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Booked my own truck spot in Phoenix instead of waiting on a broker, saved $340
I needed to move my Civic from Phoenix to Portland and every broker kept quoting me $1,100 with a 2 week pickup window. I got tired of waiting so I called a small yard in Phoenix directly and asked if they had a truck heading north, and they squeezed me in for $760 with a 3 day window. Does anyone else just skip the brokers and call yards direct, or did I get lucky here?
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finley_harris525d ago
Saved $340 calling a yard direct is real. I read a thread on a car shipping forum where a guy did the same thing from Tucson to Denver and cut about $300 off the broker quote. The catch is you gotta be flexible on dates since those little yards only run north when they got a full load. Brokers just mark up the same trucks anyway, so you basically skipped the middleman.
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derekjackson25d ago
Man, the flexible dates part is what gets people every time. You said the little yards only run north when they got a full load, and that is the whole deal right there. I feel for anyone stuck on a tight schedule because they end up paying broker prices no matter what. It stinks that saving real money means you gotta sit around waiting for a truck to fill up. But hey, $340 back in your pocket is $340, and I would wait a few extra days for that any time.
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