Thanks Mary, As you know rates are solely dictated by the others who have already posted sales orders along your route at the time you want to be transported. I don't set the rates but rather pay extra for some special tools to help me report the current sales orders to you. Transporting a car is EXACTLY like trading a stock on Wall Street with only one exception: Insider trading is legal! So shame on the broker or carrier who allows his customer to miss a truck or two over $20.00 which can be plainly viewed at the drivers load board. Many shippers rent a car for an extended time period and if they only knew they misses a few trucks over $10 or $20 they would gladly pay it. All Honest Auto Movers sales begin with the explanation of exactly how the bidding process works and the methods we use to search for 1 of 5,000 drivers to choose your load beyond the use of Central Dispatch (the load board) where all drivers go to choose their loads. That way when they see the updated load board 5 days before they have to be shipped we can make a minor adjustment if required. This results in a close to zero percentage dispatch failure rate in an industry that has an 11 percent dispatch failure rate. Knowing when to use door-to-terminal-to-door transports also greatly help in shipping vehicles to or from non-metro areas. Not everything can be door-to-door.