PODS® Reviews
PODS was an excellent choice for our move. We were able to fill PODS in stages and still maintain our house in excellent condition for showings. All PODS personnel we dealt with from booking, pickup, drop off and pickup were pleasant and efficient. This was our 17th move and logistically the easiest because of the PODS concept. The containers were clean and in good shape. We chose PODS based on the recommendation of a work colleague. We would recommend PODS to others and would definitely use them again if needed.
PODS has been excellent to deal with. Very reasonable pricing. Excellent communication. Very professional people from everyone I dealt with. The delivery driver was great and didn't even want to take the tip I was offering him. I highly recommend PODS. Here is a note about my move. The questions asked below about what size container and how many I used, how many square feet the house was, how many bedrooms the was the house do not give an accurate picture of how large or how many containers I used. First off, we sold much of the furniture and many of the furnishings before the move. If I were rot have kept everything, I would have needed two containers, one 16' and one 12'. As it was, the 16 wasn't even quite enough and they packed it solid without wasting one square inch of space. I wound up having to rent a U-haul truck to get the patio furniture, grill, tools and garage stuff moved as well.
The only thing that worked was the initial delivery... after that it was a debacle. I ordered same-day delivery and pick-up on both ends... none of it worked. On the departure side, the pick-up driver wouldn't wait 10mins for the movers to finish loading because his manager told him to leave, delaying the entire transport. On the receiving side, the driver wouldn't drop-off the POD because same-day pick-up was no longer available in my area... so after trying to get a bribe from me to somehow figure out another solution... I had to find my own way to pick up & unload the POD from the holding facility the following day. I moved to a high-rise, so PODs have to be delivered and picked-up the same day. I can't imagine why the order went through for a same day process, if it was not available. Customer Service tried to be helpful, but I just found this all to be a mess. I would have gladly paid more to eliminate the headaches involved with coordinating movers and the POD and then the rescheduling.
POD showed up 2 days late due to a snow storm - understandable. BUT no one ever contacted me in any way to let me know when the container would be delivered. Caused us to push our closing date. Customer service was atrocious. You can only speak with central customer service people who have contact with the local affiliates who actually deliver the PODS, so it's constant middle-man nonsense.
PODS was definitely the answer to my moving needs because I needed long term storage. I was very pleased with the level of customer service provided by PODS. Every one I spoke to was courteous and helpful and the PODS were delivered and picked up on time. Additionally, there was no damage to my household goods despite long distance moving and 7 months storage.
My initial experience with PODS was good until I had to add a leg to my move for delivery. With one exception, the customer service representatives were less than helpful and provided conflicting quotes requiring several calls to validate the final amount. Had I not needed the means to store my items I would not have used this service. I do not anticipate using them again if I have any other option.
I have used PODs before and will definitely use them again! Their online tools are efficient and easy to navigate. Representatives are professional, friendly, good communicators and helpful. Since our address changed, we still had our old zip code in our record and there was a problem charging to my credit card before delivery of our full PODs to our new home. The delivery was cancelled at the last minute which would have thrown off a series of bookings for days to come afterwards. A very capable and competent representative saved the day and got our delivery re-instated within an hour of it being cancelled. She was an outstanding representative of the company and lived up to the high rating of 5 stars!
Both drivers I interacted with were knowledgeable and very nice. Mark presented options when a 2nd container wouldn't fit in the driveway and during a separate delivery (I didn't catch the gentleman's name), he was able to work with us to position the POD perfectly to allow for much needed driveway space. Very smooth process.