Recently moved between Hyderabad and Bangalore, selected M/s Lion Packers and Movers for end to end service - Packing, Transport, loading and unloading. Had a bad experience from word GO. They always demand more money in addition to agreed in the quotation.
1.) Took money for Comprehensive Insurance but did not get the Insurance Letter( and hence ate that money).
2.) After having agreed to deliver the items on a specific date, reached early and started demanding additional money for holding the items. They do not own any Trucks, they just hire the ones going empty and dump your items.
3.) They do not have branches in all cities they claim, they work in "Syndicates".One will pack and despatch in a 3rd Party truck and Some one else will come to unload the items who will ask aditional money, he will fiegn ignorance of any agreement you had at origin place.
Since we hand over all our Household Valuables, we need to be very careful with such Packers and Movers. Some of the Tips are
1.) Always select a well known vendor even if costly, avoid all such Dubious vendors.
2.) Make sure they get Insurance guy to deliever the Insurance Copy before loading at place of origin
- Make sure all the Negotiations are noted on the quotations and do not pay any aditional paise.
Hope this helps.