They contracted with my moving company. They put together my bed without the wheels and scratched the wood floor. That was my main complaint and it took me quite a while to get the money to fix that. Their service wasn?t good and it was poor. I wouldn?t use their services in the future.
Description of Work: I used the services of Merchants Transfer & Warehouse probably in September for moving.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
3.0
professionalism
3.0
responsiveness
2.0
punctuality
3.0
Stephen W.
10/2010
5.0
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Overall, went well. Did not provide brochures required by law until they were requested, but found them online anyway. A few small dings were caused, but nothing worthy of a claim. The driver said they underestimated the weight of the load by 25%, but the binding estimate did not allow them to charge more. That was a good deal for me, but it impacted the driver's commission. I tipped each worker and the driver at both ends $20 - I hope that was enough. They worked hard. I used Angie's List to find this mover. Other movers were rated (this one wasn't), but I had trouble getting them to show up to make an estimate. I self-insured the first $1000 of high value items with a high deductible, and I saved about $250 there. I used the high deductible full value protection to basically insure from loss of the entire load, not the small stuff that I can cover. I found that if you want to Insure your load, there are policies that do that, but they're more expensive while they cover more. The full value protection is not insurance per se. I recommend you watch the weighing if you can get there, even though I was only able to view the unladen weight. They had to use a shuttle because their truck was so big, and I stayed with the house while they brought the two shuttles in and out, so I missed their weights.
Description of Work: Interstate move from Arkansas to Missouri; 380 miles, 10,000 pounds.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
4.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$3,100
Anne G.
12/2008
2.0
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The first driver came in labeled and loaded two rooms, he sneered at the load from the get go; bigger than he thought? Older home? He found a wood roach in the detached garage and said we were infested he could not take us and unloaded the truck and left. This was in a Little Rock Arkansas older neighborhood where wood roaches are like lady bugs or grasshoppers; they are all over but not infesting like the small roaches in NYC. Evidently this mover did not do much work in the south, but the company I contracted with was in Little Rock and should have something in writing about this issue. I try to avoid spraying poisons in my living area but might have done it in the garage right before the move, though I am not sure how much that would help. I spent the rest of that day trying to get the company to call me back and take care of the move. Well they did come through with two rented smaller trucks a crew that took forever to load two days! and then they had to reload to the bigger truck at their warehouse, so they went out of their way to accommodate us but we were still two days late reporting to work and did not get the load delivered until a week later. We had a full week of living in a hotel room with a cat. The guys who unpacked complained about the weight of the load, books and sculpture; we are artists, but not a lot of huge furniture. They did not get furniture up the stairs and did not take a lot (if not most) of the boxes marked for my room up the stairs, so I have spent more than a month moving stuff in the house. Now I am trying to make a claim for a bent mattress. I paid for the insurance ($500!) but they evidently did not file the papers, so I will need to spend more time haggling with these people.
Description of Work: I have mixed feelings. The moving was a disaster but the company did come through for us. It is not over though. They do guarantee their estimate and they estimated way too low, so I got a good deal. And when things went bad they did come through but I did have to call and say hey this is a disaster, over and over again.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
3.0
value
4.0
professionalism
2.0
responsiveness
2.0
punctuality
3.0
$5,000
Tim L.
08/2008
4.0
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They did damage a few minor things and the driver of the van liked to hear himself talk. I feel that added to the moving time both coming and going. The rest of the move went fine.
Description of Work: I hired this company to move about 14,000 pounds of household belongings 700 miles.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
4.0
value
4.0
professionalism
4.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
4.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$6,000
09/2006
5.0
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They did a really good job overall, but a couple of things did get damaged. They were as careful as they could be and it was about as pleasant of a move as you could expect or hoped for. We were pretty satisfied with what they did for us. I couldn t give a price because my husband handled that part.
Description of Work: They moved my belongings from our 4 bedroom home with 2 living areas, office, kitchen and some patio furniture from Dallas, Texas to Little Rock, Arkansas which was about 316 miles. The movers packed up the items and put them into the right rooms in my new home, but didn t unpack them.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
4.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
09/2006
5.0
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We were just extremely pleased with Mayflower during our moving process. They made things so much easier for us. They were organized in the way that they packed our things, did things that we asked them to and they were just wonderful. We could not have been happier with them.
Description of Work: Mayflower moved us from Louisiana all the way to Little Rock, so that is quite a big move. They packed all of our belongings for us and then relocated them from Louisiana to Little Rock, AR for us.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$10,000
09/2006
5.0
moving companies
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We were satisfied with the move and nothing was broken or stolen. They loaded the truck and unloaded the truck putting boxes and furniture exactly where we wanted them. They stayed on schedule and on time. My wife handled the billing so I can t help you with a price or cost of the move.
Description of Work: They moved my personal property from Mark Tree, Arkansas to Sherwood, Arkansas which was about 150 miles.
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Merchants Transfer & Warehouse Co is currently rated 4.1 overall out of 5.
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No, Merchants Transfer & Warehouse Co does not offer a senior discount.
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No, Merchants Transfer & Warehouse Co does not offer warranties.
Merchants Transfer & Warehouse Co offers the following services: MOVING AND STORAGE. AUTHORIZED AGENT FOR UNITED VAN LINES. ALSO PROVIDES GO MINI`S PORTABLE STORAGE UNITS. PICK UP AND DROP OFF STORAGE UNITS.