1-800-PACK-RAT® Reviews
Pack-Rat was good overall, they were responsive over the phone and their drivers were courteous and professional, but watch out for hidden costs. If you want your container delivered at a particular time, you'll have to pay extra beyond their quote to get anything smaller than a 24 hour window. When you schedule delivery of your container at your destination, they will try to schedule you ten business days or more out from the day you schedule the delivery even though their contract says one should be aware that containers take "up to 10 business days" to be delivered. They will want to charge you for expedited delivery for anything less than ten days in advance.
Too early to evaluate PackRat. The pod was not picked up when scheduled and there is no notification process to advise me of the status of the pod (e.g. when picked up, in transit, when arrived at destination). Very accommodating when the need to cancel one of the pods became necessary. A follow up evaluation would be helpful once the pod is delivered.
The pod was delivered on time and placed correctly. Unfortunately, the moving blankets that were listed on the order were not delivered. Pack Rat offered to deliver the blankets but not until late the following day which was too late since the movers were coming in the morning. We had to go to Home Depot to purchase our own blankets which was much more expensive.
Transportation option worked well. Truck arrived on date stated, no exact time was given. Container was clean and in expected condition for its purpose. Customer service good, no discount offered despite showing one on website once initial enquirer made. No mention of admin fees, additional cost of fuel for travel, and it appears we were charged from date of ordering and not drop off! Also, no mention of inside warehouse fee, per prop recovery fee and license fee. They forgot to drop off the blankets that we had ordered but did manage to deliver them on the morning the hired helpers arrived to move us!
The 1-800-PackRat storage and moving company was convenient and worked very well for my needs. They were easy to contact to arrange pod drop-off/pick-up/storage services. Their customer service representatives were exceptional and easy to contact night or day. I would definitely recommend this moving company to friends and family.
The transportation company was very responsive about my questions, however they suggested a larger container than I needed in the end. I removed 1 star for this reason. The container was in excellent shape and the truck driver was very friendly. I would use this company again, however I would be more scrupulous regarding container size.
