Recommend me a good auto transport service!

Can anyone recommend a good auto transport service? There is just too much info online and much of it isn't really valuable. Can anyone recommend a reliable car shipping company? Thanks, Ben.

Answer: The best help I can give is not to recommend a transporter at all. Let me explain. There are so many car shippers out there and one way of them promoting themselves is responding to questions like this. Your best bet in looking for the best transport carrier is to ask people you know or visit non-bias review websites.

Word-of-mouth is still the best marketing tool, so you could ask people who have tried shipping their vehicles. But I bet you don’t know anyone who’s shipped a car before or else you won’t be asking for questions in the Internet. For reliable reviews, check out www.transportrankings.com and Better Business Bureau or BBB. BBB is a group of business organizations whose goal is educate consumers from being scammed or from ending up paying more than they should.

You can rely on this group. Another organization for you is the Federal Department of Transportation (DOT). They have a list of authorized car transportation services in your city. By the way, BBB reports that most scams happened when people didn’t bother checking whether a car shipping company was fake or not.

Don’t close any deals or issue any payments online without making a personal visit or phone call. You could also check your local directory for car movers near your area so that you could make a personal visit. A personal visit is the best way for you to check how reliable an auto transport company is.

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