Our quote is based on current market rates to move your car on your route and most importantly a rate that should get your vehicle picked up on time. If you are shopping around, you will always receive a range of prices to move your vehicle. It’s helpful to understand a bit about why this happens: A broker works with two customers – you and the carrier. While you obviously want the lowest price possible, a carrier with a space on his truck is looking to make the most he can to fill that space, so they will always look for the vehicles offering the most money. If the price offered/listed for your vehicle is lower than all of the other vehicles in your area, other carriers may simply ignore your vehicle so they can make more elsewhere. Conversely, if you really need your vehicle moved quickly or around specific dates, you will need to pay more. Our quote is set at a price that we are confident will move your vehicle in a reasonable time frame. If you are flexible with your pickup dates we can very often save you money and get you a good deal, so let us know.
For most of our customers who are shipping a vehicle for the first or second time, the best way to look at all of the quotes that you get is to think of selling your home. When a real estate broker recommends that you “LIST” your house at a certain price, this doesn’t guarantee that your eventual buyer will offer you exactly that full listing price. Most of us know that in real estate, you will get an offer, then counter offer, then settle on a final price. No matter what your other quotes say, they are NOT the final price. The quotes you have received are just like real estate brokers trying to get the listing for the sale of your house.
Unfortunately, you will hear lots of other shipping brokers try and imply things like “we have a driver in your area”, which are ploys to get you to sign up with them. Can a real estate broker hold an open house for you before they even have a contract to sell your house? Of course not. Be very wary of other shipping companies (brokers) that imply that they own a truck and that it’s in your area. Brokers don’t own trucks and its carriers that have drivers in said area.