Terrible experience

Menie Submitted this review about Bears Transport
Review made Live: 12/19/2017 4:55:00 PM
They gave me the quoting price of $1,098 and be picked up within the week of my order. I also informed them of the storage fees if they pick it up more than 5 days. It did not happened in that ordering week and after several calls the week after, finally while I was on the phone, they contacted the shippers and then they suddenly changed their quote to $1,500 instead! I had no choice since my storage fee has already been started a day before and I could not waist any more of my time to go to another broker. I had to accept and paid $1,300 to the shipper and $98 to the broker. I found myself was put suddenly in a corner of no choice than accepting this price. Liz could call the same day I placed my order and could find out about the hike in the rate and should have informed me the same day rather than after one week and putting me in the hot spot to decide.

The shipper (Sunrise Transport) was another disaster! they changed their truck in Portland and used lift truck to handle my high end vehicle between their trucks and did not care about my request to cover a window which was slightly open!The rain and dust was full inside of the vehicle when arrived.

Company Response
JT from Bears Transport Submitted this response.
Response Date: 12/19/2017 10:25:00 PM
We apologize that you were unhappy with our service, not our intention as you can see from our many satisfied customers. Unfortunately purchasing a vehicle from an auction affords you the luxury of a great reduced price but it can also be hindrance since auctions will charge storage fees. Your requested quote for transport was noted as a "running" unit - after pricing you , it was then as "non-running" . This can affect price , your shipping agreement states that while we quote you based on many factors and always try to obtain the best price for you , your price could increase due to the remoteness of a location or the vehicle being in-operable or the flow of traffic in any one direction. Bears Transport relayed this information to you verbally and contractually as signed and agreed to. We also called 3-way to many carriers in this route and presented the vehicle for transport , while customer was involved with all of these conversations. The carrier selected priced us at 1300.00 on delivery . The customer agreed to this price and chose carrier based on numerous declines from other carriers. Bears Transport contributed 100.00 towards your transportation cost to carrier in order to assist with the difference. Your transport was an "open carrier" transport exposed to weather elements, so yes, your vehicle will reflect that . Your total was 1398.00, not 1500.00 as stated above, and again we apologize that you were unhappy with the service provided . We encourage you to always provide all feedback so we can provide better service in the future.