King & Wilson

Sadly King and Wilson did not meet our expectations. At least one of the "packers" was not experienced - some of our fragile items had little or no packing and some of the non fragile items had so much wrapping it was ridiculous. A fragile antique doll was placed at the bottom of a box and squashed with bags. We had a damaged china cabinet and table due to bad packing, furniture was delivered very late on the day it was due to a previous job running over time. Due to late delivery, no unpacking occurred. We asked King and Wilson, as a gesture of good faith to make up for damage which was their fault, if they would pay our insurance excess and they refused. Compared to our other moves (international, around the corner and interstate) KIng and Wilson definitely did not meet up to their reviews or sales pitch.

Move size: 4 Bedroom Home Service cost: $9000

I am not a happy customer and I'm fed up with writing emails to King and Wilson who never respond to or acknowledge! I have an outstanding, ongoing insurance claim against King and Wilson for damage to my furniture caused by your negligence and cheap packing materials. When I think of the thousand of dollars I've spent with your company, shame on you! But you have made time to send me a cheesy letter inviting me to do a survey! I will be delighted to take your survey and give you a well deserved damning review and seek out the contact details for Andrew Wilson, your Owner and MD.

Move size: 4 Bedroom Home Service cost: $8000

When I called 27th April for quotes, Kingandwilson told me that I called just time for 29th ship departing to Singapore. So my family rushed to meet their deadline. They didn’t bothered to ask us to countersign the cargo they took from us. Later we found out this is sub-sub-sub contracted out to 3rd party. They told me it will take 1 month to reach Singapore. As I had shipped from UK to Malaysia before and it is common for ship to have several stop, I think nothing about the 1 month shipment until I found out they lied. It takes apparently ALL ship from Sydney to Singapore only 2 weeks to sail.

I emailed them repeatedly for the ship tracker but no reply. Suddenly on 22nd May (!!) KingandWilson contacted me saying they have not received my payment and therefore have not loaded my cargo. I was shocked and asked why weren’t my email replied earlier. They side-stepped the question and insist I pay again because the ship is set to sail the next day (again). They again promised the shipment will still arrive end of May 29th.

Given their dubious nature, I called to asked them photography evidence that my cargo is safe and complete. K.Sicat insist she has personally checked everything and the ship has sailed. Again, ship tracker is refused. After escalating the matter further up, it turn out that the ship has never left the port. They couldn’t find enough business to load their containers from April 30th till June so were tricking people with ‘imminent sailing’ techniques. The ship finally left the port on 29th and by then their manager has exaggerated their ‘large size’ warehouse as excuse why the photos weren’t taken. I have no doubt kingandwilson as with the sub-sub-sub collection courier, that they too do not own the warehouse and therefore cannot guarantee safety of cargo.

My child was very ill and in need of medication. I had bring enough just for the arrival of ship as end of June but not much longer than that. And he is now hospitalized. We also lost a lot of money (>2k$) as we had to vacate our rental based on the date pushed by KingsandWilson. Daniel promised my cargo will get priority clearing once it reaches Singapore and meanwhile blames me for not stocking enough medicine. He backtracked 300 compensation to 200$. When the cargo reached, their sg counterpart (independent 3rd party) explained there is no such thing as priority clearing and their calendar is full. They will deliver my cargo when there is availability which is another 2 weeks. As I explained to them the disastrous situation kingandwilson put me into, the sg company tried their best to slot me as personal favour. This SG Company is too shocked at kingandwilson behavior and is happy for their names to be mentioned to substantiate my story.

2 months, my cargo from Sydney has still not arrive Singapore. No doubt if the cargo arrive incomplete, kingsandwilson will fallback to the non-existant collection notice. No proof they had lost our stuff. D.Butler had refused point blank they will not be responsible for my child or any cost involved due to their relocation issues.

Never ever trust their word. Their staff tell lies to get sales, and their managers are sneaky with politically correct carefully crafted words to oil themselves out. Daniel in particular is extremely careful not to leave anything in writing.

Service cost: $980

A French friend used these turkeys to ship personal goods back to France. They shipped it via UK in transit to Lyon. Their sub-contracter in UK demanded equiv of 750 euro customs duty and VAT before they would onship and threatened to charge storage as well if she didn't pay up immediately!
No official bill from UK customs and none due on personal goods anyway even if the stuff was staying in UK - but this was going to France!
When queried King and Wilson said nothing could be done. RUBBISH!
These people should have known about the customa and tax rules in UK - this episode is a good inducator that they are incompetent. Don't use then at any price. When I get the evidence that no taxea or custom was due I intend to pass this onto police.

Service cost: $1500

Only getting one star because I can't give them none. AWFUL! Never EVER again. If you are thinking of using them - DON'T!! The first communication I get from them was rude, demanding payment without telling me what it was for, and filled with spelling mistakes including basic words like "customs". I said that I found them rude, but never got an explanation or apology, just more of the same. I tried to change receiving shippers, but was told I had to go with these rude incompetents. When the guys came to deliver my stuff (some of which was broken, but they refused to acknowledge my emails or recognize my insurance) they blocked the road, smelled bad, and after boasting about how they knew people in my building, stole my pass. The delivery man I had given the pass to I spoke with and he acknowledged that he hadn't given it back to me, but then they all changed their story and even the guy who wasn't in the room started lying that HE had given it to me! When I tried to speak to the Operations Manager about it and asked that they at least replace the pass ($150) he was abusive and started threatening me with all sorts of ridiculous charges that he would start to level against me if I wanted them to pay to replace the stolen property! I have had the pass cancelled quickly and report it to the police. Rude, thieving, unethical and abusive. If you value your belongings, home, security or sanity do yourself a favour and go with ANYONE else.

Service cost: £3400

Strongly recommend against using King and Wilson. Moved from Sydney to Melbourne and had lots of items damaged in the move, including walls in our newly renovated home. We paid a lot for insurance and have had nothing back. Have sent several emails and made lots of calls but hear nothing from Emily or Rhonda in the Melbourne office. Even tried contacting the MD, but still no response. The sales person told me it is a family company that cares but operation department have been unprofessional and seem disorganised. Sergio has been helpful.

Move size: 4+ Bedroom Home Service cost: $2000

At almost every step of our move, King and Wilson was incompetent or simply didn't care.

They have a corporate culture that just doesn't care for the customer after they have their money.

K&W outsource everything but won't maintain adequate controls and governance.

K&W broke promises, refused to return calls, didn't provide services paid for, and damaged our goods.

And they're not cheap.

After being assured it would be a smooth move and I wouldn't have to do anything, I had to step in personally at each step to resolve issues that K&W created through their laziness or inattention.

I've moved with a score of removalists over the years and the experience with K&W was far and away the worst.

I wouldn't recommend them to move a doghouse.

Move size: 2 Bedroom Home Service cost: $12000

Very unimpressed with the level of service. Representative was extremely unresponsive and misquoted the original price of the shipment - we were then hit with a significant increase in the price several weeks after we had already paid for the shipping.
Also found the representative and her colleagues fairly unknowledgeable about the specific information requirements to complete a transfer of residence application which one would think they would be pretty familiar with. Would not recommend this company - it is cheap but not worth the added stress.

Move size: Partial Move Service cost: $580