New Pindi Packers and Movers – Cheaters
Hi,
I have recently moved my home from Nagpur to Pune. All the sweet talks and promises made us choose New Pindi Packers and Movers. I am writing this review just to make customers aware of various tricks and traps. Even if this review helps a few to stay away from mental and financial harassment, I will be glad.
They ask about your new employer and they already know how much relocation allowance you are entitled for. They try to make sure, the total bill is at least a few thousand rupees more than your entitlement. The original quote was very reasonable. They also said, “Do not worry, we can negotiate that”. They took 5000 Rs. in advance for procuring the packing material; actually they wanted 10000 but we could settle to 5000 somehow. Before a couple of days of packing and moving, they sent some packing goods. 3 men arrived at 11:00 AM instead of 9:00 AM to start packing. After coming they discovered that the packing material was not adequate; they called a person and started packing slowly. It took them almost 10 hours to complete the packing. They sent the truck at 1:00 PM and driver was sitting idle till 9 PM when they started loading the truck(The transport work is sub-contracted). Sardarji came to our home at 4:00 PM when the packing was half done for taking remaining money. When half the goods are packed, you cannot do anything but agree to all their terms. They said, you need to pay 7000 Rs as tax and based on value of your goods you need to buy 8000 Rs insurance. We managed to reduce the insurance amount to 4000 but the tax amount was not negotiable. I said, “Fine, since you are taking tax(VAT+ Service Tax) from us, you should accept a cheque”. They totally refused to take a account payee check and asked for a bearer’s check and still more cash. This point I realized that they are big cheaters. If your goods are half packed, I do not think we can argue too much with them. The truck reached the destination 24 hours after promised time. During the transit the service was very poor. They get rude as soon as all the money is received.
If you want to avoid this harassment please –
1. Do not disclose your relocation allowance amount(that is none of their business).
2. Before paying any advance, get all the things clarified.
a. Mode of payment(it must be account payee cheque).
b. Schedule of payment
i. How much advance
ii. How much before packing and dispatch.
iii. How much after receiving the goods.
c. Get the time of arrival in writing.
d. If possible buy insurance yourself and make it clear to them that you do not want to get their insurance(because it does not exist; they just call someone in front of you and insurance is done).
3. Do actual billing before they touch your luggage; this is very important. If you let them touch your goods and once they pack some of it, you are at their mercy.
Please, please, please save yourself from getting robbed. If this review helps you please post a comment, I want to save at least a few from getting looted. Please be careful.
Good Luck!