Almost every auto transport company is a broker. They will take your credit card, promise you anything and everything, and after the funds clear they will tell you---- you have to pay more. Very dirty business, just know every single thing you are told is a lie.More auto transport "companies" are merely brokers. They'll quote you a price but the actual job will be bid on my many truckers. We ran into this a few years ago when we needed to ship a car from the midwest to Virginia.
100% correct...My friend had a contract to transport a car from Florida -New York. At some point prior to the cars pick-up date, the broker said no way for the agreed price and wanted $100's more. My friend went with a different broker but had to pay, you guessed it, $100's more. Very seedy business.Almost every auto transport company is a broker. They will take your credit card, promise you anything and everything, and after the funds clear they will tell you---- you have to pay more. Very dirty business, just know every single thing you are told is a lie.
Yeah, a friend was doing this for child for college. He asked, or researched, or something who they used for shipping and just called one of the companies directly and got it for lessMore auto transport "companies" are merely brokers. They'll quote you a price but the actual job will be bid on my many truckers. We ran into this a few years ago when we needed to ship a car from the midwest to Virginia.
I have tried Easy Auto Shipped before. They were the cheapest at first. And as others said, they are just brokers and I ended up paying a little more than quoted.A little over a year ago, I had a Lincoln Mark IV open transported from NYC to (near) Austin, Texas. I dealt with USA CarShip, as their reviews were good and their quote was on the lower end (but not the lowest). Between rapidly increasing fuel prices and common industry practices, I ended up paying $200 or so more than my quote. It also ended up taking about two months, maybe more. I’m researching the topic again, since I’ll be having my inherited 1963 Cadillac transported from the Milwaukee area to the Austin area. I saw that the company I previously used had a lot more negative reviews from people in similar situations to mine. My shipping cost was still significantly less than Montway or Sherpa’s quote, though. This time around, I’ll likely go with Easy Auto Ship, as they seem to be one of the better-reviewed lower cost shippers. It probably helps that I’m flexible on pickup and delivery dates.