Progressive Van Lines Incorporated

DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THIS COMPANY. Last August, Progressive Van Lines stole my deposit of $2,297.77 and provided no services. Within 48 hours after entering the moving services contract, I decided to cancel, being well within the 72-hour refund policy stated in the contract. When I called Progressive to cancel, a representative said I had to cancel in writing by email. I did so immediately and received an autogenerated email response confirming the cancellation and providing a cancellation reference number. After receiving no further response over the next couple of months and no return of any of the funds on my credit card, I initiated a dispute over the charge through Citibank. I provided Citibank with Progressive's email of acknowledgment of my timely refund claim. Progressive responded to Citibank by providing only a copy of the contract, which contains Progressive's refund policy statement, which confirmed the legitimacy of my refund claim. Over the next several months, Citibank escalated my dispute several times and continued seeking a return of my funds through Progressive's bank, but without success. My many calls and messages left to Progressive over more than 6 months went unanswered and I never received a refund. Progressive Van Lines' business model apparently is to take advantage of lax Florida business laws to lie and steal.

Move size: 4 Bedroom Home Service cost: $2297

Progressive helped me with my move from North Carolina to sunny Florida. Kevin was my sales rep and he was really comforting compared to everyone else I spoke with who tried to rush me to make (what I consider) a very important decision. He answered ALL of my questions in detail, and there were many since this was my first time using a moving company. He really addressed all my concerns which led me to do my move with them. The customer service department was super friendly and professional. (Very Pleased) The crew came on our scheduled move day and Rafeal was awesome as well as his helpers! All in all Progressive did an amazing job on my move and I will recommend them to anyone I know!

Move size: 2 Bedroom Home Service cost: $3256

Helped me so much when my family was relocating to New Jersey. Price was AMAZING considering what I was quoted other places and they were willing to work with me. I actually paid less than expected, that never happens! Moves are so expensive so to have a little bit of extra money at the end of the day means a lot. They always picked up the phone and answered any questions. They even called me to make sure everything was a go a couple days before which I am grateful for. On the day of the move they packaged the items with care and on delivery they arrived just as they were before the shipment. Movers were polite and even put stuff in the correct room for me. Overall this is a very professional company that I would use again if need be. 10/10 in my book.

Move size: 3 Bedroom Home Service cost: $2850

Honestly, these guys went above and beyond with my move! I was so pleased with how friendly they were, how available they were, and how in control I felt with my move overall! My family and I moved homes from Orlando FL to Ashville NC, not a super far move but with 5 of us, a 2 year old and twin 4 year olds... you can imagine how quickly we realized how overwhelming this was. However, the guys at Progressive Van Lines really stepped up to the plate where we needed the most. They shipped our stuff, held our stuff in storage, moved us all in, AND even helped me change a tire on 95... I literally could not believe how willing and selfless they were to provide the best possible service. I highly recommend this service to anyone moving out of state with a handful like ourselves. They delivered a very affordable price, the full move-in move-out service, assembly for some our new furniture items (which, that's not to mention how heavy the pieces were), some humor, great attitudes, and an overall trusting experience. We will be using them again!

Move size: 4 Bedroom Home Service cost: $3000

Our family used Progressive for our move from Texas back home to Wisconsin. We have property Wisconsin and they were able to get us dropped off at 2 different locations and didn’t charge us extra. The movers wore masks, gloves and told us they had been tested for covid which was a godsend because my husband has asthma. They put my desk back together which was amazing considering I couldn’t do it myself. My daughter and her husband are moving next year and I will be recommending this highly professional moving company to them. 5 stars. Thanks team!

Move size: 2 Bedroom Home Service cost: $4200

Broker service only **DO NOT USE THEM – HIRE DIRECT** At 1st call the company was extremely helpful, patient, returned calls and promised to assist in a seamless move. I originally planned to rent UHAULs for $4,700.00. After speaking with Andrew at Progressive Van Lines, they could complete the move for $5,200.00. We did a room-to-room inventory of items to so all parties knew what the cost would be and what was included with the move.

This seemed like an easy decision since I no longer had to do any of the work myself. Per Andrew they would hire a qualified mover who would deliver our goods with a dedicated tractor trailer and all equipment to complete the project. They went as far as supplying a 26’ transfer truck in case the tractor trailer could not get down our street (comp was a $300.00 value per the contract)

One day prior to the move we received a call from Progressive to again review the inventory list – the price started to go up – Items originally on the quote such as my two king beds did not include the headboards, box springs or frames. Many other items were similar – and so the bait/switch begins. Price was now revised to $7400.00. I was not pleased with this information but what can one do the day before a scheduled move – they have your hands tied. I was told once the movers calculate the cubic feet in the truck the price will most likely drop back down….it won’t!

On moving day – they brokered the worst company one can ever come in contract with. Progressive stated it was Falcon moving but it was actually a subsidiary company called Citi-movers from NJ. Their rating is a one star as that is the least people can give. At that point things took a turn for the worse.

Moving company was to arrive between 11 – 2:00pm with a dedicated truck. Movers showed up 2 hours late with a 26’ rental truck that was partially full with another move. We are moving a 4-bedroom home – which the movers had no idea how much stuff was getting relocated. They kept stating how much that had to be moved, they were totally unprepared for this – outside of the wrong size truck they had no tools, not enough pads or wrapping materials. COMPLETELY UNPREPARED!

They put no pads down on our hardwood floors, had no regard for our items and just did everything the opposite as promised by Andrew. At this time, I tried to call the customer service dept at Progressive…. THEY DONT HAVE A CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT or at least one that answers the phone.

Shortly after midnight they had the trucks loaded (yes, they went and rented another truck) Now that my house is empty, everyone is tired (myself included as we had to help them move the items out of the house) This is when I find out I have to deal with the movers directly and Progressive will not answer the phone. Cost for the move is now $10,600.00 and they need 50% cash or postal money order – Again, it’s after midnight and I have no belongings in the house. I forgot to mention the movers tried to scam me on the cubic footage of the truck – I went out with the driver to take physical measurements calculated it all in front of him and he was still in disagreement.

Final decision is I pay them or they will unload the trucks at $135.00 per man hour and put it all back in the garage. I have a scheduled move. I am beyond angry at this time but once again hands are tied by a move date that has to take place. Truck leaves, next morning I have my suitcase of clothes and an air mattress only to now find in the daylight they have scratched every hardwood floor in the house along with wall damage and stair railing damage – I called Citi movers who said they would take care of it…. You guessed it, a month later and still nothing and like Progressive, they don’t answer my calls anymore.

Delivery day is a whole other disaster/scam story.

As another reviewer stated – “I hate this company and will make sure everyone knows what they do to people. The movers told me to file a claim for missing items and damages.”

The 10k insurance that Andrew discussed is BS – it a policy based on weight which will realistically cover nothing but better yet you need a receipt for everything you own to prove ownership before you can file.

The insurance isn't real. This company is a SCAM and ROBBED me. I will never use a moving company again. I wish I just took the UHAUL like I planned to. DO NOT TRUST PROGRESSIVE VAN LINES!!!

All said and done the move cost just over $14,000.00, I ended up with damage at the sold house and damage belongings at the new house. With no options to get any money returned.

I’d like to make this longer but site will not allow. Hopefully this doesn’t happen to anyone else – Avoid Progressive, Falcon and Citi movers at all costs!

Move size: 4 Bedroom Home Service cost: $14400

I went with Progressive after Neil took the time to do a video call with me late one evening. I wanted to make sure my inventory fit in the original space quoted. I realized then I had some more overlooked items after going through it with him. They were super helpful, and addressed all of my questions. They even rescheduled my dates for delivery and stored my items durring the extra time while the contracter fixed our new house. I would absolutely recommend them for anyone who is looking to move across state lines!

Move size: 4 Bedroom Home Service cost: $12150

If I could give zero stars I would. Absolutely horrible customer service when you're finally able to get through and they lie about EVERYTHING! I've left several messages the past few days and I've heard nothing back. They were supposed to show up at my place for pickup on August 2nd and they did not show up until August 4th. My development charged me 110 dollars for each additional day that I had to stay. This is absolutely ridiculous. I would never book with this company again. People that work at this company should really consider a job where they don't have to provide customer service.

The worst experience with a moving company and their employees. It took one month for us to get our items delivered. During that month we were not able to get in contact with the moving company at all. Phone calls would go unanswered as well as messages. Upon arrival, furniture and boxes arrived damaged. Broken furniture, broken boxes and missing items. They lost all of the screws to my bed, so I had to go and purchase new ones. Furthermore, they tried to charge us more for a walking distance. The audacity. They made an already stressful situation even more stressful than it had to be. And the kicker…they aren’t responsible for any damages so if you wanted to file a claim, you can’t, you have to take the loss for the damages because you will not be reimbursed.

1. You cannot seem to get anyone on the phone

2. When you do get someone on the phone they are rude, unprofessional and incompetent. They lie, lie, lie!!

3. They provide you with no answers

4. Overcharge you for services

5. No accountability on their part

6. Items arrived damaged and missing

7. Tried to charge more once they arrived with items

Do your research before booking with any moving company, local or long distance. Read reviews and do your due diligence. Please be advised that this company posts their own five star reviews.

Move size: 1 Bedroom Home Service cost: $4800

These guys were nice at first and very helpful when it came to taking my money. They never showed up and didn’t call and I was scammed for $1400. Now I’m stuck in a loophole and Better Business Bureau BS…Do yourself a favor and pick somebody else. They really fucked me over. This is not fictitious. Please help them go out of business by just picking somebody else.

Call Quinn Henry @ 619-577-6266

He will come through. We are COMPLETELY DISAPPOINTED.

Move size: 3 Bedroom Home Service cost: $1567

WARNING: THIS IS A SCAMMING COMPANY. NOT WHO THEY SAY THEY ARE. And they have 17 scam/reviews on their dot report pull up online. WILL TAKE YOUR MONEY AND NEVER SHOW UP, NOR WILL THEY GIVE YOU A REFUND.PLEASEREVIEWALLPRINTSINCONTRACT.DONOTAGREETOFORFEITYOURDEPOSIT.IFYOUDO,THEY

WILL TAKE IT, AND NOT GIVE IT BACK. PLEASE GO WITH A REPUTABLE COMPANY POD OR UHAUL TO SAVE YOUR MONEY, PROPERTY AND YOUR REFUND AND THE STRESS. THIS HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE FOR ME ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS APPARENTLY. READ GOOGLE REVIEWS

NO REAL OR VERIFIED GOOD GOOGLE REVIEWS

I booked a move and paid a $900 deposit on the 25th of August and was verbally promised that the truck was going to arrive no later than the 31st. Joe and Andrew lied and manipulated me just to steal $900 from me. They're really nice and tried to manipulate you and talk you into putting your trust into them in which I did after reviewing many bad reviews in regards to theft and non-job acceptances. And I had a bad feeling about this before during and after I spoke with these people. This is a poor quality poor value non-professional non-responsive organization. They will lie to you and tell you what you want to hear, and that you will be able to get in touch with them and that they will help you before during and after services and after you make your deposit none of that is true. Nobody knows what they're talking about, no one can provide any details to any information or services that are being offered nor will they after the deposit is made! Get your money scammed here if you want to. Everyone speaks a script and they basically disown you after you pay the deposit. Iwas respectful the whole way and I'm on a fixed budget, disability with a child and was left standing outside with all of my belongings and my kid for days as they never showed up. I was trying to give them time and respect their business and contractual agreements. If there were no stars they would get negative five. Please do not trust these people. The price is too good to be true. If you're going to sign a contract with them please read all of the fine print and make sense of it I would literally go over this with a lawyer or someone who professionally writes contracts up because they will not give you a refund at all everything is basically forfeiting your deposit. They don't care what you're going through or anything like that. Kids, or not not disabled or not low income or budgeted income or not. DO NOT BUY!!!! Worst experience ever. -RJ

Move size: 1 Bedroom Home Service cost: $2700

These people are complete crooks. For interstate moves they are a broker pretending to be a moving company and will auction off your move to the highest bidder and hence the worst moving company out there (who else would need to make blind random bids). The scam works like this they have guys that sound reputable and lure you in with complete lies and bids just low enough to entice you. They will take a deposit and that will be applied to your move. Then right before your move they will do a final inventory and say they need more money. That money will go into their pocket and whatever company shows up to pick up your stuff will say we never agreed to us. Of course by that time you are sucked in and Progressive will have stolen from you the extra money collected. At that point some random moving company will show up and deliver your broken furniture weeks to months later if you are lucky because you are completely at their mercy. THIS COMPANY IS A TOTAL SCAM! Saunders, O'Malley, whoever you are speaking to just know you are being completely scammed. The company that they sent was one of the worst rated on the internet, held my furniture hostage and I wound up paying DOUBLE what those crooks at Progressive quoted.

Move size: 3 Bedroom Home Service cost: $10000

Short version: Double review of Progressive Van Lines (Boynton Beach FL) and Febex/Interstate Moving and Storage/Feature Creative Group.

Liars and cheats, always willing to answer the phone for money, good luck them doing anything when it comes to the service they took that money for. Definition Bad faith. STAY AWAY Belongings pickup Sept 2nd 2021 nothing delivered Oct.8 2021.

Long version:

This company deserves negative stars, after paying a deposit on July 20th 2021 for $1894 for a pickup on Sept 1st or 2nd (they make the cable company look good). They called on Aug. 31 to verify for space requirement and then decided the whole 13 feet of the back of a truck was not enough space (I had originally requested the amount of space that would hold a 10 by 20 square foot storage space). They upped the price of our move from $6500 to over $12,000, then required we send them a check for an extra $2,412.61. The movers did not show up until almost the end of day Sept. 2nd 2021 in a rental truck and requiring 65% money upfront for the move instead of the 50% Progressive said we would have to pay, Then the driver decided to raise the price of the service just because, from $8,321.6 to $8,661.1 making 50% $4,330.55 for the loading fee (requested receipt, was told he would email it to our email, he took some pictures with his camera and we never received a receipt). It is now Oct 2nd and the only thing we have heard from them is from the company Progressive hired to move us (Febex also a negative star company). They called us three weeks later on Sept 21st to demand a check for $3,000 for loading the truck in Reno NV(requested she send a email receipt, she said she would email one, never received a receipt), we forced Shai Sanchez from Febex to concede that the amount we would pay the driver on arrival in South Dakota is only $1330.55. Not that the driver will probably never show up here seeing that Progressive hired a trucking company not licensed in the state of South Dakota. We are now in the process of looking for a lawyer who has the ability to sue for our money back (over $11367.16 now) and having to fill out theft reports to the Washoe County Sheriffs office and DOT complaints (this is the site to go to for any one else having problems https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/protect-your-move/file-a-complaint).

Move size: 4 Bedroom Home Service cost: $12000

We needed them for a move from Mountain Home, AR to San Diego Ca. They insisted we pay the large deposit ASAP because they had movers standing by to arrive in the morning. We paid by Venmo because they don't take credit cards. Well, no one showed even after we waited 3 days. They told me to cancel by email in order to get a refund because they couldn't find anyone in the area to move us! I followed their instructions and they declined my refund saying I canceled too soon. The Venmo went to a private account and they refuse to refund our money. What was really strange is within minutes of cancellation I received a phone call from Standard Moving Company company saying they had a full crew ready to go and understand that "other moving companies don't always show up". I found this strange since I never tried calling them afterwards and they are from the same area as Progressive. Sounds like they were hoping I would pay them too and scam me out of more money. Seems odd the reviews are either 1 or 5 ratings. Venmo can't help because money wasn't sent to a business and we are out $1200. We are in the process of filing a complaint with the Florida State Attorney General's office.

Move size: Partial Move Service cost: $1200

When I first contacted them they told me to fill out the bill of lading saying I needed my furniture "immediately." I did so and it's now been eight days since they picked my stuff up for a move from Ohio to the Boston area. When I call to find out an ETA I get the same answer "we called dispatch and they're waiting for a truck to come in." Whatever that means. All I'm asking for is an ETA and to have delivery made.

The team who packed my stuff up were great. Courteous, professional and attentive. All the problems started once everything left.

Move size: 2 Bedroom Home Service cost: $3400

Warning!!!! Please do not make the same mistake we did- DO NOT use this service. Three months ago I called, got a quote, signed a contract with a very nice individual named Joe. We had a two day window for pack out, it was the day before our house closed everything seemed fine. I emailed closer to the date about how to make sure the house was ready since they would be packing our boxes and everything I asked if things need to be off the walls, things out of drawers etc. Joe would email back answer my questions telling us we were still on track with a 99% chance it was going to be on the Tuesday (which was the first day of our two day today window). He called on Tuesday and said it would actually be on Wednesday. He confirmed what we had going and I was assured that even though my house was pretty large the one day would be plenty enough time because our house was closing the next day. On Wednesday, an hour AFTER they were supposed to be at our house, get a call some guy name Sean who informs me that they don’t have a crew to come out to my house he’s really sorry but they have to cancel. So I’m stuck with a house full of furniture, not even a box to back in, and less than 24 hours before my house closes. He offered to refund my deposit... like are you kidding?!? I am seeking legal action but please do not put yourself in this super horrible situation! We’ll see if I can get the deposit back

Move size: 4 Bedroom Home Service cost: $852000