Starving Students, New Orleans, LA Held My Piano Ransom for more money New Orleans, Louisiana

In December of 2005 (yes, just  3 1/2 months after Katrina) a friend of mine gave me a piano, all I needed to do was move it across town and across the river to my house on the West Bank.  I called around and Starving Students gave me the best quote - $200.00.  I arranged for the move.

They arrived at my friend's house; they tracked dirt all over her carpet; they loaded the piano into the truck and followed me across the river.  Once there they handed me a phone where "the boss" told me they wouldn't bring it into my house unless I paid $200.00 MORE - for a total of $400.00.  I told them they should have told me that before they loaded but he told me that if I didn't pay $400.00 they would return it to my friend's house.  I told them she wouldn't take delivery of it and he threatened to leave it on her front lawn.

I paid them the $400.00 and ended up late on my rent as a result.