To Whom It May ConcernI am a victim of amoving scam. I acquired moving services from Soul Movers on April 26th with a quote of $1,056.25. I had scheduled the move for May 1st at 10 am, because I had a flight to Miami at 3 pm. The move was supposed tobe from Boston to Miami. I explained this to Soul Movers and they assured methat there would be more than enough time to pack my one bedroom apartment withplenty of time left over for me to catch my flight. Come May 1st, SoulMovers arrived inexplicably late with no remorse or apologies. They told methat I could leave them in charge of moving my property once I left. Theirrepresentative said since there was no time to document everything to sign afew blank forms and they would catalogue all of my items. I had to take apart all of my furniture andhad to move all of my belongings to the living room ON MY OWN in order for me to make better time. Themovers started re-packing my already packed belongings into their proprietaryboxes and began bringing my things down from my building to their moving truck. I never questioned their actions becauseI thought they had the experience and best interest for my belongings. I signed the contract with the $1,056.25figure we agreed upon. At around 2pm, more than 95 percent of my move was in their truck. I started leaving to theairport and one of the movers told me that I needed to leave a check for $1,111.00. I felt maybe he was confusedbecause I was supposed to pay half of the $1,056.25. He proceeded then to tellme that my move had now been doubled, and that if I didnt give him the checkfor that amount he would just unload all of my things onto the busy, downtownBoston Street I lived on. I felt I hadno choice but to leave the check. I feel they used my situation to their unfairadvantage and made me leave a deposit greater than the quoted price underduress. The boxes that they used to re-pack my boxes cost me $30.00 eachrespectively. They poorly packed theirtruck and charged me an extra $893.75 for the additional cubic feet mybelongings took up. The moving company that they contracted to deliver mybelongings in Miami (I signed a contract with Soul Movers only, Upon looking itis not in the contract that I would allow anyone else handle my belongings) hadvery questionable workers. I refused to pay any more that the 110% of what theywere entitled to according to federal statute 325.407 under D.O. T regulationsand they took out a bat and started swinging it menacingly. I called thepolice, but it was considered a civil matter and I was unable to collect mybelongings. They are holding my belongings hostage which includes my stethoscopeand many other medical devices, which is against the law in every state. Todayis May 18th. It had now been almost 3 weeks and I have yet to seeany of my items, even after over paying these criminals. They even sent mewaivers via email asking me not to divulge this to BBB, DOT, or any one else. Whichalso is against the law, because it is EXTORTION.
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