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Vehicle arrived weeks later and damaged.
I chose to go with this company to transport my vehicle from Brisbane to Perth as it had the best price and fastest delivery as per quote. 17 business days was the quote I received on the 30th of November. My car was then available 49 days later with a damaged tail light and missing aerial. I was given multiple false days of arrival which I had booked time off work to collect. My cost of the transport has added another $1000 for the parts I will now have to replace. In trying to justify these damages I’ve sent multiple emails & calls & no one seems to care or reply. I will never be using this business again & recommend anyone one of thinking to use them to read the countless reviews.
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Excellent service
SMB took our Mazda from Sydney to Forbes. It was no trouble to change pickup time and help arrange storage at Forbes Toyota. Very flexible. We would use SMB again anytime.
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Melissa JGreater Melbourne (Metropolitan), VIC
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Could not fault their service.
I was pleasantly surprised based on some of the negative reviews but honestly could not fault their service. My car was delivered from NSW much earlier than I expected and without a scratch. Would happily recommend SMB and use them again in future.
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Thank you for your review, the SMB team!
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Simple and quick
The process was made very simple. I received the vehicle quickly and without any issues. Based on other reviews I thought there would be issues, however, the only inconvenience when picking up the car was a flat battery which they helped me jumpstart the car on the spot promptly.
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Thanks Christian for your honest review!
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Ed DCunderdin
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Hassle free. We've used them twice
Both times have been significantly cheaper than alternatives. Did arrive a couple of weeks later than the promised ETA. Vehicles have arrived in good condition, pickup and drop off were hassle free.
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Thanks Ed for your review. We are working on an upgrade to inform customers about delays for the future.
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Quick and efficient transpirt of my vehicle
Had my vehicle transported Perth to Sydney over Christmas and they delivered well within the stated time frame with no issues what so ever. Would highly recommend this company and would use again
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Thank you Adam for your review and for your positive recommendation.
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AlannaDarwin, NT
- 2 reviews
My vehicle was damaged. Rude and unorganised!!
There are not very good processes to keep track of clients vehicles and possessions, or their associated delivery timelines. Communication is also severely lacking. I had to contact numerous people to find out when my vehicle was going to be delivered, all individuals were extremely rude and unhelpful. P & S paid their subcontractor SMB (contrary to other correspondence received) for the delivery of a vehicle that hadn’t even been delivered. In the original email and quote I was told the ETA was 16 working days and after booking and finalising...
Read more payment I was told 20 working days. After my car had finally arrived after 31 working days (6 weeks) I came to find dents and marks in the roof (where the straps must have been placed) and my antenna missing. Would I recommend P&S Logistics or SMB Car Transport? Absolutely not. To pay so much for a service to have my vehicle damaged, awful communication, rude service and an unrealistic (and extremely late) delivery time is absolutely disappointing to say the least.BAD SERVICE AND UNRELIABLE
We purchased a new van which was modified for use with a wheelchair and the supplier sent our finished van from Adelaide to Orange NSW with SMB. The delivery was very time critical as we needed the vehicle to travel and we can't just hire another car. The Adelaide depot was told that the vehicle had to be delivered within the 7 day time frame they advertise but the vehicle didn't arrive until a week later than promised.
I had to phone the head office everyday to chase up what was happening with the vehicle and was told they would ring me with u...
Avoid!
I used these guys to transport my car from WA to NSW and they bent the control rod on my car where it had been strapped down on the truck. It was a very scary drive from Sydney to the Sunshine Coast (after a wheel 'specialist' also missed this crucial default). They also said it would take 2-3 weeks for my car to arrive but it actually took just under 5 weeks. There was no communication, I was constantly having to chase them up for information. I chose these guys because they were cheap but it was futile because I had to pay to get my car fixed. When I tried to contact them to get some compensation they wouldn't return calls or emails. I will never use them again and warn all my friends and family against using them.
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I hope my comments be seen by senior management (CEO, Board ) of the company st strategic level
I hope my comments be seen by senior management (CEO, Board ) of the company st strategic level, you folks can not go on like this, you are heading into corporate and financial suicide. I setup a business from nothing and now worth over 60 Million, it took me 20 years to set this up and I know thing or two about customer service to get where I am now. You can not make everyone happy 10 to 15 % of customers always going to whinge no matter what, unreasonable expectations etc, may be in building and transport industry up to 25%, because of the v...
Read moreariables in these industries, but you can not have 80% of customers whinge about your business and only 20% or occasionally happy campers, look at your reviews bad to good, every 8 bad reviews you may get 2 good reviews, come on fellows, something is terribly wrong with your business need fixing up, I used you guys recently, and just like everyone else I had issues, delivery did not come on time, when contacted through email no response, no information provided customer about delays, when you ring you get the privileged to talk with someone with heavy Asian accent I believe in Philippines, OK fellows, if you want to save dollars moving your call center overseas it is justified but you need to have a process when customer escalate issues as opposed to heavily accented individual rather just reading what is already available to the customer through the website with the tracking number, no fill service need to meet the customer expectations, (yes I understand longer ETA), for anyone to consider premium service. Why don't you manage customer expectations better, be realistic with your delivery times, If I were you I will get my team to add 20% buffer to anticipated ETA, so you don't keep telling customer fibs all the time and you built business reliability through this, if and when there are delays, keep the customer informed, it does not take too much to send an email to the customer or offer the customer 50$ gift voucher, for extended delays etc, immediately you built better relationship with customers and also reputation and business reliability, at the moment you are at the butt end of business reliability, look at some of the businesses that fail over the years how they were doing 5 years before they fail, I can see almost identical pattern with you guys, if you don't change folks, you are in the pathway to the end, you need to change how you do business otherwise you are heading into disaster, I personally don't want to attack other folks livelihood, I hope I have given something for you to think about, for me I will not be using you folks for a while unfortunately as I need someone reliable for dollars I spend, you are not ticking the boxes for me at the moment, All the best2 comments
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Hi Cullen,
Thank you for your review.
1. Please advise your booking number?...
Andrew Mytkowski, Obviously you are responding on behalf of board of directors in your business or may be your in the board I would like to respond to your comments mate and I quote ". It is disappo...
Read moreinting how uneducated and racist your comment is in regards to speaking to someone with a 'heavy Asian accent I believe in Philippines" Really mate, and also apparently uneducated , we will see which part of the education scale you and I sit when I finish my comments mate, I came to Australia with only 20$ in my pocket without ability to speak English (not a word) now owner of multi million dollar business, employs Aussies born here and also flown here with heavy accents and that was over 35 years ago, first 5 years of my life over here I spoke English with very heavy accent, even today I speak English with slight accent, YES MATE I AM from ethnic back ground, for any business bread and butter is their sales team and customer service team, I WILL NOT employ anyone who can not articulate, communicate with the customers well in sales or customer service. be it due to their heavy accent or inability to articulate due to lack of interpersonal skills, what we have here got nothing to do with racisms mate so don't play the race card here, you have bunch of people in your customer service team who can not communicate with the customers well due to their accents, this is apparent with anyone who had phone your team recently, instead of addressing the issue YOU ARE BARKLING AT THE WRONG TREE here, by the way the car had arrived eventually way past the ETA with dints that were not there before and with multiple scratches that were not there before courtesy of your business. I did not waste my time with your insurance as I know very well where that would take me as my car is a luxury car had my own insurance got it sorted through my insurer, have a fantastic day Andrew good luck with your businessAli KnaglexSydney, NSW
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SMB is the best transport company that I’ve used... always on time.
SMB is the best transport company that I’ve used... always on time and never stuffed me around.
I highly recommend them and will without a doubt use them in the future
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great job
bought a car from Must Have Motors in Melbourne from Adelaide over the phone during the pandemic and early lock down mid-August and the car was delivered within 4 days in perfect condition! Thank you Wayne and Kyla for organizing everything (the car Is beautiful) and choosing SMB as transport during those
difficult times, even if it took an extra couple phone calls to get the ball rolling :)
from my personal experience, i would definitely recommend these guys for interstate vehicle shipping. great job and affordable price. thank you!
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Andrea ClarkPilbara, WA
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Great to deal with
Had our Isuzu Dmax shipped from Townsville to Port Hedland. These guys were great to deal with, we were even able to load some personal processions in the car. It did take 7 weeks but know others who have waited 6 weeks from Brisbane. All transport seems to be taking longer with COVID restrictions.
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Affordable and fast
My car was delivered faster than expected and these guys were the cheapest quote I could find.
The car was undamaged.
I had read some concerning reviews but I did not experience anything negative at all.
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Prefect communication
There was bit of delay but we moved during covid times
Communication is greats
Hats off to call centre people
Prices are good
Great company will use again in future
Will recommend to friends
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Communication was disgraceful
Communication was crap, and car was late didn’t even know about it till I rang up to ask where it was lol, never again! I’ll be definitely transporting with someone else next time and I suggest the same for everyone else. Peace out
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On time with no problems.
The vehicle was transported from Kalgoorlie to Adelaide via Perth. The delivery was within the specified days and the vehicle arrived in good condition. I would recommend SMB without hesitation.
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StamatiaSouth East Queensland, QLD
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Great service
Easy to deal with, great communication. My vehicle from NSW to Brisbane arrived within 10 days. Will definitely use in the future if we require a car transporter again. Thank you!
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A life saver during COVID 19........That delivers on time.
I am a Sole Trader who sources Auction cars from Victoria and ACT. SMB Transport saved my business and delivered my cars Depot to Brisbane Depot without a scratch and on time cheaper than the bigger operators
10/10 from me, as I cannot fly to Vic or NSW (14 days quarantine) and drive the cars back to Brisbane, SMB and the good humans in the office who take my calls a BIG THANK YOU!!. You simply deliver the goods. Further you collect unroadworthy driveable cars ( that start and drive, that are unregistered) from the Auctions. That is another rea...
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Thanks Tim for your review. Greatly appreciated.
Thank you SMB
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Alex AndersonMid North Coast, NSW
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Smb legends
Your driver Alex and allocator Blake both deserve a pay rise both were well mannered professional and were happy to help in any way possible with any questions and worries
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Questions & Answers
Anthony T.asked
how hard is it to track where my car is I'm not cranky just can't figer out your tracking system HELP please
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Honestly Anthony, I have transported many cars with SMB, and I never needed to track my cars because it didn't make any difference in terms if delivery time. SMB is slow but cheap, they also transport non-running cars. Their estimated time is always correct if they said 4 weeks it will be 4 weeks knowing that the car still in depot or transit isn't important for me.
If you need urgent transport they are not your best option.
I hope this helps
Thanks
thanks for that just a little to keen to get it i guess
SMB Australia C.SMB Australia Car Transport
Hi Anthony, we do not have an online tracking system at this time.
You're more than welcome to call us 8.30-5.30 EST Monday - Friday to get an update on your vehicles.
1300 362 085 is for our Head Office or you can send through an email to smb@smbaustralia.com.au for updates.
Hope this answers your query. Thank you, Daniella
Autoalfamor D.asked
Car transport from Tasmania to Darwin?
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I would not use them again. My car was two weeks late, with no communication from them whatsoever. My hat was also stolen from my car, with them not caring one iota
SMB Australia C.SMB Australia Car Transport
Hi Autoalfamo D. We can transport on this route. If you still wish for a quote or question please call our office 1300362085 or email smb@smbaustralia.com.au
Thank you
Walterasked
why did you give a wrong delivery date, car tracking said it would arrive 27th April, now told it is still in Adelaide. Reference is C1107380
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Thanks Karen, it was a pleasure transporting for you! The SMB Team