I had a pretty bad impression of Shalom movers. Initially, their service was good. Offered to come down to my hdb to assess how much we need to move. We had told him over the phone that it's 1 upright piano, 1 king matress and bed frame and approximately 20 boxes. We were unsure about the boxes so he said he will drop by to assess for us. When he did, we highlighted that we require extra used boxes cos we wanted to donate some of our items to salvation army. he told us that he will add on the extra boxes for us but ended up quoting us for 30 big cartons, 10 book cartons in addition to the piano and king size mattress and bed frame. He even quoted 1 bicycle for my 4 year old's bicycle which is so small that we can transport it in pur vios boot.
The magic number?? Almost $600!! When he called me up to ask if the quote is ok, i told him that other movers were only quoting me about $300+ or so and his reply was, 'do u know how many workers we are assigning to carry ur piano? 4 you know. Do u know how much they are paid?' i was like ..... What does his workers pay have to do with me? As long as all my stuff gets there in 1 piece without any damage, he can assign as many as he wants. I told him that it's ok if he cannot quote less cos we have other movers quote as well, then he started asking me more and more questions till i wanted to slam down the phone. In the end, he keep quiet like unhappy then 2 days later, quote me 400+ when i didn't expect him to quote anymore. Oh well.. Told him i'm going with the cheaper quote who are also movers who specialise in moving pianos for a piano dealer in singapore. Like that lor.
Didn't leave me with a good impression of shalom movers.