Buyer Beware

Ray A. Cooke Submitted this review about Agape Auto Transport LLC
Review made Live: 1/8/2009 5:34:00 PM
On December 15, 2008 I requested quotes from several companies to transport my daughters car from Pennsylvania to Connecticut. After review I decided on Agape Auto Transport. I signed and returned their agreement on December 16, 2008.

After contacting them on December 23, 2008 I received an email stated that they were "actively working with our carriers to confirm a pickup date for you". I contacted them again on December 23, 2008 and again received a response that they were "actively working with our carriers to confirm a pickup date for you".

On January 2, 2009 I received the following email.
"I just wanted to let you know that we have a carrier that can pickup your 2008 Scion on Tuesday, Jan. 6th and deliver the following day, Jan. 7th. The amount the carrier needs for this transport is $225 cod. That is $100 more than your original cod. That means your total transport cost would be $350 instead of $250. Please let me know if you want us to proceed with this carrier."

At this point it is seventeen (17) days after signing the agreement, I agreed to pay the additional fee. Unfortunately I continue to be assessed a daily storage charge of $60.00 per day for the vehicle until it is picked up. The additional $100.00 represents a 40% increase in the agreed upon price. Agape Auto Transport could have and should have paid the additional monies out of their share of the commission charged. The additional time it took to pickup my car cost me over $600.00 in additional storage charges.

The vehicle was picked up on January 6, 2009 and delivered on January 7, 2009.

In hindsight I would have paid more for a firm pickup date. I must add that the people were very courteous and sincere but their inability to secure a carrier in a timely manner was very expensive for me.


Company Response
Rebekah A from Agape Auto Transport LLC Submitted this response.
Response Date: 1/8/2009 6:03:00 PM
We understand that Mr. Ray Cooke is upset and we are very sorry about that. We were very up front with him as too the average pickup time frame, but that sometimes it can take a little longer. He called on Dec. 30th and asked if we thought it would be picked up by the end of the week and we were very honest with him and said it was looking like we may not be able to get it picked up by the end of the week. He thanked us for our honesty and asked that we do whatever we could to get it scheduled. Before the end of the week we were able to find a carrier that could transport his vehicle but this carrier needed a little bit more money for this transport. We explained this to Mr. Cooke, as he indicated in his review, and he told us to "please" proceed. Mr. Cooke never told us he needed his transport expedited nor did he tell us until much later that he was paying storage fees. We had no clue he was paying $60 a day. Had we known is circumstances at the time his order was placed, would would have suggested he have this expedited. We are always honest and completely upfront with our customers. We are sorry to hear that Mr. Cooke feels otherwise. We wish him the very best in his future endeavors.