Fly movers, packandmove, and On the Move...any feedback?

I hate to be the shill police, but I am so terribly tired of Fly movers using this marketing strategy. If you really believe in the power of advertising on this website, just PAY! ETA: I also was disenchanted by the relentless requests on LinkedIn to "connect" edited by Beebers on 18/08/2014 ETA: Edited again to add LOL, I already mentioned my experience with their disassembly/reassembly below. no need to repeat! <em>edited by Beebers on 18/08/2014</em>

i have used flymovers - they were 45 min late and took in all 10 hours to pack and unpack..that too they managed to unpack only 4 boxes with my maid's assistant ..i will never use them again and am still fuming !!!! edited by divalicious7 on 06/05/2013 We ended up dismissing them. They really ran out of steam and I worried they would be in my home until midnight at the rate they were going, and we had dinner to get to. The owner seems really nice, professional, and was excellent with turnaround time for my inquiry and booking, but I don't think his current staff is up to his personal service level. Plus, drawing on my furniture with a permanent marker and my expensive kitchen shears disappearing really p'd me off. Especially because my DH saw them using them to cut some tape ?! I don't doubt some people have had great experiences with them...but the cr@p shoot in reviews is worrying.

Beebers - I'm curious how your move with Fly Movers went? Did they do a good job? Did they break anything? Hi, I'll try and summarize my issues with them. They were 30-40 minutes late, but this was also when the new roundabouts went up in the marina. I don't think they expected the traffic, because they called me to confirm 30 mins before the appointment, and called again when they were going to be late. They packed the stuff well, we had nothing break. I wasn't really happy with having to send dress shirts out to be re-pressed or dry cleaned again. Why they would stuff my dress shirts at the bottom of a box with sweaters and handbags on top--I'll never know. I had given basic directions with our bedroom things but certain logic escaped. I didn't let them unpack my kitchen items because I wanted to wash things, and organize everything myself. When I saw the way they packed my kitchen stuff, I was a little irked--a wonder some things were not broken. My poultry shears disappeared in the move :( My husband saw them using them to cut a box or something and we never saw them again. More than any of the little things, which escape me at the moment, I was ultra ticked about a desk. Ok, it is from IKEA and was inexpensive. But. Not only did 2 guys mess with it for what I think was an hour and a half trying to reassemble it, they had actually marked where the shelves were inserted with permanent marker, I *guess* so they would know where to put the shelves back. It is totally obvious, and I can't believe the I didn't notice until a week after the move. (I had told them to just give up on the darned thing and I would put it together myself, later). Other than that, I guess you could say things were fine. If you ever plan to use them, make sure to tell them which clothes you don't want stuffed in a box. 800 dhs shirts that are hanging will be treated the same way as 10 year old socks. Tell them not to draw with permanent marker on anything which will be reassembled. And not to bogart your expensive poultry shears to be used as scissors and then ganked or tossed :(

Oh, and an hour after the walk thru, Pack and Move asked if we made a decision. My husband told him we were going with another company. They asked why. He said the price had something to do with it, but also our preferred move date. Then they proceeded to tell my husband they could move us any day we wished and tried to negotiate price. Too late! He should have indicated so on the walk through!

[b'>Hi, please tell me how did the move go and are they good? Because i will be moving in August and would like to know more about other companies the company I am using is called Xtreme movers they are excellent but would want more quotation but from PROFESSIONAL companies. Gonna be waiting for your replay [/b'> Hi Rose :) I started calling places Monday am for a move this weekend. Late, I know. :/ We wanted Friday but were willing to go with Sat, being short notice, and all. [u'>On the Move[/u'> returned my email request quickly, got someone out to do a walk thru within 24 hours, and was very professional on the phone. They quoted us 1490 for a Saturday move (won't take tv off wall and mount in new place but know a guy who will for 200 dhs). [u'>Pack and Move[/u'> will do the tv, and they were also quick to respond to my query and send a guy out for a walk thru. Not to split hairs, but he was quite late with no call or text to indicate. He quoted 1500 for Sunday and said Saturday would be more expensive. I had emailed Fly movers Monday a.m., and they called back Monday night. Described my flat over the phone; no walk thru was required. He quoted me 800 and emailed me the quote as well. I called Hassan back to ask about the days available this weekend and if they do the tv as well. He said no problem, just 50 dhs extra for the tv. He also agreed to move us Friday which is super! He used to work with or for IKEA and has a lot of experience with dismantling furniture and tv's so that made me feel comfortable. I will report how it goes. I just can't believe FLY charges half of what the others do. They all do the packing and boxing for you. We have an 850 sq foot flat with only basic furniture. King size bed set with dresser, couch, work desk, and dining room table. Our clothing could collectively fit in 4 suitcases, and we have no white goods. only a kettle and rice steamer for small appliances, and 4 place settings as far as dishes. To add, we are moving a block away. The price couldn't be beat, and Kelly's reviews of FLY movers made me feel confident. I will report back to let you know how it turns out. x

That sounds like a really nice idea, too :) Well I just confirmed with Fly...850 for the job and this includes mounting the flat screen in the new apartment. The other companies both quoted 1500. O, and we can move on Friday instead of Sat or Sun. Good stuff all around, so happy to tick this off the list! x

@ Kelly, you actually answered my next question...how much do most people tip for good service!