Date:         Fri, 28 Jan 2005 22:44:38 -0800
Reply-To:     Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: automobile shipping horror stories?
Comments: To: JordanVw@AOL.COM
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Chris,

Try these guys- they ship by rail also.


http://www.autolog.net/


Robert








--- JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:

> has anyone here who had a vanagon (or other vehicle)
> shipped cross country
> had any horrible experiences?   i have talked to a
> few listers..and they have
> experienced situations where the transport company
> took months to pick the
> vehicle up, to situations where the vehicle was
> abandoned during transit, to
> situations where the vehicle suffered bad damage..
>  has anyone else had a shipping horror story when
> they were dealing with auto
> transport companies?  which companies to avoid?
>
> from what im gleaning, everyone seems to be getting
> around $1k to ship coast
> to coast. these shipping outfits contract out with
> independant truckers with
> their own rigs..and they tell me the rates are high
> because of the bad
> weather..and they can't find truckers who want to
> drive in the northern states this
> time of year..and they cannot give a definative
> answer when the vehicle will be
> picked up..and what bothers me the most is wondering
> how many times my vehicle
> is going to have to be loaded/unloaded (ie, damaged)
> to shuffle other cars
> around, before it reached its destination..  has
> anyone else been thru this
> mess?
>
> thanks..
>
> chris
>




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