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Why does nobody mention the pickup window trap when you ship a car in winter
I moved a Corolla from Cleveland to Tampa back in January and the broker gave me a 3 day pickup window, which sounds fine until you actually live it. The dispatcher called at 6pm on day one saying the truck would be there between noon and 8am the next morning, so I sat in my driveway from 11am until almost 2am waiting. Nobody warns you that drivers stack pickups along a route, so your "morning" slot can slide into the middle of the night and you have zero say in it. I lost a day of work and burned through two tanks of gas idling to stay warm while texting the dispatcher for updates that never came. On day three the guy finally showed at 5:40am and I had to wake my neighbor to move his truck so the hauler could get in. If you are shipping in winter, ask for the driver's cell and a rough route order before you commit, because the window on the paper is not the window you get. Ended up fine, car arrived clean, but those 3 days taught me more than the quote ever did. Has anyone else dealt with a pickup sliding way past the window, and did calling the dispatch line actually help or just make it worse?
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