1-800-PACK-RAT® Reviews
Thus far, making the reservation and having the container delivered have gone well, with the exception of the delivery being a tad late. The initial customer service representative was absolutely wonderful to work with. The moving container was spotless and furniture pads are quite thick and will protect the furniture well. The container is also constructed solidly and will protect my belongings well. It will be picked up on Monday and transported within 30 days to its new destination.
I would use Pack Rat again, as well. I found everyone in the company, from any operator or technician with whom I spoke, and the drivers as well to be very professional, easy to work with, and accommodating when I needed to change my schedule. I will reccommend both 1-800-Pack-Rat and Sebastian Moving.
Very pleases with the customer service people with Pack Rat but not with local service. A filled container was to be picked up on a Monday then another container was to be delivered also Monday for movers to load 1st thing on Tuesday. Neither did pick up of laded container or drop off of empty contained happened Monday so when movers were to load Tuesday they had no container to load. The movers although they were booked for Wednesday they could help load on Wednesday but only for 2 hrs due to other moves. Another crew needed to be called and luckily there was one. Also, Pack Rat was to pick up container Wednesday but didn't causing problems for the new buyers moving in on Thursday. The Pack Rat issues caused me basically be in turmoil.. Many calls to them. If they did not have ability to do the job they shouldn't have said they could.
Pack Rat was a fair price and the furniture was in good shape when it arrived. I would use them again and recommend them also. Their customer service was very good. I moved in June/July during a very busy time. So, I added a bit of buffer (3 days) between the projected arrival and the day my movers would unload the box. I highly recommend using a buffer because my arrival date slipped 2 days and almost a third. My only recommended change would be this: Be sure to tell folks that containers might be delivered outside the 9AM to 5 PM window. I live in a city and had to reserve parking spaces and only reserved it for business hours and it was a crazy scramble trying to reserve 3 spaces (approx 51 feet) for the truck and container at the last minute. Also, if your customer has a late delivery (mine was 10:30PM), I would try to schedule that customer for an earlier pickup.
Pack Rat delivered the container on time and the driver was very careful about backing into my driveway. the pickup of the container was as scheduled. the only issue i had was that i was not aware that the pad lock was not included with the pack rat unit, so i had to go buy a pad lock. i wish this had been clarified up front. Other than that, good experience.
The customer service was very good. We had a special situation where we needed a Pac-Rat right away and they were able to deliver it within a couple of days. We also needed it moved long distance from Chicago, IL to Denver, CO. It stayed in storage for a couple of weeks in Denver then had it delivered to Littleton, CO. Then it was picked up in Littleton, CO and delivered to Colorado Springs, CO. They were very helpful getting all this coordinated. I would have liked better status emails on what was going to happen next. I got some, but didn't get one when it was going to be picked up in Littleton and delivered to Colorado Springs. Also, I wish they could give a better delivery/pick up window instead of sometime between 7am and 11pm. I also wish the website had more information on how to load the container properly and what is expected when it is picked up empty. Like, for long distance moves it should say, keep the lock, leave the blankets in the container. But I wold still use them again - definately.
The company provided good information, was honest and delivered what they promised they'd do. Good customer service. They're very available by phone and they even called me to ask whether I needed more time to pack as they saw I didn't have the container scheduled at my house for very long. Nice to see they help you anticipate potential problems.
They are not on time. They seem to have excuses why that is. They have a warehouse in pompano FL. but its going to take them 3 days to pick up a empty container in Boynton Beach, FL. this container is parked on a street in a gated community where you are not allowed to park your car on the street. They were also very late in picking up my full container MA