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]]>Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 11:10 pm (GMT -6)
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"We have received your additional information about Anything, Anywhere Moving. We will make a note in the file and see if a new or transfer application is submitted. The moving permit is currently held by an individual, Jaime R. Garcia."

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By the way, how do I log in under my regular name (cynsnclr) instead of having to sign in as Guest?]]>

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I just sent the CA PUC an email with a link to this site and informing them that Anything Anywhere is changing their name as you stated, in hopes they will look into it.]]>

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After I moved from CA to Albuquerque, I moved again from Albuquerque to a nearby city. I was so traumatized by my experience with AA, that when my handyman offered to move me, I accepted. I was quite shocked when it turned out that he had no real moving equipment, license or the proper truck. But I had built a certain rapport with him (I thought). So I agreed to his suggestion that he move me in shifts in his pickup truck with his helper. I had a month to move and it was local, so my line of thought was this time I will stick with the truck and him the whole time and never let him out of my sight. As part of the deal, I told him I would like him to move things first into the garage and then into the house, so that by the end of the month, the house would be set up and unpacked.

Well, he did not stick to this and nothing was in writing. Nearly everything went into the garage - and then the garage was burglarized. So now I am in the midst of working through a lengthy home owner burglary claim. What wasn't damaged or stolen by AA, was by this burglary, including replacement things I had gotten when my case against AA was settled.

Since the burglary, the handyman started acting very strangely. I suspected him as the perpetrator from the start, but since I had no evidence, I figured it was pointless to turn him into the cops. In fact, I did call the cops and mention my suspicions, but they said I had no evidence. Since this time, he has done many questionable things. My last conversation with the cops is that although I have stopped giving him work, he still comes over to my home uninivited and calls a lot when he has no good reason to do so.

Now the cops have told me to try to get some evidence via video that he is coming here when I am not home, which I will try to do. They said they will then warn him that if he does it again, he will be arrested for criminal trespassing. They said even if I can't get the video, they can still warn him, but it would be better with the video. I can't tell you how devastating this is, to go through this twice (having all my life's belongings stolen and vandalized again.) My handyman had no credentials as a mover and basically took advantage of my trust in him that he had done a decent job as a handyman for me.

That said, if not for AA, I would never have agreed to such a deal as he proposed. That is, I thought I'd be safer dealing with someone I knew that I could watch every minute after being so badly burnt by AA.

But no, like deja vu, I am going through the whole nightmare again - only this time with my homeowner insurance company. I guess I should be glad in both cases that I did have insurance to cover my losses, but still. There are deductibles, such things have to be proven etc. Ironically, my handyman is also my witness to the insurance company about what was taken. I have recently told them I suspect him of being the one who did it and what happens if somehow that can be proven? They said they would then come after him for reimbursement of what they pay me. In the meantime, I am struggling with them, again living out of boxes, again cannot get rid of broken things until the insurance company decides what to do about such and so on.

It took 6 months for the initial AA claim to be settled by their insurance company and it has already been 4 months on this one.

Aren't there any honest moving people out there? It is very possible that had I hired a local moving company, I would have been OK - I will never know. But after my awful experience with Anything, Anywhere, I thought it better to go with someone that I knew (or thought I knew) that I could watch every step of the way. So that is what I did and now that turns out to have been the wrong thing to do.

Due to the handyman's continuing bad behavior, the last police officer now also suspects him of doing the burglary. When I told the handyman that I had called the police after the burglary, his response was "so you called the police on me?' I felt like he was threatening me, as he said this 4-5 times. I finally said I had to file a police report for my insurance company as to why I did it - like I owed him an explanation. When I recently told the police what he said, their response was 'that is not how an innocent person would respond to being informed of a burglary.' I agree completely.

Now I have installed a security system on everything, yet I still find signs the handyman has been here on certain days.

All this nightmare started due to one crooked moving company, Anything
Anywhere, which led me to believe I could not trust any of them. After reading the long list of bad moving companies on this site, that may very well be true. -- I hope I never have to move again - not that there is much left to steal now.

Cynthia]]>

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I am glad you got your money, but the actions of the Judge in Small Claims Court sound sort of fishy to me. I don't think the Judge there has the power to 'dismiss' a case because the Defendant says he will write a check that moment if he pays. I am guessing the judgment against the company was still recorded in court records so that you could get a lien on the home of the owner. Is this so?

I am trained as a paralegal and I now will never go to Small Claims Court on an important matter again. I was told that the advantages of Small Claims Court is it is fast and it is cheap. But - they do not follow the standard laws of evidence. It is 'seat of the pants' justice and really is potluck on what Judge you get that day if they are any good or not. Most Judges in CA Small Claims Court (is this where your case was heard?) are Judges Pro Tem - that is, lawyers acting as a Judge for the day. They are not 'real' Judges and often don't know what they are doing.

But it sounds like it worked out reasonably well in your case - at least you got something from it. I am going to post with another post due to something else that happened to me as a result of dealing with this horrible company.]]>

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I sued the owner and the company in the Small Claims Court and was awarded half of the damage value. But....the owner asked the judge if he would dismiss the case if he would pay me the due immediately. The judge agreed and the guy gave me a check in the COURTROOM. But...the check bounced and I sued him again and I was awarded more than twice the value of the check. In the meantime, I had placed a lien on the owner's house and he had to pay the first sum because he decided to sell the house.
Mr. JRC has recently founded another corporation, JR INC. to which he has been transferring everything he and Anything, Anywhere own. So, nobody can touch anything and they can continue to pirate the highways and destroy people's furniture.]]>

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]]>Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 9:17 pm (GMT -6)
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]]>Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:21 am (GMT -6)
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http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/cyberdocs/Libraries/WEBPUB/Common/newsearchresultsdsp.asp?pagenumber=1&FT=false&fromQSearch=yes&desc=Z%5FPublished+News+Releases

On INTRA California moves, movers are required by PUC code to provide a GNTE on every move. There is no such law on interstate moving. That was not a violation of law on your interstate move.]]>

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]]>Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:17 am (GMT -6)
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PUC Acts to Stop Illegal Moving Company Valley Transfer
PUC Opens Investigation Into Operations of Unlicensed Moving Company Globe Van Lines
PUC Investigation Leads to Criminal Charges against Illegal Mover in Corona Del Mar

Local Moving Company Made to Pay Over $37,000 in Fines and Restitution; Its President Ordered to Jail.
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It seems the PUC is mainly going after unlicensed movers. But these were not the only violations and it was not mentioned if the offenders were intra or interstate. In one case, fines were imposed because the moving company did not have a 'do not exceed' fee limit on their contract as now required by CA law. This is not on my contract either. One of several fairly basic violations easy to spot.]]>_________________
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]]>Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:53 am (GMT -6)
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]]>Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:43 am (GMT -6)
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www.thecmsa.org. They are a trade association of CA movers, and know the law. I'd suggest you talk to them for some help and advice.]]>

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]]>Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:40 am (GMT -6)
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]]>Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:35 am (GMT -6)
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Originally they tried to get out of it by stating they lacked jurisdiction. But I pointed out that was not true. After this, they had to pay attention to the rest of my complaint. But they originally tried to reject it on the basis that they lacked jurisdiction because the move finished outside of CA. Their own forms reflected the recent CA AG laws giving them new powers over interstate movers and there were several blatant violations. So I am not sure of their motive in making the above claim (we lack jurisdiction.) Any flunky there should have known that was not true. The man at PUC who'd sent me the automated form stating they could do nothing told me he was in charge of that dept.]]>_________________
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]]>Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:29 am (GMT -6)
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I called the CA PUC to check on this company before I hired them and was told there were no complaints on them. When I called about my complaint, I was told there were others for similar things, damage and loss. When I asked why I was not told this when I first called to check on them, the answer was "I don't know." So, if they were doing their job in the first place, I would not have been in this situation as I would not have hired them knowing their background. I am not wild about CA. AFter 15 years of living there, I learned I could not depend on any governmental agency there to help me. Oh - but they look very advanced and progressive on paper.

Cynthia]]>_________________
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]]>Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:46 am (GMT -6)
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800-952-5225, Public Inquiry Unit
www.ag.ca.gov/consumers/mailform.htm

City of L.A., Consumer Protection Services Division 213-485-4515

While there are excellent laws on the books, I don't think they can go out and find all the bad movers. They need to hear from consumers. It's disappointing that they didn't reply before, but I'd keep trying.]]>

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I guess I am just stuck with the personal injury and will have to find a way to regroup and eventually recover from this horrible experience.]]>_________________
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]]>Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:35 pm (GMT -6)
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Is there anyway I can hold Anything, Anywhere liable for this?

Personal injury suits have been awarded for less. But first you have to have the money to pay the lawyer fees yourself, or find one who will take a cut of the winnings.]]>

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]]>Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 2:53 pm (GMT -6)
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Well, that part sounded good, but for two problems. Firstly, the people from Anything, Anywhere had lied to me about how much insurance I could take. I took the max they said I could take, but wish I had taken more.

Secondly, for 5+ months now, I have been living in chaos, unable to unpack and also unable to get rid of broken furniture/items because of all these delays. The Transguard adjuster who came here said I should not trash anything until the claim was resolved and the adjuster decided if they would fix the items based on his report and photos or pay me for such. This has made for very inconvenient living. Not only that, it pretty much made my 'home' look like an obstacle course. On Thursday, unfortunately I tripped and fell due to this and hurt my hand to the point it was an emergency situation. The doctor wanted to do emergency surgery but I did not have insurance to cover it. So she put it in a cast and stated if it does not heal this way, then I will need reconstructive surgery in the future.

I am quite upset about this, as you might imagine. No amount of money is worth it to me to have had this happen. I had other bad brusing and trauma from the fall, but all will heal on its own with the exception of my hand.

Is there anyway I can hold Anything, Anywhere liable for this? Personally, I think that company is criminal and not a true moving company. In both pick up and delivery, they had one so called professional mover to do what they were supposed to do. And he wound up getting my refrigerator, washer and dryer due also to fraudulent statements by Anything, Anywhere. Their driver was a nightmare and they otherwise used untrained labor to 'complete' the job. They went through everything I owned, apparently took what they wanted, damaged the rest so badly that most is not usable. And then took over 5 months full of baloney, trying to get out of the claim which now resulted in what may be a permanent injuiry. At the least, it is a traumatic injury and I will not know for some time if it will heal or not or ever be the same -with or without surgery. This not to mention having to live with so much junk, broken furniture and so on.

I do not see where these people are any better than thieves or other criminals who just use their victims completely for their own purposes. Only in this case, they masqueraded as a moving company.

I'd appreciate any input.]]>_________________
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]]>Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 9:45 am (GMT -6)
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I got an email from the adjuster this morning stating the adjuster's report was there and the insurance person will be advising me ASAP. I tried to call but just got the answering machine. Any feedback?]]>_________________
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