Be Careful when having your things transported to Cabo
About 3 months ago, I decided to buy a quad and have it brought down to Cabo. I called the States and ordered the Yamaha Grizzly 700 I wanted, then called my bank and had the necessary funds wired, had all the paperwork emailed to me, printed, signed, and then emailed it back to the dealership. I then 
made arrangements to have it shipped to the border, with follow up arrangements for a different shipping company to bring it down to me, and voila, it should have been here within a week to 10 days, ready for me to go play. Well, it never made it. Oh, it made it to San Diego alright, but it never made it any further.
Let me preference my above statement with my only having dealt with the trucking company in San Diego Their job is the transportation of items, both large and small, to Los Cabos. They were a referral to me, and I had used them about 8 months back, and found them to honest, trustworthy, and equally as important, reliable. They are paid by the client, me in this case, and I learned clearly that they would go the extra mile on my behave.
ACV Logistics in San Diego had already proven to be the trucking company I was going to use. What I didn’t know is that, even with all the furniture, vehicles, and miscellaneous items they had transported down the road south to Cabo and back, they don’t have the ability to pull all the necessary strings with the Mexican government. Actually, I was almost on a personal basis with Veronica, my contact at the company, and my motorcycle ultimately got to be known as the Magical Mystery Quad, with virtually everyone in the company.
By the time it was all said and done, after forwarding each and every signed document to Veronica; copies of the original sales contract, the bill of sale, the application for registration, a power of attorney, a copy of the insurance policy, and a few more, Mexico wanted more. Ultimately, they actually wanted me to have the “original” title sent to where the quad was, and being that I wasn’t there in person, I would not do that, and even Veronica understood and agreed with my decision. Almost 3 months later, when I drove back up from Cabo, I ended up picking up the quad and taking it back into the States, pending my next trip down south.
I bring this point up, not only to shed light on what I consider a valuable company to know about, that is ACV Logistics, who is capable of moving just about anything at any size, down to Cabo, but to shed light on the fact that sometimes, things just won’t go the way one would expect. At one time, Veronica and I would speak almost on a daily basis, trying to figure out what to do. First, she was told that she needed another document, and then, the next day that wasn’t acceptable, she needed something else. Then one time, she was told by Mexico that the paperwork was fine, but that the quad needed to be put on a trailer to be shown to the Government. The following day, they rented a trailer to bring it over to be seen, abut the original guy wasn’t there. The nex guy told them that the trailer wasn’t needed, but that the paperwork was invalid.
ACV Logistics clearly lost money on this deal, as they put in hours of labor, not to speak of the trailer rental, and never got the shipping fee from me. When I picked up the quad, I asked if there was any fee, and Armando, the General Manager just said “We didn’t transport anything, so ther was no fee.”
My point in all of this is quite simple…Even when dealing with people in the know, or a company that has done this kind of thing over and over again, a lesson to be learned here is that sometimes things just won’t go as expected, especially when dealing with the Mexican government. Go figure!
CaboRicardo
ACV Logistics can be found at: http://www.acvlogistics.com/
| United States: | (619) 955-7652 |
| México: | (664) 647-8505 |
They are a no nonsense company with full size, late model semi trucks and normally make 2 round trips up and down the Baja Peninsula per week. Give them a call when needing qualified transportation.
