Bay Shore Moving & Storage, Inc

Guys that do actual work are awesome but beware hidden charges. They were not being able to drive up to door (I live in a condo) which added $ 200 to cost of service. Also company never notified me when delivery would be made, by luck I called them to ask them when we would get delivery and I was told that day. I rearranged my life in order to be home. Otherwise my belongings would have gone back to warehouse. Not a good way to conduct business.
You just need to know what to discuss in order for them to give you actual cost of the job, whose the expert here… I was saddled with extra charge. Buyer Beware

I received an estimate from Danny and Bayshore moving and storage/​Atlas about a month before my move. Danny was great and very friendly and professional. I used Atlas before and was very satisfied. However reading reviews I decided not to use them. So I booked another mover and the day before my move from long island NY to South Florida the mover backed out and made excuses, telling me they do not know what time they can come, which is not acceptable to me as this is a big move and must be coordinated properly. After my initial panic I remembered Danny and his competitive quote. I called him and asked if there is any way he can move me for the next day. He was very understanding and accepted my move. The movers came the next day as planned. Dwight the driver was awesome. He drive the truck down and upon delivery was just as awesome. Reading the prior reviews here is very hard to believe. I TOTALLY RECOMMEND BAYSHORE MOVING AND STORAGE ATLAS !!

I had an excellent experience with Bay Shore Moving Company. All interactions were prompt and courteous. The movers were efficient, skilled and used ample protective packing material. My belongings were delivered without any damage. I was entirely satisfied with this move– all for a price more affordable than any estimate quoted by other companies.

My recent move with Bay Shore Moving Company and the response from the owner and employees made it necessary to write this review. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY!!! Being X-​Military Wife and having moved many times I understand the process only too well.
The morning of the move they came late in a truck that was not large enough for the move. The truck was big enough for the garage items only. The head mover called the office to inform them that they needed a bigger truck. After 6 phone calls and 6 hours later I was told another truck was coming to remove the household items but I would have to pay more. I had to be out of the house that night and I had no choice, we were at there mercy and they would not unload our belongings until we paid the full price. This company moved us before and had every idea what we needed to move.
The movers came in and started removing my items from my home. My antique vanity was tipped to its side and the mover grabbed the legs and ripped them completely off the unit. Because it was tipped to the side the beautiful marble top was cracked crushed and broken into three pieces. Then they did the same on my antique curio cabinet ripping the legs off I was hysterical. The damages are beyond repair. Things were flying out of the house and loaded without concern as I followed them asking them to be careful. I could not communicate with them in English and I do not speak Spanish. The damages on the Antiques alone are more then the move cost. I have several estimates. The damages to the furniture and household goods in the thousands of dollars.
When the truck was loaded I followed them to the new house. I was upstairs while they brought the bedrooms in and had them place them in the correct rooms. At the same time the other movers were throwing all of my boxes of dishes and clothes and household goods down in the basement. Thrown in piles the destruction was unimaginable. Before they left we inspected one truck and if not for the alcohol bottle sticking out of one of the moving blankets we would not have seen the things there were about to steal. We recovered a partial crate of alcohol there were stealing. Later finding that there were many many more things missing.
The following morning I called to speak to the owner. I asked him to please come to see how I was moved into my home. I wanted him to see how things were thrown, broken and destroyed. He yelled at me because he had just come into work at 9:30 and had no idea how to deal with this. He promised he would call me back after investigating my concerns. I never heard from him again. I called Allied to complain and they said, it was not there problem because it was in state and not out of state move. Allied and Bay Shore Movers should be put out of business for there unprofessionalism for hiring illegals and for destroying my belongings.

Just some background. I relocated from Manhattan to Downtown Montréal. The Montréal side of the relocation was amazing and this review has nothing to do with them. This is strictly a review of Bay Shore.
I would NOT recommend using this company. My review below is what I wrote to Atlas in their Post Evaluation Survey.
«I have to start with the fact the Movers who unpacked my goods at my destination were amazing and the following comments have absolutely nothing to do with them!
As for the destination company (Bay Shore Movers). Upon my first meeting the the Agent, Danny Flores, I felt very secure that I had made the right decision. All was fine up until I officially booked a move date. Danny was impossible to reach. From the moment I scheduled the move date up until the delivery day I must had emailed or tried to call Danny 10 times and I received one reply and what he promised in that email did not even happen. I was referred to his secretary Brenda who was nice but she rarely had the answers to my questions and would have to contact me days later or sometimes without a reply at all.
Now on to the movers/​packers. We decided to pack up over two days. The first day two men came and they were fine. The actual day of moving 3 men showed up. The foreman was fine, he did break the leg of our TV unit when tapping it up, but this situation has been stressful enough and with how I’ve seen this company communicate and I do not have the patients or energy to chase them for them for the $ 150 the unit cost. The two workers that came on the final move in date were not very good. The weight/​price of my whole move was paper weight. They wrapped up things that did not need wrapping, many of the boxes where half empty and then things like glass candle sticks were poorly wrapped, one was even broken. They barely spoke a word of english and there was a lot of miscommunication; I had specifically asked them not to pack certain piles of goods, which they did and then when asked to retrieve said items out of the box there were signs and eye rolls.
I am overall disappointed with the beginning stages of my move and it’s unfortunate Atlas leaves a bad taste in my mouth no thanks to Bay Shore Movers.»
I’m just glad this is all over.

Oh where do I begin… I called Atlas for an estimate and an agent named Danny from Bay Shore movers came to my place to give me an estimate. He was very nice and answered all my questions and concerns. Well my initial impression of him was completely off. He gave me an estimate for my move from NYC to Southern California and told me that I would not pay a penny more. He also told me it would take about 2 weeks from the time my stuff left my place to get to the west coast. Over 2 weeks went by and I arrived in Cali and was waiting for my stuff to arrive. Made multiple calls to Danny and initially he responded but did not give me any answers. Then he avoided my calls and messages. I finally called the dispatcher at Bay Shore and they told me my stuff had just left the warehouse where it was in storage for over 2 weeks and they told me my stuff would arrive in about 10 days. I was livid! The day finally came and my stuff arrived and the driver told me I owed them $ 3000 more than what I was quoted… I couldn’t believe my ears. I immediately called Danny multiple times with no response. He had grossly underestimated the weight of my shipment by over half the actual weight. He did that to get my business. I had gotten estimates by 3 other reputable movers and their price was the best so I went with them not knowing what the agent had done. I made multiple calls to Bay Shore and spoke with a manager named Brenda who resolved this issue for me and I ended up paying what I was quoted. Brenda was professional and returned all my calls and tried to resolve any issues that I brought up to her. But if it wasn’t for my persistence I would have had to pay $ 3000 more than my initial quote. THIS AGENT SHOULD BE FIRED FOR TRYING TO DECEIVE CUSTOMERS!
On a more positive note… The movers that delivered my stuff were EXCELLENT! They were very respectful and careful with my furniture. They took their time and put my furniture together… It took them over 10 hours. The movers that picked up my furniture brought a truck that was too small… They were jamming furniture into the truck toward the end and also told me they couldn’t fit a couple pieces of furniture that I planned to take with me.
I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS COMPANY AT ALL!!! This was one of the worst experiences of my life… I knew moving across the country wasn’t going to be a picnic but it turned out to be a nightmare! DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY! Save yourself the grief!!!

I found Bay Shore through Allied. I had a terrible moving experience. There was EXTENSIVE damage to my furniture and art (which I paid to have them pack). Despite repeatedly indicating I wanted full value insurance, when I tried to file a claim, they tried to convince me I did not have insurance. After a year of negotiations I still only had limited reimbursement and no repair. Despite repeated calls and letters, I never heard back from Bay Shore. That level of customer service is unacceptable! I would caution anyone thinking of using Bay Shore or Allied, particularly for an interstate move.

If only it was possible to give zero stars.
The people at Bay Shore are COMPLETE SCAMMERS — DO NOT USE THEM!
First, they screwed up the move date.
Next, they screwed up the move, failing to use proper protective material when packing fragile things (including, for example, carrying TV sets down the street unwrapped), throwing things into boxes without labeling them, packing things which did not belong to me and which were specifically marked to stay, and damaging the former residence (by failing to fold a folding treadmill and smashing it through a glass door).
Despite numerous rounds of phonecalls and e-​mails back and forth immediately after the move, they refused to take any responsibility. They refused to conduct a damage assessment and, instead, told me that if things are damaged, I will have six months from the time I move them from storage to make a claim for damages.
Their salesman, Nick (who, it appears has since been fired) made an agreement with me whereby I would pay a certain amount upfront for Bay Shore to pack my things and move them to its storage facility, then pay the balance when I move my things from storage.
When I contacted them recently to access some of my things before my upcoming wedding, they refused to allow me to access my things unless I pay them the full balance that is not due yet.
Moreover, they made personal and professional threats against me and threatened to put my things up for auction.
I am now pursuing compaints against them with the BBB, the NYS Dept of Transportation, the NYS Attorney General, LIMSA and AMSA.
DO NOT USE BAY SHORE — YOU’LL REGRET IT. I only wish someone had warned me.

If only I had read these reviews before we used their services. They stole my most expensive item claiming it was lost even though it never left the warehouse. Danny Flores who did our estimate tricked me into thinking they were a good company based on his kind demeanor. His estimate was off by $ 1000, the move was late by 3 weeks and they «lost»: $ 2500 strobes only offering me $ 65 bucks. All I can say is RUN.

Bay Shore Moving and Storage provided the worst moving experience of my life!!! I would do everything possible not to use them. The sales guy came out and fed me a line of bull. Turns out, he underestimated the weight by several thousand pounds. They were over a week late and my stuff came in two different shipments a week apart. They were horrible to deal with on the phone as well. Must not have had any customer service training… ever! To top it off… when first shipment came, they refused to take my credit card over the phone. They said they had to fax me a form for my credit card. Obviously I did not have a fax machine as it was on the truck! I was in a new town, by myself and had no idea where to go to get this taken care of. They said I could pay in cash, but I happened not to have my bucket of $ 15,000 cash with me!!! Interesting that they would let you give the driver $ 15,000 cash, but would not take cc over phone. It was a nightmare. Numerous items broken. I mean they look like they were run over by the truck before loading them. Items missing. Many things were not in their original packed boxes. Driver said they wanted him to leave the rest of our belongings that he could not fit (because they lied about the weight) in the parking lot in the rain. I cannot stress enough how bad of an experience this was. I have to say some of the blame lies with Allied for contracting with them. Now, I will never use Allied again because of this! Save yourself a huge amount of stress and do not use Bay Shore Moving and Storage.

They are the worst dont use them they gave me one estimats and after they took my thing they sent me a bogus invoice which had a completely different estimate. Thier customer service is horrible. I got hung up on when trying to find out what was going on. They are horrible they charged me 200 for 2 tv boxes that I never asked for. They are crooks do not use them.

We found this company via the Allied Moving site for a NYC area move. A preliminary walk thru was scheduled for today for between 8−10am.
The gentleman who was supposed to meet us was a no show and didn’t call as well, so at 10am I called up their office to check and see if he was on his way. I was told that he was tied up and would call asap. Half hour later we get a call saying it will be 15 more minutes. He ultimately arrived over an hour late.
As for the estimating, I thought the guy, Nick, did a great job, and he was pretty friendly as well. However, their price estimate came in at nearly $ 1000 more than Moishe’s and Oz, and it was not a guaranteed ceiling. The other companies we saw gave an estimate ensured it would not go over their quote.
I can’t say definitively that I don’t recommend them, they may be a top notch outfit. Actually, other Allied movers we used over the years were fine. But, Bay Shore was pricey and late in the one meeting we had, so take it for what it is.