<VV> Easterners Buying Western Cars

[Bill Elliott]

As somebody who ships a lot of cars, I have to agree with the point made 
that shipping a non-runner (and even worse, a non-stopper... they like cars 
to have brakes) is not easy.

But I also need to mention that you should be wary of shipping brokers... 
for several reasons.

One is that the trucks are not always made to move cars on, so the 
loading/unloading can be dangerous (I have had a car damaged with a broker 
using substandard ramps to a trailer not meant to load a car onto) and the 
tie-downs often "rigged up".

A second problem is reliability and timing... I've had brokered truckers get 
a better deal and simply cancel me, these guys have always been the least 
reliable to show up when agreed (often making the remote seller very angry 
and wanting additional compensation).

It's also not unusual for a brokered load to "go missing" for some time 
while the guy runs a more profitable deal... you're just backfill, so their 
lowest priority.

And finally, I had a case where I paid the broker, the trucker had my cars, 
the broker refused to pay the trucker, so the trucker refused to
release the cars to me unless I paid him directly. That was the last time I 
used a broker...

I agree that private people with private trailers looking for a return load 
are the best bet, but that's not all you get on uship.

YMMV

Bill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Nall" <patiomatt at aol.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 16:16
Subject: Re: <VV> Easterners Buying Western Cars


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> Private people her have smaller trailers and are looking for loads to 
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> Matt Nall
> Charleston, Oregon
> http://mysite.verizon.net/nalllm
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