Carrier was excellent, customer service... not so much

Joyce Submitted this review about Magic Carpet Auto Transport
Review made Live: 9/29/2012 3:19:00 PM
I've used Magic Carpet in the past for a move from OH to TX and the experience was Excellent. This time I was moving from the TX/MX border to MD and my time frame to move was tight. Much to my surprise, I got a carrier in about 24 hours from the time I called and he said he was 40 min. away! Needless to say I had to really scramble to finish selling furniture, pack, rent a car and make one-way flight reservations, but all turned out well. I was happy to get a carrier so I'm not complaining.

The driver was a Russian guy from Den Transport who was a pleasure to work with. Luckily, all turned out well again because he arrived here in MD a few hours before my flight landed so I didn't need to go through the expense of another rental. The bottomline is that my vehicle was picked up early and arrived early without any damage. Also, while expensive, the price was competitive with other 5 star carriers.

My complaint is with the customer service I received this time from my primary contact person. The problem is after the initial call, I didn't hear from her again until about 45 days later and that was to ask me for a 5 star review for her performance review that's coming up! Even though I find her actions offensive, I don't want to penalize Magic Carpet by leaving a low rating, but in good conscious I cannot leave a 5 star rating. I don't mind anyone asking me for a 5 star rating, but not after you didn't contact me for 45 days after our initial review and only because your performance review is coming up. This was a major move (for me, $1,300. is a lot of money) so I thought at least a one minute follow-up call would have been in order at some point. Hopefully, she will use this as a learning experience in working for a 5 star company.

Company Response
Terry Williams from Magic Carpet Auto Transport Submitted this response.
Response Date: 9/29/2012 7:32:00 PM
~***Please contact KALEIGH JO MONTGOMERY @ 800-901-6452, 360-834-2900 OR kaleigh@magiccarpetautotransport.com for your Complimentary Quote and for warm welcoming, honest service!!***~ - - - - - Thank you for posting your review on Transport Reviews. I will take your feedback and use it, however, I do know that your experience working with me was unfortunately not what it could have been, and you did not get to experience the level of customer service I am highly capable of providing, and on a daily basis, do provide to so many of Magic’s customers. I will state though, that I thought a follow up call had been made after the delivery of your vehicle was confirmed by the carrier. My schedule has me in the office Thursday – Monday, so if anything occurs on my orders while I am out on Tuesdays and Wednesday, typically my manager or a co-worker will follow up with the customer. When this follow up call is made it doesn’t always mean the representative speaks with the customer, but it suggests that an attempt was made. When I returned back to work on August 30th, I had a message stating that your vehicle had been delivered successfully and a follow up call had been made. I [wrongly] assumed that you had been provided with 5 star customer service & a follow up call. For this assumption, I apologize. Like I said above, I will take your feedback and use it positively, & I will not assume that something has been done until I verify it myself, as to avoid an oversight like this in the future. I am sorry that you feel you received 2 STAR Customer Service, but I can assure you, it was not intentional, and it is not a common thing for myself or Magic Carpet. Thank you again for your business and I wish you all the best.