There is an online Company called "Uship." On their website, it says "Ship With Confidence Guarantee." What they do, is they list thousands of third party providers (shipping companies), who will offer bids on the items that Consumers need shipped, from Antiques, to cars, to household items, long or short distances. It says it will automatically compensate you for up to $500 in the case of damage or loss. It also advertises "all risk protection," and "faster reimbursements." I offered a listing of 2 Antique Church Windows that I purchased online, that were located in Athens, TN. I accepted bids through Uship for a shipper to carry them to me in Trinity, NC. I paid $525 for the windows and I have a receipt. I purchased $50 worth of insurance on Uship, to cover my $500 item that I listed to ship. Apparently Uship claims to insure items up to $500 anyway, so was my $50 of insurance I purchased to help me regain an additional $500 if lost, stolen or damaged? If not, why was I not informed the $50 was not necessary? That was very unclear. I have shipped other items before using Uship, and luckily had no problems. I accepted a bid from a Stevia Franko for $290 to bring my church windows from Athens, TN to me in NC. I was charged a $27.90 service fee by Uship, and $50 for the Insurance, making my total bill $367.90
The way it works, is the consumer receiving the shipment should only release the payment once the items are delivered. The Shipper very quickly began to show signs of negligence and dishonesty. I gave her to contact name & number of where to pick up the windows. She rescheduled approximately 4 times, and I decided I was going to cancel the shipper and try a different one. Before I could get to the computer to cancel, the shipper picked up the items, and while they were in her possession, she asked me to release the payment before they were delivered. She said she didn't have gas money to deliver the windows. This was very alarming. I refused to release the payment. She wound somehow in Nashville, TN with my windows, and said she could not deliver them after all. Luckily I had a friend in Nashville, who I was able to persuade her to drop them off with. My windows are now 3 hours farther away from me than they were before, and in my friend's way, as they are being kept in his garage and are very fragile. I have placed another listing for the window delivery on the site, not knowing any other way to get them here. It will certainly cost more than the $290 I agreed to pay for delivery now that they are 3 hours father away. The bids I am seeing online now to bring my window from Nashville, TN to Trinity, NC are almost $800! Uship refunded me $317.90, but they won't refund me the difference I will have to pay to get them here now, which is looking like it will be around $500. They won't pay me any of the $500 they claim I paid to insure this shipment, or any of the $500 they claim to automatically offer with every shipment. Instead they gave me a "credit" of $50 to use their site again. I have reached out to Uship to inquire as to whether the $50 credit would include another insurance policy on another shipment, or if I would have to pay an additional $50 to insure the next shipment, when it already says they guarantee every shipment up to $500 automatically. They said the $50 credit is only for their "service fee," so if I have to ship using them again, I now have to pay them an additional $50 which I will never see again. I would not have purchased the windows if I had known this could even happen. I would not have used Uship, had I known they would not refund me the entire amount, or even for the difference it will now cost. Their practices are deceptive, and the average consumer cannot know that they are deceptive. Their policies are fraudulent. Uship should not offer words on their site like "We help you ship with confidence," and words like "All Risk Protection." All risk should be all risk. Even when a shipper goes awol for two days, and delivers an item father away than they were to begin with, leaving me to find another way to get my shipment to me. Instead of faster reimbursements as they offer, I was given none. Only a credit, so essentially I paid a Company $50 to make my delivery harder to get, and I will lose more money as it will cost more to get them delivered now. read more