It started in Seattle. Rene asked not to use her last name. She says she and her roommate were moving from there — to Atlanta — for graduate school, Action 9 attorney Jason Stoogenke says.
They hired a company to ship their two cars. She says the price: $2,300. But when the truck driver arrived in Atlanta, he told them the price was now more than $5,000. Rene refused and the driver drove off with their cars and brought them about 250 miles to a tow lot in north Charlotte.
Rene, her roommate, and her roommate’s parents all hit the road, came to the Queen City, and called police. Stoogenke was at the scene watching the situation unfold…