A&A Alliance Moving Inc

I moved within Manhattan 2 weeks ago and used A&A Aliiance — they were great. We all know that moving can be really awful, but they made it as painless as possible.
I had them meet me at my storage unit in NJ first, and three guys showed up exactly on time. They were extremely efficient in packing and loading everything, and were very professional. The next step was to head to my apt in NYC. They helped pack the remainder of my items that I couldn’t get to, and loaded the truck very quickly. Best of all, NOTHING BROKE DURING THE MOVE.
The owner, Andre, was very responsive, communicative and flexible. I appreciated it a lot.
Finally, the pricing was very fair. There were a handful of other companies that would have been less expensive, but they only provided 2 movers compared to the 3 with A&A. Having three people made things so much more efficient and less stressful, so I’m glad that was the case with my move.
I hopefully won’t have to move again any time soon but, if I do, I’d definitely use these guys again.

Was contacted much later through Unilocal to resolve the issue. Unfortunately, it did not work out. To clarify: The movers refused to unload the second half of our truck until we tipped more. It was scary.

The Unilocal note for «Accepts Credit Cards» is incorrect; it’s cash on delivery. I would have rated five stars, but my move went over estimate enough that I barely had enough cash to pay and tip.
I was pretty happy with these guys after a recommendation from work. My move took 3.5 hours. They helped me pack my kitchen and did a really good job keeping things from being damaged. I had a huge wine rack that they individually wrapped each bottle for me. Note that they do wrapping, too, but they will charge you for it — wrap things yourself to save money. If cost is not a concern, you could probably pay them to pack everything for you — they did a great job quickly disassembling and reassembling furniture.
I’m surprised at the negative reviews for this company — they were flexible around my needs and charged significantly less than the moving company my new apartment complex recommended.

The original review I posted a couple of days ago on this moving company was not good. However, the response I received from the owner was enough to make me reconsider.
There were a couple of issues I wasn’t pleased with and he contacted me in a timely fashion and went beyond the norm to rectify them.
I didn’t actually think posting on Unilocal would resolve the situation, it was more of a venting process, but it did.
I would actually use them again, simply because he took it into his own hands to make sure things got fixed.
I appreciate that, I wasn’t looking for any sort of compensation and it was offered.
He went above and beyond to make sure things were set right.
Btw, the actual moving portion was great and fast. The guys are efficient, which is the main thing.

Got the job done, the company was okay. I was quoted 295 for 2 hours of work, which now that I think about it is pretty expensive. The guys got to my place an hour and a half late which I wasn’t pleased about but Andre gave me an extra half hour free. Door to door, the move took only an hour a half. Keep in mind I had no furniture and only boxes of stuff. The guys were pretty friendly and very quick. They boxed up my little extra knick knacks within 15 minutes.
Even though I didn’t have a ton of stuff, I wanted to hire movers to make things less stressful but I definitely felt stressed for the most of the move. Wondering if they would ever show up, wondering how long it would take, wondering if we could go over the allotted time slot. Would I use them again? Probably not, there are much cheaper places. I think 300 bucks for an hour and a half move is kind of pushing it.

This has no positive resolution. Not sure what the owner meant below.

You contact me two years after I use your company? I don’t think so.

EEEK you respond to me after 2 years? nothing further… =/

Not a good experience…
A&A Alliance Moving, Inc
430 Huyler St
South Hackensack, NJ 7 606
(201) 645‑1311
I was moving in with my girlfriend and we were trying to find a good price on movers. We were both moving from our apartments in Brooklyn, NY to Staten Island, NY. We did not originally intend to use A&A Alliance. We found a website (
) and thought we would be using that company. We thought, good, a Staten Island Company who knows the island as Staten Island can be confusing. We also felt more comfortable using a Staten Island Moving Company as the entrance to our new apartment is on a different street from the address for our mailbox; the mailbox is on the main street but the entrance is on the interior street.
The move was not what I would call difficult. My girlfriend lived in a small one bedroom apartment and I was moving out of my one bedroom from my parents’ apartment.
My girlfriend did most, if not all, of the arrangements with A&A Alliance. She was in contact with John. Everything was through email which didn’t bother us.
The day of the move comes, we were told 9:00am. We give them until 9:15am and my girlfriend calls John. He says he is busy and apologizes for them being late; says shouldn’t be much longer. Call again at 9:30am and John doesn’t pick up and he never returns the call. The movers show up just before 10:00am without an apology. It is three guys, one who speaks English, and two who only speak Russian.
The truck is a white box truck covered in graffiti with NJ plates and has an Asian Trading Company name and address on the doors that says it is located in Lower Manhattan. Not ok.
They load my bedroom in 30 minutes and then go to my girlfriend’s apartment which they load in 30 minutes. They ask us if they want us to wrap her bed/​bed frame we say ok and he says its $ 35. Turns out he wraps the bed in cardboard and gaffer tape… most expensive cardboard and taper ever! I don’t care at this point. He wraps the couch and says no charge to wrap it because he is lazy.
We leave Brooklyn and the truck flies ahead of us as my goal was to follow the truck since you never know what could happen. I lose the truck almost instantly as it went through a red light. I go straight to the new apartment in Staten Island and they arrived five minutes after me.
They unload the whole apartment in 30 minutes. They were going so fast that they marked up an entire hallway as the furniture rubbed against it. They were also going so fast that one of the guys missed a step on the stairwell and almost went flying forward while holding one of the televisions. Two guys were moving the entertainment center and were going so fast, that one of them missed the last step on the stairwell and lost his grip. The other guy couldn’t hold it by himself so the furniture went down almost breaking the other guy’s knee; thankfully he caught it somehow.
When it came time to finalize the paperwork, there were more problems. We were originally quoted $ 285 and somehow the bill ballooned to $ 365. He told me the Verrazano Bridge was $ 26. I told him that is only for double axle trucks and he wasn’t a double axle truck. I asked him for a receipt and he couldn’t give me one. I just wanted them out at this point. They charge us the extra $ 35 for the bed like he said. We were so aggravated with everything that we only gave them each $ 5 for a tip.
Besides the wall being marked from them moving, they ripped my desk chair and lost some of the pegs that hold the shelves in the entertainment center.
What an experience!
Next time we will use FlatRate.

They were fine, though…
1. The guys were super nice, but one of them seemed like he was going to eat my head off just because I didn’t have cash right away, had to get more.
2. They say $ 118 or whatever an hour, but then they charge you $ 118 to transport the goods, and then start adding prices for every little thing like boxes, wrap, and blankets.
3. One of the 3 movers said: «Don’t forget about us.» When he got his tip, no thank you, no service, just like a «you better give us tip» look. I felt intimated and didn’t appreciate that.
4. Andre was super nice and helpful, though. The other two movers were nice throughout the job, just not this one guy.

These guys were awesome. I got quotes from the big national movers, and it was going to cost around $ 3000 -$ 5000 for our move from Brooklyn to Philadelphia! Yikes! These guys did it for about a quarter of the cost. They were super professional, wrapped our fragile things really well, and were crazy fast. They requested a pretty hefty tip at the end (like $ 100 per guy) which we happily gave them, since they did such a great job and it still cost a fraction of what I was quoted by the big corporate companies. I was a little nervous to use a small unknown company, but they were super.
Their name is pretty generic, but they are also known as «Two Guys and a Truck». Yes, also really generic. The guy who runs it is named Andre. They should really change their name to something more memorable.