A lot of words and promises, No delivery

Ryan Submitted this review about Ship Your Car Now LLC.
Review made Live: 8/26/2011 1:59:00 PM
Through my experience with shipping companies, they are all the same. They want to quote you low and then jack up the price when it comes time for your car to be picked up. I was bs'd by one company(A1 express transport), abruptly canceled on with no replacement carrier (mercury auto transport), and lastly I was promised that my car would be picked up in a certaint time frame and delivered in a certain time frame by shipyourcarnow.com which never happened.
After speaking to the shipyourcarnow customer service and dispatch and the "confirmed" driver, I was assured that my car would be picked up according to my specifications. When this did not happen as promised, I was put in the middle of a he say-she say issue between dispatch and the the driver, trying to figure out who to believe and who shoulders the blame for my car not being picked up. Bottom line, they both shared the blame. I spoke to the driver the night before pick-up and he said he was within 30 miles of the pick-up address and would arrive promptly by 9 AM but instead, sent an email @ 3am in the morning to cancel the pick-up. The driver's company was Holy Smoke Transport, stay away!!
Shipyourcarnow.com customer services sucks because you will call with an issue and wait all day for some sort of response, and they will not call or call you late the next day.
Don't believe anything they say. Find yourself an actual trucking company because once these companies like shipyourcarnow.com have your money, they put the blame and responsiblity on the drivers!! If that is true, why should I pay you $200 to find a carrier that may or may not be reliable? Awful experience.
Would you believe they did not even offer me a discount when they finally found someone to carry the vehicle?

To cap off this "wonderful experience" these men working for shipyourcarnow.com called me and threatened to hold my car hostage until I removed my review. They even told me that 3 of the employees ended up getting fired over my shipment. I don't believe one word of it. They wanted me to explain why they deserved such a negative review eventhough they failed to provide the service that I initially paid $200 for, Which they turned around and basically transfered $150 of that fee to the driver and they thought they were doing me a favor!! I think not. They knew my situation when they took on the account and if they could not deliver, they should have sent me on my way but they didn't. Additionally they threatened to take me to court as well. What a shame! If I feel the service was poor, I have a right to voice my opinion on it. Either way, this review will remain, I got my car delivered to me because they weren't able to lie and/or manipulate myself or the carrier enough to get this review removed. With the repeated calls, threats, and fowl language used towards myself, it seemed very easy to do such a thing so I wonder who is their overseeing body and how many other customers have been victim of this kind of treat from shipyourcarnow.com.

Company Response
ShipYourCarNow%2C LLC from Ship Your Car Now LLC. Submitted this response.
Response Date: 9/6/2011 3:07:00 PM
Ryan, we sincerely apologize for the issues that arose during the transportation of your vehicle. Our only hope is that you are satisfied with the ultimate outcome. We wanted to mention the following however concerning this transportation. You state you were low balled by 2 companies that ended up raising the price on you at the last minute neither one of those companies are called Ship Your Car Now. We quoted you $685 and we found you a driver within minutes at that exact price. We then dispatched your vehicle to a carrier for a scheduled pick up on Saturday August 20th with a delivery on Monday or Tuesday the latest. On Friday 8/19 at 10:30pm we received a call from you stating the driver is delayed and will now be picking up the vehicle between Saturday and Monday. This struck SYCN as odd since the preferred carrier was scheduled to pick up on Saturday why would he extend the pick up window all the way to Monday? We told you we would contact the driver in the morning to find out what is going on and get back to you with more information. We called the carrier and left messages to get back to us because if there are any delays he needs to inform us immediately which is clearly stated in our terms and conditions. Throughout the weekend the carrier would not respond to any of our calls or emails yet they called you to say wewere not truthful with you. In the interim we answered every single one of your calls even the ones that came after midnight. And we were truthful with you when we said that we can look for another driver but the reality is that we probably won't find one until Monday so we are basically at the carriers mercy. You then asked what happens if the carrier does not show up? And we stated clearly that "we will ship your car for $0 deposit if we have to because our reputation is more important than a commission on any deal". At that time you were very appreciative of our efforts and the fact that we were always available for you when you called. On Monday 8/22 you called us to find out where the driver was because he made arrangements with your pick up contact to be there in the morning. We actually got a hold of the carrier and he informed us he was an hour away. This of course turned out to be a lie because you called us later that evening at 11:30pm we received an email that the carrier has canceled the load. The next morning we called you to inform you of the situation and that we will find you a driver immediately and we reiterated that we will do this for free if we have to and the only cost will be a COD pmt for the preferred carrier. We then found you a driver within 30 minutes to pick up your car that afternoon and refunded your deposit $150 so you can pay the carrier upon delivery of your vehicle. And we did this because you were treated poorly by the other companies and we wanted to earn any future business you may have which you agreed that we did. Surprisingly on Thursday 8/25 you posted your review which mentioned all the wrongs that were perpetrated against you by other companies yet you omitted all the time, effort, and dedication our company put in to ship your vehicle. Again, we strive for 100% customer satisfaction and sincerely hope that the ultimate outcome of your transportation with ship your car now was favorable and completed to the best of our ability. You are a valued customer and we appreciate your patronage.