- John Q. Public contacts various auto shipping brokers to get a handful of auto shipping quotes
- He agrees to the cheapest quote, obtains and signs a contract agreement and his credit card is charged a deposit fee. Keep in mind that most brokers have already charged your credit card BEFORE securing truck space to ship your car. (At Auto Transporters Online, our standard practice is to only charge the deposit AFTER dispatching the vehicle for pickup.)
- The auto shipping broker then posts a shipping purchase order on an online trucking Website/s that truckers use to view/reserve available national auto shipping orders.
- If the purchase order is priced right (higher the better), the first trucker (in the area) to see the ad will ignore all others and reserve the pick-up. When the trucker confirms the reserve with the auto broker, the ad is removed.
- If the purchase order is priced too low (which is typically the case), truckers will ignore the pick-up in hopes of finding a higher paying load. Thus, the order has a higher probability of sitting for days and weeks. Keep in mind that most brokers have already charged your credit card BEFORE securing a trucker to ship the order.
- Fact. On any given day there are hundreds of open purchase orders posted. The best priced ones get picked up quickly, the worst sit for ages.
- Fact. The recent spikes in diesel fuel prices have crimped many a truckers’ ability to turn a profit.
- Fact. Many auto shipping brokers make promises that they cannot keep.
Auto Transporters Online provides a competitive pricing structure to get a car picked up and shipped in a timely manner. When we post our purchase orders, truckers compete to get the pick-up. In the majority of cases, the difference of a car being picked up quickly and a car sitting idly for days is usually around $100. Yes, you read it, around $100.
This is how Auto Transporters Online does it:
- John Q. Public contacts various brokers to get a handful of auto shipping quotes
- He agrees to Auto Transports Online (ATO) quote because he needs his car shipped affordably, quickly and safely.
- ATO then posts a shipping purchase order on an online trucking Website/s that truckers use to view/reserve available national auto shipping orders.
- The purchase order is priced competitively to get a trucker interested and the car is shipped quickly. The first qualified trucker (in the area) to see the ad will reserve the pick-up and if he/she meets our shipping standards, the order is reserved. When the approved trucker confirms acceptance of our stringent terms and conditions, the vehicle is dispatched for pickup and the ad is removed.
- Fact. On any given day there are hundreds of open purchase orders posted. Our purchase orders are priced to attract quality trucker interest and to get your car picked up and thus, delivered quickly.
- Fact. The recent spikes in diesel fuel prices have crimped many a truckers’ ability to turn a profit.
- We evaluate the industry rating history of all of the truckers that we use to ensure that they meet our requirements and therefore treat your car with care.
- We price our auto shipments competitively so as to generate trucker interest and thus get you your delivery affordably, quickly and on time. With four shipping plans to choose from, we offer a pricing structure that will accommodate any reasonable budget and shipping timeframe requirement.*
*The above information related to timeframes does not necessarily apply to remote locations.
