第一次跨州運車的經驗

最近縱跨美國的搬了一次家，找房子，運家具和運車花了不少精力。成百上千的運車公司就讓我選得頭昏眼花的，在網上查了不少經驗貼，最後才有了點頭緒。基本上找運車公司時需要詢問或了解下麵這些信息：

A：ask the transport company or google them by yourself the following:
1) Have you been in business at least 5 years?
2) Do you have a good record with the better business bureau? (www.bbb.org
the facts)
3) How may stars do they have with www.transportreviews.com? (Be aware that
some companies pay their customers to post 5 star reviews. If there are an
unusually large number of reviews, you can be sure that most of them are paid
endorsements.)
4) Do I get my entire deposit back if I cancel my order? (This will be found
in their terms and conditions)

盡可能選擇四個回答都是YES的公司。

B：Did you Know?
(1)  Most transport companies that advertise on the internet have been in
business for less than 3 years!  They make a website or get leads from moving
company websites.  They make considerable claims and promises,  take the
customers money , and never provide the service.  Many of these companies
will get shut down or go bankrupt and open under another name.
(2)  Most companies require a non-refundable deposit.  This means that even
if they don't move your car they will keep your money!
(3)  Many companies will promise short delivery times just to get the order.
(4)  Low prices in most cases means one or all of the following:
      (A)  Inferior trucks
      (B)  Unqualified drivers
      (C)  Do not carry required insurance
      (D)  Poor or no service at all

 

我考慮了價錢和上麵這些情況後，選了M2ReevesCarShippng.com。除了在door to door的服務上和司機爭論了一番外，其他方麵還算滿意。不過，司機最終還是按照我們的要求在近的地方pick up和delivery了。