PODS worked great for us with one exception..that almost got me thrown in jail. The delivery and packing in VA went fine and we used Emove to arrange for the movers to place the boxes etc that we packed ourselves. One thing that will make you packing easier for the movers is if you use standard size boxes.
For the Villages we made arrangements both PODS delivered on July 25 and also made arrangements via emove to have Arthur Martin unload the PODS on the next day 7/26....with POD removal scheduled for 7/27. Well here is where my problems started. When the first POD arrived they dropped it on my driveway and teh driver told me to unload it adn they would bring the next POD. I said no I had professional movers scheduled to come the enxt day and unload both PODS. The Driver told me he could not put a 2nd POD on my driveway for it would go partly (and I mean a very small part) on my grass and they would not be liable for damage. I wanted to talk to his boss and he said his boss would call me .....well I stood in front of the truck until I spoke to the Boss and the the driver proceeded to take pictures of the driveway etc. The boss agreed to call me back later that afternoon once he saw the pics. I was furious especially not knowing what POD I had for one POD contained heavy Dining room furniture that I could not move even with the best of help.
Well The boss did call and said he understood my concerns after seeing the pics........I mean this is a designer house with golf cart addition (meaning wider driveway than most) and he said he would send a more experienced driver with my POD and see if they can get it in. HOwever in teh meantime a neighbor ( I never met before) stopped by toask me to play golf and tehn learned of my problem....and we both unloaded the POD once we determined it was the easier one to unload. The new driver came with the second POD later that day and told me they could have gotten a second POD in but the new driver did not have the experience and did not want to mess up by causing damage his first week on the job.
Overall I was pleased with my POD experience with this one exception.
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