National Transport provides Terrible Customer Service

Cynthia Jones Submitted this review about National Transport LLC
Review made Live: 9/29/2017 4:31:00 PM
National Transport misrepresented the service they could provide,charged my credit card and refused to cancel when they could not provide the service I requested a quote from National Transport to ship my auto from Maryland to Georgia. I told the customer rep (Brandon Scouris) that the car could be picked up (in Maryland) as early as October 1 but not later than October 4, but delivery (in Georgia) could not occur until October 6 or after. He said they could work with these dates and would call me back by Thursday (Sept. 28) as soon as a driver was located. He then charged my credit card $125 as a deposit. I never got a call on Thursday and on Friday after having received from Brandon an invoice for the wrong delivery date I called the company and spoke to a customer rep whose name I believe was Jennifer. Jennifer promised to correct the mistake and would call me back within a couple of hours to determine if there was an available driver. She did not call me back so I called her back a few hours later and was told by Jennifer that they could not confirm shipment of my car because they were awaiting insurance confirmation for the driver. I asked when the insurance confirmation would be in order and she said she did not know. Also she could not give me a definitive answer as to whether the car could be delivered on October 6th or after, only stating I had signed a contract for delivery on the 3rd. I told her that this was not the delivery date I'd requested that she cancel the order and refund my deposit. She refused and stated that I would be charged a $100 cancellation fee if the request was cancelled. I asked to speak to a manager and she began to argue with me and said that a manager might not be available and that regardless of whether I spoke to a manager I would be charged a $100 cancellation fee. I told her I had no intention of paying a cancellation fee when the company had gotten the details of my service order wrong. I again asked for a manager and was never put through to a manager. I then hung up the phone and proceeded to dispute the charge to my credit card and block any further changes to the card from this company. I believe this company engages in fraudulent practices.

Company Response
Day (MC459014) from National Transport LLC Submitted this response.
Response Date: 10/2/2017 4:56:00 PM
Dear Customer, Our goal is and will always be to service our customer to the best of our ability. Your particular case was one of misunderstanding on your part. All of our customers are advised that standard transport require a 1-5 business day window to set up a carrier from the first available date, according to our records your 1st available date was 09/29/2017 we assigned a carrier that day for pick up on 10/01/2017 before the 10/04/2017 as requested with an estimated delivery of 10/03/2017 (approx. 400 miles transport). I do understand that delivery date was not what you were looking for, which is something we were more than willing to rectify, short routes like this one are usually done in a day or two. In our terms and conditions, which we ask every customer we do business with to read and signed, it clearly states the portion of the cancellation fee which you along with every single customer we service has to sign and agree to prior to us being able to move forward with the transport. We made several attempts (6 calls and 2 emails) from customer service and our Sales Associate to contact you in an effort to rectify the situation which you did not answer to or were quickly to disconnect the call. We could have attempted to move to another carrier that could have met your timelines, but because we were unable to communicate with you we are unable to come to a resolution. We hope to hear from you to resolve this issue.