What a week. We got the news several days ago, right on schedule, that our trailer from Outbound Trailer was finished and ready to ship. ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
kshandralooked at what they wanted to charge for shipping, and decided to shop around on the advice of some people in her office. We got an amazing quote, went for it, and the trailer was supposed to be picked up last Friday.
And the driver never showed. Come Monday, we learn that the first driver was going to tow our brand new trailer the 1,500-odd miles from Hastings, Nebraska to Santa Clara. Yes, I want that much wear on my brand-new tires right away. Then we got told a flatbed could pick it up, but for TWICE the price we agreed to pay. The broker kept saying we had an estimate, folks, that document had contract written on it in several places. Cue both of us freaking out.
In the meantime, the amazing folks at Outbound were working with us. They actually found a solution that entailed meeting a truck in Madera, in the Central Valley, and picking up the trailer there. Want a laugh? The place we'd be meeting the driver was someplace I had been when I was driving for SuperShuttle. It's like a three-hour drive each way but would have saved us a lot of money. I figured this was going to be our best bet.
Until today when Casey called to say they had a driver heading our way who had some space! So now the trailer will be here (hopefully) next Wednesday and for only a tiny amount more than we originally got quoted from the weasel broker.
kshandralooked at what they wanted to charge for shipping, and decided to shop around on the advice of some people in her office. We got an amazing quote, went for it, and the trailer was supposed to be picked up last Friday.And the driver never showed. Come Monday, we learn that the first driver was going to tow our brand new trailer the 1,500-odd miles from Hastings, Nebraska to Santa Clara. Yes, I want that much wear on my brand-new tires right away. Then we got told a flatbed could pick it up, but for TWICE the price we agreed to pay. The broker kept saying we had an estimate, folks, that document had contract written on it in several places. Cue both of us freaking out.
In the meantime, the amazing folks at Outbound were working with us. They actually found a solution that entailed meeting a truck in Madera, in the Central Valley, and picking up the trailer there. Want a laugh? The place we'd be meeting the driver was someplace I had been when I was driving for SuperShuttle. It's like a three-hour drive each way but would have saved us a lot of money. I figured this was going to be our best bet.
Until today when Casey called to say they had a driver heading our way who had some space! So now the trailer will be here (hopefully) next Wednesday and for only a tiny amount more than we originally got quoted from the weasel broker.
