Muscle For Moves

I was moving from California and needed a labor help unloading a 26ft truck and found Muscle For Moves online. This request for help was very last minute (like next day), but owner was great and was able to get me scheduled on short notice. I saw a few of the negative reviews below and had my concerns which I asked him about, but I was pleasantly surprised. Had three guys for 4 hours (Chad, Chad, and Clinton) which were all incredibly friendly and knowledgable. Finished unpacking my 26ft truck with an hour to spare, so they stayed for the extra time helping me put together beds and shelves. Made a huge move from Cali to State College so much easier. Thanks for everything guys!

Packed the truck nicely but slow, slow, slow. Had to call family in to help speed things up. They get paid by the hour so the incentive is for them to take as long as possible. They apparently charge by the entire hour so any increment over is going to cost you the full hour. Get an estimate in writing. We were told there was a flat $ 30 charge for their travel to our home but in the end we got charged $ 50. Damaged a desk, didn’t say say anything to us and since sharing it with the Cory, we have never heard back. Bottom line, find other help

There’s 1 good thing about this company and it’s the actual employees. They were great. Very nice, respectful, and knew what they were doing.
Now to all the bad. The owner talked to me 1 time on the phone afterwards wouldn’t pick up or call me back. His only form of conversation was through text messages. The most unprofessional thing I’ve ever dealt with. I called to confirm my time to make sure they’d be there and was asked to move my time forward which I had no problem doing. The day of I called to see even they would actually be coming since I was told I’d be informed on the morning. No answer and phone went right to voice mail. I then decide to start moving everything myself because no answer or show up. Hours after I get a text saying to confirm my address. They showed up later than the original time we set up. They moved things for a max of 2 hours and got paid like they were there the whole time. Then the owner asks for a text review, I give him an honest answer and he got mad at me and took person shots at me because I want happy with the service I received. The owner of this company is one of the rudest and unprofessional person I’ve ever met in my life. PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY!

So I have moved a number of times.. . Military, School, & Work. Based on my previous experience STAY AWAY from this company. Cory was nice enough on the phone but he and his crew failed to show up for the scheduled job. I was quoted 1400−1500hrs the previous evening and I called around 1530hrs looking for them. I was told that they were on their way to Maryland for 2 jobs and that they wouldn’t be back until 1800hrs. 1845 came and went and no call, no word on their arrival. Finally after 1900 I get a text and call saying they can be there in 15 min. I ended up cancelling the job and went with «MOVING MADE AWESOME».. . see my review on them.
These guys wasted my time (& therefore money) as I scheduled a day off work to accomplish this move.. . Oh it was only 4 items!!! Not a House, Not an apartment. 4 ITEMS. This company deserves to fail due to crappy customer service.

I would give them negative stars if I could. I would NEVER recommend Muscle for Moves. Service is horrible. They arrived 2 hours late for our move and guess what. 2 men arrive without any tools for the move !!! (Who does that ??)
Scheduled arrival for the move was 9 am and they show up at 11 am. Apparently they couldn’t find my address on the GPS (a stupid reply for not showing up on time) …One of their movers is a 49 yr old man who does no work .
Please stay away from them. You aren’t guaranteed good service. Take my word. They don’t perform as they sell .
A regretful experience.

A regretful experience, unfortunately. I used the company in late spring 2014 and the move went fine. The movers were good enough that I planned to use them again for another moving job earlier this summer.
The communication was sporadic with owner before the second move, which made me nervous. His voice mail inbox was full and he rarely returned emails. But I received a confirmation message the day before our move was scheduled. Then, on the day of the move, Muscle For Moves simply did not show up. Didn’t answer his phone or return my messages. I’m not sure the company is still in business. Buyer beware.

I found these guys through Unilocal and explained that I called based on the reviews that were posted. Cory was very cordial on the phone and when I checked the website and facebook seemed legit. Unfortunately, they didn’t show up for the move, didn’t call, didn’t answer calls and still hasn’t called back after I texted.
After seeing the review posts that were not selected for this business, I consider myself lucky. Better to have no experience than the really bad one that the others have had.
As they never did the move, can’t say if they would have done a good job. I like to support local small businesses, but I wouldn’t recommend this one. It may seem like no big deal to them, but I had to take off work, coordinate with two businesses to move my items and now have to find another — reputable mover– to hire and redo everything.
I hope this review gives someone else some guidance in choosing whether to hire this business. Obviously, it sounds like they could do a good job — if they show up to do it. Good luck.

The guys from Muscles for Moves were great. Everything moved, and they were super-​nice.

Based on the couple reviews on Unilocal and on «testimonials» on their website and youtube, I decided to hire MusclesforMove for my move about a week ago. Cory, whom I had been in touch with to schedule and coordinate things was rather prompt in replying emails. So having everything sorted out for our scheduled move which was on a weekend over the phone and via e-​mail I was pretty sure that move will go smoothly. Now comes the moving day and boy did Cory from MfM gave me shivers!
Our move was scheduled at 1 p.m. 10 minutes past and we grew little impatient. So my wife decides to call MfM to check where the movers are. The reply we get was the most irresponsible and unprofessional we have gotten ever. Cory unapologetically replies that he will check with movers and call us back. Few minutes later movers call back us saying that their «supervisor» who I believe was Cory or whoever it was had asked to be at another job and they MAY show up after 5 p.m. !!!What!!! I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Here we had all the stuff packed and ready to be moved and we are told that movers are not available! Why the hell did we book in advance with you guys then? Is there no such thing as scheduled appointments or do they send guys where they see big money?
So, I decide to give Cory a call and as expected he didn’t pickup the phone! I left him a message and email — to this date we have not gotten back any reply. This was just unacceptable. I normally don’t thrash a business, but there ought to be some kind of follow up if you guys happen to screw up. You have no idea what you guys put us through by not showing up and not by honoring the scheduled time.
With help of friends and neighbors we loaded up the truck and called another business (loadsunlimited) that same day who promptly showed up showed up to unload the truck.
So, there may have been good experiences with MfM but here is my review and I would not recommend them to anyone in my community.

We had a problem with our move and needed help quick. I called Muscle for Moves and they were here in 1 hour and did an AMAZING job. It was cheap and they were nice and I am so happy! I will NEVER use anyone else. I am in the York PA area and used two guys named Carl & Anthony. They were great and from someone who is extremely stressed out and picky, I have to say, I could not have asked for more. Thanks Muscle for Moves!
p. s. you pay Cash and place a $ 20 deposit online

I never thought I’d write a 5 star review for a mover … But here it is! I moved back to NJ and needed a mover to get my furniture and boxes from a storage center to my condo. I have had horrible experiences with movers … being overcharged on the front end, having my furniture severely damaged, being extorted on the back end of a move … I was not looking forward to dealing with another unscrupulous full service mover.
I originally wanted to hire Muscle for Moves for the Harrisburg end of the trip; solely to pack items from a storage unit into a Budget truck that I would rent and drive myself. I had made arrangements for another moving crew on the NJ side. Both companies asked me if I needed help with the full move so I told them to send me an estimate. The NJ company never got back to me. Cory and Muscles for Moves came in at a very competitive rate … about $ 250 more than I would spend doing the move by myself. In addition, I didn’t get the certificate of insurance from the NJ mover and this was a requirement of my condo association. Muscles for Moves emailed this to my property management promptly several days before the actual move date. Feeling overwhelmed and needing the help, I finally asked Muscle for Moves to do the whole job. I was definitely nervous but thought I would give it another chance.
The move went smoothly on both sides. But where I give the extra star is the customer service. I have a pretty intricate European designer platform bed that has always been challenging to assemble. I kept telling Cory and Josh that it was not necessary to put it together as I didn’t have the instructions, but they insisted it was included as part of the service. I ended up having the Ligne Roset store in Midtown email the instructions to me and the guys put the bed together, after 3+ hours of additional labor. They did NOT charge me for the overage! Unbelievable service and also, two of the nicest and most honest guys I have met in this business.
I am so glad i found Muscle for Moves! It is comforting to know that they do long distance moves as well. If you pay on their website, you can use your credit card too. This moving company is going into my Contacts. I would definitely use them again.