Admiral Van Lines

This whole company is an absolute scam. DO NOT USE THEM.
They promise you an hourly rate and then double that rate after they load all of your items on the truck. They take their sweet time too, smoking cigarettes and talking on their cellphones. They demand you pay in cash before unloading your items to the new rate they’ve created or else they will refuse to take your belongings off of the truck. They actually bully you into paying. After putting up a battle with them for the originally rate I was told, they unloaded all my items and dropped them in my new place and never came back upstairs. Drove off without unpacking anything and all the items dumped in the center of one room.
They’re unprofessional, rude, Russian con artists.
The kicker is they will also suggest a gratuity before even packing your items. Here’s a tip, STAY AWAY.

This was the worst moving experience we have ever had. Multiple confirmations that they were going to pack up the house in Tinton Falls, NJ over the Memorial Day Weekend. Instead of stacks of the ivory-​colored square packing paper, they showed up with a small stack of PRINTED newspaper like you receive at your home, and not enough of that. We ended up using 2 rolls of paper towels as well, and unfortunately did not watch close enough as things were packed. All of the dishes and other glass items that were wrapped in newspaper had to be washed to get the ink off of them before we could put them away (3 dishwasher loads).
They quoted us $ 400 and the bill was $ 587 (only cash) to include boxes and supplies. What supplies? They were newspapers they collected at their homes, boxes they had used before and 2 rolls of our paper towels.
They do not take care to ensure they don’t bump furniture against anything. Several pieces are now sporting gashes that cannot be smoothed over.
No boxes were marked as to their contents, and most things were just placed in the boxes with no thought whatsoever. In many cases, there was no cushioning or wrapping and several items arrived broken. For instance, our flour, sugar and rice holders were just put into a box, not wrapped, on top of other things haphazardly placed in the box, and laying on their side. One was even upside down. Luckily we had learned to be careful about opening boxes and moving things by then, so nothing fell out. Several small keepsakes were broken simply because they weren’t wrapped and were just piled one on top of the other, or turned upside down in the box so it fit.
Some of the boxes they used were bigger than they packed so they cut the sides and then cross folded them on top, and the packers used some of the furniture cushions to act as cushions for breakable items in the boxes. They also used a UHaul blanket, which we did not find until after we returned the truck and had to pay for.
The movers had no idea how to efficiently pack a truck — we had to direct them as to what went where and how to best fit it all in.
Finally, when we were definitely ready for them to go, the leader says thank you for the cash (you have to pay in cash), and then asks if he can have a tip for the other guys. REALLY? Take our word for it. Go find another company to do your move.

Unilocal should allow negative ratings. I’m only putting one star because I have to put a star down to write this review. A short list of grievances:
1. They told us that they accept credit card payments and when they arrived at the house we were moving in to, they refused to unload the truck unless they were paid in cash. They quoted us $ 400 and demanded payment of $ 600 in cash.
2. They told us we wouldn’t have to pay for the return trip for the truck, got our business, and then demanded payment for the return trip.
3. An expensive pan parents bought brand new was mysteriously missing after it was loaded into the van and transported 50 miles. Ok, not so much «mysteriously», I think we all know who took it.
The sad part is that we were happy with their services until the above happened.
So if you want a good moving service, but are willing to part ways with some of your beloved items, you should definitely use this service.
However, if you value the items that you are moving /​have smaller items of value that you would like to make it to your destination, I would strongly suggest you use a different and better moving service. I wish I had.

I used Admiral Van Lines for my last move and like a real and experienced Admiral they directed my move as efficient as they could. I am very impressed on how hard they worked as well as how they took care of my stuff.
Not knowing about Admiral Van Lines (only from hearsays), I was not sure if I made the right call. In fact, I was so worried for my stuff that I ended up using a lot of bubble wrap! Even with so much bubble wrap, they still wrapped my stuff all over again and carried them carefully into the truck. They packed everything tightly inside the truck that they hardly moved.
I was impressed with their work, especially since the unloaded everything smoothly when we arrive and I was very relieved when I saw everything safely arrived. I would absolutely go with Admiral again. I think with them at the help of my move, nothing could go wrong.

What they don’t tell you for a local move:
— they will charge you $ 100 an hour for a minimum of 5 hours, including their travel time so basically, something in between $ 500 and $ 600 no matter what.
— They want payment in cash only
This was no where on the estimate paperwork or in the scheduling call.
They did come in under the estimate price of $ 600 by $ 30, but the time it’s going to take to repair the damage they did to our furniture undid any good. Broke the legs off three desks. They got their truck stuck in the mud and didn’t know how to get it out — I had to figure it out, call the wrecker for them. They did pay for that… but that’s when the head of the crew started getting very strident that I sign the papers and pay in cash. It got very scary. Also said that they had a mandatory 5 hour minimum charge — again, no where in the papers was this mentioned. At most, they did 2.5−3 hours moving.
Demanded cash payment — no where in the estimate or budget was this specified so I didn’t even have it on me. I had to call their boss to make sure he knew they were getting cash. I didn’t want it not reaching him… and him coming after me. Very scary. Do not use.

this is continental van lines. they are russian con men. do not use unless you are clinically insane!!!

be aware of this moving company, they over charge to move they quote you one price and when they get done packing you are slapped with a bill twice what you are quoted. They workers are dishonest and a thief I had foreign curriences stolen from me. BE AWARE please don’t be like me and fall prey do your research. The managers are rude and very disrespectful.
Ex military

having done some research on Admiral, we signed up for our recent move. The moving consultant was professional and quoted a price/​hr along with a cap on max # of hours (clarified that there would not be any tolls or gas money for the truck that I’d have to pay). The final price was very close to what the estimate was and I was very pleased with that. The crew was professional, courteous and on time.
Couple of things I was ticked about (which I found out later, to be fair):
— I’d a small Glenlivet scotch bottle (the one you get in airplanes) — that was consumed and my kids’ candy was all gone. Did not expect that at all.
— although the crew asked us where the boxes needed to go, we seem to find many boxes misplaced as we are starting to unpack.
For the most part this experience was positive but there are some opportunities.

For your own sanity, do not use these mobsters. They recently changed the name from Continental Van lines, but it is the same company. I called and checked. Also same address and number. See the horrible reviews here:
These movers were such a terrible, extortionist experience I check on the Unilocal reviews now and then, since 311 gave me no justice. I saw that there weren’t any recent reviews and I assumed they were up to some trick. I called the number (same for both Admiral and Continental) and they answered «movers.» I asked if this was Continental and the man on the phone said they had bought them, but now it was a totally different company. Said all the business practices had changed. Said his name was Anthony… I remember that name all too well, since this was one of the dingbats that stole hundreds from me. It’s just a name change folks. STREER CLEAR.
Below is my original review of them when they were Continental Van Lines.
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Continental Van Lines are actually extortionist conmen — that is not hyperbole!
In short, they promise you a cheap price and then when they are halfway through with your move, they show you a bill that is double their original price. When you try and argue with them, they threaten and intimidate you until you cave in. If this little bit of info isn’t enough to convince you not to use them, read on.
I was looking for a cheap mover – my first mistake – and got something like 20 quotes. Continental guaranteed a $ 75/​hour rate, all in. That easily beat everyone else. In the words of their employee Gregory in an email to me before the move, «[t]he rate of $ 75.00 dollars per hour is a fixed rate. The mileage stairs tolls and gas are included in the rate. The time starts when we get to the home.» Seemed pretty good! Too good…
When half my belonging were moved in, the driver – who up until this point had been VERY friendly, in retrospect building his «good cop» cred – came in and brought me a bill that was very different than what was explained to me over email. Actually, the OPPOSITE of what I had clarified over email: the rate was higher than $ 75, tolls and gas were included, there was an extra charge for stairs, and the billing began before they arrived. When I showed him the series of messages confirming that it was just $ 75 an hour, he acted shocked. He called the «boss» and told him there had been some horrible mistake and that the «boss» should speak with my girlfriend and I. When my girlfriend got on the phone, he called her a cunt, asked why she was making problems, and hung up. Again, the driver acted shocked and called them back. Same thing happened.
At this point I called 311 and spent 45 minutes on the phone with the Department of Consumer Protection. In the end, all they could do was file a report – which two days later was declared outside of their jurisdiction and passed onto the NYS DOT – and suggest that if I called the precinct that maybe that would scare the movers.
The movers were UNFAZED when I called 911. This is when it dawned on me that this is their business practice and they knew what I was going to learn soon… that the cops didn’t show up for two hours and I was told that it was a civil issue anyway and that the cops wouldn’t be able to do much…
At this point, I had already tried to reason with them, beg them, explain that I was a recent college grad without a lot of money, appeal to higher ideals, the works… In response, I had been belittled, intimidated, had fists waved in my face, and the like.
They of course ONLY accept cash, so using a credit card and disputing the charges wasn’t an option.
This was one of those sad New York lessons… These guys are total conmen and assholes, and that’s how they make their bread. They know what they can get away with and they do it. In the end, I was able to knock $ 90 off the extortionist price he gave me, but it was still $ 300 above what the $ 75/​hour price would have been. That $ 90 of self respect cost me four or five hours of nasty, heated argument and stalemate in the middle of the street. Not worth it.
DO NOT DO USE THESE SCHMUCKS UNLESS YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR MIND!
And if that isn’t enough, there are about a dozen «filtered» reviews at the bottom of the page (you have to click through to another page to read them). Unilocal!filters reviews with an algorithm and I think if you write just one, really nasty review, it is filtered… Well, as you can see from my review, this experience is SO TERRIBLE that it would inspire people who had never used Unilocal!to join and write a review of the company to exact some sort of justice. Go ahead and read their reviews if you aren’t convinced… There are enough pissed off people for a small class action lawsuit!

David and his team were more than professional, we moved from NJ to VA on the same day, they were careful in handling our furniture, worked as hard as someone can work.
We definitely recommend them