I used uShip to search for a courier to transport a kitten for me from Hot Springs, Arkansas to Ada, Oklahoma. In my ad searching for a courier I specified that the kitten must arrive in 24 hours or less (due to the relatively short distance and allowing for other pickups and/or deliveries along the way). Several bids were placed and I wrote to each of the final bidders asking when pickup and dropoff would take place if I booked with them. Esk replied "just about any day" and I liked that because it is less stress on the kitten, so even though someone with more feedback had made a lower bid I booked with Esk. Once I made the booking and his contact info was released to me, I discovered he is this guy:
http://www.queerty.com/the-tea-party-candidate-who-openly-supports-stoning-gays-to-death-20140611 That made me uneasy and a little bit nauseated. But I contacted him anyway, to see how he would sound. He told me he had another driver who would be doing the job and to call that person. Further, he said that person would pick the kitten up in Hot Springs and go to Nashville Tennessee from there, and then on to Omaha Nebraska, before finally bringing the kitten to me. This is not what I requested in my listing and also very detrimental to a kitten to do that much unnecessary traveling. I voiced my concern and he said he could have his driver pick her up after he made his route, on his way back
from Nebraska. However that would take some time and again, is not what I was led to believe with his "just about any day" statement. Since that had been the deciding factor for me when accepting his bid over the less expensive bid from another user with better feedback and more experience, I was quite disappointed. So I spoke to my husband who said Hot Springs is just 4 hours from here, he would go get my kitten. And he did. I requested a cancellation of my booking via uShip, stating the transport was no longer needed. 8 hours went by with not a peep from him so I sent a text asking him to please log in and accept the cancellation. He called me, but I was away from my phone and didn't notice until
very late at night so I went to bed, certain I would wake up to a completed cancellation and refund the next morning. Instead I was awakened at 5:31 a.m. by a group text where he was giving my contact info to the other courier to contact me. I spent a big part of my morning explaining to him why I was cancelling (he wanted to know because he said it I highly unusual to cancel after booking but based on his feedback score of 40 completed jobs and 7 cancellations, it's not THAT unusual). Still I waited. No cancellation came. No refund came. Finally I let him know I would appreciate a prompt resolution. He replied that he was too busy to log in to uShip and check the little box accepting my cancellation and that
it would be later in the day. This made me insanely mad. If he had time to call me, to text me and this other courier he was wanting me to use, then he had time to do the cancellation and refund. I waited the whole day, nothing. I let him know there was no use trying to force me to let him do the transport because my husband already picked up the kitten. I believe he is intentionally prolonging my refund simply to be a jerk because I cancelled. Beware of this man.
Esk's Excellent Courier Service Reviews
I used uShip to search for a courier to transport a kitten for me from Hot Springs, Arkansas to Ada, Oklahoma. In my ad searching for a courier I specified that the kitten must arrive in 24 hours or less (due to the relatively short distance and allowing for other pickups and/or deliveries along the way). Several bids were placed and I wrote to each of the final bidders asking when pickup and dropoff would take place if I booked with them. Esk replied "just about any day" and I liked that because it is less stress on the kitten, so even though someone with more feedback had made a lower bid I booked with Esk. Once I made the booking and his contact info was released to me, I discovered he is this guy:
http://www.queerty.com/the-tea-party-candidate-who-openly-supports-stoning-gays-to-death-20140611 That made me uneasy and a little bit nauseated. But I contacted him anyway, to see how he would sound. He told me he had another driver who would be doing the job and to call that person. Further, he said that person would pick the kitten up in Hot Springs and go to Nashville Tennessee from there, and then on to Omaha Nebraska, before finally bringing the kitten to me. This is not what I requested in my listing and also very detrimental to a kitten to do that much unnecessary traveling. I voiced my concern and he said he could have his driver pick her up after he made his route, on his way back
from Nebraska. However that would take some time and again, is not what I was led to believe with his "just about any day" statement. Since that had been the deciding factor for me when accepting his bid over the less expensive bid from another user with better feedback and more experience, I was quite disappointed. So I spoke to my husband who said Hot Springs is just 4 hours from here, he would go get my kitten. And he did. I requested a cancellation of my booking via uShip, stating the transport was no longer needed. 8 hours went by with not a peep from him so I sent a text asking him to please log in and accept the cancellation. He called me, but I was away from my phone and didn't notice until
very late at night so I went to bed, certain I would wake up to a completed cancellation and refund the next morning. Instead I was awakened at 5:31 a.m. by a group text where he was giving my contact info to the other courier to contact me. I spent a big part of my morning explaining to him why I was cancelling (he wanted to know because he said it I highly unusual to cancel after booking but based on his feedback score of 40 completed jobs and 7 cancellations, it's not THAT unusual). Still I waited. No cancellation came. No refund came. Finally I let him know I would appreciate a prompt resolution. He replied that he was too busy to log in to uShip and check the little box accepting my cancellation and that
it would be later in the day. This made me insanely mad. If he had time to call me, to text me and this other courier he was wanting me to use, then he had time to do the cancellation and refund. I waited the whole day, nothing. I let him know there was no use trying to force me to let him do the transport because my husband already picked up the kitten. I believe he is intentionally prolonging my refund simply to be a jerk because I cancelled. Beware of this man.