Hi Chris,

I just went through this with my 1988 Camper.  My first order was placed
with www.shipacam.com America's Choice Auto Movers on Nov 29th, 2004.
They took my deposit and sat on my order for a month.  It got to the point
where they wouldn't even return my calls.

Shortly after Christmas, I hired another company, Across USA Auto
Transport.  They scheduled a truck within a week and had my camper on the
road from Indianapolis to Seattle.  It cost me $1195, and the deposit was
fully refundable up until the truck was scheduled.  I'd recommend these
guys:

A Across USA Auto Transport

1-800-243-0066
www.aacrossusa.com
E-mail movecars@bellsouth.net

Good Luck!

Matt

On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:

> From: JordanVw@AOL.COM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: automobile shipping horror stories?
> Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 01:33:28 EST
>
> has anyone here who had a vanagon (or other vehicle) shipped cross country
> had any horrible experiences?   i have talked to a few listers..and they have
> experienced situations where the transport company took months to pick the
> vehicle up, to situations where the vehicle was abandoned during transit, to
> situations where the vehicle suffered bad damage..
> has anyone else had a shipping horror story when they were dealing with auto
> transport companies?  which companies to avoid?
>
> from what im gleaning, everyone seems to be getting around $1k to ship coast
> to coast. these shipping outfits contract out with independant truckers with
> their own rigs..and they tell me the rates are high because of the bad
> weather..and they can't find truckers who want to drive in the northern states this
> time of year..and they cannot give a definative answer when the vehicle will be
> picked up..and what bothers me the most is wondering how many times my vehicle
> is going to have to be loaded/unloaded (ie, damaged) to shuffle other cars
> around, before it reached its destination..  has anyone else been thru this
> mess?
>
> thanks..
>
> chris
>