Read the reviews but Worry Free failed to deliver!

Dan S. Submitted this review about Worry Free Transport
Review made Live: 2/21/2008 3:57:00 PM
I was hoping to write a good review and the experience started that way. Signed my contract on a Tuesday with the car available on Thursday. Of course as the first few days past I started to worry that it wouldn't be picked up, I kept telling myself don't worry it's only been a couple of days.

Sure enough the following Tuesday I got a call telling me my car was going to picked up on Tuesday or Wedneday and delivered on Thursday. Rescheduled my Thursday so that I would be able to receive the car.... no call, no show from the carrier. As the dates are listed as estimates, I rescheduled my Friday so I would be able to receive the car... no call, no show again!! On Saturday I sent an email to Worry Free Transport trying to find out where my car was, I also sent an email to the person I bought it from (the seller). I received an email from the seller on Sunday saying the carrier called on Wednesday and said they were going to be there in about 5 minutes. Seeing as the seller was 50 miles out of town he asked if they could come later or wait a little bit... the carrier said they did not have time to wait.

Monday now came, I figured that I would get a call or email from Worry Free responding to my email on Saturday..... no call or email from Worry Free. I then called them on Tuesday (now almost 2 weeks later), several hours later they finally returned my call... they were very friendly and said that what the seller had told me was likely true. They said my car was back on the "board" to be picked up, they also claimed it was put up there on Thursday(when it wasn't picked up).... I wish I could be confident that was true. I waited 2 more days (2 weeks later) and sent them a letter asking to cancel the contract and refund my deposit. They did cancel the contract and I did get my deposit refunded. Of course they still kept my $5 processing charge... yea that's not going to make or break me but it wasn't me that failed to deliver and as such I don't really think it should cost me a penny.

I might have given them a little more time but once you drop the ball it's really hard to have faith in the job getting done. In the end I booked a flight the following week and had the car home a day later, guess I should have done that in the first place.

In summary, yes they were helpful when I had questions, yes they were friendly, yes their prices (both to them and the carrier) were resonable, yes they were prompt in getting back to me... oh, that was until we had a problem.. then the responses slowed a bit. BUT in the end they did not get my car to me, period! Was it all their fault, no... but in the end they are the ones I dealt with and they have to take the blame. It was at least in part the carriers fault but if they have carriers that do things like this they need to re-evaluate if they want to allow them to contract with Worry Free Transport.

I'm currently looking for another car that will likely be bought out of state and when I find it I will not try Worry Free again..... actually after this experience I will likely just go get it myself, like I should have this time.

Company Response
Diane Dahl from Worry Free Transport Submitted this response.
Response Date: 6/2/2008 4:14:00 PM
We’re very sorry that Mr. Storley has had an unfortunate experience with us. However, there are several things that could have been done to completely avoid this situation. The vehicle was ready for transport beginning on 1/17/08 (Thursday – in accordance with the above review). Our average pick up time is 3-10 BUSINESS days from the available date. Therefore, it shouldn’t have come as any surprise to this customer that it took us a few days to find a carrier and shouldn’t have caused “worry.” We do understand, however, that when a person is anxious to receive a vehicle (or anything on order for that matter) that several days can seem like an eternity. Mr. Storley’s Volvo was assigned to a transporter in just 4 business days on 1/22/08 for pick up by J&S Enterprises later that day. Delivery estimate was 1/24/08. Once a carrier is assigned to a vehicle, it is our responsibility to call the customer that booked the order with further information. The carrier, J&S Enterprises, is responsible for providing the person at the shipping point advanced notice. Industry standard on this is up to 24 hours in advance. Considering the shipper’s contact information provided by Mr. Storley is someone who was at a BUSINESS LOCATION (seller), we feel that J&S Enterprises should have been a bit more accommodating. We understand that “time is money” in this (and many) industries, but not being able to wait a short amount of time to pick up a vehicle is somewhat ridiculous – for which we agree with our customers. It is not unusual for a carrier to call on short notice to a dealer and arrive to pick up a vehicle during business hours &