World Wide Van Lines

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   Shilpa P.

   Source: MoveAdvisor

   18 Mar 2014Paid $2,200

   Dirty job.

   I give these ppl less then even poor if there is any word.  They came 2 days late, I told them to give me fix time since I had a new born baby and they told me they will be there in 3 days and whenver I call they said either in few hours or next day morning, afternoon etc.  Three guys were there for delivery and asked me to give him extra money since they said weight is lot more but I knew it can't be so I said I'll pay if weight is more.  They came and asked me for all extra money else they droved back, since I had infont and was alone, I paid and requirement was CASH.  I said I want to come to check the weight but they didn't agree and even did not install all the furniture and ran away because of fear of police since they were wrong.  ever never hire them even they say if they'll do your moving in free but still you'll end up paying lot more.

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   Doris C.

   Source: MoveAdvisor

   17 Sep 2013Paid $3,700

   Total Scam.

   Three reasons not to use Worldwide: 1.  They underquoted us by over 2500 lbs., even though we told them we thought they were low.  However, they assured us that "they've been in this business a long time and knew what they were doing".  Right.  The move ended up costing us more money because the $/lb. is higher on the backend rather than if it was quoted as such up front.  2.  They ended up having to put our goods on two trucks, with the second truck taking 21 days to arrive.  We originally told that we would have our goods in 7-10 days.  Not so.  3.  On the second truck that took 21 days to arrive, our goods were taken somewhere, offloaded, stored in a non-climate controlled facility, reloaded and then finally delivered.  The high temps caused damage to some wood furniture pieces, and other had some damage due to multiple handlings (loading, unloading, reloading, and unloading again at our home). 4.  Cannot get them to send us a claim form for damages -- we have asked numerous times over the past two weeks for a claim form, but apparently they are not willing to send us one.  Therefore, we are having to resort to filing a small claims suit against Worldwide.  It isn't so much that the damages were huge, it's the principle of their just not responding at all to a customer request. STAY AWAY FROM WORLDWIDE.  THEY ARE SCAM ARTISTS, HAVE ZERO CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO BE IN BUSINESS.  PERIOD. .

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   Ericka

   Source: MoveAdvisor

   8 Sep 2013Paid $1,750

   Terrible.

   Yes, they have wonderful quotes, and yes, the person you initially talk to sounds wonderful. Everyone sounds wonderful! Anita, in my case, sounded wonderful. After I paid the $500 deposit everything was terrible.Truthfully, this was my first big move. I'm not an expert and I should have been more thorough in my research. I guess it just seemed to me that NO moving company was loved by everyone or even anyone, so I figured it was sort of a coin toss. I was wrong, big mistake, don't make the same one. So there you have the acknowledgement of my own naiveté.I was moving from Madison, WI to Baltimore, MD. Everything was packed and ready to go, and despite the fact that there was not much that Worldwide Van Lines WOULD guarantee, Anita assured me that they would definitely pick up my items within a 48 hour window. That was a solid guarantee. Saturday June 29 or Sunday June 30. I was told by Anita that I would be given at least 24 hours notice before that weekend, so that I would know which day the movers would arrive. Specifically, she said: "If you don't hear from someone by Thursday, call me and I will help you."  This was the beginning of no one picking up the phone. Up to this point, everyone had called me back and kept me updated. Friday rolled around..no updates, so I called three or four times before their office closed at 4pm eastern, and finally someone picked up the phone.  "Saturday at noon," they said. "Okay," I said. And I also said "Thank you," because you should be nice to people driving your life across the country.My mom drove up from Milwaukee with all my leftovers from my hometown. We waited. I called at 2 pm. We waited. I kept calling. All of the phone numbers, which is only like two. Around 4 or 5, someone answered and said "That's weird, we have you down for Sunday at noon." Okay. To be clear, I did not mishear the pick-up date the first time. 0% chance of a mistake on my part. On Sunday, no one came. And no one picked up the phone. All day, no one picked up the phone. On Monday someone told me that there had been storm damage to the phone lines. There was no storm damage to the phone lines; I have internet access. At this point I was only threatening to cancel, because who am I going to hire at this juncture? They got me on the phone with a manager, who I don't remember, because this was June and we just got the deposit back today, in September. I said I will keep you if you guarantee to pick up my stuff tonight (she said sorry, Tuesday it is), and if you give me a discount. Because I was already violating the terms of my lease, which ended June 30. And then I cancelled, because stuff just wasn't sitting right with me? Duh, you say. Well, I'm 27 and a half now, not just 27. Lesson learned.Anyway, long story short, U-Haul is, in fact, totally wonderful if you can make the drive yourself. And their contracted moving helpers are wonderful. Smooth sailing once I kicked the clowns to the curb. Don't hire World Wide Van Lines. Shouldn't even be an option. .

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   Rod N.

   Source: MoveAdvisor

   13 Aug 2013Paid $970

   9 days late and 45% over estimate.

   I contracted for a move in May of 2011. I deal with Charles (charles@worldwidevanlines.com) over the phone and by email. I was told to pay $270 online and then $400 when my belongings arrived at my new location. The move was to take two days. When the movers got to the pickup (11 hours late, at night) I had to pay $350 because the $270 was the fee for the broker, not the movers. They loaded everything and I didn't hear from them again. I called them many times and was in contact with Charles, a dispatcher (New York), and eventually a driver. The driver arrived on June 6th (9 days late) and without warning. I was told that I had 30 minutes to get to my apartment or they would leave, put the items in storage, and I would have to pay for them to come back out. I had to pay an additional $350 to finally get my items. 7 days late and $300 more (45%) than quoted.

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   Scott

   Source: MoveAdvisor

   18 Jul 2013Paid $12,180

   Stole Half my belongins.

   I had done a search for movers to get quotes and Worldwide was a couple thousand cheaper than 2 other companies. Blake the salesman said the reason for this is that they had 2 empty trucks coming back to Florida and this is how he could do it. I had included 1 months free storage that was suppose to be in Delaray beach Florida that Blake said I would be able to come and get things as I needed from this storage. The day of the move who shows up a company that has a rented Ryder Truck no business cards and a bunch of scram artists. They new my closing was 2 days away and they only had the one truck that they would fill up and I find out way after the fact that it went to their storage in Union NJ  on the second day they started extorting me for $5000.00 more than my not to exceed quote of $12,180.00 I was forced to sign and give a additional 3800.00 or they would leave the rest of my stuff and cause a problem with my closing. The day of the delivery came and they only shipped 1/2 my belongings and wanted another $5000. to get the rest. All along Worldwide would not take any resonsibilities and would never return a call. This Best Deal movers that I found out that was a subcontractor since went out of business and stole $60,000.00 worth of my belongings  I have law inforcement and my Homeowners involved at this point. THEY SHOULD ALL BE PUT IN JAIL!!

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   Daniel

   Source: MoveAdvisor

   29 May 2013Paid $1,450

   Liars.

   Jack claimed that the move would be direct and the same guys that picked up my furniture would deliver it to St Louis. It was picked up by another company, driven to Los Angeles, stored in a warehouse there and then put on another truck  Jack or whatever name he uses with you is a very dishonest broker!! Furniture was damaged!!

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   Rachel

   Source: MoveAdvisor

   22 May 2013Paid $1,816

   Worst Moving Company Ever.

   My review is in line with all of the other reviews I wish to god I had checked before I signed on with them.  I got a bunch of quotes from several companies for my move from New Orleans to DC.  Worldwide had the best quote and the salesman was very nice and accommodating.  That is where my good experience ended.    Once they sent me the contact forms I reached out to my customer person and said I was concerned about the window since I needed to be out of my apt by Aug 15th.  He agreed and said he changed my scheduled move date in the system from the 14th to the 12th to make sure I was out on time and I could just sign the contract.  I did.  As my move approached no one contacted me about an arrival date.  On the 11th and 12th I called the offices to get an estimate but no one was in on the weekend.  I did get someone on the 13th who said my mover was coming the following day.  On the 14th when I didn’t hear from the actual mover I called again and was told he was now coming on the 16th.  I called them a bunch of times and said that was unacceptable since someone had to move into my place on the 16th – I planned this all around having my things out.  They said my original contact gave them a 48 hour window from the 15th and that was the agreement.  I sent them the email where their salesman confirmed my new window started on the 12th.  Finally they agreed to come on the 15 – showed up that afternoon a couple of hours before I had to go to the airport.  I had to leave as they were loading and told them to lock up/leave the key when they were done (I did have a neighbor looking in to make sure they did this on time).  They left a ton of trash and my deposit was reduced for cleaning fees based on that.   I told the movers at the time that I was not moving into my new place until 10/1 and that they would move my stuff to a storage unit I bought in VA instead of a new apt.  I guess that meant to them that I didn’t need my stuff.  I contacted them after I didn’t hear any update on my delivery at the 30day promised window.  I had multiple contacts with them saying I had someone to oversee the move to the storage unit as soon as they could deliver.  They didn’t deliver until 10/6 – way past the DL.  All through the end of September I was on vacation and trying to get in contact with ppl (frantically) from Europe and Africa.  They were very hard to reach.  When my stuff arrived it was with a different mover than had picked up.  He said my things were all wet (including my mattress) because he and another mover had switched my stuff to his van at 2am at a truck stop the night before and it was raining.  Some of my stuff was soaking and he had shattered a dining room chair in the move.  There was extensive water damage.  I was missing several things.  None of my furniture was wrapped (wrapping and disassembly was included in the contract) – including a couple of things I had personally bought protective cloths for to make sure they were protected.   I had put my clothes in vacuum bags and those in furniture (wrapped and taped), suitcases and boxes.  Those were all taken out and opened.  I was missing several items of clothing that someone had gone into a suitcase and opened a bag to get.  They were clearly going through my stuff.  All of my furniture was scuffed up and damaged from being moved around so many vans without being wrapped.  After delivery I contacted them about some missing items and got a few of them back (an empty suitcase with everything that had been packed in it missing and a broken picture).  Several of my things and a valuable mirror were completely missing.   I filled a claim form on 10/15 with “Luke”.  He said he they were required to get back to me in 120 days.  A few days after that window I emailed to get an update.  I emailed again the following week.  Then I called.  Finally I got through to someone who said my claim would have been passed along to their third party insurer and I needed to follow up with them.  She gave me a name and number.  I called them and it was a moving insurer and they were incredibly nice.  They could not find my claim.  They looked under reference number, my name, my move date.  Finally the person checked the system for the moving company and said his company didn’t have any record of doing business with a company called worldwide van lines.  He tried to conference them in to clear this up but no one picked up.  In the 2 months since then I have called over a dozen times and left messages.  They never call back.  I sometimes can get a woman on the phone (ext 421 – the only person who occasionally seems to answer phones there)  she said I need to clear it up with her super Kevin at ext 450.  I have left him many messages.  I have had her pass notes to have him call me back.  Nothing.  I don’t think he exists.  His ext goes straight to VM, he’s never in the office and he hasn’t returned any of my messages.   I know I wouldn’t get much money for the damage – nothing to approximate what they damaged and outright stole from my move – but I think I’m going to sue them anyway.  Small claims court is probably not worth the time but I’m incredibly angry at this point.  PLEASE DO NOT MAKE THE MISTAKE I MADE.  DO NOT USE THES MOVERS.  THEY ARE THIEVES AND SCAM ARTISTS.  .

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   Cole

   Source: MoveAdvisor

   23 Feb 2013Paid $1,450

   Angry Customer!!

   I'm so angry don't even know where to begin these 3 African guys come to my apartment a day late my contract stated the day before never got a call from there office before then I was getting calls every week to see if I still wanted to follow thru, I should have none it was too good to be true all the other company's told me the price was a little higher I felt $1400 would be just great boy was I scammed the drivers pulled up in a Uhaul truck I ask them WTH is going on they claim the company truck broke down that is the reason they were late mind you know one never called me to tell me any such story it was a bunch of crap.  the African guys open the truck and they had have the truck loaded with someone else things I looked in and said will my furniture fit  one of the guys stated sure it will don't worry, when we got to my patio furniture it wouldn't fit therefore they had to take my things to storage I was pressed for time I was a day late due to them coming late I had to be in GA the next day to sign my lease the guys reassured me they were coming back to get my belongings no such thing, they held my things hostage told me to give him $500 and he would get it. I said Hell I paid for the service not for you to leave my things and charge me more, I had to go back to Mich get my things and pay the guy $250 to get the password to the gate to get my belongings, people please pay attention. Customers be aware. Total scam this company needs to be shut down, we need to start a class action law suit also file with the bbb you have to file a complaint in Florida.

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   Eric

   Source: MoveAdvisor

   2 Jan 2013Paid $1,849

   Total SCAM. WWVL subcontracts local.

   Okay, my review is about 5 months late, but this experience was so profoundly flagrant that I have to write a review. My family (wife & baby) was moving from NJ to Indiana and after a long search, WWVL seemed to offer the best rate and the salesperson dave was very professional, cordial, and helpful. This was April 2012. I had given dave my cc# as he said they would charge $600 initial deposit within 3 weeks.  I had about 6000 lbs of stuff, not too much furniture other than a rather major king bed, big sectional, credenza and dining table. Everything else was like ikea office desk, ikea bookshelves, futon, etc plus our 200 boxes that we packed, inventoried, and numbered, and put down in the 1st-floor garage a day or so before the scheduled pick up date at the end of July 2012.  My concern first started when WWVL did not take the $600 initial deposit even after a month, and dave was nowhere to be reached. Came June when he finally wrote back stating he had some family situation and that I need not worry about the deposit as they will take it prior to moving. A little puzzled at the disorganization, but what the heck.. I'm sure they'll take their fees so I let it go. Then real concern started closer to the moving date at the end of July when I got a call from some manager guy, I'll call him Keith, and we discuss the actual date. Things seem to go alright but soon sours when I do not get a response back from him. He was saying how original date looks a bit difficult and all, and knowing that they subcontract movers (I was informed by dave and at this time didn't think much of it.. Big mistake!) a little flexibility in moving date was understandable.  But a day turned into three days without a callback. Their service number always states they're busy, but when you call them on Sunday night it says the same thing which obviously tells me that they just bring the message. I was getting a bit desperate as 7/31 was the first day of my rent in. I must've left some 30 voicemails to service, mainline, and even Keith himself. When I finally got a hold of a human being, a woman, I expressed my frustration and she seemed genuinely concerned and said she'd take care of the issue. I did get a call back from Keith later, and he heard my frustration and assured me he's working on securing movers and that he'll call me back. Again, no call for a whole day or two!  Finally, the scheduled day came and went, we were delayed by a day and a half when Keith calls me well late in the evening and tells me some dude is near the area and could come pick us up. It was like 6 pm and when I spoke to the dude, it was a one person with some van. Not convinced, I refused and asked Keith for a team, as I lived on the 3rd floor up 2 flights of stairs and there was no way even a he-man was going to move my king bed down the stairs by himself. So another day goes by, we're just living out of our few boxes (the rest of 200 boxes were already locked in the 1st-floor garage as result of wife & my back-breaking work) and finally, we get a call, again well in the evening, from some Ramon? Character. So these 3 Hispanic men show up, looks around the apt and then I take them down to the garage to show them garage full of 200 boxes. Then never to be taken advantage of, I lay out the conditions - and ask them about the weighing after loading, and weighing after unloading and the $1800 for the 6100lbs deal. Then this guy starts talking nonsense - he goes how he deals with cubic feet, something dave himself advised me that other movers do and is a scam, and I slam it down, "No cubic feet, pounds" and they seemed a bit uncomfortable, and he just kind of murmurs over things with the guys in Spanish, and says there's a lot of stuff and that this is a really big move. And since it's late, how about they start loading up their van with these boxes? Their bigger truck would come the next day, he said. At that moment, I instinctively refused. I said let's discuss upstairs and I shut and locked the garage.  Once upstairs, we sat in the kitchen to discuss price as there were discrepancies. He basically flat out ignored whatever contract I had with them (didn't even ask to see it when I tried to show it) and said "Ah. This is really a big move. It's going to cost $7500"  $7500? [EDIT]? What is this guy smoking? And seriously, a big move? Just one king bed, sectional, credenza, dining table? It's pretty much just me & my wife and we didn't have much furniture in this 2 bedroom apartment. I said that is ridiculous and that I am going by the contract, nothing else.  The main henchman talks to his minions in Spanish again then goes, "We'll give you best price - I can do it for $5500", as if he's giving me the best deal ever..! Abhorred, I just told him, "No deal, sorry for your time but I won't be using you guys. Please leave."  At that, they seemed confused. Confused that they couldn't scam us into submission. [EDIT]. They were nothing short of thieves. They reluctantly went downstairs, and they stayed talking outside for a long time. I was nervous they might damage my car parked in front of the garage or something. Later, a big truck did come, and some driver dude got off and they stayed talking for at least 30 minutes, making my wife very nervous and I almost wanted to call the cops. I am normally good with reading reviews and such, and I have no idea why I did not look them up first because as it turns out, there are million negative posts and warnings about WWVL. Seriously, I don't know how they still exist. The office people act like the nicest people in the world and connect us to subpar thugs.. And I can't comprehend that these office people are oblivious to what's really going on, but rather, they're just the same thugs as the contractors that show up. I am so glad that I didn't allow them to load my boxes because if I had and they left for the night, it's obvious that they would hold my boxes hostage the next morning asking me to pay up $7500! $7500! When agreed price was $1800.  Thieves. Scumbags. WWVL needs to be shut down immediately.   .

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    Gina

    Source: MoveAdvisor

    31 Dec 2012Paid $966

    Never Use World Wide Van Lines.

    After several quotes, I decided on Worldwide,BIG MISTAKE.I was quoted $965. I wanted the pick up on 12/29. Tried contacting customer service numerous times but never actually talked to anyone. Finally contacted dispatch on 12/28, asking if they knew approximately when the pick up would be made. The agent said she would contact the supervisor to check and call me back, no return call. Couldn't get hold of anyone on the day of pickup, never got a call from the driver when they were coming. Finally got a call on the 30th, Daniel from United Van Lines saying they would pick up either the 31st or the 1st. Concerned, I asked if the delivery would be made by the 4th as requested when booked.Said he would call his supervisor and call back, never called me back. When United Van Lines finally showed up at 3pm on the 30th, they looked at the load and advised this move would cost at least $2500, 2 1/2 times what we were quoted.  WHAT!! I gave WWVL a complete inventory list, the quoted included all fuel, loading,unloading, padding, blanket wrapping was included.  Daniel advised they have to charge an additional fuel surcharge, wrapping and the quote we received was not correctly calculated and the move would cost $2500.We sent them away and never used them.NEVER USE WORLDWIDE VAN LINES. Our son is going back to school and this company really screwed things up, let alone is now going to cause us to spend alot more.  But there was no way we were going to spend that much more than quoted.  I feel sorry for anyone that entrusts this company to move anything! .