Inner City Moving

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Toronto ON M5V 1V1
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Gerhard Peters from Brampton
Gerhard Peters from Brampton
1 review Brampton, ON
0/10

Moving from an apartment to our new house

I had a really bad experience using Inner City Moving. Paul was ok for responding to my emails and phone calls before the move but that changed after the move was complete. Here is a list to point out how bad the move went.
1. His employees showed up in a U-Haul truck for the move. I thought I had hired a professional company that had their own trucks.
2. We have 3 matrasses, one bed base. All of them were put in the truck without covering them with a blanket. All of them were filthy and very dirty from sliding them in to the truck. All 3 matrasses are high end, not cheap ones.
3. An office desk is broken
4. One of our wall pictures (nice piece of art) was not covered with a blanket. Luckily it did not get damaged
5. Our washer has a big dent and big scratch on it. It is a high end Maytag washer.
6. The moving was 6.6 km apart and Mark said they would not charge for the second trip but in the end I paid for all the hours they spent on the job
7. Before the move Paul mentioned that his guys eat on the road while driving from the old address to the new address. It is a 6.6 km distance between the 2 addresses and the first run took them 1 hour form leaving from the old place to the new place. They called me 3 times for directions and our new place is easy to find. They did not come prepare with a map/gps. They told me that they got loosed.
8. I notice that Paul’s employees were not properly equipped. When they were handling the appliances by hand I asked if they did not have the proper straps. Mark said “our boss is too cheap so we use brute force”. When I called Paul after then he said that his truck broke down and that the equipment was not moved over to the U-haul truck. Later on in another call Paul said that he did not have equipment
9. They did not bring any tools and I had to provide my tools for items that needed to be taken apart.
10. I had them move my winter tires and they put one of them on the fridge without covering the fridge with a blanket. Another one was put on the range which damaged one of the elements. Both the fridge range had black tire marks on top and finger prints all over them.
11. Twice I overhear Mark saying that he had too much Budweiser the night before
12. We had some window coverings disappear on the moving day but I don’t have proof that they took them. I can only image that they did.

Paul’s employees did a really bad job at handling our belongings and it was obvious that Paul’s employees receive no training whatsoever unlike his website claims. Granted that they worked very hard on a hot summer day but that does not make up for the lack of training. After multiple emails and phone calls Paul finally sent out a cleaning company (over a month after the move) to clean our matrasses. The cleaning company did a good job. Before sending out the cleaning company Paul had the nerve to ask me if I would pay them and he would reimburse me, to which I said no. Paul promised to email transfer $100 for the washer damage which took almost another month and a few emails and follow up calls. At that point I did not care for the $100 but it was a matter of principal. Paul refused to acknowledge all the other damages I have pointed out. I would never use Inner City Moving again and neither do I recommend them to anyone.
**Update Nov 22 2012
I just notice Paul's response to my comments. I could go on and write a long response but instead I will let you, the consumer, choose whom to believe.
btw...our washer is 3 years old and it fits very well trough the door...oh my I had to laugh when I read Paul's response :-)

Approximate cost of services:
$1,100.00
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This customer was told in advance of the move, that the assigned truck had mechanical problems and as a result, we quickly substituted a U-Haul truck so that we could ensure his move was carried out as plan. This was a loss ICM obviously had to absorb and no costs were passed to customer.

Complaint#2: The customer refused to pay for the mattress bags and wanted them for free. He was told in full that it was likely his mattresses could be soiled without the bags, but he refused to purchase them. We always do our best to ensure all walkways are cleared and covered, but some dirt did get on his mattresses. As a professional courtesy, we cleaned all 3 mattresses.

Complaint #3: the office desk was already disassembled when we got there and we just moved the pieces of wood and their accompanying screws and doles.

Complaint #4: as the customer states, the art work was not broken or scratched.

Complaint #5. The 10 year old high end may tag washer did get a scratch on the side only because the laundry room had been renovated and the new door way was too small we had to squeeze it trough. Again, we warned him that due to the state of the new laundry room and the small, non-standard sized door, damages were likely. He wanted the machine moved, so we did our best and we did minimize any damage to his machine. We did not observe any dents on the machine, but we did pay him $100 after the move to compensate for the scratch.

Complaint #6: the original arrangements called for a 24 ft moving truck we rented a 26 ft u-haul truck. We discussed all the arrangement prior to the move and due to the amount of stuff he had, a 2nd load was required. It is unreasonable to expect that for free.

Complaint #7: as required by law, after every four hours, every worker is entitled to a break and the movers took a brief break between the moves.

Complaint #8. not true. There was sufficient and professional equipment available to my employees.

Complaint #9: We carry sufficient tools for the average moving job. His equipment required specialized tools, which he provided. We used them and professionally moved his belongings.

Complaint #10: winter tires are usually stored in plastic bags, not in my moving blankets.

Complaint #11. I have a zero tolerance when it comes to drinking on the job but i can't control what employees do on their own time.

Complaint #12. We did not steal his custom window coverings.

To summarize: we investigated all this customers concerns and we feel that they were all dealt with fairly. We professionally cleaned his soiled mattresses (although he could have taken the preventative step of purchasing the mattress covers); we paid him $100 for the scratch on his washing machine; and given the conditions (over 40 degrees Celsius that day), we moved him quickly, courteously and professionally.

I considered that we had resolved all the issues that concerned this customer. If he wishes to contact me, I would be happy to discuss his issues further.

offshoot communications in North york
offshoot communications in North york
1 review Toronto, ON
0/10

DO NOT USE INNER CITY MOVING

Let me start by saying I have used Inner City Movers before and had no issue but my most recent encounter has ensured that I will never use them again!!! I booked with them on Friday August 10/2012 for today Tuesday August 14th at 3pm. On booking I explained that I was booking for my office as we had to move various items from our showroom to a trade show. I explained that it wasn't a big job but that we had about 4 rolling racks and a few boxes and chairs. I spoke with Paul again on monday when I attempted to get an earlier time but I was told that was not possible, I then confirmed for 3pm on Tuesday Aug 14th, I even sat on hold while the owner went through his appointment book, he assured me again that I was confirmed.
Ok that brings us to today when Paul now calls me at 2pm to tell me some excuse about he has a problem with one truck and somehow in this day and age he can't reach the other 2 people working on his other truck. He offered no solution and after realizing that he was deeply impacting my business he told me he would call me back as he was going to try the other guys on his truck. After an hour of not hearing from him and it now being 3pm our agreed upon time, I called again and got no answer. I called 2 other times from my cell phone and got no answer. I called again from my office line and still no answer. I called again not even 2 mins later from my co-worker's cell phone and lo and behold he picked up the phone. He gave me some lame excuse about both workers not having a working cellphone. I again asked what the status was and I was told that he was 5 mins from the job site and that he would call me back in 5 to 10 mins. Almost an hour passed when I called again and got no answer. I then realizing that these guys were leaving me high and dry when they full well know that I had to be at a trade show. These are extremely important in my line of work as they come about twice a year and 60-70 percent of the year's business is done there. Now this companies unprofessionalism and lack of organization and good business practices was going to impact my business directly in a serious matter. Finally the owner calls my office at 4:45 to inform me that he is at Dufferin and Hwy 7 and will not be making it today and that renting a U-haul is a better option as the young man working in the office told him we went to go look at a U-Haul since this guys was now 2 hours late and not answering my calls. This guy offered no resolution or even apology. This company disgusts me and I will never use them again and I will do everything in my power, including telling my friends at City TV and CTV about the horrible business practices and terrible experience I had with INNER CITY MOVING. I implore anyone reading this to NOT use this moving company!!!!!

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InnerCity Moving and Storage strives to provide excellent service and when things go wrong, we aim to quickly investigate and rectify any difficulties. We are sorry that this customer feels that we underperformed and this report is the result of investigations into the customer's complaint.

Moving day was a Friday in the afternoon, There was very bad weather coupling with next to impossible traffic. The office call and we explain the position. Customer voice that he was unhappy but will get a Uhaul truck instead. With this info the movers moved on to other things. Then the customer call again saying he couldn't get a uhaul and still wanted us to do the job, by then it was next to impossible to get to him.

We are very sorry this had to work out this way.

Jackie in Oshawa
Jackie in Oshawa
2 reviews MARKHAM, ON
9/10

Move from Collingwood to Toronto

I chose Innercity because a friend recommended them. We were moving a four bedroom house with a lot of stuff - we'd lived in the same place for 10 years so we had a full basement, garage and shed in addition to the usual furniture. It was very daunting to move all that stuff from Collingwood to the city. PLUS we had to move the stuff to storage for a couple of days as we couldn't take possession of our new house right away.

Without Paul and Innercity Moving I don't know HOW we would have managed it all. Paul organized us all! He went through the whole plan when we booked with him and then called a few days beforfe to ensure we were ready to go.

We weren't as ready as we'd planned on the day, but again, Paul whipped us all in order. He provided packing supplies, blankets, bubble wrap and wardrobe boxes. Covered the carpets so that they didn't get destroyed. It went as well as possible. It was a long tough day but he and his movers kept going and were friendly, polite and hard-working. I really appreciate the job they did.

He arrived with our stuff in Toronto on time and he and his team were so helpful with setting things up. The beds and all the other things they had dismantled were properly set up in our new home.

I truly appreciate Innercity Moving and would highly recommend them, especially if you have a lot of stuff and a complicated move like ours was. Moving is a a lot of work and is so difficult, but I really know it would have been worse without Innercity moving.

Thank you Paul, Andre, Malcolm, Noah and Alfie!

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$0.00
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Just wanted to say thanks for the positive review. We work hard to meet our customers expectations and to maintain our high standard. When we receive positive reviews from our treasured customers like your self it shows we are doing a good job and inspire us to work even harder. Again thanks and hope to here from you in the future.

Arlene in Toronto
Arlene in Toronto
1 review TORONTO, ON
0/10

Moving

Choosing Inner City Moving was a terrible decison. The packers were very late and they did not pack our whole house, as they were contracted to. They did not pack things properly and we had broken belongings. The could not write English and so we do not know what is even in the boxes. The movers were late, banged up our furnature, and tossed around boxes of glassware like they were boxes of books. They did not put the boxes in the rooms they were marked for. They threw the furnature and boxes into the room leaving no space to move, and with a total disregard for our things. They expected to be fed all day. They did not fulfil their contract and then proceeded to charge us much more than the quote was. We payed for paking supplies and the materials were used boxes. The worst experience. Moving is not fun and using this company made it much worst. I would never, ever use this company again.

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The packers did arrive late that morning, and I apologized, but this had nothing to do with the fact they spent two 15 hour days packing a 3 bed room house. We had planed for only one day of packing. At the end of the packing and moving job, 3 full days had transpired. We caused $50 worth of damages. My insurance company refused to send someone out, so we paid for the damages. The issue here has nothing to do with having been late, nothing to do with any language difficulties, nothing to do with banged up furniture and tossing boxes around,(never happened) nothing to do with expected to be fed. (They offered to buy us pizza) and nothing to do with used boxes. However, it did have something to do with leaving no space, There was so much contents, we needed a 28ft truck that was loaded twice with 6 men. No room to move around in the house because of so many boxes and furniture and with less space in the new home. We did set up beds and furniture to the best we could given the conditions. we follow through with our part of the commitment. The part that was never followed previous to the pack and move, was the need to purge unnecessary contents. And that's what this is all about..
Wish they used there real names too..

Patrick in Fort smith
Patrick in Fort smith
1 review FORT SMITH, AR
10/10

great job

Thank you Mr. Paul at Innercity moving for moving my parents last month. My parents don't speak English too good, but they said you was very nice and professional, and your price was affordable.

Thank you again

Patrick lee
From Singapore

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$0.00
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Just wanted to say thanks for the positive review. We work hard to meet our customers expectations and to maintain our high standard. When we receive positive reviews from our treasured customers like your self it shows we are doing a good job and inspire us to work even harder. Again thanks and hope to here from you in the future.

mary
mary
2 reviews York, ON
10/10

best mover in this town

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Good Company. Can't said nothind bad about them. They move my office and my house in Toronto to Brampton they did both at the same day and i'm so happy for the everything they did.
Thanks for the great job.

Approximate cost of services:
$300.00
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Just wanted to say thanks for the positive review. We work hard to meet our customers expectations and to maintain our high standard. When we receive positive reviews from our treasured customers like your self it shows we are doing a good job and inspire us to work even harder. Again thanks and hope to here from you in the future.

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Inner city moving has been serving Toronto and the GTA for 25 years, we understand the rich and complex society we live in. Description: We offer full/ partial packing, Moving, climate controlled storage and moving supplies delivered to your door. . . your local mover.
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