Thanks Dan. But I hope my moving days are over. Andrew - not a covered van. Top level on a 5-car carrier. First on and last off.
-----Original Message----- From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Dan Penoff via Mercedes Sent: Friday, April 30, 2021 1:08 PM To: Okie Benz <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] A (car) Moving Experience Glad it was a good experience, Scott. I’ve got a guy who I have used for over a decade to move cars for me as well as referred to many people. He’s done a great job for everyone as far as I know, and I wouldn’t trust anyone else with my cars if I needed one moved. The Internet services are cut-throat at best, which is why your son got a $500 bid. His experience is common based on what I’ve heard. One of the things I really like about my guy is that he knows the business well and will tell you if what you want to do is possible. Case in point: A good friend and neighbor is currently in Monterey, CA, with his daughter and her family. He’s been out there for two year and is returning to Florida this summer (son in law is officer in Army and he follows them around the country.) My car broker moved their cars out to CA when they went out there. Buddy called the broker a couple of weeks ago to explore the movement of the cars back to Florida. Broker tells him that the current flight of Californians out of the state is making the availability of carriers scarce until late May. Buddy doesn’t want to move cars until June so he’s good to go and will follow up as time gets closer. If he had gone ahead and booked online for June or July he would be paying the current price, which is astronomical. This business is seasonal and has a number of very well known “flows” or migrations that has a huge effect on the cost and availability of trucks. My guy knows these well and will do his best to provide guidance so you can either avoid the higher costs or gain an advantage based on where the traffic is going. I’ll gladly provide his contact information to anyone who wants it if you PM me. -D > On Apr 30, 2021, at 12:25 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Oldest stepson decided to move from FL to NC with two cars: shipping > one and driving one. > > He contacted a Las Vegas based car-mover broker (from the Internet) > who gave him a good price (like $500, I think). But when the deadline > came it became clear that he would not get scheduled any time soon and > no other broker would work with him as long as he was "on the board" > with that original broker. Fortunately he was able to cancel that > original arrangement (apparently someone there did not get the word not to > answer his calls). > > Then he was able to list with a more reputable broker and was > scheduled for pickup the very next day (about $800 I think). > > That actual move was very smooth: door to door in two days. I met > the driver last evening, a great guy originally from somewhere in the > Middle East (didn't ask). If someone needs a car moved on the east > coast, I can recommend JILA Transportation: 781-244-9351 or > 781-521-0077 for direct contact bypassing brokers. Apparently, the > brokers get about $200 for scheduling but the truckers do all the > actual work. The broker took a credit card but the trucker was COD. > > I never shipped a car and knew none of this. I didn't think to ask > folks here until the original deal fell apart and by then we were out of time. > Maybe this experience will help others or maybe experienced members > can say what we did wrong. > > Scott > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
