This guy is a rip-off artist! He quoted me a per hour rate; said they have boxes and will help pack the boxes, but never happened to mention that he charges extra for the boxes. I used 29 boxes, many of them packed only 1/2 full (at owner's directing) - and was charged an extra $325!!! not for the service of packing, which was included, but for the cardboard!!!
His workers felt so bad. They said they usually pull the customer to the side and tell them about the hidden charge, but they thought that I knew already or they would have tipped me off.
This man charged me $866 (for 5 hours), and wanted cash; when I gave him $900 in hundred dollar bills, he said he didn't have the change and asked if he could keep it! When I asked him to get change, he went down to the truck and sulked, and when I chased him down for it, he said ""What'm I s'pposed to do?"" (I got the change myself)
The workers did a great job. They are paid $7 an hour, though they did ALL of the work. All the ""owner"" did was order them to use more boxes than were actually needed so that many of the boxes ended up 1/2 full. I didn't have any faith that the tip money would get to the workers, so I tipped them on the side.
Oh, and this ""company owner"", after concluding business with me, must have taken my copy of the bill off my kitchen table, when I wasn't looking. I guess he was scared I'd take him to small claims court!
Cons: owner is a con artist
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