Wheaton Van Lines

Pros: Professional service
Cons: It depends on your driver

Before I begin my review on Wheaton Van Lines, let me say that a move is only as good as the driver that picks up your furniture. We have moved many times, as my husband is retired from the military, and frankly the name on the moving van does not mean a...

Pros: Professional and national chain, estimates, friendly movers
Cons: Expensive

I think we all would agree that moving is stressful enough without any hassles. We worry about getting a moving company, the timing of the move and all of the packing and all of those worries are before the actual move. Once moving day arrives, the...

Pros: Picked up possessions on time.
Cons: In my view, questionable business practices, false Promises, careless handling of property, run-around tactics

Updated December 27, 2004 Wheaton Van Line's is an old-line mover that has been in business for close to 50 years. According to Wheaton's sales literature (www.wheatonworldwide.com), the company has been doing business since 1945. Wheaton is employee ...

Pros: None. They even spelled my name wrong in the letter they sent me.
Cons: Knowingly breached their written and verbal contractual agreements.

Synopsis: It is my belief that Wheaton Van Lines knowingly breached their written and verbal contractual agreements with me. Also, Wheaton Van Lines failed to transport the goods and effects tendered by me as per the terms of the agreement. Nor ...

Pros: nothing stands out
Cons: promise good service but don't deliver

Wheaton's salesperson made a great pitch about how much the company cares about customer service. Unfortunately, once I signed a contract, they didn't live up to any of their promises. They promised to call me one day before they were to pick up my...

Pros: For the most part, they did what needed to be done
Cons: their rate of success is sketchy; probably not worth it

I'd just like to begin by saying I spent hours on the Department of Transportation's website, researching the proper way a move should be handled, both by myself and the moving company. I knew all my responsibilities as well as the moving company's, and ...

Pros: Dee who works at Wheaton Headquarters and stopped the driver from extorting additional money.
Cons: Everything from the salesman through the claims process

My wife and I decided to move from Washington State to Arizona last year. We had moved many times while I was in the military and thought we knew all the problems. I have divided the following review into sections to make it easier to understand. ...

Pros: We didn't pay for their lousy service
Cons: unpacked items, broken and damaged items, rude employees, etc.

Where do I even begin? We just recently (i.e., the past month) made a move from Upstate NY to Northern Va. We had the *pleasure* of having Wheaton be our packer and mover. We really didn't have much choice in the matter. My husband is military and...

Pros: timely service, courteous, took great care of our stuff
Cons: none that I noticed

When my family moved to Rhode Island last year, we moved ourselves. It took a 17[' truck to get all our stuff up there. I packed for what seemed like years. My husband drove the truck and I drove our car. I was not happy about any of this.
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Pros: what?
Cons: Everything....cheaper isn't always better.

Words cannot explain how much I dislike this company. To see that it is voted #2 for quality makes me cringe.

About 6 months ago I had a cross country move from Ohio to Los Angeles California. I was very cautious about the movers I...

Pros: The driver for the main move and his team were professional.
Cons: Customer service, lack of respect, breach of contract.

We moved 480 miles. Wheaton contracted for packing up on Monday, loading Tuesday, and moving Wednesday. They told us to expect delivery on Thursday which seemed reasonable since the move was a 6-7 hour drive. Thus we made plans to be available to ...

Pros: On time delivery, one good mover and driver
Cons: Expensive, questionable practices, unknown quality of movers and drivers

My first experience with Wheaton was moving from Bellevue, WA to White Plains, NY in May 2002. I had about 3000lb worth of boxes and including a sofa and a mattress. The estimate provided by their local agent, Dave Cowan of Pacific Movers, was about in ...

Pros: Showed up on time and delivered early
Cons: Demanded extra money at arrival or threatened to take to storage

My husband and I were moving from a Woodland Hills, California apartment to an apartment in Seattle. We had the "estimator" arrive at our apartment and look at our belongings to give us a price quote.

He quoted a price and said the ONLY thing...

Pros: None
Cons: Dishonest, ripoff artists, careless, stole things, bad attitudes

I just had a very negative experience with Charlottesville Transfer/Wheaton Van Lines in Virginia, for a move from Charlottesville to Springfield, VA. To begin, the owner/estimator was very rude when he came to make the estimate. We specifically told him ...

Pros: 0 Pros
Cons: If you care for your valuables, DO NOT HIRE- you will be terribly disappointed.

We received around four quotes before we settled to employ Wheaton. We thought we hired the best moving company and we trusted Wheaton’s expertise to provide us with good service but all we got was a terrible experience from the beginning to the ...