1-800-PACK-RAT® Reviews
LOVED using the PackRat container. Customer service during drop off and pickup was excellent and I would highly recommend use of their services to anyone. I didn't have a lot of furniture but I had a lot of boxes and storage buckets. It was a lot of stuff and the 16' barely held it all. When I move the next time I will have more furniture and will need two. Go with the advice they give you when you tell them how many rooms. I had only one twin bed, two dressers, a chest, some nightstands and two wingback chairs, but like I said A LOT of boxes. This was a cross-country move.
Yes I would use them again. Customer service was great with identifying, explaining and correcting some payment and other misunderstandings, and delay during the drop off, pick up and transportation phases. Warehouse personnel great with my access to container during the 9 months it was in storage. Delivery and pick up were a breeze. All drivers pleasant despite excessive heat.
Pack Rat is cheap and you get what you pay for. I get calls from all over the country from drivers about pods that are not mine, I am on hold for 30 min to an hour when I call Pack Rat and the representatives always seem annoyed to pick up my call. Then this last time they threw a fuel surcharge in my bill, they did not notify me of the charge even though I had called the previous day to confirm the amount owed. However, they are the cheapest, and all in all worth the price if you're trying to save money; be wary of the fuel surcharge though; that takes the cost from cheap, to moderate, and they are definitely not worth any more than cheap.
After having been stiffed by a scam moving company (although I avoided a big loss, thank Heaven!), I turned to Pack Rat (which I had used before and foolishly chose not to call them first). After hearing about my problem, the agent (R.J., I believe) fixed me right up with a container within 3 days, and the moving labor the day after that. The size was exactly what I needed (with room to spare, so I added a few more things that I originally didn't think I could pack with the scam movers). The container will be picked up tomorrow. No guesswork or delays or downright lying (which happened with the other company). Everything was like clockwork, and I am totally satisfied!
Overall, good. I was moving from one apartment complex to another. Each time, I was told they needed 2 parking spaces for the container. Each time, they needed 3. One of the apartment complexes was not happy about them taking up so many spots. I would use them again if I were moving into a house, but not an apartment complex-their equipment isn't really designed to maneuver the container in a parking lot.
They are good in delivering the container and placing it on my driveway as I expected. However it was very hard to get connected to their customer service agent. I had to leave my number a few times and it took them forever to call me back. Also they charge extra ($50) if you want the container delivered at a specific time frame. The container pickup was a breeze, no problems at all.
I will never use them again. They delivered our containers on time to be packed but when they had to deliver them for our move, I paid extra to have them delivered in the morning so I had my movers scheduled for 12pm. I first container didn’t arrive til 3pm. We had to pay our movers for showing up. B
If you are moving in the Philadelphia metro area, stay away from these guys. Our containers were stored in Cherry Hill, NJ. We had one container delivered immediately when we moved - and it was delivered a day late. Then months later when we bought a house, we had two more containers delivered - one of which was late. And not only were the containers not delivered on the requested day, even when booked over a month in advance, they completely failed to communicate that this would be happening, and didn't seem in any bit of a rush to redeliver the following day. Due to the late containers, each time I had to rebook movers at an additional cost. STAY AWAY, they don't give a **** about their customers!!!
From the beginning of the moving process from NJ and storage of 2 pods for 5 months to the very end of the move to New Mexico everything went so smoothly. They delivered the containers when they said they would , picked them up when they said they would and delivered them when they said they would. All of the drivers were great across the board. I would highly recommend 1-88-PACK-RAT and would use them again without question.......just hopefully not to soon !
I had to change my dates due to the efficient help I got from moving helpers and Jesse and his crew were flexible in their scheduling. I had 2. 16 ft containers and 1 12 ft and they managed the coming and goings without a snag over a one week period. I would recommend that they add more hooks on some of their containers to give you easy places to tie off boxes and furnishings. Some had hooks on the Metal supports and some did not. it is easier to use the hooks than to tie off on the bracing supports. the containers were clean and swept and had doors that closed tight,y to protect my belongings. they also supplied locks when I requested since my plan was to store my things for a couple of months
Pack Rats helped to make our long distance move less stressful. The only glitch was the HOA does not allow deliveries after 6pm, I stressed this to Pack Rats yet a driver tried unsuccessfully to deliver a pod after 6pm. I had movers hired to unload the pod and had to reschedule, cost me $85. Other than that I would highly recommend Pack Rats.
Very pleased with this company. They were always patient and helpful during my moving plans. I called several with questions and just uncertainty about my move. They were understanding and lessened my nervousness. The pod came and went as scheduled and both placement and removal of it was flawed. Thanks!
The gentleman who delivered the containers could not have been any kinder or more professional. He took my concerns into consideration and placed the containers in the most reasonable and convenient locations possible. He went above and beyond to try and avoid damage to the trees while trying to make them as easy for us to load as possible. I wasn't there for the pick up but I have to imagine it was just as great as the dropoff since it was the same individual.
