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Do providers have to pay a fee just to place a bid?

trailgirl — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:49:22 GMT

I was just wondering if service providers have to pay a fee to place a bid. I was reading through some shipments and see providers asking questions, including quotes and telling the shipper to let them know if they are interested and then they'll place a bid. I don't see a reason for this unless they have to pay just to bid.

Please tell me how to reqeust a bid from a transporter

vcreed123 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:10:38 GMT

Recently had to cancel a shipment because I couldnt get in contact with the transporter and relisted the shipment. The guy I want a request from is thomas71hull, and I cannot figure out how to locate his profile in the shipping directory to request a quote, Could someone please help??

A very bad experience with transport person.

speedyla — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:57:31 GMT

Wasn't sure whom to contact. A very unpleasant experience. Tons of phone calls. I'm afraid to list this person's info. But would like to warn others and am not sure of the protocol for this type of thing.

Rates

lbrett77 — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:04:50 GMT

Hi,

Does the per hour rate quoted by providers include or exclude travel time between destinations? Or is the per hour rate only for loading and unloading.

Thanks.

How can we complain to U-Ship

Wil4Ren — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:05:40 GMT

I accepted a bid from NewtonMoving. The company was supposed to pick up my shipment on 19 Oct @ evening time. I have not heard from them yet and I have missed my deadline. How can I get my $45.00 back and re-bid?

PROOF OF INSURANCE???????????????????????????

ccoop769 — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:40:02 GMT

Here is a very easy way to find a legal carrier.

1. YOU MUST HAVE A ACTIVE MC TO CROSS STATE LINES. IF YOU DONT HAVE A ACTIVE MC, simply put your carrier is illegal and your shipment will NOT be covered and possibly impounded.

There is other steps of the process but simply put, that is it. Some shippers just dont understand that commercial insurance is different then private insurance. People who pay 100 dollars a month for there vehilcle is not covered.

I wish uship would do something about this. Uship did a great job with the mc dot links but unfortunatly the customer has no idea what that even means or even how to read it. I understand about the whole read this section but customers just really dont care to read it.

Seat's in colorado " I payed Money To Provider " They are still there !

whomeiam — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:36:05 GMT

The provider made the deal and contacted me and i think ok this is a nice guy , that was May this is Oct. no more contact no money return no seat's, is this the way i should be treated ?

Bill of Lading

hawgtrax — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:30:32 GMT

What is a Bill of Lading and why do I need one?

cargo damage, who should pay?

aakseki65 — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:35:22 GMT

We need advice. We have a transport company currently traveling to us with our newly made concession trailer. Two days ago the hood vent lid flew off and hit another car. He reported the accident to his insurance and we are waiting to hear the response regarding the claim. Meanwhile we need to know if we should hold some of the money we owe to the transport company in order to pay for our replacement item? Is it fair to expect him to cover the cost and get reimbursed by his insurance?

Thanks!
JA

Service providers location?

aaron111 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:13:43 GMT

Is there somehow to find out where the service providers are located? Most of them list EVERY state under thier local shipment delivery area. Sometimes i need things shipped fast and not that far so there isnt time to wait for a far away person to coordinate my shipment with others.

I want to ship a vehicle from USA to Canada

pipingplover — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:00:03 GMT

Hi,
I want to buy and import an older vehicle and have it shipped from the US to Canada. I've shipped a car inside Canada with uShip before, so I understand how that part works. Are there shippers out there that can assist with the required documentation, or do I need to involve a broker as well? Any service providers that have experience moving vehicles across the border? Anyone with any experience either as a service provider or a customer? I would like to go for it, but don't want any ugly surprises. I've been the the TC website as far as checking to make sure the car is eligible, but I want to make sure I have all the details covered. Thanks!

vehicle abandoned & impounded during shipment by Service Provider

kgreen74 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:53:45 GMT

I am on the receiving end of shipment of a vehicle that was abandoned in a parking lot for approximately two weeks before it was towed and impounded by the local police department.

I have never had anything of this magnitude shipped to me, and I am a little confused on what the normal procedure is regarding shipping and receiving a vehicle. Can anyone explain what the "normal" protocol is?

Shipper paid the Service Provider in full to deliver the vehicle to a specified address and specified recipient...the vehicle never made it to our side of the state...Service Provider avoided phone calls and text messages day after day. Service Provider claimed he had the vehicle with him for three weeks, but in truth the vehicle had been abandoned in a shopping center parking lot for two weeks and then impounded for ten days before the Service Provider admitted to its location. After contacting the "tow yard", I then find out my bill with them was $400.

The story goes on and on, so I won't drag this out...my questions are "What is the protocol for Service Provider when they get a bid on a shipment of a vehicle and the delivery process?" and "What are the responsibilities of the Service Provider?"

Very Confused,

k. green

What do I need from Canada to USA?

k9hille — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:21:11 GMT

I am currently waiting the wire transfer to be completed on the purchase of a used 24 ft powerboat. The boat sits on a trailer in good shape. I am wondering what necessary paperwork I will need to have completed other than a copy of the bill of sale to have at the border. Is there anyone who could give me a rundown as to what makes for a smooth border crossing? Thanks in advance...

Walmart credit card okay?

Mariequi — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:11:01 GMT

Duh! I thought I paid service provider only. Sorry for not reading the rules. I don't have a credit card or bank account (I'm moving!) Can I go to Walmart and get one of those prepaid cards and use that? Thanks!

Have a Question

captng1 — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:58:18 GMT

How do I contact a shipper about a bid that has expired?

I am brand new to Uship and need some info!

rockettman — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:09:23 GMT

Okay, so I need to ship my horse from SC to MN. I understand how to list a shipment, but I am really confused when it comes to payment. Do I pay for the shipment when they come to get the horse, or does the person in MN who is buying the horse pay there. If the buyer pays, then that's cool. If I pay when they pick up the horse, then I need to tell the buyer how much money to send. I am really confused and don't understand how all this works out. Please help me. Thanks.

uship service provider picked up wrong item

trinityandtaylorsmom — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:22:38 GMT

I bought a tractor from a guy on ebay and posted the need to get it shipped here on USHIP. In the listing I included a pic and description of the item. So shipping day comes.....they never called me to give me a time of delivery but finally called when they got lost (1 hr south of my home) in the opposite direction than from which they came. Only to arrive way later than I had expected (and outside of the window for delivery I had requested. Only to come with the completely incorrect tractor. Now in speaking with the guy I purchased the tractor from he claims to have never recvd a call from this transporter and not only that but they took a green tractor and mine was black. SO now the shipper is asking me to pay him more money for the extra miles. Does anyone out there think I should have to pay that? I am very distraught and not only that but the tractor that they took was to be sold yesterday to someone else and they backed out since it has yet to be returned. AAAARRRGGGHHH. please help. So upset. Dont know what to do.

Car, cats, stuff & little old lady

r2sims — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:06:48 GMT

I posted a bid request, but I'm really only seeking advice as I have not yet decided whether or not to move. How complex (and expensive) the arrangements might be would impact the decision. I hope you will bear with me.

I currently live in a 5th wheel in the Texas Hill Country. I am considering selling the 5th wheel & relocating to a mobile home in central Florida. There would be only a few small pieces of furniture (office chair, filing cabinet, tv, etc) and a bunch of boxes (3-4 dozen?). I don’t like to drive long distances, especially with 2 cats. I’m also not totally confident that my 97 Mazda is up to being driven that far. I don’t fly.

How do I get the missionaries to the other side of the river before the cannibals find them? (Sorry, old joke.) Friends & family are strangely evasive. Is there a way to accomplish this or must I stay here forever? I have resources, but they are not infinite.

I came to uship as I've used them in the past to move the 5th wheel & was happy with the service. Any advice will be appreciated.

new to uship

jmerritt15 — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:20:16 GMT

i'm new to uship and would like to be a service provider some day. my question is how do you do it legal if all posable? i have looked on http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/ but its confusing! i don't know witch link to click on? i would like to ship state to state. what do i need to ship like cars (singe car), small boats,trailers,auto parts,house hold items that kind of thing? i know i would need a cdl but not shure with one? right now all i have is a dodge ram 1500 4x4 with gas engine. i will buy a better truck once i get built up. for now i just want to start of with small stuff for now.can anyone help me out?

Am I responsible for packing truck?

mariaricci1234 — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:48:29 GMT

I just placed a post on USHIP and would like to know if I am responsible for packing the truck or should I hire someone to do that? Thank you for any info, Desperate Housewife

Shipping a smoker, got questions

irishteabear — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:39:20 GMT

I am looking to get a smoker shipped to me but am not sure what category it would best fit in. I'm also wondering the best way to ship it. Is it better to take it apart, (would be 3 pieces) or leave it assembled? Can someone please help?

New here and screwed up already

RosalieC — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:52:11 GMT

I am new here, not so sure how things work, and I already changed my add three times. I just figured out that when I change it I lose my bids. I can't see what I have answered to questions, I know now that I have to select "send a copy of this to my e-mail" I feel like I have already wasted too much of people's time and I am sorry. I should have read up on how this works before I posted my add. My sister is giving me her old leather furniture. She lives in CT and I need to have it moved to MD. She was supposed to get her new furniture next week, and now today just found out she isn't getting it until 10/14-10/15. So I just changed my add again. Am I a really bad customer?Or do a lot of people go through this when they are new? Also I am not so sure about the sizes and weights of the furniture.

Daily/Weekly transport of materials between Houston and Dallas

Caderra — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:48:33 GMT

I am trying to find a shipper that has daily or weekly runs back and forth between Dallas and Houston (Texas). We have one to two pallets that get shipped about twice a week between these locations and am curious if there is anybody that already drives these routes and has extra space on a somewhat regular basis, so we can add our items. Can anybody point me in the direction of where to find this type of service.

Appreciate some advice from the experts

Loingsign — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:42:08 GMT

I certainly found a gold mine of information stumbling upon this website. I want to thank all of those that are involved for the advice you give. I hope I can receive the same amount of advice also.

I'm interested in starting a little side business in car hauling, equipment hauling or general hauling. I don't have much capital so whatever it is I'm going to be doing, it's going to start out small until I can afford bigger and better equipment. My thoughts of what I was going to haul included single car trailers (dual-axle) or dual-axle equipment trailers. My first thoughts were to start out with a F-150 5.4L V8 or similar (Dodge, GMC etc.) and haul single cars or random equipment. After reading through this forum, I've come to the realization that at minimum, I'm probably going to need a 3/4 ton to start.

My main questions are, what's the best 3/4 or 1-ton pickup to buy for hauling? Is there viable business out there for the small loads I'd like to do? Any other advice is appreciated. Again, this won't be a full time operation, just something on side for some extra income.

I can't thank you all and this site enough for the help and information
Matt

Intl Freight Forwarder/Customs Brokers

grantstepp12 — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:37:17 GMT

We are looking for overseas custom's brokers to give us quotes on heavy equipment to the Middle East, Africa, and South America. Can you recommend any? We buy at Ritchie, haul to our location in Americus, GA, refurbish equipment and ship overseas. We can containerize eq on our yard. Most of our customers want the frt quote overseas before they buy. Thanks.

using this shipper (hauler123)

canuck901 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:51:07 GMT

I have booked a shipment with Hauler123 he has 5 feedback and looks ok so far
are the DOT and MC numbers valid and is everything looking good with this hauler

thanks

* Company: C&M CAR HAULERS
* Business Type: Independent Trucker (Owner Operator)
* Carrier Operation: Interstate

* DOT Number: 1807616
* MC Number: 656988

Failure to deliver car hbtrailerservices

acboat — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:51:36 GMT

I found Kirk on uship. He picked up and delivered dozens of shipments for our companies, with few problems. We even helped him get his powersports business started; letting him use our auction account. But I guess memories are short.
But in May he picked up a car to go North to New York and never looked back. It was assumed that he would take a couple of weeks to deliver it, and we were OK with that. But after the two week mark, he won't answer calls and can't be contacted. It has been months now. Did he steal the car? Does he still have it?
Kirk Donohue has been forthright in the past, but now we need him to do the right thing and return the car to us.
I hope that Kirk does read this ( hbtrailerservices ) and that he makes good on his word. That way I can come back here and write a positive comment rather than taking this further.

acboat

rebate

shyana123 — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:13:18 GMT

I wondering how to get my rebate that was offered. The rebate form told me to come back after it was completed. and now it is and i can't find the link

companys who pack and ship? New here, help please

bceltic — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:41:53 GMT

Hello, Im new here, and would like to start using this site for online auctions sales. Id like to find companys that pick items up unpacked and will pack them and ship them. I've read several company profiles, but havent seen anything that sugest quotes for picking up and packing? Any suggestions?

Need to contact a specific provider ---am new here and am lost!

bonkers — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:27:11 GMT

Trying to locate where I request a bid from a specific provider--- I can find their profile but not where to click for a bid request?????? I feel so dense sometimes!

Asking the right questions!

kincadebauer — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:22:36 GMT

I'm currently trying to do my first shipment of an RV with Uship, and I'm hoping for a bit of advice. I appear to have irritated one of the prospective bidders with a 'newbie' question of "are you insured and bonded" as I incorrectly assumed that shippers were bonded (like local movers). They then retracted their bid.

We will be shipping a brand new RV from Illinois to Utah and now that I've read the forums a bit I'm wondering if these are the right questions?

-what is your DOT and MC numbers?
-will your insurance company fax me a statement of coverage?

I'm curious about the following 2 topics also:

-should I be asking if they have a transport plate? the trailer will not be registered yet as we need it present in the state to do so, but it will have a bill of sale and MSO.
-do shippers insurance companies add me or the trailer as additional insured for the shipment, or is that automatic with the shipment (a prospective bidder is telling me that shippers do not add the cargo and that it is automatically covered).

Thanks for any help you can give, trying to do this right the first time!

New 2 Uship

mustluvpets — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:30:09 GMT

Can anyone out there help me? Would like to TALK 2 someone on the phone about being a new service provider on USHIP. Is that possible????

Dispute between Buyer and Seller...service provider caught in middle!

coreygreat — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:09:57 GMT

First, no money has changed hands: buyer, seller, or service provider. I picked up some car parts and am on my way to deliver to buyer (also uship person who accepted my bid, payment on delivery), seller forgot a few parts (innocently, I believe) and buyer refuses to pay seller, but buyer still wants me to deliver items. Seller says he'll start a dispute with me and uship, if I do deliver. Seller says he will pay to return items to him. What does service provider(ME) do?!!!

ABSOLUTELY UNPROFESSIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE

vlasaty — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:55:52 GMT

i received an email and a phone call from nationwide auto transport in regards to my listing on uship to have my vehicle shipped from california to new york. upon my call i asked for the extension the email and voice mail advised me to ask for. after my transfer to that extension, a man's voice came on the line "hey". i replied "um, hi". he says without additional greeting or identifying who he was "whats your job number or who gave you the quote". i said "chrisopher hemperley" just like the email and voice mail stated. he said "well thats me but theres no way i gave you a quote because i only do automobile shipping". i said "um, i am looking to have a vehicle shipped". he said "oh oh oh im sorry BABY". with the weirdness of the start of this conversation i was not comfortable with being called BABY, i replied "did you just call me baby?" the man proceded to degrade me and call me "a fool" and honestly i couldnt understand him at all because he was yelling and on a roll. i handed the phone to my husband who listened to the ranting and raving. the end result, is we hung up and were in shock at this "torretts like syndrome" behavior. i just wanted everyone out there to beware of this company. this man had no care in the world at how he was talking to us as customers. i cant believe a person like that is called a "senior moving consultant". very very scary...

Suggestions of Insurance Carriers Needed

jenn349 — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:06:54 GMT

Looking to become properly insured since we are working towards getting our MC# & DOT# - not that we weren't properly insured...ok, so we were using personal insurance instead of commercial. We've decided after a month of trying out transporting that it can be a lot of fun and we want to do it legally.

Anyone have any great suggestions for commercial insurance companies we can request quotes from in the USA - we're specifically in VA but travel across state lines. We thought we could use our personal insurance company but they will only go out as far as 500 miles and won't fill out the required forms...so we're outta luck there. Help! Any and all constructive suggestions are welcome

Thanks in advance for your help!

Jenn & Tommy

Cargo Insurance

LGarrison — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:51:17 GMT

It seem that most of the TSP here don't know what cargo insurance is.....
Your truck insurance will not cover the boat or the cars on your trailer, or the RV, household, pets, that's behind you.
Some of these people are moving $50.000 boats at $.60 a pound.
I'm very glad to have the proper insurance to protect myself.

insurance?

TradewindsTransportation — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:49:14 GMT

What is insurance and why should I bother with such an inconvenient expense? It seems no body cares if you have this thing called insurance. It seems like an oil pressure gauge, got one but never needed it, yet.

GovDeals.com

william32 — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:49:33 GMT

Has anyone ever bought a vehicle from govdeals.com and and it shipped to them? Was wondering if it was a hassle.

Moving within Boston

pithkumar — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:20:10 GMT

Hi, While searching for cheap movers , I found Uship. Have not heard about this before. I'm moving from Malden,MA to Quincy,MA (~ 20 miles). I haev a bed, 4 big suitcases and some utensils(wont be more than 3 boxes).. How much would it approximately cost ?

Thanks!!

Steelhorsetransport

jenn349 — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:35:46 GMT

Liked your terms & conditions and wanted to get more information on how to do this right and it looks like you have an awesome handle on what is right and wrong. Can you be of assistance to a new Uship transporter? Thanks, in advance.