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Date:   Sat, 8 Nov 2014 19:35:46 -0500
Reply-To:   Michael McSwain <michaelmcswain@GMAIL.COM>
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From:   Michael McSwain <michaelmcswain@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:   Re: Recent experience with vehicle delivery services
Comments:   To: Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com>
In-Reply-To:   <96216C94-E01B-4957-81F3-12E01103EC65@eoni.com>
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I had a Westfalia shipped from Florida to NC last February. Cost me $450. The van ran so I can't speak for that. It was an open air, tractor trailer type truck. Everybody suggested that I get an enclosed trailer but I figured that the first thing I was going to do was fix it up and take a road trip in it so what's so bad about an open air trailer. It was a little annoying to deal with the company (all states car transport), but for $450 I can't really complain too much. That seemed like a reasonable price. I got on some national dispatch list and had tons of people emailing and calling me wanting to ship my van. Settled on All States Car Transport. The annoying part was that they sort of implied that they would be able to do it sooner than it actually ended up getting done. Seemed like they led me on a bit about how prompt they would be and instead of a week it was more like 3 or more. Annoying? Yes. Good price? Also Yes. So, all in all I would do it again.

Oh yea, there was one more thing that was less than ideal. I'm in western NC, Asheville. The company ended up sending the van to Charlotte because Asheville wasn't on their way to anywhere, so I ended up having to have my dad use his AAA to tow it the rest of the way. So I would use this company again but I would anticipate some BS along the way. My guess is that if you're looking for a bargain price, you'll find similar service with a lot of them.

Hope this helped.

On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 8:56 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote:

> From time to time we have discussions about having vehicles brought to us > from far away. Does anyone have any recent experience? I need to have a > not powered, not VW moved from Ft. Worth to NE Oregon. Going to get it > would be six days on the road and a fair chunk of change. A transport might > be a better option. Any suggestion of what brokers have worked out recently > (within the past year maybe) would be much appreciated. > > Thanks in advance. > > Jim

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