Business ProfileforAlbatross Auto Shipping

This company is a ONE BIG SCAM! First time ever needed to ship the car from Michigan to Texas. I received several quotes. Agent from company sounded trustworthy and assured about their service. But very quickly I realized that all they need is $200 nonrefundable deposit. After deposit was paid by Venmo (big mistake!) started the game of extortion and aggravation. I was receiving daily phone calls during work time. Original quote on contract of $550 was “not good anymore” and they started to ask for more and more money. I refused, stating that it was not a price agreed on the contract and told if they cannot stick to the contract to refund my deposit. Instead they offered me to explore “the other options” technically forcing me to cancel my contract after which the deposit is not refundable (according to the contract). After 4 days they sent me another contract this time for $900 and said that the car will be picked up in few days because the truck trailer is broken! They gave phone number to the driver. Amazingly the driver had the same foreign accent and on background I could hear sounds like office chatter. Driver assured that he “knows this company and agent very well”. I had the feeling that he was sitting next to the “agent” and was part of the scheme. Finally realizing that I was scammed, I called other company with good BBB feedback. My car was picked up and shipped without problem and aggravation in timely manner. Albatros Trucking Co refused to refund my deposit, claiming that I cancelled my contract which I never did and will try to get my my deposit back. They even have the guts to send me repeated texts with offers “as valuable customer” for future shipments and referrals!!! Angry, first of all on myself for missing all the “red flags”, I am writing this review to prevent other people from being ripped off. I will file the complaints with BBB and State of Tennessee or other institutions.