Tri-State Area Movers

STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY. STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY. I AM GOING TO MAKE SURE I EXPRESS MY EXPERIENCE ON EVERY PLATFORM SO THAT NO ONE DEALS WITH THIS COMPANY. THEY ARE SCAMMERS AND INPROFESSIONAL. I HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY I DONT KNOW WHERE TO START. FIRST OF THEY DONT USE THEIR OWN TRUCKS. THE USE OLD TRUCKS THAT BREAK DOWN AND HOLD YOUR STUFF HOSTAGE. THEY GIVE YOU A PRICE AND ITS A TOTAL LIE. THEY ARE ON BBB LIST OF TOP COMPLAINTS. DO NOT BE DESPERATE LIKE ME. KEN WHO DID THE QUOTE FIRST OFF CAME AND TOOK A MASSIVE SHIT IN MY APARTMENT AND IS NOT PROFESSIONAL IN THE LEAST BIT. LINDA IS THE CHARMER OF THE COMPANY. TRYING TO COME OFF SO NICE ABOUT EVERYTHING. FOLLOW YOUR INTUITION. I FELT UNEASY FROM THE BEGINNING. THE DAY OF THE MOVE 3 GUYS CAME IN SMELLING OF STRONG WEED LIKE THEY JUST GOT THROUGH SMOKING. THEY LOOKED AT MY STUFF AND SAID THEY ARE CHARGING BY THE BAGS. MIND YOU MY STUFF FIT IN A MEDIUM UHAUL. THEY CAME WITH A HUGE A$$ PENSKE TRUCK. THEY DONT HAVE LOGO TRUCKS. THERE OFFICE DOESNT HAVE A LOGO. THEY KEPT COMPLAINING ABOUT SOME OF MY FURNITURE STATING THIS CAM EASILY BREAK. THEN BEFORE LEAVING THEY SAID THEY WERE HUNGRY AND IF I CAN TIP THEM NOW WHILE THEY ARE ON THEIR WAY. I GAVE THIS SONS OF B@#%^ 140 DOLLARS. WHEN I CALLED THEM 5 MINUTES AFTER LOADING THEY DID NOT PICK UP THEIR PHONE. 1.5 HOURS INTO DRIVING TO MY DESTINATION ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TRUCK IS MESSED. EVERYONE IS AVOIDING MY CALLS. IM WAITING HOURS LATER BEFORE A SO CALL MANAGER CALLS ME STATING THAT THE TRUCK GOT OVERHEATED. I SPOKE TO LINDA WHO GAVE A DIFFERENT STORY THAT THE LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT MY STUFF WAS PACKED BY 1230P MONDAY. I DIDNT GET MY STUFF UNTIL AFTER 11PM Tuesday. THEY REFUSE TO RELEASE MY STUFF UNTIL I PAID MY BALANCE. MIND YOU ITS 155 PER HOUR. SO HOW DO I HAVE A BALANCE. THIS COMPANY WILL DEAL WITH HORRIBLE KARMA. EVERY SINGLE PERSON APART OF THIS SCAM WILL DEAL WITH HORRIBLE KARMA. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY. IF CAN SAVE SOMEONE ELSE A FAMILY A SINGLE MOTHER A PERSON IN A DESPERATE SITUATION ANYONE. PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY. I DONT DO WELL WITH BEING ROBBED. I WILL MAKE SURE MY VOICE IS HEARD. I WILL NOT STOP EXPOSING THESE PEOPLE.

Move size: 2 Bedroom Home Service cost: $1700

They extorted me and my family out of 6000 dollars. We needed to mover from Long Island to Summerville South Carolina, we went online to find a moving company we put in a request for quotes and got 20 companies calling us. We interviewed a few then Chase a worker from call my mover came by Short guy who drives a Cheap white Baby Benz came over seemed ok but should have been skeptical since he had this cracked iPad. He gave us a quote for $7000 which was fair from the other people we had interviewed. Everything seemed great till it was 4 days before the move and He was supposed to come back and reestimate on 7/22/24 and he texted me that he was sick with his belly hurting him. And told me he will be by tomorrow or Monday. Well he never showed up and then tells me his office wouldn’t allow him to come by my house and he will be by me on the day of the move. Well the day of the Move came and he didn’t show up, the guys packed half my stuff up then they came inside to say we have to re evaluate this and wouldn’t unload it unless we paid since now the bill was 6000 more . AThe guy RJ calls up Chase not knowing I am on speaker and everything we told RJ Chase said and promised us was a lie. And you could hear him stuttering like the kid from Billy Madison. Then I started talking and he didn’t know what to do. I told him I Knew where he lived. (I had my friend run his plates since I took a picture of his car) he goes back and tells his boss that I said I would go to his house but his guys were all my witness lol. It was just another lie from him all the guys working on both trucks call him the short King and say he is a weasel and customers are never happy with him and how he always screws up and purposely underestimates. The workers always get screwed out of the tip

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My bill. I now paid 6000 over and have 7000 in damaged items. Still never received my final bill.

Move size: 4+ Bedroom Home Service cost: $13000

We contacted several movers to arrange a large and somewhat complicated move. Tri-State Area Movers got back to us quickly, and arranged an in-person estimate where the noted every detail of the planned move. Day of the move they arrived on time and got to work immediately. Not only were they incredibly efficient, they were really cheerful, which made the long day go by quickly. At the new house, they placed the furniture and left everything spotless. Worth every penny.

Move size: 3 Bedroom Home Service cost: $7590

Gabe and his cronies (Chase, Linda and Gill) at Tri-State Relocation Services, (d/b/a CALL MY MOVER/WE ARE MOVERS/TRI STATE AREA MOVERS) PREY on older folks who are unlikely to read the horrific reviews on the internet. They COLD-CALLED my parents. Chase, the personable home estimator, came to their home and presented my parents with a detailed printout and reasonable FIXED-RATE PRICE “guaranteeing transparency and eliminating the worry of unforeseen charges and fees.” My father paid a $100 deposit via CREDIT CARD to secure the date.

On March 26th, SUBCONTRACTORS showed up with a small Budget rental truck. The foreman, Kyle, claimed that “the company gave him the wrong specifications.” He captured my mother’s SIGNATURE on his phone, supposedly to 1) confirm insurance option 2) confirm 5 movers present, and 3) that nothing flammable would be transported. The movers then DISASSEMBLED most of the furniture and left gouges across the walls, floors and ceilings. At the end of the day, they told my parents that they needed a bigger truck. They left the remaining belongings outside in the driveway, coming back late the next day to take the rest.

My parents were expecting the movers to arrive in South Carolina on April 4th. Gill called two days before delivery and insisted upon a CERTIFIED CHECK (no credit card allowed now) for $13,700 - MORE THAN $5,000 OVER THE FIXED-RATE PRICE! My father refused, saying he would not pay anything until he received an itemized invoice explaining the additional charges. Two hours later, he received a THREATENING phone call from Linda SCREAMING and SWEARING at my father that he was “PLAYING F*CKING GAMES” and unless she got the certified check within the hour, she would turn the truck around to NY AND charge them thousands more.

My father agreed to pay the initial $8,600 plus an additional $885 for “furniture reassembly" (!!!) He was instructed to send a PHOTO of the certified check. On April 4th, a new truck staffed by different local SUBCONTRACTORS arrived. The foreman told them he had been instructed not to unload until the remaining $4,750+ was paid via certified check. An electronic “contract” was produced with my mother’s signature LIFTED from Kyle’s phone in NY and INSERTED all over the document. Further, there were FORGED “initials” dated April 2nd, TWO DAYS BEFORE the truck ever arrived at their new home, certifying that NO DAMAGE had been done.


My parents were INTIMIDATED into handing over a second certified check just to get their belongings released from the truck. And only then did my parents realize that nearly every piece of furniture packed by the NY movers - many of them precious antique heirlooms - had been DAMAGED or DESTROYED beyond repair. Cracked sofa arms, disjointed tables, shattered bed frames, WATER-damaged family photos… The SC subcontractors dumped their broken belongings all over the house and insisted that they sign the “final contract” agreeing to everything in the FRAUDULENT, FORGED document. My parents refused. Foul-mouthed Linda then called my father and told him since he “didn’t sign the final contract, he was “no longer eligible for any damage repair or compensation.”

We have sent 40+ photos documenting the damages and have received NO response. My parents’ attorney has sent a demand letter to retrieve the $5,000+ in extra charges, with NO response. CALL MY MOVER/WE ARE MOVERS/TRI STATE AREA MOVERS/TRI STATE RELOCATION SERVICES are CRIMINALS who TARGET unsuspecting older people. They engage in FRAUD, FORGERY, EXTORTION, INTIMIDATION and CRIMINAL NEGLECT. They have multiple outstanding judgments and lawsuits against them, under different company names. EVERY review reveals the same pattern of criminal behavior. The hidden “5 star reviews” on Yelp are laughable - you’ll notice they are all posted ON THE SAME DATE(S). Clearly, a slow day at the office for LawnGuyland Linda and her foul mouth.

These unscrupulous, greedy thugs need to be in JAIL. Anything to make a buck, especially at the expense of hardworking older folks who won’t see through their scam… until it’s too late.

Move size: 4 Bedroom Home Service cost: $13800

100% scammers. Do NOT fall for their trap. They will lowball the quote. Chase, the sweet talking sales guy will say all the right things to guarantee you good service. Come day of the move, they are 3 hours late, force you to sign a new contract, take their jolly 'ol time, they are not professional just 3 guys in a budget rental truck. They will load your furniture, it will take 4-5 hours more than originally quoted to move literally 7 min drive within the same town. They are on Better Business Bureau, look them up. They should be shut down. They will NOT move your furniture out of the truck unless you pay all the extras they have now loaded up. They even wanted me to pay for their driving from Long Island to Greenwich CT when my move is within Greenwich CT. Chase also told me they were coming from Stamford. Lie after lie. I called them cops too. Complete SCAM. Karma will come back to this entire business full of crooks especially Chase, who started it all. DO NOT BE FOOLED. STAY AWAY OR YOU WILL END UP PAYING 3-4x their initial quote, have a 100% guaranteed stressful moving experience, and waste 5-6 more hours of your life.

Move size: 3 Bedroom Home Service cost: $1300

If give them a minus 5 . They quoted me one price over the phone and when they arrived, they said it would be almost double the price quoted to me. When I tried to cancel, they said they would have to charge me for cancellation. They said why don’t you let them move most of your items, and have the rest delivered later on. I agreed because I did not want to be charge a cancellation fee and thought they would charge me the original price quoted or less. On the way to my new place, they have this woman who they claim was the manager call be to tell me that they were charging me $1,200 and thety were only moving half of my stuff. They demanded that I pay them the amount they asked for by certified check or cash and only told me this on the way to my new air. I told them that was too much because they were only moving half of my stuf. She said it goes by square footage. I said if it goes by square footage it should be less square footage because there is less furniture. She again stated it was because of square footage. When we got to my new address, the big guy who was in charge demanded I give them $1,209 by certified check or cash, or they were going to take my things to a warehouse and call the police. My husband asked them if he can check the truck to make sure we got all our stuff, and they said no we could not check the truck. I had to go to my bank while they had my stuff in their truck to get a certified check for $1,200 in addition to the $100 they collected as a deposit and they did not deliver all of my stuff. They damaged some of the items they did deliver. There were scratches on my dresser and cabinet and they broke the tv stand on one of my TVs. We realized later that they had stolen a lot of my brand new designer shoes that were in some of our boxes. The mover in charge was the one calling all the shots. He had a woman call us from his company as his supervisor , but in reality it was clear that he was the one in charge calling all the shots and telling her what to say to us. This company should not be in business. They overcharge people and steal our belongings and didn’t say you have to pay cash u til they are on their way with your possessions in their truck. So we had no choice but to pay them an exorbitant amount by certified cash. Do not use this company or you will regret it. They should be taken out of business, and I made a report to the better bureau. In addition to paying them $1,300 for half my belongings, they stole some of my belongings and I had to pay and additional $250 for the rest of my belongings. RUN don’t walk away from this company.

Move size: 1 Bedroom Home Service cost: $1300