Services and Process: Guide to Working with Starving Students Movers

There is a moving company with an amusing name which provides services in quite a few states, although it seems to be not very popular. The Starving Students Movers are located in California, Washington, Nevada, Arizona, Louisiana and other states. The company was named like this from the start, because it was founded by two students searching for work.

On their website, Starving Student Moving offers three reasons why a client would choose them – trust, experience and best value. They offer the usual set of services for any moving company:

• local moves
• long distance moves
• packing services

Their website is not very informative, but there is an option to get a quote for your move.

An undeveloped website is not always a sign of a low-quality business, but it might be in this case. The reviews of this company are highly lacking, there are not many that you can find to form an opinion of Starving Students Movers. But the few that are published are not complimentary. On a mymovingreviews.com Starving Students Movers have a 1.9 rating, while on trustpilot.com the rating is 2.5 which is a bit better but not by a lot.

The last great reviews were published in summer of 2022 and before that. In those reviews, clients note that they were satisfied. Everything was handled professionally and with great care, the movers worked quickly and were even recommended by a friend.

But from the summer of 2022 up until now, the service became unsatisfying. One of the clients mentioned that the mover he was assigned did not speak English, dropped an expensive piece of furniture and broke it, and then refused to compensate or repair it. Another client complained about movers communicating unprofessionally and refusing to move TVs without boxes, even though the homeowner was not notified that they would need to provide boxes.

Evaluating Costs of Starving Students Movers Compared to Other Movers

According to a statistic online, the company’s average price for their service is more than a half (62%) lower than the market average. Among the people who left reviews, such numbers are common: $1000- $3500 for a two-bedroom home depending on the size and amount of furniture and around $800 for a studio.

• Some reviews mention hidden fees that appear in the bill, even though they were not mentioned previously.
• One of the clients said that Starving Students Movers helped him move in the 90s, and back then it was an amazingly high-quality service, while now it has deteriorated in quality greatly.

Overall, the recent reviews online are a testament to a recent drastic change in the quality of the service. People stopped recommending it to their friends, and the popularity of the company dropped significantly in the past year. Starving Students Movers are not recommended for hire, if you have any other choice.