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Do NOT, I repeat, Do NOT use American Van Lines
Do NOT, I repeat, do NOT, use this moving company. They misrepresented themselves, have terrible customer service, and cannot carry out their contract. 1. The salesperson said they inhouse their moving / delivery team. In reality, this is contracted out. This was important to me when I booked with them, because there is typically get less accountability and more cases of scams (e.g., last minute requests for money) with contracted workers. I did end up getting asked for a last minute increase in quote by $700, and the movers just sat in the truck while I debated whether to pay this or not. 2. Customer service is terrible. They are very difficult to reach before pick up and delivery. I didn't know my pick up time until the morning of the move itself, and even then, it was not accurate. I have reached out to them via emails and lobbed probably around 5-10 calls, with no or very abbreviated answers. At one point, I asked the customer service rep where my luggage actually was, about 1-2 days before our contractual delivery date. She had no idea. When I pressed her to get in touch with the dispatch and the actual delivery folks, she was exasperated and would say she would get back to me in a few hours but rarely did, or would after 2 days. 3. They are late and cannot fulfill their contract on time. I had a cross country move that the salesperson said would be 2-2.5 weeks. He said it could even be earlier. At this point, they are late on the contractual delivery date and I will likely get my things after 4-4.5 weeks. This moving experience has been truly awful. Please, please use another service.




