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2 College Brothers, Inc. has 2 locations, listed below.

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    • 2 College Brothers, Inc.

      1847 S Main st Gainesville, FL 32601-8429

    • 2 College Brothers, Inc.

      605 NW 53rd Ave Suite A13 Gainesville, FL 32609

    Business Profilefor2 College Brothers, Inc.

    Office Movers
    Multi Location Business

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    2/5stars

    Average of 4 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    4 complaints closed in last 3 years

    1 complaints closed in last 12 months

    Customer Reviews are not used in the calculation of BBB Rating

    Reasons for BBB Rating

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    2 College Brothers, Inc. has 2 locations, listed below.

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      • 2 College Brothers, Inc.

        1847 S Main st Gainesville, FL 32601-8429

      • 2 College Brothers, Inc.

        605 NW 53rd Ave Suite A13 Gainesville, FL 32609

      Location of This Business
      1847 S Main st, Gainesville, FL 32601-8429
      BBB File Opened:
      6/4/2015
      Years in Business:
      11
      Business Started:
      6/18/2012
      Business Started Locally:
      6/18/2012
      Business Incorporated:
      6/18/2012
      Licensing Information:
      This business is in an industry that may require professional licensing, bonding or registration. BBB encourages you to check with the appropriate agency to be certain any requirements are currently being met.
      BBB records show a license number of IM2106 for this business, issued by Florida Consumer Services. The expiration date of this license is 7/11/2024.

      These agencies may include:

      Florida Consumer Services

      P.O. Box 6700

      Tallahassee FL 32399

      (800) 435-7352

      https://csapp.800helpfla.com/cspublicapp/businesssearch/businesssearch.aspx

      Type of Entity:
      Corporation
      Business Management
      • Mr. Wade Swikle, President
      • Mr. Dustin Cason, General Manager
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Mr. Wade Swikle, President

      Customer Contact

      • Mr. Wade Swikle, President

      Customer Complaints

      4 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      07/26/2023

      Complaint Type:
      Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      BBB unable to locate business
      Good Sales, Bad Service, Even Worse Claims. ***** did a great job on selling me on their services and even though they were very expensive I figured you "get what you pay for". The movers were professional and appeared to do an adequate job moving our stuff out of the house and into storage. The drama began when it came time to move our stuff out of storage into our new home. One of the moving vans overturned on the way, damaging a large number of items. I was of course disappointed but the driver was safe and it is just stuff after all. The 2 College Brothers claims department was quick to respond which was appreciated. However, that is where the good service service ends. It has been six months and we still have not had any resolution. The worst part is that communication is non-existent. I get that we had an unusual circumstance but when you pay > 20K for a service you want to be taken care of. It is stressful enough dealing with all of the broken items and you would like to have had a partner in the process. I was also surprised by the number of damaged items that were in the other moving van. Definitely did not get the "Cadillac Service" I thought I was paying for.

      Customer Reviews

      4 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Mike F

      1 star

      07/06/2021

      Call another company! I had read reviews of this company on various web sites and thought it would be an honest, professional and reputable company. The reviews were all positive so we booked the move. But you need to know that this company will not allow you to write negative reviews after a claim is settled. So all these supposed great reviews are misleading because the moving company limits what you read about what goes wrong. It even asks customers to remove negative reviews. All reviews should be able to be posted, good or bad. Contracts were sent with different prices and its like a bait and switch. You will want to be sure you get a binding quote that doesn't increase in price after your furniture arrives. When the movers arrive with your furniture they will insist you sign additional pages added to the contract and won't move your furniture off the truck till the papers are signed. Why aren't these additional papers sent with the contract? Three parts of our irreplaceable dining room set were damaged-a glass tabletop was broken, a part of the wood dining room top was chipped down to raw wood and a chair leg was completely broken off. A coffee table had a sculpted piece piece broken off the base. ****** forms were completed.But good luck with claims! Our first concern was to remove the glass tabletop so we didn't get cut. But we were asked by claims to call to the people to schedule and fix the damage! We refused, it is their job, not ours to arrange to repair the furniture. We kept calling and emailing and asking to get the broken and jagged glass tabletop removed. At one point we were told to put piece of cardboard over the broken part! It took 12 days just to get the broken glass removed.After much back and forth two furniture repair companies said the dining room and living room furniture was not repairable. Then claims kept changing the way we were going to be compensated. Here's just one example. We were told we would be reimbursed by the pound for the broken coffee table. Per their contract, they said the coffee table weighed 84 lbs. ****** tried at first to use the end table weight as reimbursement at 34 lbs.. When she was sent the weight for the coffee table per their contract she didn't want to pay their contract weight price but our estimate. Then they need to reimburse us for overcharging for the weight of our furniture. It makes you wonder what else was overestimated to get more money for the move. When I asked about the glass tabletop reimbursement at $6 a pound they refused even though it says they will pay $6 a pound per their contract. So we were offered $195 instead of $432. ****** will argue, tell you they won't pay tax or delivery charges or installation charges for furniture they damaged. They will do anything to change reimbursement rules to suit them. They will fight not to pay a cent of the supposed $6 a pound for damages that's right on their contract. We expected our furniture would be well wrapped to avoid damage. I didn't have the furniture moved out the door with any defects and I certainly expected it to be moved to our new home in the condition they received it. Paying the workers a bonus to complete the jobs quicker might be why so much damage was done to our furniture. A bonus not to break furniture might be a much better idea. We have moved 3 times in the past two years. This was the worst company we have ever dealt with. Moving is stressful enough without having to deal with a company whose practices are questionable and delivers broken furniture. Service: In-state move"

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