BIG warning about a certain transport company!!

Gibbo · 2004-11-13T11:01:03+00:00

I have a tale of woe to tell, it not pretty, there will be swearing, lots of swearing! :cussing I booked a fairly simple door to door car transport of my squareback. Two weeks ago. When I spoke to the guy/company concearned I was told it was easily done, they didnt even mind that there would be a spare engine in the back of the car. Sweet. Then the bullshit started....... It was arranged that the car would be picked up, on the evening of the 4th Nov, after 6:30 in the evening, as the previos owner wanted to see it safely away. The driver/s turned up in the morning, while no one was there. Rang the previous owner and asked what was going on. They were told that it was an evening pickup, so they collected the engine, seperately and buggered off. I phoned the next day. Was told that they had stuffed up the time. I never found out why they couldnt have gone back at the time they were supposed to and pick up the car. I was told the car would be with me for Saturday. I asked them to pick up the car on the friday instead, heard nothing. Car wasnt picked up. Nobody answered the phone all weekend! And basicall I lost an entire weekends work due to this bunch of arseholes, and they knew I had to take time off because I told them that. Monday came around and I expected the car to be collected, nope, nothing, not a phone call, no pickup, jack shit. I phoned again tuesday. Was told this time that they couldnt do it for various reasons, none that made any sense to me of course. I was told the car would be collected on Wednesday, the next day. I told them that they had cost me in the region of $300 for a wasted weekends work, they didnt seem to care. I was told that I was lucky that they got the engine seperatly because one man wouldnt have been able to do it on his own and it was my fault that the car wasnt picked up! I told them, if you have turned up at the right time, the engine would have been in the car and there would be no lifting involved! Again, more bullshit excuses followed. Wednesday came and went, so did Thursday morning. I phoned in between and get more bullshit excuses and the usual promises again. I was told the car would be picked up Friday and I would have the car on Saturday afternoon, today. I told the guy that this was the last chance to pick it up, otherwise they would be losing the job! Well, my melbourne contact receieved a phone call at 6 in the morning saying that the car would be picked up today. Well at long last it was! Today I have once again sat around all day waiting for the car to arrive. Nothing. It got to 4pm, I phoned the guy. Oh he said 'The driver doesnt have enough time left on his card to drop it around today. What I say, why did you tell me it would be today then I said. Once again got nothing but bullshit excuses and apoligies. So I said, 'tomorrow morning?', No, I was told. Late afternoon. Why I asked. Same excuse about the driver. I asked, you dont have anyone else who can do it? No, not on a sunday I was told. Then he tried to tell me that I actually had asked for a Sunday delivery!! By this time I was fuming, I let fly with a few choice words and told him I was 'really fucked off with all this shit.' This seemed to catch his attention and now I have to phone him at 10am tomorrow to find out what he can arrange! Notice Im having to chase him again, not once has this prick called to give me an update, not once! Cant wait to see what the excuse is going to be tomorrow!! Ive a right mind to give him half the money and tell him to think himself lucky he got that! I will keep you informed, Im very prepared to post the name of this company as I dont want anyone else to be mess around like me and Steve have been. They are based in Brisabane and are very ironically called 'Speedy' Dont use em, get a proper company to do the job! Sorry this is such an epic, I am soooo angry at the moment! :cussing:cussing:cussing:cussing:cussing:cussing:cussing:cussing

Gibbo Custom Title Time!

1,685 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 14 Nov 2004, 7:12 pm

#263845

Graham, T.W.U. do you have a phone number for them? I will call them tomorrow, I dont want this happening to anyone else!

Yes I paid the $600. Just wanted the whole thing over and done. Ive been far too stressed about the whole thing which cant be good. They would even take the car off the trailer without me paying first.

I will let Karma do its work. 😉

But I will call T.W.U. if I can get the number U2U'd to me, cheers!

[Edited on 14-11-2004 by Gibbo]

Flying VW Wolfsburg Wizard

680 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 14 Nov 2004, 7:27 pm

#263863

I'm fucking around and trying to see his side of things. 😉

But yeah, to get stuffed around like you have been must be very frustrating.

Honestly I think the world is full of Spastic Idiots, some people don't give a FUCK or have any pride in there work any more.

I keep getting letters from Ford to tell me my Car needs to go in and have a Stud checked on the Steering rack.

I've checked it my self and it's safe, but do you think I can find a Dealership that wants to do it. (I tried 3 Dealers)

They Blow me of all the time saying it's a 6 week wait and they need the Car all day, the truth is they don't want to do it because there isn't any money in it for them.

"Wankers" only 3 weeks to go now.

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Flying VW Wolfsburg Wizard

680 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 14 Nov 2004, 7:42 pm

#263878

graham wrote:Flying vw after driving interstate for many years myself what are log books a piece of paper you hand on to the d.o.t. for what you have no idea. I do agree with you that you are liable but everyone in there right mind knows that log books are nothing. If you saw my log book you would shake your head in disbeliefe and not once was i ever questioned about it. If you say that the goods will be there on x date and time and it is not you the company will be fined ie. not get payed for the load. Gibbo if it was me I wouldn't of payed them I would of taken the car for a drive driven it in my yard and left it there behind gates. They dont own the vehicle and are only responsible from the pick up address to the delivery address thats it. That way you have the car and they have to chase you for the money. It is a civil matter and the police would not be involved. Then when it went to court you could say about lost wages and damage incurred. Reason I know it happen to me I lost $900 in a load that had the wrong info on it went to x address and no one there had to take it somewhere else thus ran late never got payed and thats the game of interstate. The problem is not the drivers but the companies taking the jobs. Gibbo I hope you never payed them and if you did you can lodge a formal complaint with the T.W.U. who are cracking down about dodgy operators ask for David Prior or Hughie Williams they will have a talk and follow it up. Hope this has helped you out.
Graham.

Thanks for the sermon

But I was driving interstate 6 nights a week when I was 20 years old, until I was 24 then I brought my own Truck and I've had another two since then doing Local.

[Edited on 14-11-2004 by Flying VW]

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surfchickhangten Commited Dubber

69 posts · joined Sep 2004 · 14 Nov 2004, 8:44 pm

#263950

hey gibbo i don't think many of these companies are big on customer service. All that seems to matter these days is the $$ which is a shame. When we had our kombi transported from sydney to tweed they said it would take about a week.so we said no probs then the next day our sister in law said they had picked it up and it would be in tweed tomorrow.what the.
the problem was we were on holidays for 5 days no one would be at home.
No phone call from the company that day so we called them and they said oh yeah it will be there tomorrow.so in the end we got them to drop it off at the place where we were on holidays.
then when it got there it was dropped about 10 houses up from the house number we gave them & about 7 of us walked up to it the guy just said can someone sign for it (he did not ask for id or anything, it had been pre paid.)
those sort of things shit me

VolksFolks Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,869 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 14 Nov 2004, 8:47 pm

#263956

Speed is just a question of money... how fast can you go?
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Above is flyingvw's sig, looks bit suss to mee

all in good humour eh

pleased to here it arrived in the end, welcome to the type3 side

Andy

They laugh because You are different, You laugh because They are all the same.

check out www.lowlight.com.au for low lights only..

Gibbo Custom Title Time!

1,685 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 14 Nov 2004, 9:22 pm

#264011

Yeah, Ive had bugs before, years ago, but this is my first T3.

Luv it!

Flying VW Wolfsburg Wizard

680 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 15 Nov 2004, 5:24 am

#264119

VolksFolks wrote:
Speed is just a question of money... how fast can you go?
[quote/]
Above is flyingvw's sig, looks bit suss to mee

all in good humour eh

pleased to here it arrived in the end, welcome to the type3 side

Andy
It's a Quote from the Mad Max 1 Movie.

By the wrecker near the Beach when he tries to sell Max some parts for his Sand Man Panel Van.

It means " The faster you want your Car to go the more Money you will need to spend on it."

MORE MONEY MORE SPEED

It's nothing to do with NOSE CANDY

If you are suggesting I'm on Drugs expect a Court date soon.

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penguin ackkkkkk thhhhhpt!

3,383 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 15 Nov 2004, 8:02 am

#264145

Okay

so everyone can calm down a wee bit now and please puit egos back in check....

now the important part..

PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
where are they????
Mine are to be downloaded tonight, so I hope yours are here before then!!

'Ah, whatever................'

Gibbo Custom Title Time!

1,685 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 15 Nov 2004, 8:07 am

#264146

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1,685 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 15 Nov 2004, 8:08 am

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penguin ackkkkkk thhhhhpt!

3,383 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 15 Nov 2004, 8:12 am

#264151

Dammit,
you got an early!! They look good with the little moustache/monobrow on the front 🙂

I picked mine up on Sat morn from Dave Becker and drove it home on the weekend via the GC show. I got a '71 (I think), you can just make it out in a few of the show pics, its the moss green (and yellow gaff tape) one next to the two tone purple and silver square that won the type 3 award.

'Ah, whatever................'

penguin ackkkkkk thhhhhpt!

3,383 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 15 Nov 2004, 8:14 am

#264152

Ooops
forgot. I wasn't telling you to not go after those guys. Its just the thread looked like it was going to be one of those"yeah, but I do this for a living' type.
And that wouldn't have helped you get your car or solve the problem.

Good buy........hmmmmmmm.... an oval and a type 3, you aren't dreaming of a splittie as well are you???? this is getting a wee bit eerie (the similarities that is)

'Ah, whatever................'

penguin ackkkkkk thhhhhpt!

3,383 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 15 Nov 2004, 9:24 am

#264185

is that mine or gibbo's?

'Ah, whatever................'