1-800-PACK-RAT® Reviews
The set up process was easy and the guy Zach on the phone was very helpful booking the container and even helped me find movers for both locations on the call. Cons: I paid for a lock and they didn't provide one at container drop off, driver said they would bring me one and they never did. I was quoted $3481.32 for the container, paid a $500 deposit, and they charged me $3809.44 on the day of pick up. Still trying to get a refund for the lock and figure out why the charge was more than the quote. I would use them again granted they refund the services (lock) not provided and honor the quote given.
You put's yer money down and you tales you chances with Pack Rat. For some inexplicable reason, they are using a ZIP CODE directory that is horribly out-of-date, less than useless, which leads to numerous problems. I had the same problems when I fled Chicago in 2020, but I figured, "The devil you know...." Big mistake.
This was a great experience. From quote, to booking, to loading, and delivery, this is a op notch company that values and expresses customer service. Shout out to my drivers, John in Oklahoma and the rock star from Charlotee, NC, Tony. All caring people and interested in doing the best job possible. Todd in Greenville was fairly negative, but ended up being an outlier. Everyone else was fantastic. Thanks everyone for making the move bearable.
Booking 1-800-Pack-Rat was clean and easy. The customer service agent took the time to fully understand our needs and customized delivery and pick-up dates to fit into our holiday weekend schedule. Container delivery times were communicated and on time. The delivery men were friendly, clean, personable, and professional.
We had 2 delays of which we were not notified once. I had to call them 4 times with long hold times. Finally received our POD 20 days later instead of 10-14 days. Make sure you put an AirTag in one of your storage bins on the truck. That’s how we knew they were running late. We were told they had no drivers. Anyway, we were compensated for the delays.
Our pod did not arrive when promised and we had to rearrange our entire schedule and coordinated moving help permits, etc - it cost us a lot of extra money not to mention the aggravation and stress. Pack Rat did not communicate well with us and we didn't find out about the delays until the day of the move, and then we got different stories from different people . when it was escalated we finally got the pod delivered.
Everything went to plan. All deliveries happened within the promised windows, and all four drivers we interacted with were professional and helpful. Annoyingly, the "transportation subsidy" did increase the cost by $250 over the quoted price, but it was still a competitive price. We're happy with the experience and would use Pack Rat again.
This company is terrible. They "overlooked" my shipment so my delivery was 22 days late. They also were supposed to pick up the empty container the same day and my update from them indicates it will be at least 5 days later which is a problem for the apartment complex because they are parked in the fire zone. I never got the same story twice from this company on what happened to the container delivery or pickup. You have to run the gauntlet to reach a person and often you will be on hold for 8 - 20 minutes. Stay away.
FYI: Pack Rat container booked through Zippy Shell. External door was broken and they had a ratchet strap keeping it closed. The door doesn't fully shut so my things were exposed to the elements. I've reached out to their customer service a few times and still haven't received a call back. Their prices were the best that I've found.
DON'T USE THIS COMPANY! Let me start by saying if you are on ANY type of time constraints DON'T USE 1-800-Packrat. I scheduled for my container to be dropped off on a Friday as I had a ton of friends slotted to help me move on Saturday and needed to be out of my house by Wednesday. My container did not show up! They never called to communicate they weren't coming! Saturday morning I started making calls. Customer service takes 2-3 hours of either waiting on hold or scheduling a call back every time and once they do they blame EVERYTHING on the facilities or the drivers. They take zero accountability. My POD finally arrived on Sunday. I had to leave my sons graduation party to receive it! I then of course had no help loading it as all my help works during the week! Hence why I wanted it delivered on Friday! I was moving from Seattle to Florida. My POD was scheduled to arrive in Florida on August 1st it did not arrive until August 9th!!!! I had to stay in hotels and eat out 3 meals a day with my family! Every day they would have a new excuse. Every day they would say tomorrow! I checked in and out of hotels 3 different times because they kept assuring me that it would be there the next day. They also charged me $900 more then quoted for repositioning fee. At the end of the day they don't compensate for hotels or food and they don't show up when they are scheduled. DON'T USE THIS COMPANY. In the end they gave me $75 a day for the inconvenience and credited half the extra $900 repositioning fee. It was less then half of what I spent on hotels and food! AGAIN DONT USE THIS COMPANY
