4 years ago
I seriously suspect the ratings I see for Californ...
I seriously suspect the ratings I see for California Moving Systems as my extremely poor customer service experience was not an anomaly. We used CMS to complete a move from California to Florida and we couldn't have received worst service. Packers on the origin side were inflexible and not properly coordinated, delivery was delayed a week once enroute, coordination between CMS, Altas and CMS's furniture crating company was non-existent, damage to the furniture and the new home was considerable, and just extremely BAD customer service from Michelle have made me take the time to warn others to avoid CMS at all cost.
The biggest issue we had with CMS (Michelle) was that they didn't respond to resolve issues, and they outright lied. Our furniture was delivered in Florida two days before Christmas and coordination between the Atlas driver, CMS and CMS's crating company was needed to successfully complete the move. The driver unfortunately was eager to head home for the holidays, so the crated furniture was left in the garage. The crating company that CMS used , when they finally showed up, would not move the furniture into the house once it was uncrated because "that's the movers' job", and Michelle was totally incapable of resolving the issue. After all of CMS's contract workers left late at night the day before Christmas Eve, Michelle offered to contact two of the furniture lifters if we would pay $400 up front with the agreement that CMS would reimburse us after the holidays. BIG LIE! We were bounced back and forth between CMS and Atlas with both pointing the finger at the other. I filed a dispute with my credit card company, but because we didn't pay the additional $400 with the credit card, the dispute was denied.
My advice to others is to look at Yelp where the ratings aren't nearly as good, and pay attention to the low ratings. If you're OK with the experience you see from the customers that rated CMS low, then by all means, use CMS as you'll likely experience something similar.