PODS® Reviews
Charged the full monthly fee even though we returned it after 18 days. billed the full month because we had it for more than ten days. We requested earlier delivery to our new address, but the request was declined. No need in trying to reason with the phone representative. It's pointless. This move was not one for our record books!
I will not use PODS again. PODS messed up everything and it would take too long to detail all the issues. I had to extend my hotel stay and change my airline flight. The last POD that was delivered was extremely hard to open and come to find out it was the lock that was bent and kept hanging up on the side of the container. It took the guys 15 minutes just to get it to the point that they could get the lock on it, Don't know if it will even open again. Whenever you call PODS they answer right away but if you need to talk to a supervisor you will be put on hold indefinitely and then be disconnected. A POD was picked up when it shouldn't have been yet. I chose PODS so I could get a headstart on packing but I do not plan to ever use them again at least with a moving company they come in, pack, load, and transport all in one day.
I could have done a better job at planning which may have alleviated some of the cost, but would consider a moving company if there is a next time. We ended up needing two pods, which were delivered on two different days which means they will be delivered on two different days. Not the most convenient.
Big company with call centers in other countries. Drop off was fine, then the driver who was supposed to pickup to container just drove past and claimed they was too much traffic. Then he changed his story and said there was obstructions in the driveway. Took many calls and negative reviews to get their attention. Ultimately they came through. But way too much stress.
Frustration I had such high expectations and was hit with road blocks everywhere. When I first scheduled with PODS, everybody was very helpful. It was easy to get people on the phone and then after that forget about it. Additionally, when the guy came to drop the POD off, he arrived, knowing that it wasn’t gonna work out in our driveway because the dispatcher had looked at the space prior to sending out the POD. In those circumstances, the people who booked it should have looked at it also and not been so eager to schedule the service considering it was not able to fit in my driveway. I was very lucky that one of my neighbors let me put it in there. Otherwise I would’ve been upper creek with without the barrel. Then, on the other end, when it was supposed to be delivered, I don’t know if it was a miscommunication or what, but that was not as planned either. It was late by two days. And I had other plans and that was a conflict. And then when I was trying to figure out what time they would be there because I had the people coming to help unload it, I couldn’t get a specific time from them until quote after 6 PM“ and then after 6 PM I still couldn’t get information until like 8 o’clock and I had to call and call and call and I couldn’t get anybody and it was just one giant frustration
