The broker and I finally get in touch with each other on Sunday afternoon while I’m on the way back to Georgia. He assures me I can get my car on the Monday shipment, it will be leaving out of Florida in the afternoon. We will take care of the particulars on Monday morning, sounds like I may have my car by Tuesday afternoon. Now I’m excited.
Monday morning rolls around I call the broker at 9am, no answer, so I leave a message. I call back at 10am, finally get a hold of the broker, he’s still not in the office, but he tells me he will give me a call back in a half hour. 10:30 comes and goes, no call, I’m busy at work so it isn’t until after 11am that I make another call to the broker. We finally get the ball rolling on the contract. He sends me an email with the particulars, I read it over… the price has increased $50, super… I’m a bit upset to say the least, but if I have my car by Tuesday, then it will be worth it. I sign the contract, send it back and get the details, the car is set to be picked up around 7pm. Sounds good to me. I contact the sellers and let them know the plan, everything is good to go, right? Not so much…
I was told by the broker to expect an email with the drivers information prior to the pick up. By 4pm, I’ve got nothing, so I make another call to the broker to make sure everything is still good to go. The broker tells me the driver ran into some mechanical issues and will not be making his run until the morning, nice of them to contact me with the information, but I read the reviews and expected a few issues throughout the process so this is not a big deal, just one more day.
Tuesday morning, 9am and no word from the transport company, so I call them and the driver is still set up, but now the pick up wont be until later in the afternoon… great, more waiting, but wait, there’s more… The broker I’ve been dealing with hands me off to a different broker that has another option for me to consider. There is another driver with a smaller trailer that will be heading through the area on Thursday morning after he drops of a load of vehicles, should be able to make the pickup by 10am. The only problem is it will be an additional $50. Different driver, smaller load, less economical and all… I tell the broker that the new option sounds good, but not for the extra cost. They’ll have to split the difference with me. They eat $25 and I pay $25 extra, they agree and everything is set up for Thursday morning. I let the sellers in Florida know the new plan and we’re all set.
Wednesday comes and goes, I make a call later in the day to make sure we are still good to go for the morning, yup, all set.
Now its Thursday morning, about 9am and no word from the driver, or the broker. With the history of this whole transaction, I was a little concerned to say the least. I call the sellers to find out if maybe the driver contacted them, nada, super. I leave the broker a message on voicemail and email. I call again at 10am and find out the pick up will not happen till after 2pm. No problem, I let the sellers know what’s happening so they can plan their day and run some errands.
Thursday afternoon I get a call from the sellers in Florida, the cars been loaded up and the driver took good care getting it on the trailer, so all is well. I still didn’t have the drivers info, so I asked the sellers if they had his number, they did, so now I can contact him directly… about time. I give the driver a call after 5pm and he is planning to drop the car off in the morning about 10am, sounds good to me. I’ve got a flight to catch in the afternoon, so that should work out nicely. I’m getting excited, I’ll have my car in the morning, its going to be a good day…
I feel like its Christmas Eve and I’m 10 years old just waiting to see what kind of loot I’m going to get in the morning. I wake up early, get to work and get some stuff done. I get a call from the cable guy around 10am telling me he is on his way over to the rental house to repair our internet connection. We’ve been without internet for the past 3 days at the rental house, so that’s it’s a good thing the repairman is on the way, but I can’t get there till around 11am. I let the cable guy know, and he has another stop he can make before the our house, so 11am will work out… Now if I can get a hold of the truck driver, I can get my car and get my cable fixed before I have to head out to the airport.
I finally get a hold of the driver around 11am and he is anticipating heading my way by 11:30am. That means he’ll make the drop off by noon. I get a call at 11:30am, the driver is heading my way, so we make arrangements to meet down by the entrance to the subdivision. I’m getting very excited now, I’m going to have my car!
Noon comes and goes, cable guy is still at the rental house, but he’s about finished up, so I call the driver, no answer. I leave a message. 12:30pm, no word, no car. I call again, leave another message. I’m a bit concerned now because I need to leave for the airport at 2pm. I finally get a hold of the driver at 1pm and he’s still 20 minutes away! WTF? I jump in the shower, pack the car and wait to hear from the driver. Driver shows up at 1:30, I walk down to the entrance of the subdivision to meet him. There’s my new project car, sitting on the back of the trailer. I am a happy man.
The driver unloads the car, he’s got to jump it to get it started and it keeps wanting to stall, so I’ll need to keep the jump box attached till I get to the house. I make it to the house without any problems and I put her away in the garage for the weekend. No time to play today, I’ve got to get to the airport. I drop the jump box off to the driver and cut him a check for his services and I’m on my way.
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