When you arrive at your new home, you call up Moving Company and they drop off the crate at your new doorstep. Started in 1998, PODS is perhaps the most well-known on-demand storage company, if not the pioneer of the business. They also partner with a moving and packing service if you need a hand boxing and unboxing your precious items.
At the time we were moving, spring of 2009, U-Haul had just started their U-Box program. Because their estimated delivery time is “between 72 hours and 9 days” – you can’t even pay them extra to narrow that window – we decided to rent what we call a Big Ass SUV to carry a few days’ of basic supplies, as well as things that can’t go in a pod, such as liquor and food, our computers, etc. I have scheduled and canceled moving help 3 times now because of Uhaul’s incompetence.
To ad to what Mariah said we use ship2storage for items for trade shows and they are a lot cheaper than PODS or Moving companies. Worst experience moving I have ever had and I am a seasoned mover. TERRIBLE customer service, they will LIE LIE LIE to you.
It is extremely useful for me. We also Provide Removals and Storage service namely removals containers. I’ve moved more than 17 times in my life. I have used UNITS Moving and Storage several times.
No. U Box is not worth it. The customer service has been their only saving grace as U Box Customer support has tried all they can, but alas – it’s practically nothing. It’s a terrible mess of customer service, failed promises, lies and disorganization you wouldn’t believe. They are more expensive but it’s so nice being able to load and unload your belongings at your own pace instead of a mad dash on moving day.
Thanks for the Ubox information, moving from NY to Florida and we have been searching for options from various moving companies. Now I’m moving back to LA, I’ve got some time to research and I’m pretty sure U-Boxes from U-Haul will fill the bill and save me some dough. Again, literally the first time I had the peace of mind of knowing that movers weren’t shifting my things around to make room for someone else’s things in their truck.
Moving is quite expensive nowadays and this would be great way of exploring your options. To top it off, no one at U-Box’s national customer service (what a joke) line can give me a number of the facility it will be dropped off at in San Francisco. Clearly U-Box is not set up for long distance moves and has no interest in providing anything resembling customer service.
My experience with PODS also ended with getting a quote – a quote that was nearly 4 times as pricey as a UBox!!! What appealed to us was the time we would have to load and unload hopefully making it a lot less stressful of a move after doing the past moves in a day or two (unless you pay for more says with a truck but still you don’t get it for a full month) However, by the time it was all said and done, the fuel costs were terrible and had I been able to fit the items I moved into a portable moving container, it would have been MUCH less hassle and faster.
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I love the climate and escaped the heat of texas but it is hard to find employment at times since the locals like to ” hire their own” !!! Here in MA not only did we have a miserable icestorm over the winter, we just had about 26 days of rain out of the last 30. Maybe its time to head south and get outta Tax-ichusetts!
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