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Description of Work: This was a disaster. Angie's list reviews failed us. The A-rating this company had didn't prepare us for the damage to our home and our items. It is early December and we are still trying to get our items repaired and reimbursed for damages to our home. They are unresponsive. Here is most of the letter sent to them after meticulously inspecting all our damaged items: | |"On July 24, 2015 we hired Leaders Moving and Storage Company to help us move the large items from our household into our own storage barn. We received quotes from several moving companies and were pleased with the reviews on Angie's List and the quote provided verbally, over the phone, from Leaders. While we hope our experience is not representative of typical Leaders quality it was simply unacceptable. | |Attached is a list of the 30 damaged items that we discovered on our own after a day of inspection. In addition, we've already submitted a claim to repair our home we were selling. It was scratched on walls, doorways, doors, and door hardware was even broken. With all the damage to our home we were certain additional damage would be present on our furniture, but we were still shocked at what we found. | |Most of the damage occurred from the following careless acts: |• Did not protect items - when moving them, from moving equipment, from each other, from the house, etc. |• Didn't use "buddy system" very much - each tried to move big items on their own which led to, |• Scooting of items rather than lifting and carrying them. Many items were scooted on concrete floors and were scooted on their table tops, finished surfaces, etc. |• If an item didn't fit through a doorframe they just kept pushing - causing damage to house & item. It was embarrassing how naïve they were at moving items through a doorway. It showed they had not received proper training. |• Poor awareness of items and the house. Even when asking them to be careful with items they still damaged them. They didn't protect any portion of the house. | |Unfortunately, many of the damaged items are family heirlooms. Some of these were refinished within the past 18 months and are now damaged. Others will require finishing expertise to ensure they get fixed properly as they are irreplaceable. Many other items were fairly new and have avoidable damage to them. | |To further reiterate the carelessness, two pieces were dropped when unloading, right in front of us. These pieces, along with any other obvious damage were hidden in our storage area. When finished, the lead mover only mentioned, "I'm sure some things are damaged so please text me a list tomorrow." It was just unacceptable. | |Finally, we should also add that the movers were ridiculously slow. So slow, in fact, that an operations manager came to check on them. Our move, for a single truck, with no packing, too little (if any) protection, and overall carelessness took over 10 hours! | |While we can't recuperate our time, we do expect that our damaged heirlooms are repaired, using our preferred furniture repair service, and that our replaceable damaged items are either repaired, if possible, or replaced. | |We have photos available upon request." | |As we stated, we are still dealing with this 5 months later!