Will tell you whatever you want to hear to get your business...

Nicole Submitted this review about Fidelity Auto Shipping
Review made Live: 10/21/2013 3:19:00 PM
Long story short - Fidelity will tell you whatever you want to hear, they don't have their own drivers, and their customer service is horrible. If you want to be stressed out and inconvenienced, this is the company for you!

I should have realized this company was so desperate for business that they would say anything when Jasmine called me once/twice a day for 3 weeks in a row trying to set up a contract with me. After reading some positive reviews online I decided to trust them to get my brand new sports car from Minneapolis to Los Angeles. I was very specific about what days the car could be picked up and delivered as I was relocating and working in Denver in the interim. They told me they could work within all of those parameters, no problem.

However they went back and forth on pick up and drop off times and days, all the while expecting me to bend over backwards to accommodate their schedules and new rules. They picked up my car 48 hours LATER than they said they would and wanted to drop it off 48 hours EARLIER than they said they would. I wasn't even in California yet so I couldn't let them drop it off, I had to ask them to store it at a warehouse and I had to go and pick it up from them. The driver communicated with me via text message in broken English instead of things going through the dispatcher like a professional company.

And another curve ball was thrown at me, Fidelity told me I could pay with cash, check, or money order. But the driver insisted he would take cash only. I ultimately picked up my car, paid cash, and it was fine but I was inconvenienced the entire time and neither Fidelity nor the driver tried to help me, it was the other way around...me helping them to get my car to me after paying them almost $900 for a service.

Company Response
Joseph from Fidelity Auto Shipping Submitted this response.
Response Date: 12/9/2013 11:00:00 AM
We're sorry about your experience Nicole. We reached out to you to offer you compensation. As we recall you had very specific dates required for delivery so we had to arrange a later pick up for you. Your review doesn't seem to explain that. Considering as well that you are mentioning that your vehicle was picked up 48 hours later, but delivered 48 hours earlier but you were not available to receive the vehicle. It would assume that your vehicle was delivered on time. We had to schedule a later pick up because of your requirements for delivery. The transit time was quicker than originally anticipated. The carrier's decision based on payment was between the carrier and you the customer. If there was an issue with this, you could have called us and we could have come to a resolution. You failed to call us and inform us of this situation. It should be explained that the carrier held your car for you as they arrived earlier and remade the delivery from their warehouse. They made the delivery for you without any charge because of the inconvenience. It should also be mentioned that this job was completed in July of this year 2013, and that your review took place 3 months later. You could have contacted us in that time and we could have worked something out with the carrier when the process was being completed. By now it is too far out to get anything done. We are not too sure what you wanted exactly; your vehicle was picked up and delivered safely in the time frames alloted by the USDOT. We arranged the transport, and even if we had picked it up 48 hours earlier, rather than 48 hours later, the vehicle would have had to be put into storage since you were not available to receive the vehicle. If you would like to speak with our customer care department. Please let us know. Thank you.