Advantage Movers

Scheduled a move on a Saturday 28^th for Tuesday the 31^st. I received a confirmation text that they will be here on Tuesday at 2 P.M. Well they never showed up. Even after 14 Calls, two voice message and two texts, no one has called me to let me know what happened. I am lucky that I have an understanding landlord and will not be charged the extra days I now have to stay at the old place because of their no show. I understand that I waited until the last day of the month, but all that was left was my big items that do not fit into a Focus.

Do not hire this company! as you can see i had similar issues just like all the one star reviewers below.
DO NOT BELIEVE THE 5 star reviews are fake and from his friends.
I used this company to move and they damaged my furniture and brought a dali onto my brand new carpet and left oil stains. what kind of professional movers would bring a dirty dali onto the carpet?
The owner ‘brendan’ then told me he would come by to fix the damages but he completely starting ignoring all phone calls and texts. this is not a legitimate company. he wanted the check issued to himself ‘brendan attias.
He actually told me 3 separate times he would show up so we waited each time at home on the weekend for him to show. he never showed and never answered his phone or text messages after that. i even spoke to him 30 minutes before he was supposed to show up the first time and he just never showed up without any warning.
Unless you guy’s want damaged furniture and a headache save your time and money and use another company and don’t bother with this guy. 100% unprofessional and dishonest.
He actually told me to take down my original review because he said he would send me the funds for the damages but its been 4 weeks and again never came through and disappeared again…

I had to get my $ 10,000 couch to hollywood from santa ana. The movers I had originally hired cancelled last minute so I called Advantage and within 2 hours they showed up, picked up my couch and delivered it to my new place in Hollywood. They have great service and are friendly people. I highly recommend them!

Brendon is a thief, took my money and never showed up for the second day of the move. He is also listed on Unilocal as Advantage Moving Irvine.

This has been one of the worst and most stressful moves, in a lifetime of moves. I can’t even make complete sentences. I will just list the problems.
Edited to add:
I just opened my tool chest. All my screwdrivers, wrenches and hammers are MIA, I had about 2 dozen of each.
2 of our 3 counter stools are unaccounted for
Our small push mower is missing, as well.
Crew arrived late.
Truck broke down.
Not enough people for move.
Packers started wrapping and packing things nicely, but when they got to the end things were thrown haphazardly into boxes, for example, Box of medicine cabinet items in box with leaking bottle of LimeAway pouring down on contents.
Most boxes packed by tossing items in and sealing with tape.
Furniture Taped shut with packing tape directly on wood instead of plastic wrap.
One member of crew quit on the spot
Furniture moved into first floor and garage. Very little moved into the correct place and little moved upstairs.
Sofa belonging to someone else moved into our home.
Furniture damaged. Not repaired
Walls damaged in new house.
One bed assembled – backwards.
Move took more than a day. After the first day communication was spotty.
Items left at original home. New owner threatening to charge us rent for not moving it.
Requested wardrobe boxes – No wardrobe boxes provided. Clothing thrown into garbage bags.
Furniture got wet when the community sprinklers came on. Packed on truck wet, now has water damage.
Not enough boxes. Items packed into priority mail boxes the mover found in the garage.
Items packed in a trash bag tossed into the trash at new house.
GARBAGE CREATED BY THE MOVING CREW FOUND PACKED WITH OUR PERSONAL ITEMS.
UNABLE TO REACH BRANDON VIA TEXT OR PHONE. HE TOOK OUR MONEY AND RAN.

STAY FAR AWAY. THIEVES. I have been fighting with them for double charging me for 6 months. Called them over and over and they won’t respond and won’t sort this out. They fraudulently charged me $ 1260 on 19^th and again on 20^th same amount. We are still fighting over credit card charges with Visa and Advantage keeps fighting back, so angry they are not to be trusted. Stay away, stay far away.

I gave one star because it’s the only way I I gave one star because it’s the only way I could write this review. Trust me when I say, DO NOT EVER USE THIS COMPANY!!! BEWARE. Unilocal is a great tool, and it’s used to compose and navigate, and find a company worth using. I was given Brendan’s phone number through a friend of mine who recommended this moving company due to them being childhood friends. I trusted that my stuff would be in good hands, and would arrive safely, on time, and in the condition I left it. BOY WAS I WRONG! I specifically paid extra for more wardrobe boxes, and specifically made sure that brendan understood that I want my clothes hung up in those wardrobe boxes from the time they left my home, to the time when they arrive at my new home. Brendan of course said, «no problem at all, that’s what you paid for.» I made a few jokes indicating my concern for my very expensive clothing, boots, artwork etc… Brendan reassured me, «we have insurance that will cover you for 100% of the cost so don’t worry.» While brendan packed my stuff, I directed him to keep things in the order that the items were in, and reminded him KEEP MY ITEMS HUNG UP IN THE WARDROBE BOXES! Again, that is what I paid for. He picked my stuff up on April 23, however, it was originally scheduled for pickup on the 21^st, but he called last minute and changed the date. I explained to him that I will need it in Florida by the 9^th. He replied, «no problem.» I continually text him asking when my stuff would be arriving on the 9^th. He would say, «let me check with the drivers» and then he’d never get back to me. This was my first indication of problems. The 9^th came and went. No movers. The 10^th came and went… NOTHING! I reached out to him and he finally replied stating, «the truck broke down and your stuff will be there on Monday.» Monday came and went… nothing. Then Brendan refused to reply. Weeks went by, NOTHING. He would not provide me with the shipments number, and he refused to provide me with any information to track my items. Through my own investigation I tracked down two boxes of my stuff, however, I had many more than 2 boxes. Again, Brendan was rude, and not cooperative whatsoever. Two boxes of my stuff arrived a month later. The person who delivered those two boxes said that they will not unload the boxes, open them, or put the items away, «I wasn’t paid to do that.» Unfortunately, I HAD PAID FOR THAT SERVICE!!! Of course, Brendan was no where to be found. He refused to answer his phone and he sent minimal texts saying, «that’s wrong, that’s wrong.» Whatever that means. Once I opened the boxes I noticed that NONE OF MY STUFF WAS HUNG UP!!! He took all my clothes off hangers and took the hangers. He threw my clothes in a box to save a dime, and he ruined my nice clothes as a result of this. There was water damage to my $ 600 boots, which I took a picture of and sent to Brendan, NO REPLY yet again! Not even half of my items were delivered and out of all the items that arrived, roughly $ 3000 worth of clothes and boots were damaged. I then reached out to him, wanting to know where my other items were. Of course, MORE EXCUSES!!! He replies stating that the remainder of my stuff is in the warehouse. WHY IN THE WORLD WHY 75% OF MY ITEMS BE AT HIS WAREHOUSE WHEN IT WAS 3 WEEKS PAST DUE?!! Make absolutely NO sense. I ask him to take a picture of the stuff that is still at the warehouse. GUESS WHAT?! He refused! SHOCKER. He said he’d send it out fedex and provide me with a tracking number. THINK HE EVER DID THAT?! You guessed right, NOPE! He has refused to provide me with a tracking number to the remainder of my items. He will not reply to my calls. I notified my father of this horrific situation with a VERY POOR COMPANY, and BEWARE, BRENDAN IS A HORRIBLE WANNABE BUSINESS PERSON. My father reached out to an attorney who has made several attempts to contact Brendan. He will not answer him, or my phone calls. He ruined my clothes. He wanted to downsize to less boxes in hopes of getting off the hook with less money out of pocket. As a result, stuff is ruined and my attorney is NOT playing. Based on the text messages from Brendan and his ongoing lies, this company will not last. My friend who referred the company had no clue that this is what his «friend» became, «a snake.» CUSTOMERS, IF YOU WANT YOUR STUFF TO ARRIVE ON TIME, IN GOOD CONDITION, AND ALL AT ONE TIME WITH A COMMUNICATIVE COMPANY, DO NOT CHOOSE THIS COMPANY. You will NOT receive your items and when you hold Brendan to the fire, he buckles and refuses to give you tracking numbers, shipments numbers, receipts, or return your phone calls or texts. He’s hostile, and puts blame on the customer, opposed to him handling the situation like a man and a professional. Bottom line, 3 months later, and I don’t have my stuff!!! Horrible horrible man. I am out over $ 10 000 worth of merchandise and he won’t respond to me. I don’t have the funds to buy new stuff. I’m crushed.

I have moved many times in my 60 years and this was the worst experience I’ve ever had. This is the most irresponsible and least professional business I’ve had the sad experience to deal with.
I’ll begin my saying the movers broke a 75 year-​old heirloom — a breakfront my parents bought when they got married. Brendon had a difficult time removing the top part from the bottom and in using force, bent a number of the screws that held it in place to the bottom. When the movers brought the top piece in to the new house, they banged the top on the door frame and a delicate portion of it broke with a loud crack. The movers could not get the top onto the bottom and, in trying to maneuver it into place, scraped the surface of the bottom portion deeply and in numerous places. I ran around bending the screws into place so the could finally drop it onto the bottom portion. One mover looked at the piece on the top that he had broken and just said, «aw, you can fix it with some glue.» No apology, just a comment that he was calling Brandon to tell him about it.
In spite of labeling all of our boxes as to which room they should be put, the movers put most boxes in one room. My wife and I spent the next day moving the boxes to the rooms where the contents belonged.
My wife called Brendon the night of the move and started to ask what he was going to do about the broken heirloom. He told her he would call her back in five minutes. He did not call her back. He did not call back the next day or the next. We have tried to reach him but just get a voice mailbox announcing that the mailbox is full.
Ignore the stock photos of supposedly happy customers. If you care about you possessions, I urge you to use another moving service.

I moved from Fort Mohave AZ to San Diego. The guys were very polite and very helpful. I would use them again for sure. Torey was super professional!

Really professional service. I needed to move office furniture as my company is switching locations and the team moved cubicles, heavy oak desks, fragile paintings and computer equipment without a problem. For the price Advantage really can’t be beat.

Brendon was the man! He took incredible care of me and my family! I will definitely use them any time I move. I will recommend him to everyone I know! Truly outstanding!!!

I really dislike moving. Packing, moving, lifting, sweating… ugh!
I decided to take my chances and hire movers again, and I’m really glad I went with South County Movers. The last movers that moved my furniture were careless and scratched up a whole side of my shelf, then bounced before I could say anything. Brendan and his team (he came with one other guy) were very careful not to damage any of my furniture. I also didn’t want to find some commercial movers that would charge me $ 400+ just to move a few items.
They arrived in a large white moving truck– it was huge, and my whole studio literally fit into less than half of the truck, so don’t worry about space. Before moving anything, Brendan made sure he routed the quickest way to load and unload into the old and new apartment.
I had one studio to move, so I didn’t have too many things to move, but they were still very efficient, and very professional. My move was on a weekend, so there was a 3 hours minimum. $ 65/​hr, and $ 30 for gas, (and extra for tip) really isn’t bad. (But I wish I saw this Unilocal deal!). If you have furniture to disassemble, they will disassemble and then re-​assemble if needed. My small unit only took them 2 hours to complete. see? efficiency!
This moving job saved me a LOT of time, stress, and energy. I didn’t need to rent a U-​Haul, gather friends to help, or waste hours/​days of my time.
So if you’re moving and are hesitant on hiring movers, go with these guys! It will make your move a lot less stressful, trust me.
Oh, and I believe they are CASH ONLY.

Horrible moving company. Showed up over 4 hours late for my move after 6 or 7 calls to ask where they were, and damaged my very expensive dresser in the moving process (by then it was 11:00pm)
The owner never answered any calls or emails to pay for the damaged furniture, until finally we ended up in a cursing battle via email. I would have taken them to court but they rejected my formal letter in the mail and i had no way to serve them — smart crooks.
***Then I recieve a message on Unilocal that this company was bought out and the «new owner» felt terrible for my horrible experience, and offered to give me $ 100.00 to take my review off of Unilocal.Like an idiot, i believed him, and of course, no check came in the mail as promised. This «new owner» has fallen off the face of the earth — shocking –so here you go — The review is going back up
I dont know what kind of scam is going on with this company but i find it extremely dishonest and disgusting
Do not use this company! i say go with b.e.s.t. moviing. They charged a bit more, but I was so satisfied

Do not hire if you value reliability. During the initial call Brendan sounded professional and customer service oriented. The movers showed up at 9 am on Saturday morning with a pickup truck to move a compact piece of gym equipment and treadmill I had purchased on Craigslist. They told the seller they would be back at 2 with a larger truck and an employee that was very experienced at disassembling fitness equipment. They never called me to tell me they would not be showing up until later. I had to contact the seller after waiting at home for the delivery to find that out. Of course, they never returned to pick up the equipment and never called the seller or myself to explain why. They will not answer my calls to their cell phone where I’ve left several voicemails and the mailbox to their main # voicemail is full (surely packed with the voicemails of other frustrated customers who have been stood up and waisted entire days waiting around for this company to show up).
Update: Monday midday I finally get a text from Brendan saying that he just got my messages (those I left all day Saturday after being stood up) offering to send a guy out for free because he was rushed to the hospital on Saturday for a ruptured appendix. If this is truly the case I feel bad for him but based on all of the other reviewers who describe him as telling lie after lie I am extremely skeptical that this is what happened. If not, then at least he can’t use the same excuse to others reading Unilocal reviews in the future. Also, if he was actually being rushed to the hospital you would think that the other mover (the one that showed up with him to pick up the equipment at 9 a.m. and who took the number of the seller and told him they would be back at 2 p.m. with another man and a bigger truck) would have the decency to call one of us to inform us they wouldn’t be there rather than making us both wait around all day calling for an update.
I almost always read reviews before choosing products or services but rarely write a review. I felt compelled to write of my experience and warn others of the risk of hiring this company.

I’ve had a few bad experiences with movers… these guys helped me last-​minute when I needed my one bedroom apartment moved from the Uhaul up three flights of stairs to my new place. Quick move, no hassle, very trustworthy. Would recommend.

Save yourself the hassle and do not hire this moving company. Hired based on a recommendation and turned out to be an awful experience. Broken furniture, ignored calls, lies around the clock. Details below.
I’ll start off by saying there’s always a risk when hiring a moving company as you’re putting all of your possessions in someone else’s hands. That being said, South Coast Movers were hired based on a recommendation of a friend who used them. This was definitely a relief to know someone had an awesome experience with movers. And had nothing been damaged, this would have actually been an awesome experience. Unfortunately, when it comes time to fixing the damage, that’s when you really know a trustworthy moving company from another.
While moving out, some pieces were broken right in front of me. They were accidents– and those happen. I should note that I specifically asked if they had an insurance policy before hiring them, so thought I wasn’t happy when it happened, I figured hey, it would be covered.
As items came into the house, I found the white desk was gashed. This piece was very important to me as it was a brand new item for a home office (maybe a silly thing to be prideful of, but it was one of my first big purchases for my business). I asked for specific care of this and it was one of the things that got damaged. At that point, I was started to get upset.
Chris came into the apartment holding my DVD stand that had about 6 totally broken shelves. He immediately said that things would be replaced to just send him the link to the item and he would order it the following day– that him and Brendon personally handle the claims. Fast forward to where I find out that Chris actually worked for another moving company and used their company’s truck for the move. Needless to say the owner of that company was also not too happy to find this out either.
Provided the link for purchase for the DVD stand and Brenden scheduled a furniture repair man to fix the other broken items (to see if they needed to be replaced or just repaired). The guy didn’t show up for an hour and a half. At that point, Brenden started ignoring calls from my number. When calling him from a different number moments later, it would be answered.
The customer service is a serious problem here. I would have a lot of respect for a moving company who broke something and fixed it and this would have honestly resulted in a completely different review. I’m not naïve enough to think every move will go perfect and I’m sure all the damages were accidental. The problem is when a company tells you they will replace this, fix this, send a gift card for this– all on different occasions. And to go as far as ignoring phone calls from your recognized number.
It should also be noted that this company begged for a 1-​star review be removed, saying a gift card for replacement/​damage repairs was in the mail. The gift card never arrived, saying it was «returned undeliverable» and it would be sent back out. Now there is no response at all from Brendon and I’ve given up that anything will be remedied.
If you have something completely unbreakable, feel free to hire these guys. But know that you really take a risk on moving anything else if something does get damaged.

Horrible experience. Worst customer service. Careless movers broke furniture and refuse to reimburse me for damages by ignoring my phone calls. The owner, Brendon, says he is honest and cares about customer service, but that appears to be a lie.
The story:
First, the movers showed up an hour late with a different moving company’s truck. During the move they were careless and broke part of my bookcase and a whole dvd shelf. Couple other pieces of furniture I noticed were scrapped up because they didn’t seem to use blankets to cover them up in the truck. Worst part was my new WHITE desk now has huge, deep scratches on it.
They told me they were insured and would replace the furniture that was broken beyond repair and send their «furniture guy» to come over and fix anything with scratches. Instead they took my money and ran. Their furniture guy never showed up (He probably doesn’t exist.) I have now called them countless times but the movers stopped answering my phone calls about after my second call. I know this because I would call them from different phone numbers and they would actually pick up. And every time I reach Brendon I get a new excuse and a new run-​around about getting reimbursed. It wasn’t a lot of money in damages so it shouldn’t take that long for a company to return money to a customer. I don’t understand what the issue is. The principle is, if you break it you should pay for it.
Brendon and his company have been totally unprofessional, cowardly and dishonest. The professional thing to do is to follow up with your customers and reimburse them for damages made immediately. They haven’t and I have been waiting for 3 weeks now…

Brendon and his team helped us move a VERY heavy jacuzzi and fridge to and from two very challenging houses. They were able to navigate the stairs and tight corners and get our pieces in place for a super reasonable price, and they were available to do the move the very next day after I originally called. It was very easy working with him compared to every other moving company I called. I’ll definitely use his company for my future moving needs!

You do NOT want to use this moving company.
They sent clueless packers, who packed HEAVY pyrex dishes on top of fragile glassware.
They showed up LATE, then complained they were exhausted, because they slipped in another move, even though mine was supposed to start in the morning.
MOST OF ALL, the STOLE OR LOST many of my possessions. Months later, I’m still figuring out that stuff is missing … VALUABLE stuff. (Fishing reels, sports gear, etc.)
In fact, when I had said I wanted to number and count boxes as they were hauling them out, they looked at me like I was nuts. NO WONDER!
You’ve been warned. The five star reviews are all phoney, you can be sure. (Isn’t it odd that there are only ONE star and FIVE star reviews? Think about it.)
Forget these guys. Move the stuff yourself, before you use these guys.
You can IGNORE the replies by the owner. This is DEFINITELY the company I used. They LOST OR STOLE several items. «Incompetent» doesn’t even begin to cover it.

Let me start out by saying we had the exact same experience as Gabe S.
TAKE YOUR BUSINESS ELSEWHERE.
We scheduled with South Coast Movers 2 weeks out and on the day of the move (set up for 10 AM), they said they would be an hour late after multiple calls 3 hours later, they said they would be there in an hour. They did not show up at all and did not return any calls. They stood up my retired parents (former teachers) and ruined their move to their new home.