Date:         Thu, 4 Mar 2010 12:45:32 -0800
Reply-To:     Jeffrey Vickers <jeff@VICKERSDESIGN.COM>
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From:         Jeffrey Vickers <jeff@VICKERSDESIGN.COM>
Subject:      Re: East coast to West coast Transportation company??
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Couple of things that can make shipping cheap is a flexible schedule
(yours) and shipping in an open truck. If you tell the shipper that
you want to take advantage of their schedule vs. your schedule, they
will quote you a cheaper price. Most shippers use trucks that are not
going straight through to where you are going so they drop cars off
and have other trucks nearby pick them up - usually a few days later.
They all swear that they don't do this but they do. If your vehicle
can sit for a few days or a week in a transfer lot, it might save you
money. Open carriers vs. enclosed are also cheaper. You might even
consider a really small outfit or just a single guy with a truck, too.
I moved a new car from So Cal to Nor Cal with a retired couple and a
trailer. They did contract work for dealerships delivering cars up and
down the state. Nice people and they were bonded and insured. Its not
the fastest way so I don't know if that matters.

Jeff




On Mar 4, 2010, at 10:26 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Thu, 4 Mar 2010 09:29:19 -0800
> From:    Neil2 <vidublu@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: East coast to West coast Transportation company??
>
> Yes, be very careful.  I almost shipped a couple of times and
> learned a lot
> by simply calling many companies and evaluating their 'pitch' and
> price.
>
> On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com>
> wrote: