第一次跨州运车的经验

最近纵跨美国的搬了一次家，找房子，运家具和运车花了不少精力。成百上千的运车公司就让我选得头昏眼花的，在网上查了不少经验贴，最后才有了点头绪。基本上找运车公司时需要询问或了解下面这些信息：

A：ask the transport company or google them by yourself the following:
1) Have you been in business at least 5 years?
2) Do you have a good record with the better business bureau? (www.bbb.org
the facts)
3) How may stars do they have with www.transportreviews.com? (Be aware that
some companies pay their customers to post 5 star reviews. If there are an
unusually large number of reviews, you can be sure that most of them are paid
endorsements.)
4) Do I get my entire deposit back if I cancel my order? (This will be found
in their terms and conditions)

尽可能选择四个回答都是YES的公司。

B：Did you Know?
(1)  Most transport companies that advertise on the internet have been in
business for less than 3 years!  They make a website or get leads from moving
company websites.  They make considerable claims and promises,  take the
customers money , and never provide the service.  Many of these companies
will get shut down or go bankrupt and open under another name.
(2)  Most companies require a non-refundable deposit.  This means that even
if they don't move your car they will keep your money!
(3)  Many companies will promise short delivery times just to get the order.
(4)  Low prices in most cases means one or all of the following:
      (A)  Inferior trucks
      (B)  Unqualified drivers
      (C)  Do not carry required insurance
      (D)  Poor or no service at all

 

我考虑了价钱和上面这些情况后，选了M2ReevesCarShippng.com。除了在door to door的服务上和司机争论了一番外，其他方面还算满意。不过，司机最终还是按照我们的要求在近的地方pick up和delivery了。