SH Movers Inc

***DO NOT HIRE THIS COMPANY! This is our 4th interstate move in nine years and we have never been more upset and disillusioned by a moving company. This move was coast to coast from New York to California. Starting with the basic facts that they touted being a carrier and not a broker, they hired another company to move us. They had given us an estimate for the move and the week before the move adjusted the estimate (higher!) than the initial one after my husband walked room to room and described what was in each one. They did not give us an opportunity to have someone come to the house to give an estimate based on what they say. That was our mistake to not require it! Please, make sure that you have your movers give an estimate with a visit to your home. Once the movers came, they loaded the truck and then told us that there is too much stuff and they would need to return the next day with another truck. They charged extra for the second truck and TRIPLED the price of the estimate. (Seriously, the initial estimate was $7,800 adjusted to $8546.62 with a final price of $18,390!) To top it off, when my husband negotiated the driver said that the total will be $15,000 (still, twice the initial price) and it turned out that it was the remaining balance after our deposit. Once the second truck arrived, they still did not fit all of our items and we were left with a need to get rid of items that we had intended on bringing, which we now need to replace. Once the movers arrived in California, they unloaded the truck. There were many broken items (chairs, LOTS of broken dishes) and most of the boxes were crushed (!!!) including wardrobe boxes, major dents to the refrigerator, box freezer and metal tool boxes. The movers were supposed to assemble our three beds. My husband took the lead on assembling the King sized bed when they were completely overwhelmed by it. They also left numerous boxes in the yard and didn’t even bring them into the house, and left garbage in front of the house. Of course, the movers had us sign documents the night before they left. There was NO WAY to assess damages or to know what, if anything, was missing. We ended up with someone else’s items (this man was smart enough to have his business card attached to one item) so I was able to contact him. No idea where our missing items are. I have contacted the company and gotten no response.