EVALUATION of SERVICE/PDQ AUTO MOVERS

lisa d. schmidt Submitted this review about PDQ Auto Movers Inc.
Review made Live: 11/30/2010 12:46:00 PM
I went with this company ONLY because I was given the information on how shipping cars really work. But once I decided to go ahead with this company, I was quoted 3days that my car would be delivered.Missy told me that the driver would pick up my car @ my aunts house on Monday.The driver never arrived and contacted her on Tuesday morning to say that he was on his way,he was 2hrs away.Then she received a call after the 2hrs had passed, and the driver said that his truck broke down.He would be getting the truck fixed.When he arrived on Wednesday morning,he informed my aunt that my car would in NY that Thursday evening.Once Thursday arrived i was checking on the destination of my vehicle so I contacted PDQ,they gave me the dispatcher # along with the drivers #.I was informed NOT to call the DRIVER.I think that is poor business for a company to tell their customers something like this.(especially if this is their 1st experience with type of shipping) By the evening of Thursday (8ish) no delivery on my car,so once again I contacted the driver,he then informed me that he was in NJ and would not be able to deliver my car until Friday.On Friday morning the driver called and said he was on the LIE, he didn't know how to get to the address of the delivery,that his Tom-Tom was broke.Was I able to meet him @ a destination near by and pick up my car.I told the gentlemen that he needed to figure it out how to get to the given address.Once the driver made it to Hempstead,contact was made again by the driver,with the request to meet him in a large parking lot to get the car off the truck.Request was denied and instruction were given that he was to deliver the car at the contracted address of delivery.He then contacted me to find out how the payment of delivery was being made.If their was a cashiers check or cash.There was $500 in cash for his payment of the delivery.Because this experience presented such numerous inconveniences that I would NEVER EVER recommend anyone of my family or friends to utilize the services of this company.I would have been better off driving down to Alabama and picking my car up myself.

Company Response
Bruce from PDQ Auto Movers Inc. Submitted this response.
Response Date: 12/3/2010 1:29:00 PM
Wow, what can I say to this? It started wonderfully, then the truck had issues. Although the driver still got it there in record time we cannot give kudos because of the stress and inconvenience they caused Lisa. All the phone calls we had to make added to our frustration at not being able to do more, and in the end, to not please her! We are here every step of the way... always. When the driver arrived in Hempstead, we had to guide him to her door because he had no GPS. The time delivered was 12 hours later than scheduled. We feel that at the very least, the driver communicated constantly with us and with Lisa. Apparently and rightly so, the driver's dispatcher preferred that his driver not be on the phone while he's on the road. It takes a lot of concentration to drive a large car carrier! If your car was on the truck, logically, you would hope the driver was taking the utmost care of it by taking every precaution to deliver it safely and in pristine (though usually dusty) condition. About the time frame.. from origination point to destination the time was 3 days from pickup. This is outstanding! The cost of $585 was fantastic! Did we compensate for the review? No! Was there any damage? Absolutely not! Was there a delay at pickup? Yes.. the driver was less than 50 miles away from pickup when he broke down. He fixed it and got to Lisa's Aunt, as soon as possible and with constant communication. We were in contact with Lisa, her Aunt, the dispatcher and the driver throughout the entire shipment, from morning till late night, daily. There is nothing to be ashamed of here!!!