Although I should have a lot more time on my hands, I don't. So, I thought it would be a good idea to ship a car versus moving it myself to save a little time. I contacted three "shippers" which popped up on the internet which appeared to be solid performers. Major mistake. I was bombarded with in excess of 100 text messages, calls, and email messages. After the dust settled and 24-hours passed, I made a list. I quit at 60 "shippers", however, the list was well over 100+. I then sorted them by price, lowest to highest, by name, POC, and phone number. Pricing went from $197 to $650. I called the first four, and the last two. All six were the same exact deal. That ordeal was collectively around eight hours, give or take.

Not shippers. They were all Brokers. So, no earthly clue who was picking up my car since the Brokers did something along the lines of uShip. Not a fan of the hidden auction by the broker to the lowest bidder. Plus, what value is added by the broker? All six had the same exact answers to my handful of questions. What a mess.

So, my lesson learned is never deal with a broker and never reach out to these folks. Deal with the actual shipper of the vehicle if you can. Beware of the BS of a "family owned" company. The shippers the "family owned" business uses are folks who bid the lowest price to pick up a vehicle.

I will figure out a cost-effective way to pick up the vehicle or drive the vehicle home.

After ten years dealing with older German steel, I have learned two major lessons when buying older German steel.

First Lesson -- visit and inspect the car first before buying

Second lesson -- be careful when contacting "shippers" ...

This time invested with "shippers" would have been about the same amount of time invested driving to pick up the car and either tow it home or drive it home ...