Five Stars Movers was founded in June of 2005 by two co-workers from a moving company in Boston MA, They decided to start their own business after they had been working in this company for almost ten years. They opened the door.
Honesty, experience, professionalism, quality and dedication are the five words we stand for.
By: Dan
Absolutely terrible experience. If I could give it a negative rating I would. When they fist packed up my apartment in Boston they tried to add charges after everything was already packed up. Only when I said “ok bring everything back up then” did they meet me on the middle with a fair resolution. I put my stuff in storage until I had an address in my new location and once I had a delivery address I tried for a few months to get on a truck but communication was poor. The last email I received after that said “I’m working on it I think I will load up over the weekend I will let you know as soon as finish loading up the semi.”
The next thing I heard was that the truck was 5 miles from the new city WITH MY FURNITURE ON IT! I had NO warning and was told that if I couldn’t accept delivery I would be charged for holding the truck up. I pointed out that I wasn’t even in the city and that it was 2pm on the Friday of a holiday weekend and I had no warning at all.
I ended up having to scramble to get a storage unit in about 1 hour, have a friend take $3300 out of a bank to pay them on site because they refused to unload unless I had the cash. In addition, I had to pay $800 for an additional shuttle truck because I didn’t have time find a place that could fit the big truck.
As I communicated this all I got was defensive attitude and no accountability. Even as I was trying to work this out with them they simply stopped responding to my emails. I believe they have predatory pricing. They low ball quotes but will to all they can do add additional charges when they have the customer over a barrel. I will NEVER use this company again and hope no-one else does. It’s sad that a company can stay in business with an attitude and communication like this. It’s well worth paying more initially for a reputable, honest moving company. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY.
