The way this company does business is like traveling in a third world country.
If you are shipping an item, even though you think it's going with Greyhound, you find out after the fact that you are getting Ind. Trails and/or other companies...
1) There is no tracking number. Their computer system doesn't handle tracking numbers. Their computer system doesn't link to any other company's computer system (like Greyhound) so there could be continuous tracking.
2) There is no insurance. They don't sell insurance. The Declared Value they request only allows them to charge you more to ship it if your item is worth more. Presumably you have to show a claim number to "claim" your item assuming it gets to the destination. You know, like you always have to do that at the airport, right? As if the recipient has any official claim check to present anyway; the receipt and so-called "claim check" are with the sender, you have nothing. So no one else who thinks your item looks interesting needs anything to pick it up and off with it either....which leads to....
3) Since there is no tracking number, if your item is changing carriers en route, and sitting there waiting to be loaded, over days perhaps, whenever they have room, anyone can walk off with your item. And the company won't know what happened to it. Tough luck.
4) I don't know how many times the person said, "Once it's off our bus, it's out of our hands..." If it connects with another carrier, repeat the previous sentence. Did I say there is no insurance so even when it's "in their hands" you are on your own if the item disappears, is damaged, or destroyed. Nice.
5) Are you putting together the pieces that this company accepts no responsibility or accountability whatsoever? It's all about luck.
6) Since there is no tracking system, you get to call the stops (not a toll-free number, of course) and ask if your item left. Remember, no tracking number at other locations either; describe the box your item is in... To try to gauge when your item might arrive at the destination, you can spend literally hours a stop to find out if your item left that stop. If you have 4 stops, you get to call 4 different locations. You can spend hours, like I have, periodically all day to try to get through to one location; you know, you get the message about "we're sorry, we're experiencing high call volume" continuously throughout the day, so much so that it's more likely no one showed up for work or just put the phone on voicemail the whole day...(s?).
7) You call the home office to ask them to contact the location you are trying to reach. They have no way to contact anyone at that location: they use the same phone number that the public uses, no email, etc. (How does a business run at all this way??)
8) While you are on hold for the ***ieth time, listening to the same music reel, you know, and the music keeps spotting in and out, so you get the idea about their phone system too, but you'll have pleny of time to type a "yelp" review. By the way, the next time you call, they'll be closed for the day, but the voicemail message is unchanged, and you're only calling because the previous station said that they're open until 10:30pm...Oh, right, open, perhaps, they just don't answer the phone after hours, or at all.
And how much money did you think you were saving by going this theoretically "less expensive" route and thinking that your item would arrive safely?
Welcome to the third world country of Indian Trails. Lotsa luck! read more