I bought a rare, beautiful Italian Lancia car in the Netherlands. The dealer there arranged ocean shipping to Freeport, Texas. The shipper arranged with Horizon to handle the US side of the project. The shipping company decided to drop my car in Jacksonville, Florida. I contacted Samantha at Horizon who said the shipping company would send my car by truck to Freeport, Texas. I explained to Samantha every time the car is loaded and unloaded, there's another chance for damage. She agreed and quoted a rate of $900 for car transport from Jacksonville to Tulsa. (Originally, it was supposed to be $650 from Texas). I agreed and Samantha said she would put my car "on the board" for shipping. The next day I called Samantha to find out if my car had been picked up from the port of Jacksville. She said it would take a couple of days. This was on a Friday. On Monday, I called, Samantha wasn't in. I asked to Speak with Mardy Schweitzer, the owner. Mardy dove into a lengthy diatribe about the shortage of drivers and how hard it is to find drivers these days. Samatha joined the call and asked if I wanted to offer more money to have my car picked up(!) I told her that sounded a lot like hostage negotiation. She said she would keep looking for someone to pick up my car. I told her I was concerned about it sitting on the docks in Jacksonville in the salt air for an indefinite time. She told me I should have shipped it in a container. I told her I expected her to arrange all the shipping. The message on hold at Horizon, which I heard quite a lot, states, "just sit back and relax and leave the shipping to us." I explained to Samantha that her service really hadn't been relaxing at all. She told me I could have used another shipping company (Except, this company was arranged through the shipper in the Netherlands). By Tuesday, July 3, I had had quite enough of Horizon Auto Shipping. I contacted another car transport who told me they could pick up my car that day. It was more money, but by that time, I had no confidence in Horizon and just wanted to get my car. When I told Samantha I was concerned about damage to my car, Samantha said, "there are no guarantees in the shipping business." Mardy said, "You should have bought insurance" (I had, but I was paying this company to handle the logistics. In the end, I found Horizon to be an absolutely horrible company with which to work and I cannot emphasize loudly enough how much I would discourage prospective customers from using this company. Fortunately, I'm only out an additional $450, and from the various reviews I've read, I'm very lucky. Also, check with the Houston BBB for more horror stories. read more