6 Tricks Unscrupulous Auto Transports Use to Take Your Money 1. Take a deposit up front before they have a truck available. Try getting your money back will be more of a headache than you think...especially if you've signed a contract with them. 2.    Signing a contract with them...read the fine print VERY CLOSELY...start by looking at the jurisdiction venue if you should have to take them to court for deposit or damages...more often than not it will be in THEIR county and state...forcing you to retain a lawyer there or fly to appear...99% of people are taken by this trick. 3.    Upgrading the service...you get a quote so low you can't believe it...you sign on with them and your car never gets picked up after you've made the deposit...then they tell you you need to "upgrade" to priority service, by sending them $200 more...they are banking on the fact that most people will pay or disapear in frustration... 4.    Taking your deposit, then they promise the transport driver more money...when the truck delivers your vehicle the driver refuses to release it to you unless you pay more money than what you were told... 5.    Unlicensed and uninsured transports...they give your vehicle to a transport that doesn't meet federal requirements...they negotiate a deal with the fly-by-night transport saving themselves money but you see your car delivered and it's damaged..you have NO recourse against them...highly unprofessional. BEWARE! 6.    Promises,promises...they tell you an exact time and date of pickup while trying to get your deposit money...transports can and do occasionally break down or run behind, it's a fact of life...dispatchers will make promises just to get your deposit! Moving your car should never be like this...there are honest brokers and transports out there. Just make sure whoever you work with is licensed and insured/bonded and they don't attempt to use these "tricks" on you.