At the beginning of May I contacted a number of moving companies and requested quotes for a move from Pittsfield, MA to Beverly Hills, FL I received at least 10 quotes with ATRAF/ATRANS being the lowest quote. So needless to say I hired this scam company. These guys are smooth and have all their t's crossed and their i's dotted. I checked to see if they were credited with the BBB and at that time they were under the name of ATRANS and at the point in time I did not know that they also used the name ATRAF. If I knew that they went by another name I could have check to see that they had 43 complaints against them prior to my hiring them. I gave them my credit card number and the first charge was $100.00 deposit.
They continued to play the Mr. Nice Guy game. They told me they had their own trucks and for me not to worry that I would have my items picked with their truck on June 30 and I would have my items by July 6. On June 30 a Budgent Rental pulled up at my 28 Lyric Street address I phoned and spoke with Guy and he assured me that I need not worry that all the company trucks were out and they always use rentals to pick up the slack. So I agreed they could take all my worldly possessions, alot of the items that I was having shipped to my Florida address were heirlooms and items that can't ever be replaced, sentimental items can't ever be replaced.
On July 2 Mr. Yuval phoned me and told me. That I he had some bad news that the weight and price which I was quoted was incorrect the quote was 2,000 lbs at $. 42 a pound or $924.00 and the new quote is 6,000 lbs (and there is no way that I had that much weight) at $. 42 a pound $2,520. Plus 10% $252. Plus $200. For crating an antique mirror and 2 tiffany lamps, plus a number of wall hangings. I was promised delivery by July 6, then July 9, then July 11 and then July 12 or the 13th. It is now 4:00 pm on Sunday July 13 and I have not heard or seen any of my items. I closed out my credit card on Friday July 9 and thank goodness I did that.
I just happened to see usacomplaints.com on line today and this is why I am writing my report. I have a feeling the reason I don't have some ripoff artist from Florida sitting in my driveway requesting $750.00 so that I can receive my merchandise is, ATRAF must have tried to charge more to my credit card on Friday but I beat them to the punch. But they still are holding more than $20,000. Worth of merchandise and a lot of sentimental items that are worth more than money can buy. But that means nothing to these types of criminals. How do they every get DOT licenses and State licenses is beyond me. Hopefully these guys will get caught someday and pay for these crimes they commit against people especially senior citizens. And I as a senior citizen will do my utmost to have this type of rif-raf put in their places.
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