AVL Moving Systems

AVL Moving are the WORST! Complete RIP OFF! BEWARE!
During pickup I paid in full for the complete move including final delivery. Then I continued paying monthly for storage. When I asked for final delivery Suraj (the owner) insisted that I must pay for delivery charges again. That Thief! I refused and said I would arrange for my own pickup from the storage unit. He was pissed and threatened me that he would not give me my stuff if I did not pay him again. Finally, he reluctantly agreed, but still gave me another nonsensical story of why I must pay storage handling charges.
When I show up to pick up my stuff from storage he again asks for storage handling charges, when there was nothing to handle. It was my stuff, I was paying for the storage, had my own mover do the pickup/​loading …what storage handling fee? He started abusing and cursing me and I had to finally threaten to call the cops before he relented.
All my stuff was completely trashed and broken in storage. Those AVL thieves were using my storage fees to pay for the whole storage unit and had stuffed it to the brim with stuff from other customers, while stealing storage fees from others as well.
Based on this experience, If I could give zero stars I would! These guys are thieves, and you can tell just by looking at the owner Suraj. This guy is prime scum, and had I not threatened him with calling the cops he would have licked my feet to get a few extra dollars from me. Definitely a case for scam investigative reporting in local and national news.
Beware! If after reading all the 1 star ratings, you still give them a penny of your business … well, you must be his family!

I haven’t used them, but I was shocked when I got a call asking for a list of my items to be moved – no introduction, nothing. (I had submitted an online request which to be contacted by several moving companies.) When I said no, I’ve received enough call-​backs, the caller said, «But we pay ten dollars for your name and number!» I told him that was not my problem.
I was curious, so I decided to check AVL reviews and I am so surprised… not.

Wow, years later and I notice this company has scammed everyone, it wasn’t just me. This morning I happened to look through my emails that I kept from years ago, one conversation was with a company called R1 MOVING & STORAGE. They scammed me so bad and ended up being really late with my stuff, a whole month, and charged my card an extra $ 2000. I googled them today just to see what I found, and it looks as though they were on the news in CA for a superior court case and 310 filed complaints. But ironically what I noticed when I clicked on their (old) website in my email… www. r1mov​ing​.com, it took me to this AVL Moving Systems website. Hmmm, looks like they changed their name… wonder why. Google their old name… R1 Moving & Storage… Yup.

This is not only the WORST moving company I’ve ever dealt with in the LA area, but possibly the WORST business I’ve ever encountered, ever.
AVL Moving is a SCAM. Here’s how they operate:
He will quote you a low hourly rate over the phone.
Once they arrive, as others have mentioned, they will essentially repack your already packed items in order to increase the hours worked, and charge you for materials. They’ll even charge for blankets that they keep after the move.
Upon arriving at your new residence, they will give you a summary of their outlandish fee (which is usually double to triple what they initially quoted), and threaten to run off with your belongings if you don’t pay them. Most people usually pay to avoid the drama.
The «general manager» is actually just a lame douchebag with a child predator vibe who gave himself a title to feel important. He’ll pick up a couple guys from Home Depot, and show up at your door. He feels like a tough guy because he has leverage over your possessions, and will definitely try to intimidate you with that. which is fairly comedic once you see his beer belly.
To those who have been ripped off by this con man, think about it like this: For every person he rips off, he’s losing a potential client who has read these reviews. At the end, he’s killing his own business by ripping people off.
To the «general manager» — why don’t you sit down and calculate how much $ you’re losing due to your unethical business practices and bad reviews, B1TCH!*
*Say it like Jesse

This is the perfect company if you’d like to do an investigative report. Start out with a pleasant conversation, a cheap quote, and an agreed to time for the move. When they get to your place pay attention and get ready to get screwed and not in the good way. The contract they want you to sign really quickly with a few initials has a lot of things you should read. The actual price you’ll pay is close to what the limit is on the contract. The actual quote i received was 500 with a minimum time of three hours. Also pay attention to the over time part of the contract. If they go over the time you asked for then you pay huge amounts. Basically they try to scam you anyway they can. The packing material is work 20 dollar and they wanted to charge me over 100. They told me it wouldn’t cost more than 1750 even though i didn’t have that much to move and the place i was moving was 2 miles away, They should not be allowed to operate. Try calling or getting money back after you pay and it’s like the con artist have fled.

RIP OFF. Worst experience ever.
I had a similar experience as the previous comment. I thought I was getting a deal when I received my first quote at 4 Men — Truck — $ 89 per hour.
When they arrived I had only furniture to move since I had already moved all my boxes, clothes, pictures etc myself. My place was 2000 sft. They wrapped all furniture in so much packing material that was unnecessary. When they gave me the $ 1600 invoice, over $ 600 was because of the packing material! BTW, they kept the packing material afterwards so I am pretty sure that they reuse it for the next job.
I knew not to discuss the bill while my furniture was on their truck and I was fearful of them in the first place.
On top of all this they left some items back at my old house. My television was bubble wrapped and boxed sitting on the family room floor in my old house.
I have moved eight times in 12 years and have never paid more that $ 600. This place is a scam!

Save money & time & go w/​a nationwide mover even if its a local move. I thought I did my homework in choosing a mover. I’ve moved 5x in 10 yrs so I should have made a better decision.
The sales guy, Jack knew the size of my home so not sure why he sends a 26′ truck. If I knew that in advance I would have chose a different company.
All the stuff didnt fit. My husband had to rent a truck the next day to pick up the rest. Good thing it was a local move!
The movers, 4 of them seemed to be working very hard but I just can’t figure it out why it took 11 hrs. I don’t think they were very organized. But all he kept saying was, we are going over & above to get this done. When the stuff was brought to the house we unwrapped a lot of the furniture. We’ve NEVER had to work so hard ourselves during a move.
The owner eventually paid for the rental truck my husband had to rent.
It was a $ 1250 local move plus tip, lunch & drinks. The last local move I did w/​a nationwide company who didn’t nickle and dime me was $ 850.
A lesson learned the hard way.

DO NOT I repeat DO NOT ever use this moving company. I used them and got a pretty good deal on the price but I got what I paid for. They damaged all my furniture including my 60 inch plasma TV. I have filed a claim with them and it has been 10 months and I still do not have resolution to my claim. They damaged over 15,000.00 they are trying to offer me less than 200.00 to settle. THIS IS THE WORST EXPERIENCE i HAVE EVER HAD WITH A MOVING COMPANY.