PODS® Reviews
We went with PODS for our move from San Francisco to San Diego. A leading "turn-key" mover quoted us $14,800 to pack, store (30 days) and un-pack the house. That sounded crazy so we opted to POD-it. The three 16 foot PODS we rented came to $6200 door-to-door, however the mover-labor in San Francisco was expensive at $3K to pack. Unloading in San Diego was well under $1K, so in all it was $10K for PODS vs. nearly $15K for a leading mover. It was still a lot of work and navigating your PODS pick up and delivery when using 3 containers is complex. You just need to be sure the POD you order will fit where you need it, as some cities (San Diego) don't allow them on the street and the POD crane they use to place your POD won't fit under a carport. PODS personnel were very professional and helpful on both ends of the move. Again, you just need to be sure your POD will fit where you need it, legally. Most complaints are from people who failed to find this out until it was time for delivery.
Johnny called ahead to verify arrival. He asked us first where we want the POD placed before offload from the large hydraulic equipped truck. Johnny placed the POD Unit exactly where we wanted it allowing a great place to load our furniture. This is the first time we have used a POD. WONDERFUL service and caring Customer Service oriented staff.
Super shady company. Hidden charges if you want same-day pick up of the unit, even when they tell you that your booking includes drop off/pick up of the unit and return to the storage unit (I booked to store the unit at their facility for one month, which they charged me for but then didn't arrange for). My bed frame also got broken in the move of the unit.
delivery was a hassle and they almost did not deliver it til a week after it was scheduled - they do not inform you of the fact that although they advertise for it to go in the street it is not allowed in the street and delivery guys will not put it there. - i ordered 3 blankets received one. When they delivered it to the new home instead of take the time to adjust the direction of the container due to the landscape they just dropped it down - causing us to take an hour to open the door.
Great logistics department and great customer service. A good option for moving on a budget. My only complaint is that the container is not "8' x 8' x 16'" as stated. Internal dimensions are actually 7'4" wide, ~7'6" high and 15'10" long. The width really killed me because I was counting on stacking 5 large boxes across (18" wide each) and spent two weeks packing for this scenario. But because the width was less than 7'6" I could only get 4 boxes across.
