BP Movers Inc

I sold a statue to someone from Craigslist. They hired BP movers to come onto my property to move the statue. This was a $ 6,500 limestone statue. BP movers broke the statue while they were moving it. BP movers said they were not responsible. I asked BP movers if we could file a claim through their insurance and they said that tecnically the statue never left my property so no they could not help me. I now have a broken statue that can’t be replaced. I would be very careful hiring this company to move your items.

I had an urgent and very complicated move in the worst weather possible and I could not have asked for a better result in a move, particularly given our timing. To start, our previous home was in a very long hallway with two sets of stairs to the freight elevator and timing was everything as we had one truck going to a smaller home, one going to storage and then an additional delivery of furniture to my sister’s house 25 miles away. The crew at BP did an amazing job getting me packed and moved despite the record low temperatures of negative air temperature and even more severe wind chill and snow. The crew worked tirelessly to get my move done in time so that we could close on the sale of our home. I highly recommend BP

Outstanding experience. Movers were on time, professional and quick. They were sensitive to all my possesions and enjoyable to be around. Easiest move I’ve ever had.

I have used BP four times in 12 years. Pricing is clear, movers are on time (and professional), and they don’t break your stuff! Doesn’t get much better.

I was a little hesitant after reading the negative reviews here but I had a very good experience with BP.
I was moving from Chicago to LA with short notice, over the holidays to start a new job on Jan. 2^nd. The BP team packed my items flawlessly (not even one broken glass) and had everything delivered to my new place earlier than deadline so I had plenty of time to settle in before I had to start work.
They were quick, professional and incredibly affordable.

BP Movers is the best. They are professional, timely, and go out of their way to work with your schedule. You don’t have to worry about your items with BP Movers; they wrap, protect, and move your stuff with care and expertise.

I’ve used these guys three times over eight years and have been generally pleased with their service. As another reviewer points out, the guys are pretty surly — the «hey how ya doin» variety of Smarmy Guy — but also very capable. The time estimate has always been accurate, and buying a few Gatorades for the guys ensures a happy crew and a bit of a break.
Speaking of breaks, each of the times I’ve used BP, something minor has been damaged, but nothing compared to if my friends and I did it ourselves with a U-​Haul and a promise of pizza. I’ve never thought to try and get compensated for any lost or damaged items, as nothing was all that important. I see another reviewer did try and get compensated and got the run-​around, so caveat emptor on that one.
The other odd thing that happens when you use BP is that at least one of the guys will slip you their personal card to do moving on the side.
On the whole, the guys are reliable, the price is fair (moving costs always seem a little high) and the company is responsive, even if their machismo always inspires me to drop my voice an octave and say things like, «Yeah, alright. You gots it.»

BP Movers came recommended to me by a co-​worker. The movers themselves were good; there were 3 guys and basically one worker did all of the work. The estimate was hundreds of dollars lower than the actual price of the job. The movers said they accepted checks, and so I gave the movers a check. The owner called later saying he usually only accepts credit card. He not only charged my credit card but also cashed my check 9 mo. later. I’m now trying to recover my money back. I HIGHLY DO NOT RECOMMEND!!!

SLOW MOVERS, DAMAGES AND HIGH PRICE… OH MY! I’ve certainly had more positive moving experiences in the past. We recently moved from a one bedroom to one bedroom. They were early arriving (and charged us for it, though no work was being done for about 30 minutes), and first thing, the 3 guys began complaining that they were «overworked» and had worked very late the night before so they were «moving slower.» And they did. Like another review on here, there were 3 guys, but one basically did nothing and stood at the truck. This move took almost 7 HOURS. I’ve used moving companies in the past who moved two people out of separate locations into one, and they were finished in 2−½ hours flat. Too bad I just didn’t use them again. To continue, on the move in, one of the guys dropped a heavy box on a file cabinet, totally smashing the top of it. Immediately he asked if I would like to have that credited on the bill, and said yes. After signing, paying (the insurance too), and tipping, I failed to notice with everything going on that he in fact did not credit us for the now useless file cabinet. We called Bill the owner and didn’t hear back for 4 – 5 days. Finally emailed him, and we got him on the phone regarding the damage. He said, sorry — nothing he could do, was real snotty and abrupt. What is the insurance we paid extra for? Oh well — not his problem. DO NOT USE BP MOVERS! Beware of the one page typed, signed letters in your mailbox saying how much better they are, they never damage, their very successful via word of mouth. Word of mouth can work both ways, BP! I would look elsewhere, people. BP Movers suck. Hope my review helps someone out.

We only just moved a year ago and the last time we moved we did so with Reebie movers. It was a mistake to not go with them again, but BP came in with a lower bid and the owner seemed really nice. Overall the move with smoothly with the exception of a one year old $ 1500 piece of furniture that was broken by the movers that they fully took responsibility before. The movers made note of this on the receipt and I thought the owner would call me the next day to aplogize and talk compensation. No such luck. I had to call him and he said he would give me 30 cents on the lb. It was a heavy piece of furniture, but the reimbursement will be less than $ 100 and the cost to fix this will be so much more. Due to circumstances beyond our control, we have to move again in 6 months. The owner knows this but made no effort to compensate me in any other way, even with me telling him I would have to hire movers again 6 months from now. You would think if he wanted my business again in 6 months he would have done a little more to rectify this problem.
I also think one of the movers was smoking pot and all they did was bitch and moan the whole time. Probably would have cut an hour off our time if they had just shut the hell up and worked.
Update: For some reason my review above didn’t post. Over the past 2 months, I have made repeated calls to Bill the owner, trying to get the money I am rightfully owed for his movers damaging my property. He just kept blowing smoke up my ass telling me «he’d drop a check off soon,» «look into it and get back to me,» blah, blah and he just said to me «I have bigger fish to fry» and hung up on me. DO NOT USE THIS MOVING COMPANY!!!

BP movers have moved me twice now, and were recommended to me by a friend. I have been very happy with them. They are efficient and know what they’re doing.
Yes, they are all surly as the day is long, but for pity’s sake – they are professional movers. If they weren’t surly, I’d be concerned!
Everything arrived safely and quickly. The owner was very polite when I had to change my move time at the last minute (which seems to be common in Chicago!) They even did an extra favor for my landlady and moved some couches up from the basement for her. The total at the end matched up with the estimate I was given.
I’d agree with Angela L that sometimes they took a little more on than seemed safe and I feared I would end up with a dead or at least injured mover on my stairwell. Otherwise, no complaints!

BP came recommended by a number of people… so we used them. We had previously had a really terrible experience with another company, so basically anything probably would have been better.
The guys were good and did a good job. I think we paid $ 105/​hr or so for 3 guys (plus 1 hour of travel time, which most movers in Chicago seem to charge, some don’t though). It’s easy to look at that price per hour and feel like you’re paying a lot, but when you divide it out per person and figure what their company takes, they are probably severely underpaid for the work they’re doing.
Though we paid for 3 guys, it really means 2 guys doing the moving and 1 guy just standing around in the truck. I suppose it was his job to organize the truck, but he was probably doing nothing at least ½ of the time. I would’ve happily «watched» the stuff if this was their concern. The guy who stood around in the truck was obviously the man in charge, but he was somewhat annoying. We told him about our previous mover «incident» and he kept saying «see, we’re doing this and that and yada yada» … There was a very light sprinkle that started and ended about 5 minutes after they arrived, so they wanted to charge us $ 50 for a roll of wrap. We didn’t really care if things were wrapped so we declined. They did wrap a few things even long after it had stopped raining, and throughout the move the head guy kept reminding us «see we won’t charge you for the wrap we used, just don’t tell the boss» … and then he kept reminding us «we prefer our tips in cash» over and over. Alrighty, I get the point, you want a tip! I was planning to tip you from the start I don’t need a constant nagging nelly. I have to wonder if this is just some estranged guy, or if it’s some sort of sales/​better tip technique the company uses.
Nothing really got broke, though I think that was partly luck – they weren’t totally careful with everything. I felt like I had to constantly watch and had to remind them to not do a few things with certain items, etc.
Update: …after unpacking and all was said and done, there was a very very expensive and sentimental painting somehow lost in the move. We’re absolutely certain it left the old place (we still own it) and that it made it to the truck, but now it doesn’t seem to be at the new place.
We told BP and so far they’ve COMPLETELY ignored our complaints…

OK — so I have to say I started out scheduled with a different moving company last week, but with my closing changed at the last minute I found myself in a bind where the company that I had made arrangements with could not accommodate me… Anyway — I called like 10 – 12 places and only 2 called back — BP Movers was BY FAR the most «economical» of the two… AND the guys were very careful, polite, and kept up the pace. I would give em 5 stars, but there were a few times that I was a little worried about the size of the loads that they were trying to maneuver by themselves… ANYWAY — everything was fine (no damage) and I would definitely use them again.