the initial quote. We decided also to have her car shipped so that she wouldn't have to do the drive alone. This quote was $695 for the car which is a separate moving process. One Source called her 3 days before picking it up they adjusted the price to $11,000 (Full disclosure we did add on more boxes so we expected an increase, not $6k worth for approx 20 more boxes). To our surprise, One Source Van Lines outsources to another moving company. This company shows up at 3 pm on the day of the move with two guys. They walk around the house and then tell us the bad news. The price has now gone up from $5590 to $11,000 and now to $14,386. That nearly tripled the initial quote. We were told that the initial quote was not correct and that they also forgot to charge for packing materials. How could someone make that huge of an error in the initial quote? So now, since they waited till the day of the move, she has no other option than to pay them the money. She called One Source to report this and the person on the other line had the audacity to call my mother condescending. The customer service was not professional. After the call, they send me an email offering to credit her either $300 now or $450 in three payments. The caveat to this is that she will have a contractural gag order that says she cannot say anything bad about One Source. My belief is this is how they get people to stay quiet and not write bad reviews. There is no way that we are the only ones who experienced this price-gouging nightmare. My mother opted to not take the money so that I could write this review and warn others of this company. Also, I wanted to note that they also outsourced the move of the car as well. They did not come and pick up when they said that they would. We had to give a window and we said 1/28-1/30. They finally ended up coming two weeks later on 2/15 and tried to charge her an extra $80 at the time of delivery. In conclusion, their initial quote was egregiously underbid by $9k, the companies that they chose to stand behind were not what was promised, and their customer service lacked empathy. How this company has such a high rating is absolutely mindblowing to me.

Move size: 4 Bedroom Home Service cost: $14386

Scheduled pick up with them and was told that if i had to cancel i could call withint the first three days for a full refund minus a 15% cancelation fee. I called the next day to cancel and was told i would have my money in three days. Two weeks, almost 20 calls, a bank dispute, and one report to bbb later they have finally agreed to refund half my money and use the other half for "credits towards your next move"

Dont use their service, they will lie to you to make a buck, and if you ever try to cancel they will pull every trick they have in their sleeve to keep your money

Move size: 1 Bedroom Home Service cost: $866

This is my second time writing a review. I feel like they removed mine somehow? Look through the reviews. A lot of the recent ones seem well timed and fake. Anyway, short version; these people schmooze you at first then once they get your stuff they DOUBLE the “estimate” throw you to some subcontractor and give zero f*** about anything that happens. Still dealing with one of their horrible subcontractors to get my MISSING ITEMS. I will be reporting this company and Sky Van Lines Inc. to the BBB. Wildly disappointed. The fact that they scammed me out of money is unfortunate but having missing items and no one doing anything about it is worse. Don’t trust them.

Move size: 2 Bedroom Home Service cost: $5550