1-800-PACK-RAT® Reviews
Good to excellent, HOWEVER - our move timing was up in the air, and when I called to have the pods delivered on November 4th, (earlier than Nov 30th) they said they could not deliver them between November 4th - November 17th! They found a way to get us our pods to move in on November 3rd, but pods are now here until Nov 17th when they can move them out. Didn't understand during the sales pitch that there would ever be a "we can't do that then" scenario so likely they need more helpers perhaps. We understand and it worked out really well - these are crazy times, and we would recommend them over and over again - very pleased.
At first very professional, plenty of communications, first container delivered as promised but then - swap out of first and second container a day late causing a reschedule of movers. The container driver was only told to deliver the empty container, he was told he was picking up a full container. After less than 24 hours I got a call they wanted to pick up the second container, a day before it was scheduled for pick up. Second container is supposed to be picked up today, we'll see what happens. Hopefully things are smoother at the other end.
The container was good. The big problem that is not clear when you reserve is the fact that they need a lot of open parking spaces on the street to drop the container. This is likely an issue in most areas where there are a lot of cars parked on the street. blocked off 2 parking spaces back to back, but when teh driver showed up, he said he needed the front or rear spot at the end of the street in order to drop the container. This was a huge issue and as a result we needed to park the container a much further distance away.
Don't use them. I set my move dates in May. The container was a day late arriving, it was picked up in Ohio on Sept 23 to be delivered on Oct 9 in Nevada. Oct 7 we received a call saying it was still in Ohio and would not arrive until Oct 14, 6 days late. We were stuck without our furniture for 6 days. They had no plans to get the container here on time. The worst, don't use.
Everything went smooth and I expected some surprise billing at the end, but there wasn't any. It was a long distance move from CO to FL. All the coordination was very easy, they stayed in great communication. The storage price did go up about $11 a month due to increased costs of COVID. Container was stored at Denver/Aurora indoor facility for 9 months. Used the recommended Hire-A-Helper svc and that was really smooth and worth it. I sold most furniture before moving, so few big items. As far as damage, a display case had a broken glass shelf, probably $25 to replace, and 2 large plastic totes had the tops cracked from too much weight stacked on it. I'm not complaining, it's so minor. Very happy with the service, believe me I was nervous from all the bad reviews for moving companies. I'm Happy, happy, happy!
Technically I used ZippyShell, but the container was PackRat and it was serviced by PackRat. They're part of the same parent company. I was mostly very satisfied, but my container ended up being 15+ days late because they couldn't find a truck to move it. That was extremely disappointing. The $200 they gave me back was appreciated, but didn't actually compensate me for the things I had to buy new because mine were on the pod.
the beginnin of the experience was awesome but went down hill from there. They shipped our pod from WI to NC 2 weeks later than we requested. We were not able to get items out of the pod that we had planned to. Ended up having to buy clothes for a funeral for this reason. Also when we scheduled delivery of the pod to our new home in NC we requested for the pod to be picked up 2 days later but they bumped it back a week. It was a major inconvenience. They did waive the extra storage fee which we appreciated but would have rather had the pod removed when we had originally scheduled it.
amazing process. pd arrived on time. the driver was amazing placed pod exactly where i needed it. the container was clean in great condition. we has severe rain and nothing was wet. customer service was outstanding people yes people actually anser the phone, they are friendly and follow through. thanks so much. i highly recommend pack-rat.
