Quite a well put together scam. My wife called Cicely, you know, like the actress, at All My Sons Moving on Railhead Dr. to help us with a difficult move. Highest rated mover in DFW? Official mover of the Dallas Cowboys? Wish they could move Jerry back to Arkansas. She assured us that they were not the kind of company that takes advantage of their customers, then they did just that. We were moving from 10 acres to a housing development and they were picking up furniture at the house and two storage barns. They quoted us three guys at $189 an hour at 4 hours, $800 for the entire move. We had a phone conference the day before to explain the charges and times and we put down a hundred-dollar deposit for a June 30th moving date. I had a full week to prepare. Every box was labelled, furniture was already shrink wrapped and I started at 630a the day of to make sure that we would be ready at 8 to 845a. Kishaun, Murlow and Callan show up almost 2 hours late. They were good kids and it was apparent that Kishaun was the brains. The first thing they do is ask if I have water. I do and I have snacks and I don’t say a word. I worked my butt off trying to help them but it became apparent that everything is predicated on taking as much time as possible. They were taking my shrink-wrapped furniture and covering it with moving blankets and shrinking it again. They wrapped the fridge and I mentioned multiple times that the fridge would not go out the door wrapped. Then we had to take it off after they ignored me. What I planned as 90 minutes at the farm and 2 hours at the house quickly got out of hand. Kishaun made sure I knew that they did not get paid as much if they don’t get a five-star review and all three mentioned multiple times that they were independent contractors who had nothing to do with the pricing and policy. I know I’m getting set up. We finish at the farm and we head to the house and they stop and get lunch, which did not bother me in the least. It was hot and they were earning it. They show, they open the truck, and Kishaun heads in to get my pound of flesh. He’s explaining that the company is doing some things that he does not agree with and he hits me with $1900. $277 for a fuel surcharge and a $328 travel time expensive, none of which was mentioned in the conference and we were moving exactly 11 miles from the farm. $189 is charged for supplies, shrink wrap and tape and it was 95 percent my supplies. I ask about an invoice, printed receipts that have everything you are charging me for. No can do, Bossman. How convenient for you. I told them that was not going to happen. I briefly think about letting them take everything we own and seeing just how big a mountain I can get create but the voice of reason steps in. My wife calls and talks to Brad W, who is the coldest, rudest human being on the planet, and it is quickly apparent that he could care less. His boss, Carlos is worse, and he is apparently on his ladies time constantly, not my words, his employees. I look outside and the other two are sitting on the back of the truck and there goes their independent contractor story. A $2500 security deposit and first month’s rent has us scrambling for a card with room on it to pay their ransom demand. Kishaun reads the card number to Brad and Brad gets a confirmation number. He does that so you can’t stop the payment on the card after they leave. They wait until its late, you’re tired and you just want it to go away. Like I said, a well put together scam. After we paid, they could not get out of there fast enough, slamming everything in the garage in less than an hour. This entire exchange would make a great expose for Texas Monthly or Dallas Observer. On the bright side, I got three free padded moving blankets when they were in such a hurry to leave, they forgot to unwrap them. I also kept the three crisp one-hundred-dollar bills that I intended on tipping the crew with. I guess they weren’t crisp after I sweated on them all day. Brad, if you want the blankets back, I’ll sell them to you for cost plus a fuel fee and travel time and before you have the girls in the office write a well-crafted “Warm Regards” reply and a phone number that no one answers, save your effort. You’re only going to get me once, but the world is full of people to take advantage of. No, my friends, I cannot endorse the way these thieves do business.