Damaged Car!

Morgan Submitted this review about Official Auto Transport
Review made Live: 10/8/2007 8:06:00 PM
They claimed that damages hardly ever happen, but of course it would happen to my car. Dented the whole roof and scratched off paint. Compensated for damages, but nothing else! Just moved to a new town, insurance won't cover car rental, still had to pay full for transport! I have to go a week without a car in a town with little public transportation and they will not help out with any cost or hassle associated with no transportation. And that doesn't include the cost of having to go and provide two estimates to get the compensation when it was their fault in the first place!! Car dealer says he gets TONS of similar incidents with car transporters.

GET REFERENCES BEFORE BOOKING!! I WOULD NOT GO WITH OFFICIAL AUTO TRANSPORT! Very poor customer service. They had no good response besides it wasn't in their "policy" to do anything but pay for damages. Official Auto didn't even lose anything with the compensation - it was the trucking company. The least Official Auto could do was provide a reimbursement or pay for a rental car!

Company Response
Andy Newton from Official Auto Transport Submitted this response.
Response Date: 1/8/2008 11:03:00 PM
Unfortunately, it does fall within the realm of possibility for vehicles to incur damage during transport. The drivers treat every vehicle with care and this customer's vehicle was not damaged due to neglect, it was simply an accident that could not have been predicted. The customer asked to be compensated for essentially the entire move without compromise even though we had already paid for the damages to the vehicle, and the driver waited until the last possible moment to pick up the vehicle since the customer advised us that she would need it for as long as possible before her departure to a new city. We have apologized to the customer for the inconvenience.