[mreid]

Be careful with those brokers. If anything happens, the shipper and broker point fingers at each other and you are the loser. Case in point, I recently shipped a 1974 911 from CA to TX using a shipper recommended by a friend. Turns out it was a broker and was shipped on an open carrier who drove through a hail storm! The Porsche was on the bottom, so no damage, but it was filthy. Among the dirt was a grease stain on the driver door. Otherwise, car looked great. I signed and drove it home. Once I cleaned it, I found a two inch scratch to metal under that grease stain. They used the grease to hide the damage done during shipping. No one will take responsibility and I signed the shipping documents, so i am out of luck.

Just be careful out there.