Recommendations for Auto Shippers, it's a hot mess of shady companies... Options

[fiacra]

Need to ship a nice car halfway across the country. Wish I could go pick it up, but that's not feasible. I've been researching auto shippers on-line and it is a quagmire of shady operators. I'd love to deal directly with a carrier rather than a broker, if at all possible. Anybody have any solid recommendations for covered transport? I made the mistake of requesting an on-line quote from one company and clearly they sold the lead and I've been cold called and texted incessantly for the past few hours. Had to put my phone on vibrate....

[914Sixer]

Rolled the dice with UShip twice. One ok, damaged the second time.

[mepstein]

Rolled the dice with UShip twice. One ok, damaged the second time.

No way will I use uship. They were sending dozens of emails an hour for one quote. Had to block them to stop. By the time you are done, they charge almost as much as a reputable company. We’ve had a couple customers ship cars to us and when they arrive damaged, the driver unloads and drives away. They could care less. They’ve all been core rollers for projects but still, why pay money for a gamble.

[fiacra]

Rolled the dice with UShip twice. One ok, damaged the second time.

No way will I use uship. They were sending dozens of emails an hour for one quote. Had to block them to stop. By the time you are done, they charge almost as much as a reputable company. We’ve had a couple customers ship cars to us and when they arrive damaged, the driver unloads and drives away. They could care less. They’ve all been core rollers for projects but still, why pay money for a gamble.

That certainly seems to be a commonly reported experience with them. I always take on-line reviews with a grain of salt, but that was a consistent complaint across the industry, as well as with that shipper. I was getting phone calls at 5am this morning (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) Unfortunately I can't turn my phone off since I have to be on call for work. If I was shipping my 18 year old commute vehicle I wouldn't have too much concern if it got a few new scratches, or even a ding or two. Not willing to take that risk here....

Thanks everyone for the recommendations. Please keep them coming. It likely will be between Intercity, Reliable, and Plycar, but no final decisions have been made. I'll share my experience once the car gets here just in case it is illustrative for anyone else.