Starving Students Movers

NEVER AGAIN!!! The manager of this company (orgot her name but she is a witch) is EXTREMELY rude and has very poor customer service. Starving students contracted the move out to another company ‘movers central’ and we literally had the WORST experience. They charged us 5x the amount quoted over the phone, showed up 3 hrs late with too small of a truck and only 2 movers and did not finish the move until 9:30 pm (we still have about 2 car loads that they could not fit so still not done.) The actual movers were very polite and apologetic and it was not their fault since they were given very little information to prepare them for the move. VERY poor planning contracting out and estimating how many men, size of truck, costs etc. after I detailed to the company originally how many rooms we had, the type of things we would move etc… I literally have not had such a bad experience like this in a VERY LONG TIME. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY!!!

The movers themselves were great. They were patient and very helpful with our move a couple years ago. The company on the other hand is a little pricey. I don’t think I would use them again unless I was moving close and everything I own is already packed to cut down on the time and cost of the total move.

These people first sell you insurance and extra packaging, then when they damage your furniture then don’t pay the claims even though they keep telling you «the check is in the mail.» Don’t use them!!!

They were two hours late, broke my table did not finish moving my house. They flipped a very expinsive tv stand end over end in my back yard as things rolling around in it. Will not call them again.

Can I give them LESS than 1star? Ok this service and experience was TERRIBLE, DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY. I had to do move things from my 3floor townhouse and I tried to assist them by having everything already stationed on the middle level which had a huge front door. So the «starving students» company sent 2middle age men 1guy was 35ish and the other was at least 45yrs old. They got to place and just stared and walk up and down repeatedly. I finally said «hey can we start? So finally began wrapping the furniture and they seemed to be new because they were incompetent. Once they FINALLY loaded everything it had been nearly 3hours and I didnt have much but 1living room set and 1bedroom set. My roommate had their stuff moved already. Long story short, I had a 32inch tv screen banged up and its unusable, my favorite painting of 2lovers in Paris was sliced in half and the total move took 6HOURS! They quited me 3hours at about $ 300. Instead I paid $ 575 and was never compensated for my damaged items. I attempted to contact the. corporate office but never got a call back.

I was told I would receive a gift card for leaving a review and I haven’t yet after moving a year ago!
The move! rs were still great though

DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY! HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!
My boyfriend and I booked them for moving at the end of the month. Everything was fine until they called my boyfriend last minute bailing on us. They claimed they got a larger job and told us they they could move us the day after! Excuse me? We told you what day we need to be moved. Don’t bail on us and then give us a day that’s convenient for you. Horrible customer service. Will never even bother calling them again!

We had used this company on a previous move and knew they were average but had them move us from San Marcos to Menifee. The 2 movers were adequate and worked hard. They were able to get everything in one truck, however, they became somewhat careless as the day progressed. While moving into the new location they «dropped» our heavy leather couch upstairs and the whole house shook. We discovered a large crack in our master bath mirror, located right below the couch location. We filed a claim exactly how we were instructed and are now being told they cannot or will not believe us. I believe this is very poor customer service and will advise people to spend more to get better movers. I will not use this company again and will advise others the same.

Awesome! Not only is the national call center great, when you call it’s your first contact with the company, but the local office is great! Not only were ALL the staff great but it is priced so well, even I could afford it as a single mom!
We moved my family of five from Fallbrook to Carlsbad with amazing ease. With all moving it’s stressful but Alberto & the movers Chris & Brian I actually had it pretty easy. (TIP: I was well organized, this not only helps the movers but saves time & money) My entire move was done in less than 3 hours door-​to-​door. The only hiccup I had that set us off schedule was the previous move slot before me, they ran over 2hrs because they weren’t packed let alone organized, so it slammed into my time slot. The saving sanity was Alberto! He’s the district manager & when I was «moving… losing it» over the time, he not only calmed me but assured me my move would be done at the exact quote I was given & if traffic was backed up (on the 76) he would adjust it for me. Great!
They stayed true to their word & got a huge tip from me because they earned it!!!
I’d recommend them to anyone who needs a mover & needs sanity with it!
(I also called 3 other local & national companies to get quotes & two didn’t call back & one quoted me $ 600 minimum for the exact same move!)
Awesome company! Thanks Starving Students San Marcos!

Very affordable, friendly, and easy. Decent care of furniture.

Very friendly movers! Had no problems with my move and price was right!

The movers did show up later than I expected, but they called. I was charged two different amounts, which I never received an explanation for.

Starving Students was reliable and easy to use. The guys that moved us were professional and courteous. Best of all the cost was the most economical for us. If we move again, we will definitely be calling Starving Students!

My family and I used Starving Students to move our large furniture from two storage units (within the same complex) to a home approximately 6 miles away. We decided to use them because several friends used them and didn’t have any issues. We ended up being extremely disappointed. First of all, they start charging you from the second they get out of the truck. That included the time to fill out paperwork and for them to load and unload all of their extra boxes, straps, dollies etc. each and every time they opened the doors to the truck. I was expecting it to take around 4 hours, all they had to move were the big items. It took over 6 hours and we ended up paying nearly $ 300 more than expected. We were quoted a price for 4 hours and also told that we would be charged in 15 minute increments after that 4 hour mark, nope you get charged by the hour. Not only did we pay much more than originally quoted, several pieces of furniture were damaged as well as door frames in our new home. I have not submitted a claim yet, I am debating if it is worth my time. I am very disappointed with this move.

I have used this company for everyone one of my moves and there have been plenty of them. I never had an complaints about them until the last time I used them. Nothing in my furniture or space had changed but it took longer then it usually did. I would use them again though just didn’t understand what the problem was with this move.

THIS COMPANY IS ABSOLUTELY FOUL! They overbook and do not tell you and then leave you in a complete bind to do all of the work by yourself after they cancel on you. They are extremely unprofessional and rude about it. They do nothing to try and compensate you either. I will NEVER ever, call these people again. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME WITH THEM!

DO NOT USE THIS MOVING COMPANY! Seriously. I wish I would’ve checked them out on Unilocal before booking them. My friend suggested them and now I need to reevaluate our friendship.
We used them for a move last month of less than 10 miles. The estimate they gave us was $ 450 for 4 hours. I’ve moved many times and never thought time would be an issue in this case. The movers took 7 hours and the final bill was over $ 700!
Ok. That’s not even my biggest problem. The biggest problem is that
they completely damaged 2 pieces of furniture, chipped a wooden door frame and cracked a closet door mirror. When I called to report the damage, I was directed to their claims department. I submitted a claim for one dresser and the door frame, not realizing the full extent of the damage (my own fault). Claims dept. got back to me quickly, however, when I tried to amend the claim with the busted closet and 2^nd dresser, they told me «sorry but we don’t allow additional claim items.» In the end, they reimbursed us $ 190 for about $ 900 worth of damage.
We learned our lesson the hard way. Hopefully, anyone reading this won’t have to. DO NOT USE THIS MOVING COMPANY!

I wish I could give them negative stars.
Never ever, ever use these guys! They were horrible and they charge you upfront ($ 450)for five moving hours.
They moved us and broke a desk, a side table, scratched up our side table, cracked the side bar for our bed AND scratch the wood floors of the house we were moving out of. How did they scratch the floors, do you ask? They DRAGGED our BBQ grill THROUGH the house!!! Imagine how mortified I was when I walked in the house to find our steel bbq grill halfway through the house. Then they didn’t move everything we needed them to move. We still had to move a few large items ourselves.
I filed a claim and they didn’t cover a thing… they offered to «split» the cost of the damage to floors IF they did the damage. So not only did they cause all this damage BUT they were slow and the movers LOVED to chat. It took them 4.5 hours to move our place and all they had to move was furniture, and we broke it all down for them and brought it downstairs.
Save yourself the headache and don’t use them!!!

Awful, awful, awful.
I used them last summer when moving from Temecula to Vista. We didn’t have much furniture because we were renting a bedroom in a friend’s house so it was a bed, a recliner and a tiny loveseat plus a 20-​lb rickety coffee table. We mainly needed them for the bed. They quoted me a price over the phone (don’t recall the exact number) but it ended up being $ 300 once the job was done. Not bad, but way higher than the quote they originally gave.
The movers were nice guys and helpful, but the company sent a HUGE freakin truck to move, like, 5 pieces of furniture. We used our cars for the rest which was really difficult.
Fast forward 8 months.
This time we moved from Vista to San Diego. I figured they were good enough last time to use again.
Entered the info on their site and they called the same day. The guy was really nice and helpful, we booked an early morning move for Sunday ³⁄₂₅ and he said he was forwarding our info to the local office and that we’ll hear from them within a couple of days. Fine, great.
We get a voicemail from the local office confirming our appt on Friday ³⁄₂₃ at 8am. Ummm… what? Nobody will be home, we work, hello! We called and left probably 6 messages; nobody ever answered or got back to us. 3 days before the move we were getting worried so we left another message for Starving Students saying that we’re canceling. Then we booked Green Movers instead (who were AMAZING by the way).
On Friday they called us back finally, and it turns out the person hardly spoke any English! Ummm… being bilingual, trilingual etc is GREAT. There are lots of Spanish speakers in SD which is wonderful, but you’re kind of in a country where a lot of people speak English too. Please employ at least one English-​speaking person to man your phones.

HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE!!! I would never recommend this moving company to anyone! The fee they charged me ended up being 3 times the price they quoted. Almost $ 500 to move my 1 bedroom furniture and boxes 3.5 miles. And they wanted all of the money right there and then, even though I didn’t have that much on me since I had no clue that it would be that much and I had to pull from my food and gas money for the month. I placed a complaint with the owner. They could care less. Not only was I way over charged, but I got 2 thugs that were taking smoke breaks several times an hour while loading my furniture. Totally unprofessional, scary, and intimidating. It should not be called starving students but scary starving inmates. Take your business elsewhere and don’t be a fool for their bad business practices.