Read the contract or you will regret

Christian Submitted this review about Silva Auto Transport
Review made Live: 5/16/2005 4:37:00 PM
Update 5/18/2005
I stand by my entire story. Jason at Silva auto is hillarious. His words speak for themself as to the kind of customer service Silva provides. You see, any customer that is unstatisfied at Silva is considered demanding and a liar. I would stay away folks.
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Silva Auto responded to one of the shipper "bots" that I filled in on the web. I was transporting my motorcycle from CO to WA. On day one they told me it would be picked up in 1-3 days. The price quoted was very good so I took the offer. On Day 3 I didn't hear anything so I contacted Silva. They said no shipper was found and that it may take 7 or more days now. I called back a second time and asked if I can cancel because I decided to drive to Colorado and get the bike myself. They said I had to pay $100 cancel fee and that I should read the fine print next time. I decided to wait a couple more days. Out of frustration, I then drove to CO to get the bike myself. While on my trip Silva called and said they have a shipper! I said it was too late. Silva said you just lost your entire $200 deposit. "Next time read your contract."

I find their deposit agreement to be very customer unfriendly and they offer absolutely no flexibility for circumstances like mine. At a minimum I would have appreciated at least $100 back. I come away feeling scamed and like I received absolutely nothing for my $200. Don't even tell me they spent $200 making phone calls and typing my name into their computer.

If considering a shipper, you better think twice before sending any deposit before your vehicle is picked up. You may regret it otherwise.

Company Response
Kori from Silva Auto Transport Submitted this response.
Response Date: 5/16/2005 4:37:00 PM
Dear Consumers, Yes we do advise customers to read the terms and conditions/shipping agreement thoroghly not just skim over them as this is what Sturm did, prior to placing his order. Let me explain what a wonderful customer we were dealing with here. Mr. Sturm placed an order from CO-WA with his first available date being 5/10/05. He was given and ESTIMATED time frame of 1-7 days from his first available date, NOT 1-3 days. Our office NEVER received any phone calls from Mr. Sturm checking status or even asking to cancel his order. On 5/14/05 he was informed that his bike was assigned for pickup within 24 hours and that Maxwell Trucking will be contacting him to setup a time frame, to our suprise the bike was already picked up by Mr. Sturm himself without notifing our office. I guess he felt we had a crystal ball to know this information. At that time we had to call off the carrier who lost out on this bike that he had scheduled into his load. Mt Sturm then DEMANDED that we refund him his deposit as we "did not perform any service" WHAT we had it assigned to be picked up 4 days from his first available date. Seems as though this customer just jumped the gun and picked up the bike himself, without notifying our office. 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