Transport our handicap van to Calif winter 2011

Suseela Submitted this review about Stateway Auto Transport
Review made Live: 5/16/2012 11:34:00 AM
Our transport situation was a big fiasco! They never found us a driver to transport the vehicle. We selected Stateway Auto to move our handicap equipped van from Michigan to California for for winter from December 2011-March 2012 . We read the reviews on-line, listened to their promises and put down the deposit. After that noone called us back for two weeks. When we called, their excuse in December was that due to XMAS rush they cannot find a driver. Then in January the excuse was that the market was swamped with transport request they can not accomodate us in our small town. So we said we will drive the van to Detroit, Lansing or Flint to meet the driver. Even then they could not arrange for a driver. Finally we cancelled the request in late January and requested a refund. Getting the refund was another fiasco entirely. It took them 2 1/2 months to process it. We made weekly phone calls, sent numerous emails and contacted pretty every single person in their operation to make it happen. When we finally had the chance to speak to the owner, the check showed up within couple of days. He was very apologetic. All the employees we spoke to along the way were very nice. BUT NOTHING GOT DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER. Especially the transport for which my mother was affected the most becuase it severly limited her mobility without it. If you are counting on your transport, DON"T COUNT ON THIS COMPANY. They don't deliver.

Company Response
Anna from Stateway Auto Transport Submitted this response.
Response Date: 5/20/2012 9:21:00 PM
Thank you Suseela for your valuable feedback. Stateway Auto Transport takes every customer's concerns very seriously. There are a few important things to point out with this order. When you scheduled, you did not explain to us that this van had specific additional equipment attached to it. These kinds of things can delay a shipment if we are not notified ahead of time. Our dispatchers tried to send a truck your way on numerous occasions but were unsuccessful due to the restrictions involved. When we were made aware of what took place, we immediately took action, refunded your deposit and made contact with you to confirm. The reason why it took longer to receive the refund was that your credit card was expired and we had to send you a check. After two weeks of not hearing from you, you called and said that you never received the check (which we sent to you) and that you wanted a new one sent. We did that immediately. It is also important to point out that your sales person Eric was fired three weeks ago. Apparently he had made you, and several other customers, believe that their vehicles would be shipped over the Holidays and that is simply not a possibility. We take our reputation very seriously and as soon as we were made aware of this, we let him go. Stateway ships 250+ cars every week. We have a 91% success rate at getting customers on a truck within 1-4 business days (the industry standard is 72%). Does this make us perfect? Absolutely not. However, when we are at fault, we always step up and do what is right. We apologize that you feel so inconvenienced and I can assure you that we did everything in our power to resolve this situation. Thank you for your time.