ComplaintsforBull Moving, LLC

• Initial Complaint

  09/16/2024

  Complaint Type:

  Service or Repair Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  I had an August 3rd moved scheduled for 11am. First problem, they showed up at 12. They sent two small employees to move from a third floor unit to a second floor unit within the same complex - fine. When we were walking up the stairs to my apartment, they employee questioned why we were going upstairs. I explained where I live/where Im moving to; and he said the company told them they were moving from first floor to first floor, and that theyd usually send more people for a job involving stairs. I also clarified previously that my complex does NOT have elevators and that I have a heavy couch. Employees started working, after 3.5 hours and them still not making their way to the other apartment, I went to check on them (and my dad who was with them). They finally drove over here, then proceeded to ruin all my furniture. Could not carry the couch so they were dragging and ripping it up the stairs. Completely ruined my tv stand, chipped the paint, warped the wood (with their sweat). I found my mattress laying SLEEP SIDE DOWN on the ground floor of the complex. I had to assist in carrying the last large piece of furniture into my apartment because, #1 they couldnt figure out to tilt it to walk in the door, and #2, the other employee (whos first day it was), gave up. They proceeded to **** * hours, when I was quoted 3-5 (even though I was moving inside the same complex so drive time isnt even considered), charged $1000 and told that they will not be paying me for any of my damages because of a waiver. The employees were fighting and complaining around us, sitting in their truck vaping. *** had a claims dispute open for 33 days, they claimed to have sent 3 checks, and then just proceeded to tell me after 3 checks were allegedly sent that I am now no longer eligible because they found my waiver. I am looking for a full refund on the service and a check to replace my furniture.

  Business response

  09/18/2024

  Good afternoon,
  I'm sorry to hear about your concerns with your recent move. I have reviewed your file and would be happy to provide additional context. It looks like a manager reached out and you accepted a partial refund as a courtesy since your move did not go perfectly. This was intended to take care of all of your concerns since you had signed off on a liability waiver. Unfortunately, in our line of work our teams can sometimes be asked to do things that may be unsafe at the request of a customer. They will always disclose how this may be unsafe and if you want us to move items in an unsafe way we cannot accept responsibility if not allowed to take the proper precautions.

• Initial Complaint

  02/19/2024

  Complaint Type:

  Service or Repair Issues

  Status:

  Resolved

  More info

  On September 15, 2023, Bull Moving company moved all of my household goods from ******, **, to two storage units in ********************. While I appreciated their efforts to try to get all of my boxes and furniture into one unit, I had said it was not necessary since I had already paid for two. The boxes and furniture were stacked ***** nilly on top of each other, literally to the ceiling , causing damage to many items.On December 22, 2023, the sister company, Eagle Moving company, moved my household goods from the two storage units to my condo in ********************. I had signed a contract for four men and two trucks, but only got three men and one truck. I had told the booking agent that my unit was on the second floor and you had to go up a flight of steps to get to the living space which meant the men got tired more easily. This also necessitated a second trip to the storage unit with three very tired moving men, one of which was very vocal about his fatigue. I allowed them to use the small residential elevator in my unit but things were jammed in there at times.All to say, after having moved at least a dozen times in my life, this may have been the worst moving experience I have ever had with definitely the most amount of breakage. Seventeen items were damaged or dirtied as well as 29 nicks in the drywall and picture frame molding. I paid them a total of $$6623.73. On the advice of their driver, I checked the insurance box which is supposed to pay $.60/pound based on the weight of the damaged items. I calculated a weight of **** pounds or a damage reimbursement of $987 plus $150 to repair my walls for a total of $1,137 - which is being exceptionally reasonable.

  Business response

  02/20/2024

  Hi thank you for reaching out about your concerns with a move. After speaking with the manager at Eagle Moving, they have taken responsibility and filed your claim since your damaged occurred during your move out of storage. Bull Moving only completed your move into storage. 
  
  If you direct your complaint to Eagle Moving, since your complaint is about how they handled your damage claim, I am sure that they would be happy to address your complaints.

  Customer response

  02/21/2024

   
  Complaint: 21314949
  
  I am rejecting this response because the damages were incurred by the moves done by both of these sister companies (Bull and Eagle).  Some of the household goods were damaged by the way they were improperly stacked by Bull Moving.  The Eagle movers were quick to point some of these damaged items out as they took the things out of the storage unit.  And some of the damages were incurred (and witnessed by me) during the move of my household goods from the storage unit to my condo by Eagle. 

  I was in contact with *************************** when I hired Bull Moving. He assured me that their sister company, Eagle, would give me a discounted rate since I had used Bull for the first part of my move. Also, when I filed the moving claims with Bull/Eagle, he was the only contact person I was given. Since I have been dealing with the same individual on my claims for all of the damaged goods and the miscalculated damage reimbursement check they have already issued on behalf of both companies, I think this complaint is best directed to Bull/Eagle Moving Companies. 

  In summary, I was directed to file one moving damages claim for the damages done by both Bull and Eagle; they put one person in charge of my claims request and they issued one check for all of the claims.  Unfortunately, the check was not based on the weights they asked for me to provide in my claim.  I have repeatedly asked them for the weight factors they used for each damaged item on my claim as that detail was not provided with the check they issued for all of the claims.  Allowing Bull Moving Company to get off the hook, just allows them to play a shell game between these entities. This will not get this matter timely resolved.  
  
  Sincerely,
  
  *************************

  Business response

  02/22/2024

  Hi thank you for your response. I just double checked, and Eagle Moving has taken responsibility for all of the damaged items and issued the payment. If you direct your complaint to Eagle Moving I am sure they would be happy to provide further information.

  Customer response

  02/22/2024

   
  Better Business Bureau:
  
  I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID ********, and I am willing to redirect this complaint to Eagle Moving, but I should not have to refile my complaint in order to get this matter resolved as Bull Moving and Eagle Moving share all of the information. 
  
  Sincerely,
  
  *************************

• Initial Complaint

  06/07/2023

  Complaint Type:

  Service or Repair Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  I was given a clear contract stating I would be charged one delivery charge and billed 150 an hour for work provided at job site. When they arrived I had them been told this would now change to 2 separate transactions and be charged two delivery charges. When they arrived we signed the arrival time and they went to work. One guy worked well with loading and the team lead spent the entire time there on the phone. Whether its personal or business I should not have to pay for him. They also forced me to sign a liability labor because I stepped on the ramp of the truck. They did not explain any of this to me before I stepped on the ramp to get around the truck and waited until the very last minute to explain that I would have to sign before they would leave. The next day I told the company I would not be available till after 2pm. On multiple occasions. But they went ahead and started at 1pm and sat and waited for me to get home to unload. Charged me 150 dollars to sit and wait after I specifically told them I wouldnt be there. They were there for an hour and a half and I was billed for 3. They refused to leave until I paid. I spoke to the sales manager and he told me the would rectify the situation and I would just need to pay and call in tomorrow to make things right. They then told me that after reviewing my complaints and speaking to the packers that because the first guy was texting dispatch that I would have to pay him. Even though he did not do anything for over 2 hours of the 3 hour job. They also said that they would not do anything to rectify the hour of waiting even though I told them multiple times that it had to be after 2 because I was in a time slot of ****. This is the worst customer service and the worst company I have ever paid money for.

  Business response

  06/23/2023

  Hello ****************,

  Thank you for your business and taking the time to provide feedback about your recent experience. I would like to apologize if you were unsatisfied with your recent move in any way, and I would be happy to address your concerns below, as well as provide copies of the quote, reservation, and moving paperwork.

  In the initial quote/reservation that was made you can review that our team had provided a quote for each individual date of your move, and that payment is collected at the end of each day. For liability reasons, we do not allow our customers to get onto or inside our vehicles. One of the movers had requested that you not enter the back of the truck, but received some pushback so he made a phone call to our dispatcher to help explain these policies to you. However, the liability waiver that was also signed was also for requesting furniture not be wrapped with blankets and plastic wrap. This is attached in the moving paperwork attachment. 

  You were not billed for any wait time by our team. Since your move consisted of an overnight hold, the hourly clock does begin as soon as the team begins driving to your new location in a loaded truck. For them to begin working by 2pm, the time you had requested, they had to leave at 1pm.

  It looks like one of our managers had reviewed this information with you prior to this complaint, but I hope this helps clears up any confusion. 

  Kind regards, I hope you enjoy your new home.

  Customer response

  06/23/2023

   
  Complaint: 20155679
  
  I am rejecting this response because this is completely false.
  
  Sincerely,
  
  ***************************

• Initial Complaint

  04/25/2022

  Complaint Type:

  Billing Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  I hired bull moving company to disassemble two queen beds and move them from the second floor in my home to the first floor . I instructed them with very specific directions to place the beds in a room on the first floor that had a tile floor . I explained to bull moving company and the movers that I was having my wood floors redone and needed the beds along with two other dressers to be placed in a room with the tile floor . Keep in mind there is only one room that has a tile floor . After two plus hours they called me and assured me they had moved the beds and placed them in the correct room. A few hours later I was shocked to see that they didn't move the beds headboards foot boards dressers to the correct room and left the furniture in the dinning room. After numerous calls to the company I finally was able to reach someone and I was told they would send someone out to correct their mistake however I would need to pay them 140$ an hour to do so. After I already paid them 504$ to move two beds to the wrong place .

  Business response

  05/19/2022

  Business Response /* (1000, 5, 2022/04/26) */ Contact Name and Title: Bradley R. GM Contact Phone: XXXXXXXXXX Contact Email: ****@bullmoving.com When I got into the office yesterday, I reached out to the customer and offered to come out right away to reorganize the items for her without any further charges. I confirmed with the customer through Facetime to ensure this was up to her expectations. I believe I'm being sent this complaint a little late since we had already resolved all of the concerns listed above with the customer yesterday to her satisfaction. To provide some context, our team was hired to move furniture within the same home so that the contractor can redo the floors. Since the customer wasn't present for this move, our team was communicating with the customer over the phone and with her son on-site to figure out the location to place the items. It seems that this caused some miscommunications with the team and they misunderstood where the items needed to be placed. I apologize for any frustrations that may have stemmed from this.

• Initial Complaint

  03/02/2022

  Complaint Type:

  Product Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  STAY AWAY FROM BULL MOVING! To say we had an awful experience with this company would be an understatement. The pictures below show how they loaded just one of our trucks. I was not sure if a tornado had come thru or an actual moving company had loaded the truck. It was beyond careless and we ended up with more damage than I care to document. Our son's bed from RH was loaded onto the truck unwrapped and into storage unwrapped, leaving it exposed to the other contents of the moving truck and unfortunately it is completely damaged. Bull Moving offered us cents on the pound which came to about $300 to replace a $3000 bed.. doesn't really add up. Our master bed was treated in the same manner.. left uncovered, scratched and the upholstery damaged. The only thing that I can compliment this company on is they're consistency when it came to being careless. They consistently left furniture unwrapped, piled exposed furniture on top other delicate furniture pieces, mattress slumped on their sides causing permanent damage, and showed little regard for any boxes labeled "delicate or breakable". At the end of the day, the only offer we received from them was to move us into our new home for free which would possibly cost us more in the end. That being said, we are now out thousands and thousands of dollars from damaged furniture. On top of that we had to actually pay them $7,000 to move us and consequently destroy our belongings. The fact of the matter is, by hiring Bull Moving it will be costing us more than $10,000 to replace damaged items and the $7,000 it cost for them to move us. At the end of the day, we have to be realistic about a few minor damages during a move but to say this far surpassed that is an understatement. The pictures don't lie, and they were not willing to refund us on our move which a natural disaster could have done a better job on.

  Business response

  03/23/2022

  Business Response /* (1000, 5, 2022/03/03) */ I'm sorry to hear that things may not have gone up the customer's expectations on their move. We appreciate them bringing the issues with our team members to our attention; we have addressed this issue with them to ensure that this pattern of behavior doesn't continue. Standard protocol for our crews is to blanket and wrap furniture, which it sounds like they did for some items, but may have missed others, or these items were blanketed in the truck. Looking back, it looks like this customer's appointment was originally scheduled for a two truck four man team based on the inventory they had given to us before their move, but the movers showed up to significantly more items than what was originally detailed on in the initial call causing two additional trucks to be needed on last-minute notice. Had we been informed of these addition items ahead of time, this move would have gone much smoother. I'm happy to hear that we were able to accommodate this increase in size by providing these trucks in order to meet their tight deadline for closing on their previous home. There may be some confusion, as this customer not filed any claim since their move roughly four months ago back in November of last year. I would encourage them to please submit the pictures of any damages to **************@gmail.com so that they can begin on going through our claims process for damage. We are more than willing to take responsibility for any damage caused by us, and stand ready to make amends per the terms outlined in their contract with us and the coverage option that was selected by them prior to their move. We appreciate their feedback and hope they enjoy their new home.

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