Starving Students Movers

BEWARE! If you are reading this don’t hire Staving Students. I recently booked a move and it went horrible! First off Staving Students did not show up a third party vendor who contacts with them showed up. The main person brought two men he picked up from the Home Depot from the day labor crowd. I don’t mind who moves me but no one spoke English and one of the men was intoxicated. Not only did this company put my move at risk but put me at a huge liability. When I called Staving Students to ask why another vendor was moving me they didn’t care nor Guess what I do care nor give a reason why a third party was moving me. I also agreed to a certain number of hours and at the end I was charged double of what I agreed to. Because no one spoke or understood English I was unsuccessful in arguing with them as to why I was over charged. Thanks Staving Students I hope everyone who reads this reconsiders hiring this company to move them! Bad business practices!!!

Don’t use them!!! You’ll end up missing items they stole! Check out their Facebook page and other reviews and you’ll see the same reports from most everyone else!

I called this company simply to ask for a quote on an easy move. They scheduled it, sent me a bill and then badgered me about if i was ready for my move with them and if I wanted to add more services. Keep these students starving.

It isn’t very often I review businesses, but when I do, I always try to leave positive reviews because I know how few and far they come for companies.
I don’t have anything positive to say about this company though. Here’s my experience–
I called Starving Students 10 days before my move and got a quote that was reasonable compared to what other companies were quoting. You know the phrase, «you get what you pay for»? Never has that been more true.
When I booked the move with Rick, I stressed that I was delivering the furniture to 2 places — a consignment store and my future home. I explained that they had to deliver the furniture to the first stop by 3:00 pm latest. I asked that the crew be at my house by 8:00 am. «No problem ma’am».
Two days later, I spoke with an Omar who told me that he was most likely the one moving me. I made it clear I had to be in Palm Springs by 3:00 pm and the earlier they could be there, the better. Omar said he could be there by 7:00 am if that was okay. I was ecstatic!
The day of the move– it’s 7:20 am and no one has called or shown up. I called and spoke with a Trevon. I explained the situation and his attitude left much to be desired. He told me that the guys had just started getting the truck together. I told him about the arrangements that had been made and he acknowledged that there were notes with the booking that they could start as early as 7 am, but that it was impossible because all morning appointments have an arrival window of 8 – 12. I asked him when the crew would be arriving and he said he didn’t know — that the guys had just started prepping the truck. I stressed that I needed my furniture to be in Palm Springs by 3:00 pm. I requested that he call me as soon as the guys were on their way.
At about 7:45 I called again to get an update and Trevon stated they were on their way to the scales to be weighed. I asked him for a window of time that they would be arriving. He refused because «I would hold him to that time». We hung up and I began to pray.
The guys did eventually show up at around 10:30 am. Before loading up the furniture they asked my mom to sign a document stating that an appointment time was never promised. She refused. They asked her to sign a document that the move would not cost more than $ 2000 and she again refused. [We had been quoted $ 1250]. They settled on $ 1800 and started to move the furniture. They did hustle but failed to properly wrap and protect the furniture.
They did make it to Palm Springs by 3:00 pm but when they arrived at the consignment store, they started unloading the wrong the furniture. Fortunately my mom got there in time to tell them again what furniture was supposed to go to the consignment store. Mind you, we had marked everything with the store’s name on the items.
We found that the furniture had been chipped and marked with grease.
I would never use this company again and I would caution others. They are cheaper but there’s an obvious reason for that.

If I can leave zero stars I would to these movers helping my mother move from her house to another. Two guys showed up Monty and Pierce. Pierce’s good attitude is the only thing saving me from writing a scalding review. Monty Tried to take shortcuts when ever he could and didn’t really even want to be doing the work. Not only did Monty have a bad attitude the whole time with my mother but they took a huge chunk out of the stairs, scratched the wooden floors, and scratched paint off the walls! Not only that but broke all the tie pegs off my mothers vintage clothing cabinet. He was super rude and unapologetic. Despite Monty’s attitude, my mother was still considerate enough to tip them both equally. I wish he would’ve been as considerate with my mother’s furniture and new floors. I don’t think Monty should’ve got a dime extra.
However, we wound up using Pure Movers for the second trip and they were amazing! Last time my mother used this company she got some great movers with better attitudes… Bottom line it’s hit or absolute fail with this company.

Ugh!!! If only I had read these reviews before hiring this company! Talked to them the day before the move and gave a detailed list of belongings they would be moving, then they call again the morning of the move and want to know exactly what they will be moving that day again (red flag!).
They eventually get to my apartment and give a quote for $ 1800 for the day for my 800 sq. ft. ONE BEDROOM apartment. Total ripoff!!! I told them I’m looking to spend $ 600 max for moving my stuff. So they start moving stuff and every single item they ask, «you want us to move that too?» WTF!!! Yes! I hired you to move all the shit from my apartment! In the end they only moved the bulky items (2 bookshelves, a table, 2 desks, and a bed) and I am left to move all of the boxes I PACKED AHEAD OF TIME on my own.
These movers are SLOW AS HELL and will take their sweet time while charging you as much as they can to move even the most basic shit.
DO NOT HIRE THESE MOVERS!!! I would give negative stars if I could because I am sooo incredibly disappointed.

If we could leave no star, we would. From the beginning to end we had unpleasant experience with the Altadena Starving Students branch. We have an office building and only needed 1 small office space to be cleared out and taken to a local storage place 5 miles away. We were told 2 movers would suffice and it would take only 2 hrs. On the morning of the move, we received a call from the mover (Reginald) himself and he told us we should add an additional 3^rd mover, since his partner had «a bad leg and moves slow.» He insisted that they wouldn’t finish in 2 hrs and so we added the 3^rd mover. It took 2 hrs. for the 3 of them to (almost) clear the small space with our HR Manager jumping in to help as well, before additional fees were charged. We had to stop them without them finishing the move since 2 hrs. was already almost gone. From the first call to get a price quote with Anthony who gave me attitude over the phone to the second rep Melanie who never bothered to call us that the fax wasn’t coming through to our office. If the fax isn’t filled out the move gets cancelled. It’s a good thing I called them to confirm our move. When I asked Melanie why she didn’t call us to tell us the fax didn’t come through from days ago, her response was, «I was too busy.» When the movers were leaving, they just dumped their left over food items and a broken lamp out of the moving truck on to the street next the curb. We were highly disappointed in the entire experience.

I used this company to move from a one bedroom apartment in Pasadena to another apartment 6 mites away and it took 7 hours!
When I booked the move the person helping me was so friendly. They called me 48 and 24 hours before the move to confirm the appointment time between 8 – 12. I called them at 12 wondering if they were still planning on coming. They showed up at 12:30 moving as slow as possible. Like I told them on the phone, I lived on the forth floor, had an elevator, and the movers had to walk a bit to get to my apartment. They would not stop complaining about the walking. They didn’t start moving my items until 12:55 and when they were moving items they walked at a leisure pace. I was so infuriated by 3:30 that I started running up and down the stairs to move my own items since I was now paying for them to stand down at the truck for 10 minutes as they «positioned» my items in the truck and texted.
They charge double drive time, I guess that explains why they decided to drive around the block twice even when there was a parking stop right in front of my new place… These men were so unprofessional! After the move took 5 hours and still wasn’t done the man told me it might go faster if i helped. I’m sorry I hired two guys to lift my dresser since they expected me to do it myself! They asked how much my rent was, how I afforded it, asked the price of multiple items, and went on and on about all his family problems.
Do not hire these men, they were rude to me, my items, and a one bedroom move took 7 hours…

Warning– These chumps will nickel and dime you on every minute! Starving students my butt. STAY AWAY! If Unilocal had a negative star, I would be using it. Let me just say that the calculated 5 hour job took 10 hours! We even prepared the night before boxing and taking apart furniture to be efficient. What a waste! Between the workers socializing and bantering and taking unnecessary door frames off this had to be the slowest job we have ever experienced! Toward the end one of the workers stop because and I quote «I’m too tired, I’m done». If I’m paying a company for a 10 hour job, I expect 100% effort! We also tried to get in contact with corporate to file a complaint and ask for a refund of one hour. All we got was a standard decline letter. We are now filing a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. If you’re planning to move please go your local Home Depot and hire Day Laborers. It’ll be cheaper, honest and I guarantee work harder!!!

If I could leave no stars I would. Customer service was so bad and the guy was so rude I actually cancelled the move the day before it was supposed to happen and took my chances finding another mover. (I did) But you can only imagine how bad it has to be to prompt such a desperate move. There are plenty of movers out there with better prices, so you might as well use someone who at least appears to be reliable. Huge Red Flag!

These pieces of shit movers are crooks!!! They stole from my house when they were moving! Did they do anything to help the situation? No!!! Unprofessional, overpriced, lying crooks! I would give no stars if I could!
I can’t wait until karma hits you guys who stole from my house! I advise people to never use this company!
One word: GHETTO

Worst moving experience ever! Moved w/​them in Dec 2012. Should have read some of these reviews first, because they are spot on. Slower than molasses movers that are neither students or starving. Dropped several of my boxes on busy street throughout the move. Charged by the hour for ridiculously slow movers. At the end of the move one of the old dudes had the nerve to ask me out! Complaining to their manager did nothing, he could care less. Please just don’t hire the Pasadena area Starving Student movers!

Going to keep this one short. I stupidly had my handgun (in it’s case) out during the move. It went missing.

Was helping a friend move into my place today and we called starving students. They first said they could be here 1 – 5, then called back and said it would be 11. Then by 145 no one had shown up after repeated phone calls and assurances they were on the way.
Cornelius, the guy we had to speak to on the phone was so unbelievably rude. My friend asked if there would be any discount for the 3 hour delay period and he wouldn’t even discuss it, and made it clear he could care less about our business.
We told him we weren’t interested anymore, and immediately called rose bowl movers. They were professional, cheaper, helpful, and not tool bags.

Just want to say it was easy to set up a time and a price with these guys. They were on time, communicated well and were willing to work with me as I had many things to move from one place to the other. I was greeted with respect and a great attitude from both guys and showed me exactly what to expect, walked me through the paperwork and then got to work. It took them a little under two hours and they were super efficient. I would recommend them to anyone!

After 20 times (I lost count) of moving and using different moving companies (or family), I enjoy and have a peace of mind with Starving Students!!!

Very professional and on time. Would definitely use them again

4.0 star rating 7÷12÷2013
I really liked this service. I didn’t have to deal with the hassle of renting a truck, renting equipment, and hiring movers. I did it all at once and I would use them again.
They came later then expected but I picked I busy weekend to move. The guys moved all my boxes and furniture to my third floor apartment without an elevator. They were kind and friendly and took good care of my belongings.
Booking was easy and the whole thing was affordable and easy.

Wow with all the 1 star ratings I was VERY VERY afraid. But I needed to move and I had all of 3 days advance notice.
1^st off — They are not cheap. Their rate (After fees) is $ 109 an hour and double drive time. And they need a Deposit of usually $ 500. They EXPLAIN IT ALL ON THE FIRST PHONE CALL.
2^nd — The phone person tells you they call within 48 hours of your move. They did this. And gave me a 4 hour window. Then they tell you a call within 24 hours. WRONG, it’s 1 hour before your move.
3^rd — When they showed up (15 minutes late due to the marathon blocking the roads) They were WONDERFUL. If you get Garett, you will like him and his moving style.
4^th — When something was damaged, it was paid for immediately. So I have no issues.
So all in all, I think people here were looking for cheap. They are NOT CHEAP, but they do move and they did a good job.
So I think the local office did a 5 star job and I remove one star for the Main office as they did not tell me about the 1 hour call (The local office did when I called them a day before)

If I could give Starving Students NO STARS I totally would!!! I’m still confused with their claim that they use as their business name… yet none of their employees are students or look like their starving at all, especially after I’ve paid nearly $ 700 to move a 1 bedroom apartment. I had a choice between another moving company and SS and after what the customer service rep promised that there are no additional charges, I proceeded with hiring them only to find out other hidden fees! A TOTAL DISAPPOINTMENT! DON’T EVER USE THEM. THEY ARE LIARS! LIARS! LIARS!