True American Van Lines

I was moving from Phoenix, Arizona to Florida I talked to 10 different companies and True American Van Lines price was the most competitive for what I needed. All my furniture was taken care of and wrapped in blankets. L I was able to keep in touch with the driver when I had any questions or Request .They did run out of bubble wrap but they ran to home depot very fast and didn't charge me for it. I moved cross country before and it was a nightmare I was so worried this time, but this company made it easy!

Move size: 4 Bedroom Home Service cost: $16468

You would be better off rounding up drunken hyenas and teach them how to drive than trust these scammers. The positive reviews on here are obvious fakes. They made it their job to destroy or lose my things, charged me 19,000 for a move from Colorado to North Dakota. Please do NOT trust these brokers!! They don’t even have specific drivers or movers, they don’t have their own trucks. Just 2 guys scamming using a company name that closely resembles a real company so when you look them up, it accompanies them to give the appearance of credibility.

Move size: 3 Bedroom Home Service cost: $19000

Worst customer service! Only delivered 60% of our items ! Still missing our mattress, office chair, and ELEVEN BOXES ( valued at over $45,000!!!!) they don’t care about you or your belongings! Don’t trust them! Worst experience in my entire life ! Priceless family heirlooms gone forever ! They have no empathy and couldn’t care less about how they treat paying customers! DO NOT TRUST THEM ! Not accredited with the BBB either ! D+ rating on BBB website ! Not once have they tried to apologize. Shameful

Move size: 1 Bedroom Home Service cost: $4000

I wish I could give ratings in negative. We hired them for moving from North Carolina to Wisconsin. It was a nightmare working with them, starting with sales talk and getting quote until the end. The sales person was rude herself, I cant imagine a rude salesperson. Because that's why they are hired for sweet talk. Anyways, coming to the real issues we had with them. We finalized the service and paid upfront service advance on August 2, She said we will receive a call 48 hours before our packing date which we decided as August 27. However, we didn't receive any call even until the day before of packing. He called them 10 times on August 26 and they finally picked up the call at 5:30 pm and talked to said they would come next day. We already had lost hope that if they would come or not so we were not even ready.

Then, on the day of packing, they packed everything so poorly, going for marijuana break every other hour. Whenever they were coming back from marijuana break our whole house was smelling like marijuana. The heights were at the moment when they said, "We are out of boxes". 1/3rd of our stuff couldn't be packed and we had to throw it away. There was a box of my gym weights no more than 40 lbs, and the guy refuses to pack it saying that its too heavy. But anyway, things were packed somehow and left our house. We thought, that's it we should be receiving our stuff in 1-2 weeks, at max 3 weeks (that's what their contract says).

But Story doesn't end there, Its been almost a month, we started calling them since last week and every day they say, its on the way. I have no idea which way. We had a 4 month old baby when we came to Green Bay, have been living in a miserable condition with our baby girl. She is already 5 months old and our stuff hasn't arrived yet. I just don't want to remember this miserable time anymore. But today seeing our condition and problems that we are facing without our baby stuff specially, we feel like how someone can be so irresponsible of their duties and legal contract signed.

We are really frustrated but what can we do? just wait!

I highly highly highly NOT RECOMMEND this moving company!!!!!

Move size: 2 Bedroom Home Service cost: $5300

Called this company for estimate..Not in Montana where our belongings were.They wanted a guesstimate on what we had.They told us a price reduction because it was a pickup that would be on an empty truck they were driving back to Vegas. We were relocating in Phoenix and so it was not out of their way. Put 1000.00 down and told us it would be a total of 6500.00 .We went back to Montana at the time they were going to be there anyway. They showed up a day later and loaded our belongings up.Then the bill for 9000.00 Dollars.I wanted to tell them to go to hell.I don’t think we owe them a dime more for their hidden costs. People DONT us this business..Hidden fees..Ripped us off..Still have our belongings in Vegas.Going to bring it to us..Haven’t paid for the balance owed yet.Tried to call main office ..Won’t pick up the phone..Scammers!

Move size: 2 Bedroom Home Service cost: $9000

Where do I even begin- This company is extremely unprofessional, they don’t communicate, they will outright lie to you, string you along, and will intentionally put you in a situation to fail. When the situation turns south (which is likely with the lack of communication and transparency) they will not be in your corner despite outright lying and stringing you along to make you think they are. Working with them has probably been the sketchiest customer service experience of my life! Here are a few points without getting into the detailed specifics:

- I gave True American Van Lines a specific date we needed to be moved out by. They did not honor those dates, nor did they provide those accurate dates to the movers. It put us in a time crunch with our backs up against the wall with zero choice on what to do.

- Upon informing True American Van Lines that I needed update the address and the items list (every day twice a day for 3 days), I was outright lied to about the type of move (hourly vs. cubic square feet) nor did they provide the updated address to the movers. I have these lies on a recorded line with dates that have been reported to the BBB. Giovanna even stated, “why would you update the list since it’s an hourly move, it doesn’t even make sense.” The move they quoted a little under $5k actually costed over $9k. Even though we had the updated items list, they refused to update it.

- Upon the move being completed, I spoke with Giovanna on multiple occasions where she strung me along telling me she was looking into things, that she would call me back (the call backs never happen) and pretended she was doing something about it. Fast forward, I call back to check in (because, again, they do NOT call you back when they say they will) only to get Cody on the phone. Cody was the most unprofessional and rude customer service person I have ever worked with. He stated “So, Sue us then” and was outright arguing with me. He didn’t even have all the information before he started to argue. It literally felt like arguing with a teenager.

- When I needed to contact them on the day of the move, there was no one to be contacted because it was a weekend.

- They are a broker company who contracts your business and sells it to Ideal Moving. Ideal Moving only accepts Cash or Money Order upon delivery and pickup. (This alone is sketchy because who carries $9k in cash around unless you’re trying to be sketchy with taxes). Another super sketchy thing is that Ideal Moving requires 70% cash on pick up. So not only did they require cash on a Sunday, but they jacked up the price (due to us not being able to update the cubic feet since they wouldn’t let us provide the updated items list) and we couldn’t even access a bank.

- They told me I was supposed to get a call from Quality Assurance before the move, which never happened. When I called prior to the move to follow up that’s when they told me it was an hourly move and that I wouldn’t actually get a call from them (also on a recorded line).

These are just a FEW of the things with this company that went south. My advice- there are several other moving companies that provide a much better experience. RUN FAR FAR FAR AWAY from this company! You have been warned!

Move size: 3 Bedroom Home Service cost: $9000

True American Van Lines IS THE WORST. DO NOT USE THEM. I would give 0 stars if possible. We had a move from GA to TX. This company said they would pick up our belongings on a Thursday, they ended up picking it up on that Saturday beginning at 7pm because the truck broke down. They didn’t finish until MIDNIGHT. They then promised us our stuff would be in TX 9/3 (David promised) a week after they initially picked up our belongings. Thus, we booked our flights to make sure we would be in TX by the 3rd. OUR STUFF DIDNT COME UNTIL 10 DAYS LATER. What angers me is that they’ve lied to us each time we’ve asked where our things are/the delivery date; they consistently gave us the runaround. They even ignored my husbands repeated calls. David Erickson and Chris Ruwe are 100% untrustworthy. Additionally, we have 3 small kids. If we were just told the truth from the beginning we could’ve stayed in GA longer so that our kids wouldn’t have to be sleeping on the floor. We just wanted honesty from the beginning. What True American does is take your deposit, makes you pay a portion of the balance when they come and pick up your stuff and then they SUBCONTRACT the pickup. We had a random guy who isn’t affiliated with True American come drop off our belongings. He told us it would only take an hour. We knew better. Thank god for the movers who came with said guy, because they made our experience a tad bit better. They worked really hard. True American is sketchy, shady, untrustworthy, and a bunch of liars. Don’t use them. I’m convinced these 5 star reviews are from bots or people who know David and Chris. Because True American is a terrible, terrible company who rips you off and quite frankly doesn’t care about it’s customers, just their money. I could go on and on about my experience but it would literally take multiple reviews.

Move size: 4+ Bedroom Home Service cost: $11000

Please run away from this company! It is a real fraud. They simply didn't show up on the day of my move after constantly lying that their truck was on the way to our house. Our buyers were moving in next day, and it created a nightmare scenario for us. I called them multiple times, but none of my calls was returned. They basically left us in limbo of uncertainty where we had to take some drastic measures to vacate the house. We had to choose alternative solutions to complete our move at the additional cost. They did not respond to any of my emails/phone calls and refused to return the initial deposit of $1,300. I had to contact my credit card to complete a refund. The stress that they put us through is simply unacceptable. The worst experience EVER!!!

Move size: 1 Bedroom Home Service cost: $4500

SCAM ALERT!!!! FRAUD ALERT!!!! No matter how they try to reply to this review know that I have tried my best to just get a single true answer about time, location, care of my belongings…..No communication. Moving coast to coast. I had to load half of my stuff myself up to the truck. They came early to grab our stuff on October 6 when we were planning to move October 16th. Saying this would allow for delivery the same day we were to arrive at our new house. They told us our delivery would be on or just after October 22nd. Writing this November 24th and they have been lying to me the whole time. Jacked up prices after showing up to grab my stuff. Tracker shows my stuff still on the wrong coast and in fine print they say they have 30 BUSINESS days after first available date of delivery. Like talking to their sales guys to get a plan set was just a waste of breath. They do not care about you, your time, your belongings. They even managed to break my furniture loading it into the truck. I can only hope I haven’t given them money for nothing.

Move size: 3 Bedroom Home Service cost: $7500