Extortion by Owner, David Carfati
AVOID THIS COMPANY AT ALL COSTS. OWNER DAVID CARFATI IS A CROOK. I hired Best Movers of America for a move across North Carolina. Our Sales Rep Charles created a contract with my items and we signed a contract totaling $1500. I was given the arrival time of 8am to 9am on Sunday. I was never made aware of the numerous hidden fees including fees related to the movers using the elevators ($50/elevator ride), fees related to the distance the movers have to walk with your items ($50/100ft), fees related to movers waiting on you at the delivery site ($99/hour spent waiting + storage fees + redelivery fees). I was also not given a delivery date. Given that they were arriving so early on Sunday, it was implied that they would deliver the same day. After the fact, I had neglected to add an item. Charles showed no resistance in adding the item, and the price of our contract was never changed despite it being based on weight and how much cubic feet the items take up. Prior to the move, I had packed my vehicle, including one of the items I had listed for the movers to take. Given that I was removing an item from their load and that Charles was fine about adding an item, it seemed safe to assume that this would be no issue. I left four small boxes, maybe a quarter of the weight of a TV that I chose to take myself, assuming that Charles' behavior was indicative of how the movers would feel about these boxes. On the day of the move, the movers did not arrive until 1:30 pm, almost six hours late. I had left my parents to facilitate the move as I had planned my day around the movers arriving to our destination based on the arrival time I was given. As I was traveling to the destination, I received a call from what ended up being the owner, David Carfati. Carfati neither introduced himself nor gave his name. He told me that because of the extra items included in my move, the new total was $400 higher than the contract we had signed. He gave no excuse for why the truck was late, or why this price was not given to me before the movers decided to put the items on the truck. He also told me that the estimated delivery was sometime between Tuesday and Wednesday, but offered no explanation initially as to why that was the case either. By Tuesday I was finally able to contact our customer service rep Charles. I asked him why I was being charged an additional $400 and why nobody could give me a straight answer for when my items would be delivered. Due to the fact that Carfati never gave me his name, I could not tell Charles who was making these demands. Instead, he offered to call the truck to get a delivery time estimate and investigate who was demanding the money. A few hours later, the driver of the truck called to berate me, demanding that we have the additional $400 for the extra items, otherwise they would drive off with them. Before I was able to contact Charles again, Carfati called, and threatene