Shipping cars

["Hardwick, Robert C" <Robert.Hardwick@PSS.Boeing.com>]

You may recall my elation at finding a low mileage 1990 90 20V in
Chattanooga.  My memory of that peaky, free-revving engine is remaining
a memory as I wait...and wait, for its arrival.

May 9:  car delivered to shipping terminal in Atlanta; claimed shipping
time 9 to 16 days
May 15: told car due in Tacoma, WA on May 20 - 22; car currently in NJ
May 20: told car due "       "         "         May 23 - 24; car still
in NJ
May 22: told car on truck coming up from Portland, OR; Tacoma arrival
that afternoon
May 23: I arrive at work at 6AM, racing to clear afternoon schedule in
order to drive & bus 60 miles through Memorial Day departure traffic to
Tacoma terminal before 5PM closing;  verification call finds that
they've tracked wrong truck;  told that my car didn't leave Atlanta
until evening of May 21; told that car currently in... you guessed it -
NJ; claimed arrival in Tacoma now to be May 28 or 29.  

The freight company calls itself "Dependable Auto Shippers, Inc.".
Their fee was $1050.  Make of my experiences what you will.

robert hardwick, seattle usa

PS:  I feel a little better now.  Thanks.