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[Buzz Kanter]

Just had a great experience with a long distance motorcycle hauler named Jim Carter Jr who I'd like to recommend to the members of this motorcycle forum. Good and promt service at a great price.

Email to contact him is salesxtreamvoip@hotmail.com

He hauled my 1955 Moto Guzzi from California to Connecticut for $400. He picked it up last Thursday or Friday and delivered to me in Connecticut a week later (Thursday).

I found him through uShip - The Online Shipping Marketplace - Ship Freight, Furniture, Vehicles or Moves

[unclepsycho]

Great deal Buzz...
as you may remember, the bike going the opposite direction cost me $700. and it took just under 3 weeks.

[Gas Man]

Glad my uship recomendation worked!!!

[street bob]

Uship is a place where shippers bid on shipping your bike, isn't it!!!!!

[Gas Man]

Yep... seems to work well for many.

[Buzz Kanter]

Thanks Gas Man, I'd never heard of this service until you mentioned it.

I move a lot of motorcycles around and will probably use uship.com to bid on them from now on. I like to save money if I can still get good quality in service.

[Gas Man]

No problem Buzz. I save links like that for the just in case

Plus you are supporting a individual guy not some big corp.

Its a win win I suppose

[KRC]

There are extremely good detailed articles and "comments" about Uship at the links below. Actually, they are good for any shipping that a person is considering having done, especially through the intenet.

I think that the 1st and last links are the most educational.

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/d...online-movers/

http://www.examiner.com/x-5187-Movin...e-safe--Part-I

http://www.examiner.com/x-5187-Movin...-safe--Part-II

http://www.examiner.com/x-5187-Movin...safe--Part-III

http://www.examiner.com/x-5187-Movin...t-IV?#comments

http://reloroundtable.com/blog/?p=3426

Uship's Top 100 transporters for 2008
http://www.stopillegaltrucking.com/f...php?f=31&t=688

Look at what the state of California has to say about UShip and the cautions that need to be exercised.
Move It ? Don?t Lose It : AsianWeek

FYI: The members of Stop Illegal Trucking & Truckers Forum-Legal Boat Transport & Shipping will help anyone check out a Carrier's credentials for "legality" of the Carrier absoulutely free!

The web site is 100% free and open to to public. Just scan through the forums. No registration required except if you want to post something. Even then, it's 100% free with no catches/gimmicks. They do this to support their cause.



Here's even a better way to become familiar with Uship.

Google the phrase below:

Uship feedback negative rating



After initial results appear, scroll down to where is says:
Show more results from uShip and click on that.


Then scroll down to where it says:
Show all results from uShip and click on that.

[street bob]

I used uship to get my bike home from Arizona. When getting bids, Jim Carter Jr. came in at the lowest. $350.00. I hired him through uship and he called me 5 minutes later. We made the deal and he picked my bike up 6 hrs later. Its supposed to be here by next Fri. I'll let you all know how it ends up.

[KRC]

Here's some info that may be of interest to you. Take note that it was last documented that he has "pirated" MC and DOT#'s posted to his UShip profile. These numbers belong to someone else that has been placed Out Of Service "OOS" by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).

What he and 1000's of others are doing through the use of UShip, defines them as a Commercial Vehicle by law. Thus they are required to have their vehicles equipped in the same manner as as semi (vehicle markings, safety equipment, DOT physical, commercial insurances, logbook etc...).

Commercial insurances alone average approx $600 a month. These so called carriers on UShip are transporting illegally and thus avoiding this federally mandated overhead. That's why it's so cheap.

With that said, you are at great risk as well. You have NO recourse in the case of property damage, theft etc..... It is strictly a civil matter at your expense. There are many ongoing investigations due to the ripoffs on UShip.

This is the link to the information the folks at Stop illegal Trucking have thus far on Mr Carter.

STOP ILLEGAL TRUCKING.com • View topic - Legal name: Jim Carter UShip ID: Multiple

While on the site Stop Illegal Trucking & Truckers Forum-Legal Boat Transport & Shipping be sure to look through the forums for a sampling of the overall magnitude of this problem. You DON'T even have to register to look through the site.

Case in point: When Mr Carter shows up, you won't see vehicle markings with business name, DOT and Motor Carrier number. Why? Because he's operating illegally!

Last but not least, when you hire an illegal carrier, you can be sued if that carrier has an accident and injures and/or kills someone. Read this:

STOP ILLEGAL TRUCKING.com • View topic - Can Shippers be Held Liable

I wish you the best of luck. You might want to pass the word along or there will always continue to be more victims. UShip and the illegally operating carriers are simply exploiting your lack of knowledge of the law.

Afterall, how many people are aware of the fact that vehicles as small as a pickup truck could very well fall into the definition of a commercial vehicle and have to abide by the same laws as a semi? NOT many!