If I could give them ZERO stars I would. I have moved over 15 times in my life and many of those moves were cross country. Most went well and not many issues. But the move that American Moving & Storage did for me was a team that did not know how to load & unload as American uses part time temps to get their costs down with no training.
They mishandled many items, had too small of a van, jammed the items in and actually did not sequence the load properly, expensive oriental rug was not even rolled but thrown in to the van, not enough pads, did not properly cover most items, the supervisor did not address the issues as we both saw them happening. Even mattresses were torn/ how can that happen???
The unloading was even worse and there was damage to the condo destination as well as to the house in Pooler. Hard wood floors damaged, walls scraped, busted Henredon desk, curio cabinet chipped and broken glass/ , and many other damages. This move had a claim of over $30,000.
National came several months later offered a fraction of the damage, so I had to get an arbitrator selected by National & you know how that went. The arbitrator who is in Michigan and never visits and reviews the claim off site, came in with a LOWER number. I never experienced anything like this and lessons learned. Most important is to read the moving company reviews, if there are only a couple then ask for a phone number of a customer so that you can call them---verify they use full time, properly trained employees and not people off the street, STOP THE MOVE IF ANYTHING DOES NOT SEEM RIGHT AND HAVE THE AGENT COME TO YOUR PLACE, and if the people do not look like they know what they are doing, shut it down.
It still frustrates me that customers have so little recourse with moving claims due to industry regs, and take note that all claims get a depreciation factored into the settlement.
Verify the company and do not take your eyes off the moving team on both ends of the move. Research is needed and consistently review the team on site during the move.