PODS® Reviews
Will never use them again either. Not only was the container a lot smaller than the reps described to the point I am still needing to rent a U-HAUL but PODS were the ones that recommended a loser company called Moving Staffers Marketplace. This whole experience has been a disaster and next move I will definitely go back to the old school way of renting a U-HAUL and doing it myself! Biggest Rip Off artist I have worked with in a very long time! I wish I would have given RatPack a try. I here they are amazing.
PODS grossly underestimated the number and size of PODS that we needed for our move although we went into GREAT details telling them exactly the size and contents of our house. As a result we now need to secure another day of moving and another means for moving many of our household items. Very frustrating.
The containers were good. One had some beetles, but they were not the kind that create an issue. The delivery service was excellent - the drivers were friendly, skilled and careful. The back office support was mixed. Our names were recorded incorrectly, which caused a form to be created incorrectly which, when discovered, led to the cancellation of one of our shipments without the effective and quick resolution that would have been easily possible if they had just called us to explain. Instead they sent us requests using some mix of broken web tools and mishandled PDFs. All of this delayed our move-in by a week.
I have issues with some of my items getting damaged. I saw my POD after it was loaded, and it was fully loaded, and strapped down, but when we opened it up, boxes and other items had fallen forward making it difficult to get the door open. The people who transported it from the San Diego facility to my apartment, and the one who picked it up afterwards were much better than the ones in Tennessee.
1- 8 footer, 1-16 footer. Fairly low cost way to move across the country. Proper loading a must. The real benefit was the ability to have them store the pods until I was ready to receive them. The storage fee of them was reasonable. My only complaint would be that even though it was weather driven, I did not know that they were not making the initial delivery on the day we had specified, therefore I got an extra charge from the Hire-A-Helper company since I had to cancel late in the process. Better communication or a better working agreement between H-A-H and the Pods company would’ve eliminated that extra charge. The process to obtain the pods, the communication with the company and the drop off and pick up of them was excellent. I would definitely recommend them, and use them again although I hope I never have to…
The drop off was frustrating because first driver refused to leave Pod because it had snowed and driveway was alittle wet; therefore I had to reschedule movers to next day. Upon Pod pick up, driver reprimanded me for not locking the Pod correctly and said it was my responsibility, even though I had no idea it was not completely closed, I found him to be rude, disrespectful and unprofessional.
