Beware

Katie Smith Submitted this review about Ride-A-Way Vehicle Transport
Review made Live: 6/18/2012 11:38:00 AM
I booked with this company after I got out of the Marine Corps and was heading home. They said they need a 7 day window for pick-up and they will give you 24 hours notice. On Friday 06/15, they called and said the driver would be there in a matter of hours. I did not have my car seeing as I didn't think they would pick it up that day so I lent it to a friend. I explained the situation to the man who called me and he was rude and explained the driver was going out of HIS way for ME. He put me through to his manager and she was worse. She said the same thing, interrupted me and continued to argue as to why they were correct and I was in the wrong. So she said she would see what she could do, call the driver and call me as soon as she knew. By the end of the day no call so I called and spoke with the lady I booked with Cynthia and she said I would get a call back and she thought there was something arranged for Monday or Tuesday. I had a plane ticket back to NH on Tuesday. So I finally receive a call on Monday 06/18, saying they had a driver for the next day who would pick up my car (also going out of his way for me of course). I told him I did not feel comfortable using his company and he commenced to argue with me about how I should have been available and he is now giving me 24 hours notice. Once again i'm on the phone with the manager. She is just as rude as before saying I was supposed to call them on Friday and never did (I did of course: 12:16 Pacific Time, 3:16 Eastern Time, spoke with Cynthia). And as I was explaining this to her, she spoke over me and tried to explain a different point. I told her I did not feel comfortable using the company and I would find someone else. She said it would be impossible because they all use the same drivers, little did she know I had something already scheduled with another company who is picking up both my Honda Civic and Chevy Nova, and there's nothing about a 7 day window with them. Oh and they also refused to give me my deposit back because I "canceled" on them twice. Beware if you use this company, they gave me a cheap price but I would rather pay more and receive QUALITY, then get a deal and receive CRAP.

Company Response
Cynthia Castro from Ride-A-Way Vehicle Transport Submitted this response.
Response Date: 6/20/2012 4:36:00 PM
What I do not understand is that if this customer understood her contract as well as her window for pick up, why she would give the vehicle to someone to use it if she possibly knows that her vehicle will be getting picked up that day. I understand that the customer wanted at least 24hrs in advanced call, but sometimes the drivers don’t have the chance to call customers for the simple reason that they are driving and it is against the law to be talking and driving at the same time. We did not call her and say that her vehicle had to be released as soon as possible, we called her by the morning and asked her what was the latest that we can pick up the car that same day, meaning that if we had to wait until the evening sometime it would have been possible. Instead she decided to be difficult and said that there was no way the vehicle would be available at all. I don’t think this customer understands that our job is to look for drivers going her direction to pick up her car and we fulfilled that not once but twice. The only reason she feels that we gave her an attitude at the office was because she expected us to tell her she was right in some way, but after reading this review am sure that anyone else would think this is ridiculous. We had a driver for your vehicle scheduled twice and you where knowledgeable about it. As she wrote in this review she knew she had been scheduled for some time Monday or Tuesday and we did mention we will call her 24hr in advance which is exactly what we did Monday morning to advise her of pick up on Tuesday morning. Instead she decided to make us assign another driver when the whole time her intentions where to cancel again.