My *hit List

I have found a fabulous site called "www.ripoffreport.com". I have been using it quite frequently in the last week, especially after I made the mistake of filing out a couple of online quote requests for moving companies. If you are moving, do NOT MAKE THE MISTAKE OF DOING THIS! I have had tens of phone calls every single day from totally random companies. I'm not joking. Phone calls, emails, bordering on harassment as far as I am concerned. And when I actually pick up one of these phone calls, the annoyances are far worse.

Moving Company Never to Contact #1:


Authorized Movers
www.authorizedmovers.com
1-888-511-0018

I received an email from them asking for an inventory list (keep in mind they are one of the companies I had NOT contacted, they got my name from somewhere else). I simply replied with an email saying:

"Please take me off your contact list. Thank you, ELS"

I received this back from "Angelita" (angelita@authorizedmovers.com)

******************************************************
Hi Elizabeth:

I was only doing my job by sending you an estimate.

Angelita
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Are you kidding me??? Get a life people. And I was just asking you to DO your job by taking me off your contact list. When I said no contact, that means no contact. I believe that is why you are supposed to have a "remove from contact list" link at the bottom of emails. I called the company livid. It took me 10 minutes of shouting to get a manager on the phone. Stay far away. I hope this will make the search engines and desuade people from contacting them.


Moving Company Never to Contact #2:
This one is truly the worst.

A+ Van Lines
www.aplusvanlines.com
(877) 210-1122

They claim they will move you anywhere for under $999. That was the first red flag, and I still gave them my information. Damn. They have called me 10 times a day. NO JOKE. I finally picked up. Some bimbo was on the other end. I told her I figured out who I was using for a "U-Pack" move (you pack it, they drive it-cheaper)

"What, why would you do that?" (In a completely snotty, ditzy way) "I mean why would you do that..I mean we like pack everything"

ME: "Well maybe because half my stuff is already packed, it doesn't really make sense"

"I mean whatever if that's what you want to do..I mean THAT doesn't really make sense"

I asked if A Plus Vanlines had offices in Tampa because they are out of Miami and I could tell she was shady. "Uh yeah" was the response I got. Not so. With a simple google search you can find out this company "will tell you anything to keep you on the phone" and will load your things for an extremely low quoted price and not let your things off the truck until you pay more.

I am still receiving 10 phone calls a day. I just wrote them a note on their website to stop all contact.


Moral of the Story: Florida is a scary, scary, scamming place. These people have no shame. I think I will be smart and take my things back to the motherland myself.