10/11: uship.com makes news with another person who will never see their possessions again.....
Category: Freight News
Posted by: froglog
Posted HERE: MyFox Washington DC, and PDF of webpage: HERE
Cheaper isn't always better, just ask a former DC resident in the middle of an online moving nightmare (uship.com is the cause of the online nightmare).
Only half of Diana Dillon's belongings made it to her new home in Los Angeles and now the other half is getting ready to hit the auction block.
The newly-wed Dillan and her husband paid shipper TMB Enterprises $1,300 dollars to move their furnishings from their Dupont Circle area condo to California, but found half of their belongings missing when the truck got to LA.
Dillon says Tyrone McMath, the owner of the company, told her that he would store her things in a storage facility in Upper Marlboro for free. But the Storage company says the shipper didn't pay the storage fee and they're auctioning off her items Tuesday.
Fox5 tried to contact McMath, but he didn't return our phone call. Dillon says he stopped returning her calls and emails as well.
There are several complaints about TMB Enterprises misrepresenting themselves and their services on the website uship.com, where Dillon found them initially. (This is common because uship does not screen their carriers but is only out to take money and HIDE the thefts from public view).
"Unfortunately, the storage company is simply a third party to this transaction," says John Breyault of the National Consumers League. "The real party at fault appears to be the shipper" (from uship.com's illegal carrier pool).
Advocates suggest that online searches can save you money, but always check the reputation on history of whatever moving company you hire. Freight88.com suggests that you stay far away from uship.com and the scammers that are lurking there to steal from you.
Dillon says she's going to show up at the auction and buy her belongings back if she has to.
Cheaper isn't always better, just ask a former DC resident in the middle of an online moving nightmare (uship.com is the cause of the online nightmare).
Only half of Diana Dillon's belongings made it to her new home in Los Angeles and now the other half is getting ready to hit the auction block.
The newly-wed Dillan and her husband paid shipper TMB Enterprises $1,300 dollars to move their furnishings from their Dupont Circle area condo to California, but found half of their belongings missing when the truck got to LA.
Dillon says Tyrone McMath, the owner of the company, told her that he would store her things in a storage facility in Upper Marlboro for free. But the Storage company says the shipper didn't pay the storage fee and they're auctioning off her items Tuesday.
Fox5 tried to contact McMath, but he didn't return our phone call. Dillon says he stopped returning her calls and emails as well.
There are several complaints about TMB Enterprises misrepresenting themselves and their services on the website uship.com, where Dillon found them initially. (This is common because uship does not screen their carriers but is only out to take money and HIDE the thefts from public view).
"Unfortunately, the storage company is simply a third party to this transaction," says John Breyault of the National Consumers League. "The real party at fault appears to be the shipper" (from uship.com's illegal carrier pool).
Advocates suggest that online searches can save you money, but always check the reputation on history of whatever moving company you hire. Freight88.com suggests that you stay far away from uship.com and the scammers that are lurking there to steal from you.
Dillon says she's going to show up at the auction and buy her belongings back if she has to.
