Mark Skloda Moving & Trucking

Mark and his team were top notch. He moved our Mom from syracuse to an active retirement community in Albany area (closer to family.) He was very personable, professional and provided a detailed quote after reviewing our move needs on site at the townhouse. His quote was reasonable and the best quote we received price-wise. He said he's been doing this for over 40 years and his 2-man team of movers have been with him for quite a while and are very experienced. They completed the move flawlessly. Nothing was damaged or broken. They took great care in what they did and it showed. On top of that, he charged us LESS than he quoted! He said we boxed and labeled everything so well that it made their job easier and so he'd charge less. When does that ever happen! I 100% recommend Mark and his team - they were great!

Unfortunately, The tenant move his owner stuff. But Mark call back quickly, price lower, and willing to do a move over a roof because the item was too big. The other people did not want to talk about or over charge me. Even though he did not do the work. He was very professional and patient.

Mark saved my life! I had scheduled my Dad's move with another (larger) moving company. Two days before the move the other company called to tell me they couldn't do the move, they had a crew out with the flu. They had 2 crews, I'm sure they blew me off because the other job they had same day was probably worth more $$/bigger job. Offered me another day the next week, which wouldn't work. We had orchestrated the move with the ***'t Living facility, meds were involved, we had to move him the date we planned. I called Mark and he was SO nice. He told me he could fit me in, it would just have to be in the afternoon, instead of morning. They gave me an approximate time. On moving day, Mark called to let me know they were running a little late on the first job, but would be there within half an hour of the originally agreed upon time. The crew showed up, was professional, polite, took care with the furniture, asked me where we wanted things to go. They made short work of it. They were all a pleasure to work with. Mark stood by his quote, no hidden fees. I would definitely use them again! Especially if you are moving to greenpoint, they have done several moves there, and knew where to go, how things had to be set up in the bedroom.

Well! Movers were dependable and careful and the owner was involved throughout the process We just put our home for sale in camillus to move to warners and we hope to use them again!

The move went very well. Mark called with a heads up to give me his ETA and he and his crew were there as stated and loaded the truck quickly. Upon arival at the new location they unloaded the truck  and placed the items as directed and with no damage. The move could not have gone any better. Mark and his crew were great, friendly and courteous.

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It was excellent. He brought a lot of guys and they had to go to 3 places. They were done in 4 hours. They were great. We would absolutely use them again.

Mark's team had a cheerful demeanor and were truly interested in providing excellent service. Mark clearly sets the standard for the team by pushing up his own sleeves and demonstrating how this hard work is done! It went great. I do not remember the cost but I know the price was competitive and worth every cent.

The whole crew couldn't have been more wonderful.  It;s hard to let go of a place you lived for many years and my mom could not part with much of her furniture, leaving the guys at the destination condo with way more furniture than could be fit inside!   We had gotten her to downsize but she still brought way too much.  The crew happily moved the excess furniture to my basement a few miles away, even going back in the condo and bringing back out some items that were already in as my mom made her final decisions right there on the spot.  Certainly this should have been done before (we we did try!!) but they were wonderful about the whole thing.  Also items were treated carefully and were well-packed.  Also reasonable in price.  Highly recommended.

Despite constant rain Mark and his crew worked long and hard to get us in to our new house.
There was minimal breakage.
Mark is a man of high integrity and a very hard worker.  He even worked on Fathers'  Day to complete the move.

Below is my feedback regarding the service I received from
the above Moving Company.
- Called at the end of May and scheduled them for July 25th
@ 8am ? Called on July 23rd and verified the date and time.
- Agreement was (4) men at a total of $100 per hour 
8:00am on July 25th I received a call from Mark
Skloda stating that he had made a mistake (kind of blamed it on his wife who
sets up the appts) and had gone to the location of his 2nd job for
that day out in Manlius vs my place in Liverpool.  He asked me if I would
be willing to let him stay in Manlius and complete that job first which was to
take him at least 4 hours.  I said ?No? and thought it was unprofessional
that he asked that of me.  He arrived at my place around 8:30am and
apologized for being late.  ONLY (3) men, including Mark, showed up
for the move.  During the unloading process, one of the movers was
observed standing on my dining room table in order to reach a mattress that was
piled up behind it.  Mark spent most of his time on the phone and trying
to get his truck to start after arriving at the unloading destination. 
90% of the actual moving was handled by just (2) men.  The entire move
only took 1 ½ hours.  I had moved the boxes and small fragile items the
week earlier.
 
When it came time to settle the bill, he was charging me
$400.  He said they have a 4 hour minimum.  I was kind of surprised
and said I wasn?t aware of that.  His became very defensive and borderline
rude.  He insisted his wife had told me & I just said that maybe I
forgot.  Then I had to remind him that there were NOT (4) men, only 3 so
he needed to reduce the hourly rate.  Again he was defensive.  He
kept telling me that they had raised their rates since then.  I told him I
would not pay new rates that were not in affect when I scheduled them.  He
just kept saying I should not have moved the boxes myself.  He acted like
he was doing me a favor and the final charge was $360.  He noted on the
bill that he had an hour travel time.  His office is in downtown Syracuse
& my move in Liverpool was no more than ¼ of a mile.
 
They said payment is either by check or cash, but that he
preferred cash.  I would suggest that people pay with check so that they
have the opportunity to assess damages after he and his crew are gone and stop
payment if necessary.  I found some minor damage (dings & scratches)
on a few pieces, but the entire length of my box spring had what appeared to be
black grease.  They banged the ceiling with the box spring leaving 3 black
streaks about 6 inches long each and they were about a half dozen places on the
carpet that had the same substance.  I am having trouble getting it out
completely.
 
I contacted his office to provide feedback regarding the
minor damages, grease, and employees standing on my table.  I did not ask
for any refunds.  I just told her that I thought they would want to know
for future reference and that I would not recommend them.  I then received
a call on July 30th from Mark.  He was rude, unprofessional,
and basically called me a liar about any grease or dings on the
furniture.  He said in order to protect his reputation, he was issuing me
a full refund check in the amount of $360, and I said fine.  That was a
week ago and I have not received any check.
I can understand that there can be minor damage during a
move, and I can understand a mistake being made in regards to his wrong
destination, BUT he should not have asked me to be inconvenienced because of it
and when you put the rest of the problems I encountered, I really have to
question his professionalism.  
 

• Giving us ten minutes notice ,they arrived three hours early....five man crew (so, at the end, charged a bit more than quoted) - moved fast and obviously experienced and efficient.  Some griping between workers and from owner to workers, but that's all in a days work I suppose...I found it a bit hard to communicate my important information such as that I had not found and secured all of my cats and thus closed doors instead (i.e. do not open those doors) or that anything fragile was labeled in a particular color (had to try to tell each one individually versus central person)...but none of them ever stopped moving (important  to us as the charge was by the hour) and all workers were polite at both ends of the move.  We offered Gatorade and MacDonalds which were graciously consumed...

Communication with the office in getting the bid and scheduling was very professional and helpful initially and with follow-up questions about how boxes should be secured.  During the move, the owner was not only present, but working hard and on top of issues that we brought up or that he expressed (like safe moving of our washing machine). 
Great performance and deal compared to the quotes we received -- our first use of professional movers.

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The movers include the owner of the company and they work very efficiently and very very hard.  Nothing was damaged in the move and I was impressed with the movers who were lugging items at breakneck speed in near 100 degree heat.

Perfect move.  Arrived on time, worked quickly and carefully, no damage at all to any of our expensive furniture or electronics.  I've dealt with virtually all of the national movers in the past and this is my first 0-damage move.

Mark is very professional, always on-time and does exactly what he says he will and at the price promised.