I’m calling around to get quotes to ship a vehicle from the East coast out West. Based on my research and reading through the forums, costs can vary significantly. I’m seeing quotes from $600 - $1,800, and if you wish to have the vehicle covered, that can add another $500.
Is there a ‘go-to’ leasehackr shipper that folks are using? Or, is it just call around until you find the best price? For me, trying to balance ‘price’, ‘delivery time’ and ‘shipper reputation’, so wanted to get feedback from folks who have had their vehicles shipped recently, or have done business with a shipper multiple times.
I want to bump this question. I’ve sent request for quotes around. But for a 600 mile move (SC to NJ), what price should I be looking for? the better uship quotes are around 500. Is that good? Anyone have a good contact?
Agreed! That doesn’t sound bad at all. It’s definitely important to find an outfit with proper coverage and will take care of your vehicle. There was a thread here with a few recent recommendations. Let me see if I can find it
a question i have was what kind of recourse do you have for scratches on a car when receiving? I took photos when i shipped a car several years ago, and received it in the evening of course. didnt notice any scratches until the next day in bright light. argued with the guy the next day, and he said see you can see those scratches in your photos which was bs, and basically told me to pound sand. wasnt bad so i didnt pursue it further, but it was more the principle that pissed me off.
I’ve used Bill from Transport Commection and referred him probably 5 times: my car from Delaware to CA, a friend from Philly to CA and from CA to Boston 3 months later, another friend from VA to CA. What I’ll say about him is his prices are reasonable but not the cheapest, but his estimates of when it will pick up and be delivered are very accurate.
The transport drivers are insured but my experience is they usually try to drop off at night, and you are both usually in a rush to get the car and send them on their way. Have a plan for where they will meet you if they can’t get the truck into your neighborhood which happens more often than you would think. If you can have a reason not to take delivery after dark make that known so that you’re picking up during daylight. Your car will almost always arrive dirty from dust on the road so anything you can do to keep the driver there while you give it a quick wash, whether someone makes them coffee or offers them lunch, will give you more time to take a look at it. Always possible that stone chips or some small light abrasions happen but really should not be anything serious unless they hastily rearranged vehicles somewhere in transit.
Just like if you bumped someone in a parking lot, your preference isn’t to go through their insurance so as long as you have good pictures before and after and you can both agree that something happened in transit, as long as it’s not body damage you can probably convince them to chip in to have it buffed out. But you would be surprised how often people aren’t physically present both for the pick up and for the drop off.
