moving companies?

any recommendations for a moving company for a local move (PH to PS)? anyone to avoid?

thanks.

Subject: Re: moving companies?

guest wrote: any recommendations for a moving company for a local move (PH to PS)? anyone to avoid?

thanks.

I've moved about about oh, say 20 times (business and personal) over the past .... umm ... well ... several years ...

Oz Moving and Storage has been my 'mover of choice' throughout.

We used Brothers Moving and Storage on Atlantic and Underhill. We were very happy with them.

I did that exact move (PH to PS) last month and used Movers, Not Shakers (www.moversnotshakers.com). They don't charge by the hour: They come to your house and give you a fixed price. So you know you won't be hit with hidden charges, trucks showing up late while the clock is ticking, etc. Friends of mine also used them for a Cobble Hill-PS move and loved them. Great guys all around.

No idea why my message about Movers, not Shakers was attributed to "Guest" but I am indeed logged in.

We just did the opposite move - PS to PH - and used Big Apple Moving. This is the third time I've used them and they've been great every time. Cheap too - $134/ hour for 4 men. Our 1 bdrm move took about 4-5 hours

when i moved from Miami to NYC, i got burned by using the cheapest local mover. when i moved from PH to PS two years ago, i decided to use the biggest mover with the most signs up everywhere. i used Moishe's. rates were fine, they were incredibly professional, and there were no hidden costs. next time i have to move, i'm not going to mess around with a small company. i'll probably stick with Moishe's or go with another one of the well-known companies with a "trackable" track record.

It's the luck of the draw sometimes -- I used Moishe's and it was the worst move I ever had. I got the guys 7 hours late, after they were dead tired and pissed to be pulling a double shift. It was UGLY.

We moved from Carroll Gardens to PH about 1.5 years ago and used U. Santini, a small company based in Brooklyn. We had a complicated move (2 apts -> 1) and I'd been burned by some incompetent movers (The Right Move) earlier so I was nervous about it, but they did a great job and came in well under their estimate. I would definitely use them again.

U. Santini, Inc.
239 15 Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Phone: 888-872-6846
Phone: 718-768-6778
Fax: 718-768-6816
Email: [email hidden]
http://www.usantini.com

Subject: what about all-star?

anyone use All-Star Moving on Sanford St?

watch out for the guys who put up posters with a big $18 on it.

the fine print says per hour per man, 3 man minimum. so i tried it late last year. i was only moving a small, sparsely furnished apartment, so i said 3 movers would do it. they insisted on sending 4. they also charged me for a truck, even though my move didn't require one. i was only moving from one apartment to another within the same building. they said they needed the truck to get there (i take the subway to work and don't see why they couldn't do the same.) knowing all this, i still thought they had a good price and didn't feel like hunting around anymore so i hired them anyway.

the surprises weren't over.

when they were done, i gave them what i considered to be substantial tips, considering they'd only worked a few hours, but they stayed in my house and argued with me that they usually get $10 per hour per person (as tip, on top of the $18 per hour per person charge) and wouldn't leave until i paid them that. i didn't, but did give them some more just to get them to leave.

once they were gone, i noticed that a few things were missing. i called the number and of course they denied they'd taken them. but i know for sure these things were in the apartment before they arrived because i'd just bought them and were not there when they left.

caveat emptor.