Their website offers online quotes, but you can't get a quote without an estimate. You will get a call and email each day from the company until you speak to them about arranging to get an estimate. We finally gave in, after all, all the reviews here seemed positive.
Well, the estimator came over late for his appointment, basically barged right in and walked around without asking permission. Late and in a hurry to make his next appointment, he failed to listen to me as I found myself repeating our tentative move-in date(s) and moving needs and very patronizing--tell me how I shouldn't pack various items and in a certain manner (I told them, I didn't plan on them to move those items which were being hand carried anyways). Then, he was late in meeting his own deadline of getting the estimate to us Monday morning (the estimate was scheduled for 12:30pm on a Friday and he didn't arrive until 2pm that day. The estimate came at 2pm, only after I contacted Flatrate's sales rep in the morning).
Then, I am floored that http://CertifiedMovers.net thinks of moving a 1 bedroom duplex at about $2K ($1995 to be exact). We planned on packing everything ourselves as we don't trust/rely on movers, and I can't believe their prices which were more than 3 times more than any other quote we received online or when from an in house estimate. Don't bother with these guys.
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