State-Wide Moving & Storage Co Inc

I would give this company –5 stars if I could.
I hired them to pack me and move me. I spoke with Loren, the owner. He quoted me about 8 hours to pack AND move my 1.5-bedroom apartment (with basement), and being naïve, I believed him.
The crew showed up late, with only TWO guys, and NO packing supplies. This is when I should have stopped everything, but I was naïve and trusted them, so assumed they knew what they were doing. They did not.
The moving guys complained the whole time, fought, took lots of breaks, and were generally unpleasant. Mine was their second move of the day, and Loren had told them it would be a quick move for a studio apartment. They said if they had known what a big move it would be they would not have come as their second job — no doubt Loren knew this, and lied to them to get them out.
After searching the truck, they found a few HUGE wardrobe boxes and piled all my stuff indiscriminately into them, without even bothering to label them at all. (Why did they not just drive back to get legit supplies? Or call in to get the home office to send out some more guys?) As an example, one box had one of my couch cushions from downstairs, some of my sweaters from my upstairs bedroom, some papers and pens from my upstairs desk, and random items from the kitchen. These boxes were so heavy and unwieldy that I could not move them myself, yet the crew (or what passed for a crew) was VERY resistant to putting things where I asked them to in the new apartment. (I’m not talking specific instructions here, but things like «Don’t put any boxes in this room, since that is not mine, put everything in this other room.»)
My husband and I worked our butts off for nearly 12 hours alongside the 2 guys, trying to do what we could to make sure we could get the move done, since it was the last day of our lease on our old place. We were packing, lifting, carrying, and reorganizing just as hard as the move crew, if not harder, since we weren’t taking breaks to swear at people on our cell phones.
Oh, and the best part — after a certain point in the evening, they just essentially gave up and said they were done, leaving LOTS of random things for us to move ourselves the next day. We should have protested, but we were also exhausted and upset and ready to just be done with the whole experience. (Fortunately, former landlord was sympathetic and let us extend the lease for another couple of days to get everything ACTUALLY moved, and then the place cleaned up.) Random things like they packed a tea strainer, but not its top (which was resting on top of it) — that got left behind in the cabinet.
My experience was very close to that of L. R., who also reviewed this company. I am disappointed, but not surprised, that I was not the only one to have such a bad experience.
When I later called Loren to complain about the poor service, he blamed the whole thing on one bad employee, and said that employee had been fired and therefore I should be satisfied. No, I don’t think so. He acknowledged that it was a very bad experience, but did NOTHING to even attempt to make up for it — no discounts, no apology, nothing.
Every experience I’ve had with this company has been incredibly negative. It’s clear that the employees are unhappy, personnel is a serious issue, and Loren couldn’t care less about his customers.
Take your business elsewhere — I suggest Bohren’s.

I recently used Statewide Moving and Storage for my move and had the worst possible experience — they were terrible movers.
1. We were moving on Friday. They showed up on Thursday. And when they came back on the right day, they showed up an hour late (even though they had a test run the day before!)
2. The quote that was given was 8 – 10 hours, and the final total ended up being 19 hours. Even though we had a hard deadline for moving into our new building and had told Statewide Moving so (which they said would be no problem), they ended up missing that deadline by six hours. We had negotiated a rate of $ 100/​hour, but when they showed up they charged us $ 125/​hour because they sent an extra mover, which is something we did not agree to, and something that we were not told would cost an extra 25%.
3. The movers came unequipped with the necessary tools, even though I had repeatedly told them that I had furniture that needed to be disassembled. We were charged for the hour they spent trying to ask other handymen working in our building for screwdrivers. Even though we told them the door would need to be taken off its hinges, they did not come prepared to do this.
4. The owner, Loren, was completely unhelpful when we called to ask him to hurry along the move. He told us that it was our fault for believing that his quote was correct.
5. The movers didn’t know how to do simple things like hold doors open. There were other movers moving people into our building who had to show them how to prop open doors with duct tape.
In sum, Statewide had horrible customer service, wasn’t able to perform basic moving tasks, and totally gouged us on the price. We’re thinking of reporting them to the Better Business Bureau for giving us a totally inaccurate quote in order to try to get some of the money back. Under no circumstances should anyone use them. It was really a terrible experience.

These are the best movers to use in the state of New Jersey! These guys have helped me and my family move 3 times and each time they have been wonderful! The movers are very thorough and ensure everything is packed correctly to ensure no damages. My most recent move– Loren helped me set up my appointment and made it so easy. He answered all of my questions and helped me with any concerns. The day of the move– the movers– Rich, Elvis and Edgar arrived early and eager to work. They worked very hard and every time I said I can do this– they insisted on doing it themselves. The move was so smooth and so quick more than I could ask for. If you are ever looking for movers these are your guys! I could not be happier. Call Loren he will help you with all your needs!

Very bad experience. Mike, the owner was rude over the phone. Quoted one price and added many extra charges when they arrived. They acted like they were the only game in town.