Thanks for the info.... I don't doubt that there are some bad apples out
there..... One the other hand, I have used a broker now TWICE with EXCELLENT
results.... Anyone looking for a good recommendation on a broker can email
me privately.... I am not affiliated with them in any way, but their rates
have been competitive, and the delivery was fast.

Kevin

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> The net is full of complaints about this poorly regulated industry, so if
> you need to have a car transported from one place to another - be very
> careful. Anyone can pay the DOT $300 and get authority to "broker"
transport
> services. Though such companies may appear competent online and
(initially)
> on the phone, the fact is that they're generally boiler rooms - and once
> you're hooked, they're gone. It works like this:
>
> You find the company online, call or email, and get a quotation: "$800
> door-to-door" or whatever, with perhaps $150 deposit and the rest payable
on
> delivery. Once you give your credit card number, the broker calls various
> independent truckers that fill the highways between origin and
destination,
> trying to find someone able to pick up your car. When they succeed, your
car
> is picked up - transported - delivered. However, the driver often has no
> idea who hired him - his entire compensation comes from payment on
delivery.
> So who's responsible?
>
> A good example is Atlantic Global Transport (carrymycar.com), operated by
> Gene Fisher (Triangle Realty Ltd) in Long Island. The beautiful website
> claims a "small fleet", offices in New York, California, and Florida, and
it
> really looks like a professional presentation. However, there is no fleet,
> there are no such offices, and once this company - and others near it at
the
> bottom of the ethical ladder - get your credit card number, you're at
their
> mercy. AGT's status at the DOT, by the way, is reported to be "INACTIVE".
> I'm one of a group of complainers...
>
> Visit howwerate.com for consumer feedback on such transporters. You often
> won't see the company name listed, and must search for it within the site.
>
> BE CAREFUL!
>
>
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