Always On Time Movers

Ironic name. Worst decision I’ve ever made. Biggest waste of time.
They moved my belongings less than half a mile away. Called me to let me know they’d be 30 mins late when originally scheduled for 12 noon. That was fine. They said there was a situation where their second truck had problems and asked if they could reschedule for 4 pm. Thought I was doing them a favor. HUGE MISTAKE.
I make the phone call to them around 5:30 pm to hear them say ‘Oh were right outside!’ Ok. But when you take 6 hours to move a studio apartment and try charging me over $ 800 for ruining my entire weekend? Not ok. They took 6 hours! It’s unheard of! They didn’t leave my new apartment until 12:30am! I told him I wouldn’t pay more than $ 400 and after reading these reviews and shouldn’t have payed more than $ 100. This was the biggest scam. The movers didn’t have any tools, a ladder, or even gloves. They used saran wrap around their hands to move my dresser. The step son of Jimmy was polite and nice but the other gentleman was stopping for ⁵⁄₁₀ minute breaks every trip up or down the stairs.
I could have done this job by myself in half the time for no cost at all. These guys ruined my weekend. I’ll never do this again. Always schedule your movers at least 3 weeks in advance unless you’re moving the first week of September or the last week of August make it a month in advance at least.
Please never waste your time with this man named Jimmy. Don’t do it.

Jim Gomez Moving, Frank Gomez Moving, On Time Movers, J & G Moving Company — whatever alias they are using now to cover up their horrendous scam-​artist company with countless 1-​star reviews —- was truly, the worst, borderline criminal company I’ve ever dealt with.
Beware — he’s scammy enough to post fake 5 star reviews — Jim G below IS Jim Gomez, the owner! Unilocal won’t take it down!
If you’re on Unilocal,you’re probably already wise enough to avoid these amateur thieves (I was in a hurry and looked up the wrong ‘On Time Movers’ — and am paying for it).
If you’re talking to Jim — RUN! RUN FAR AWAY!
They’re also known as J & G (Jim Gomez, the owner) on Unilocal — look them up for similar horror stories.
Here’s my story—
The 2 movers (not the 3 promised by Jim) began charging $ 99/​hour when they showed up much earlier than scheduled in their truck drinking PowerAde for 30 minutes.
The 2 movers then proceeded to move at a glacial pace, picking their butts for a few hours, milking the clock, while doing a completely amateur job moving our furniture. I told them they needed to remove the door to fit our couches through (too big). They didn’t believe me (amateurs) — and ended up removing the legs to our two couches to fit them through the door. I learned LATER — that the legs are non-​removable. There are no screw-holes.They simply BROKE them off — then HID the evidence by not returning them! This is beside the fact that the couch fabric was torn and covered in chipped wall paint from their frustrated ‘bash job’. This is not to mention the divots in the walls to our old landlord’s property!
They demanded about 60% of the fee up front in cash (probably to avoid legal evidence and evade taxes) — which you’re inclined to pay since they now have your belonging at their mercy.
When the stuff arrived at our new place — about 5 – 6 hours late — they tacked on an extra hour of ‘labor’ we had not witnessed nor agreed to, in addition to doubling the truck fees, fuels costs, and commute fees I had clearly established with Jim beforehand in writing (email), confirming about 3 times, were ONE TIME fees. I expect these kind of scams from taxi drivers in Thailand, not the USA. When calmly calling Jim on the phone about this possible mistake, he got pissed at ME. Sorry Jim, yelling and screaming won’t berate me into paying more. Real ‘professional’ customer service.
Unfortunately, I wasn’t physically present during the second move-​in. My roommate was — and the (now three) thug-​like movers probably refused to leave until they received their extortionary ‘additional fee’ cash payment. If I were there, I would have called the cops for tresspassing and fetched my bear mace at minimum. What YOU should do is never hire these clowns.
Icing on the cake to Jim’s broken word (his word is worth less than Enron stock) — was the SIGNIFICANT damages to our stuff:
Besides the half destroyed couches with torn fabric and broken off legs —
They lost or stole a floor rug.
They didn’t cover my mattress so the top sheet got ripped/​sliced by something.
They SOMEHOW lost the feet to my bedframe. They’re only 4 inches long — why they removed these and chucked them, I have NO idea.
–Other damages I do not feel like divulging at present.
When I talked to Jim about these after the fact, he laughed at me, spewed profanities, and acted like I was making it up to beat a few dollars out of him.
Jim, and after some research apparently his brother Frank who may run the same company with changing names, should be avoided like the plague.
I wish I did more diligence — these guys are even mentioned in the Chicago Tribune for damaging property:

The move I thought went well, at first. Two guys showed up – on time, albeit in a U-​Haul. The «crew» worked hard but had issues getting the couch out the door but other than that was relatively OK.
But when we were billed it was about $ 150 more than we were quoted. They also left something in the back door of the building and as it turned out, wrecked the back door by messing up the hinges. The landlord of the old building is charging us for the damage to the door.
Use these guys and your move will get done, but it will be done in an amateur way.
BTW, these guys take cash or check but really prefer cash. No plastic for this company.
I also should have disregarded the review by Jim G. The review by Pierangela M. mentions the owner of the company by name, Jim Gomez. Meanwhile, Jim G. has bookmarked this company. You do the math.

I recently purchased a curio cabinet which was heavy and composed mostly of glass so I decided to hire professional movers to bring it home from Highland Park to my home near the city. I could have let my son and his friends move the cabinet but it was heirloom quality and I did not want anything to happen to it. Everything went well and I was in contact with both the seller and the mover the entire time. About 5 minutes after the mover left with my cabinet in the vehicle, I received a phone call from the owner of the moving company, Jim Gomez. He contracted out to an individual who was pulled over by the Highland Park police and was taken into custody for driving on a suspended license. My cabinet was impounded for two days. The owner of the moving company was mortified that this happened. He made everything right and did not ask me to pay and arranged at his expense to have my cabinet delivered two days later at his own expense. In life things can go wrong, but this company owner knew to make it right. It was a pleasure to work with him, although at moments we were both frustrated. I would use them again because he acted professionally given a difficult siutation of which he was entirely unaware. I will always smile a little when I look at my curio cabinet and remember the series of events that brought the cabinet to my home.