Sky Moving are CRIMINALS!
Rick
Submitted this review about
Sky Moving & Storage
Review made Live: 11/11/2011 6:53:00 PM
Sky Moving & Storage are professional rip-off artists. I cannot believe what happened to me, so please read carefully and AVOID this company. I initially contacted them because the facility was very close to my address in Florida. I called and obtained a quote over the phone. I listed all inventory items and estimated a number of boxes which would be filled in the packing process, as I needed packing as well. I obtained a quote of $1750 for door to door service including packing, all supplies needed for packing, elevator fee (I lived in a high rise condo), everything! I was slightly surprised at the low price, but was very thorough with the inventory list. On the day of the move, the men arrived on time and took a look at my things. He started doing some calculations on a contract and, when finished, claimed that I had more items than indicated in the quote and that the price would go up. He also began to add things like the "long walk" to the elevator which was about 50 feet from my door. I was getting nervous and began feeling uneasy, but I allowed him to finish. When he was done, his calculation showed $2150, which was $400 more than the original quote. He went on to explain that this is a binding contract and regardless of future circumstances, if I signed, he could not exceed this price. In my head, this number sounded more like what I originally expected, so I signed. The mover then proceeded to start working, leaving the signed paperwork in the kitchen. They were friendly throughout the day, although the one who did the paperwork was constantly on the phone and not working nearly as hard as the other, resulting in 6.5 hours to pack the truck on a 1000 sq ft one bedroom condo (kind of long). As they were finishing the last couple of trips down the elevator, the mover said he just needed me to sign the final paperwork and they would be done. Well guess what? Sometime during the day, he added a line item for "packing supplies" on the paperwork and hand wrote a 6 over the 1, resulting in a $500 difference in the so called "binding" contract. THE GUY ALTERED THE DOCUMENT WITH MY SIGNATURE- FRAUD!! So of course I contested this paperwork, and his excuse was that he made a, "calculation error". I said no way, and called his company and got David, the so called owner on the phone. This guy started to back the mover up saying it was a simple calculation error. I was irate at this point exclaiming that I signed for $2150 and that's what I would be paying, not $2650. Well the, "owner" David flat out told me that he would have the movers unload all of my belongings in the street! It was raining and I had a flight back to NM early the next morning, not to mention my lease was up that day. So I was basically extorted for $500 in a fraudlant scam. I had no choice, pay the money or be stuck on the street, in the rain, with my belongings on the ground!!!!!! I have never expereinced anything like this and hope to never expereince it again. I am in the hospitality industry and have moved a lot, and never thought something like this would happen. Do yourself a favor and DO NOT affiliate yourself with this company. They are criminals!
