1-800-PACK-RAT® Reviews
Communications with this company were difficult. The increase in rate during storage of unit was surprising to me because it was never mentioned on the original application. Also I notified them of my move in May to arrange for arrival in July and they sent the unit a day after my call. Something else that could happen that I was not made aware of. All the boxes I had purchased were in the pod and sent to Florida empty.
lots of miscommunication-failure to call customer at correct number to alert to arrival causing a full day delay-customer service was helpful in rescheduling and offered to reverse extra $50 paid for am or pm delivery-warehouse guy was the most helpful but company is difficult to reach directly-you are on hold endlessly and then you have to wait 1-2 hours for a call back.
This is my first experience with 1800 Pack-Rats. However, I have moved with PODS 6 times. I find the Pack-Rats are a much smaller container offering much less flexibility when compared to PODS. Every customer service representative is very polite and helpful. However, they are not able to provide answers to the questions I've had. They have had to reach out to the local facility to find the answers. Unfortunately, the local facility has not responded. Some of the questions I've asked are rather simple. I had a unique entry to my driveway and needed to know if two containers could fit. Since I did not get an answer, I had to arrange for one container's delivery and return before the second container delivery. This added time and expense to the move as I had to hire movers to load the containers on two separate days. So while 1-800 Pack-Rats containers were much less expensive than PODS, the difficulty with scheduling and additional container required for the move ended up costing me more in the long run.
Delivery of the container went smoothly, and the driver, Bobby placed it exactly where I wanted it. There was some damage to the outside of the container & Bobby covered it inside with padded tape as I requested. He was very cordial. The container has not been picked up & transported at this point so I can't comment further on that part of the job.
Enjoyed the fact that I wasn't pushed to load the containers or unload them. When we finally closed on our new home called for scheduling ..asked if they recommended anyone and they said Hire Helper has insured and reputable moving companies under contract. They did a great job unloading. If I ever move again will do the same thing.
The people at Pack Rat were very helpful since I had a lot of questions having never used a container before. The container arrived and the driver took extra care to place it just so in my driveway. It was clean and contained the moving blankets I requested. Pick up was scheduled for after I left the state but a neighbor told me it went smoothly. I chose Pack Rat for the price and the fact my container would be stored in a temperature controlled warehouse.
I have been very impressed with all the people I have come in contact with at Pack Rat. They were all extremely friendly, and helpful and patient even though, I was very stressed out. They answered all my questions and were very helpful in helping me to figure out the number of containers I needed. The containers were delivered and picked up on time. They were a pleasure to work with.
Company was unable to get the state i was moving from correct, even after several phone calls. I was called at 5:15 AM by the driver delivering the container because the state was still listed as MA, not NH. Also, the container is to be delivered in 10 days, but the company insists it will take 2 weeks because one Monday is a holiday. Really?
I had a fully furnished one-bedroom apartment to move, so I ordered one 1-800-PACK-RAT container. It was a tight fit, but everything managed to get in (including a queen-size bed and mattress, two dressers, two nightstands, a dining room table, six chairs, a desk, a chest of drawers, a sofa bed, and several other ancillary pieces of furniture). I was working on a tight timeline (drop-off and pick-up on back-to-back days). The delivery driver called me several times on the morning of delivery to keep me apprised of his ETA so I could be present but not miss too much work. I instructed him as to where and how to place the container, but when I came home later, I noted he had placed the container with the door facing the opposite direction of what I wanted. I never did find out if there was a reason for that, or he just wasn't listening. I paid extra to guarantee an afternoon pick-up the following day, because my moving help was scheduled for 10 am until 12 pm. Unfortunately, my movers were not the best, so it took them until 3:30 to finish packing the container. The pick-up crew called me several times during the day so I could keep them apprised of progress. They came to my location last, so as to give us extra time (and still ended up having to wait for about 20 minutes for my movers to finish loading). All in all, 1-800-PACK-RAT has been easy to deal with. But I did have to call them and ask them to email me a receipt for the moving charges (how is that not SOP?). I have always found their customer service to be helpful, and reasonably easy to reach by phone. I was considering them and PODS at the outset, but I preferred the customer service at PackRat. I would use them again.
