Where do its price figures come from?

The same published industry studies the rest of the site uses, handed to it directly rather than remembered. It quotes ranges, names them as ranges from published studies, and will not produce a single number as the price, because a price is only settled when a carrier accepts your shipment.

Will it tell me whether a company is good?

No, and it is built not to. It can look a company up in the FMCSA register and tell you what is on record — the legal name, whether the registration is active, broker or carrier. Whether a company is any good is a question about its reviews and complaint history, and that is worth reading rather than asking a chat box.

Is the conversation saved?

No. It is not written to a database, not written to a file, and not put in a log. It exists in your browser for as long as the tab is open. The trade is that refreshing the page loses the thread, which we would rather do than keep it.

Yes. It is a language model reading our figures, and it can misread a question or summarize something badly. Every figure it quotes is on the cost page with its source, and every licensing answer can be checked yourself in the federal register. If the two disagree, believe the page.

Car Shipping Assistant

An automated assistant, not a person. Ask what shipping a car costs, how it works, or whether a company is registered: it answers from the figures this site publishes and looks companies up in the federal register while you wait.

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Quote the published price ranges, with their sources
Look a company up in the FMCSA register
Explain how brokers, carriers and insurance work
Point you at the guide that covers your question

It will not:

Tell you a company is good, bad or a scam
Give you a price for your specific shipment
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About this assistant

Where do its price figures come from?
The same published industry studies the rest of the site uses, handed to it directly rather than remembered. It quotes ranges, names them as ranges from published studies, and will not produce a single number as the price, because a price is only settled when a carrier accepts your shipment.
How much does it cost to ship a car?
Will it tell me whether a company is good?
No, and it is built not to. It can look a company up in the FMCSA register and tell you what is on record — the legal name, whether the registration is active, broker or carrier. Whether a company is any good is a question about its reviews and complaint history, and that is worth reading rather than asking a chat box.
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Is the conversation saved?
No. It is not written to a database, not written to a file, and not put in a log. It exists in your browser for as long as the tab is open. The trade is that refreshing the page loses the thread, which we would rather do than keep it.
Can it be wrong?
Yes. It is a language model reading our figures, and it can misread a question or summarize something badly. Every figure it quotes is on the cost page with its source, and every licensing answer can be checked yourself in the federal register. If the two disagree, believe the page.
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