Flat Rate Moving

I found Flat Rate Moving on Craigslist Milwaukee. The owner, Anthony Thompson, was very nice & talkative & seemed eager to get my business. I explained to him what I would need to move (a 4 bedroom house full of stuff) and the date we needed to move on. He assured me he could do my move for me & we set up a time for him to do a walk through of our home to give me an estimate. I should have gone with my gut instinct when he didn’t show up for the walk through appt. He called later that day of his no show to apologize profusely & say he had an emergency move he got stuck doing & wasn’t able to contact us. Ok… fine. I gave him the benefit of the doubt. He is just working on starting up his own moving company & I was trying to be supportive of a young entrepreneur. I rescheduled our walk through for the following weekend. Anthony did show up for this appt. though he was late & had his 2 children waiting in his car while he met with us. Definitely unprofessional, but once again, I overlooked. I did ask Anthony for some references from his past clients. He emailed me 3 and I actually called 2 of them. One of the references was suspect… could have been his friend or something just covering for him… one was genuine & the guy seemed very pleased with the job Anthony and his team did. Though he did say he was surprised that Anthony actually showed up & he had scheduled a back up just in case. I wasn’t sure what he meant and, looking back, wish I would have listened more to this clue of things to come. The guy I talked to seemed very happy with Anthony & the price he paid for the move, so once again, I ignored the little voice of warning in the back of my mind. Can you guess where this is going yet?!! Well, if you are thinking I was a fool for relying on Anthony, even though I did have him type up & email me a contract to confirm the date & time of my move, you are correct. He was a no call no show the morning of our move. It was an absolutely horrible day. My husband & I have 2 small boys which we dropped off at a babysitter for the morning so we could move our household. You can imagine how many problems this caused in our schedule. Flate Rate Moving a.k.a. Anthony Thompson, not only messed up our move but also the family who was supposed to move into the house we were moving out of. Moving is so stressful as it is and to have a mover leave you in such a big mess is absolutely unforgivable. He not only messed with us but another family’s life also. Makes me wonder about his morals and values as a person. I could go on & on but I think you all get the point. If you want a dependable mover call Bluemound Express who came to our rescue the very next morning right on time (they added another truck just to help us out when they heard our horror story!) & moved all our stuff w/​out so much as a scratch. All I can say to Flat Rate Moving is good luck growing your business when you are undependable & untrustworthy. Karma, Anthony, Karma. Please don’t be fooled by this liar.