Complaint Review: JEREMY HOWEN TRANSPORT

Jeremy Howen entered into a contract to transport my boat from st. claire shores Michigan to my home in florida. I used the website Uship to be put in contact with Howen.  I was told that to secure the transport I had to pay $1100 and send it to his bank account with PNC Bank.  

I am ex law enforcement so I trusted him due to the fact that Uship had him on their website understand I only sent the money because of Uship. Please beware, Uship does not back you up, and pretty much washs their hands of the transaction after you have beern defrauded, I didnt know any better. Mr Howen offered to help me with my boat, and seemed like a really nice guy.  

He made arrangements to pick up my boat, and was fully aware that I had to coordinate a flight to my condo to meet him, here is the chronology of events.

JULY 10 AGREED TO TRANSPORT BOAT

AUGUST 13-19 AGREED TO PICK UP BOAT IN ST. CLAIRE SHORES MICHIGAN AND TRANSPORT TO POMPANO BEACH - DID NOT DO IT AND ONLY LET ME KNOW AUGUST 10TH AT NIGHT, WHEN MR HOWEN HAD TO HAVE THE BOAT PICKED UP ON THE 11TH TO MEET OURN AGREEMENT OF THE POMPANO DELIVERY, HE STATED MECHANICAL TROUBLE IN WASHINGTON, BUT NEVER CALLED ME, KNOWING FULL WELL I HAD A FLIGHT.

AUGUST 18 - AGREED TO PICK UP BOAT AGAIN AND DROP IN POMPANO, I CHANGED MY FLIGHT TO AUGUST 22ND AND AGAIN RECEIVED NO COMMUNICATION AGAIN, AND 4 HOURS AND 2 MINUTES BEFORE MY FLIGHT ON AUGUST 22ND AS I WAS DRIVING TO THE AIRPORT HE ANSWERED AND STATED THAT AGAIN HE WOULD NOT BE PICKING UP THE BOAT AND THAT HIS BROTHER HAD PASSED AWAY, THEREFORE HE WOULD NOT BE DROPPING THE BOAT IN POMPANO ON AUGUST 24TH.

HIS EXCUSES FOR NO COMMUNICATION WERE ALWAYS THE SAME, NO GOOD RECEPTION, IM DRIVING, SO FORTH BUT WHEN I WANTED MY $1100 DOLLARS HE ANSWERED EVERYTIME. MR HOWEN THEN STATED THAT HE COULD GET THE BOAT AND DELIVER IT BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH. I HEARD NOTHING FROM HIM AGAIN, AND THEN REPORTED HIM TO USHIP WHO REPEATEDLY TRIED TO CONTACT HIM BUT AGAIN HE DID NOT ANSWER EMAILS, TEXTS, OR PHONE CALLS.

USHIP TRIED TO EMAIL HIM 5 TIMES, AND GET AN EXPLANATION BUT AGAIN IGNORED.  I THEN LET USHIP KNOW THAT THIS WAS MY THIRD ATTEMPT AND I WANTED MY MONEY BACK AND HAD TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS WITH ANOTHER CARRIER.  USHIP THEN SUSPENDED HIM FROM THEIR WEBSITE INDEFINITELY AND REFUNDED THERE PORTION OF WHAT I PAID WHICH WAS $752, BUT MR. HOWEN STILL HAD MY $1100.

I CANCELLED ON AUGUST 28TH THRU USHIP.  I THEN RECEIVED CALLS AND TEXTS FROM MR HOWEN WHO STATED TO ME THAT HE WAS SUSPENDED FROM USHIP AND HE WOULD HAVE DELIVERED MY BOAT.   MR HOWEN AGREED ON JULY 10TH AND I GAVE UP ON AUGUST 28TH.  THE ONLY REASON THAT HE REACHED BACK OUT WAS BECAUSE USHIP SUSPENDED HIM.

 HE THEN AGREED TO PAY ME BACK MY $1100 BUT WOULD TAKE A $250 PENALTY FOR ME CANCELLING, WHICH QUICKLY INCREASED TO A $500 PENALTY.  I HAVE FILED POLICE REPORTS WITH ST. PETERSBURG POLICE AND A DETECTIVE HAS TOLD ME TO FILE A REPORT WITH THE CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION WHICH I WILL DO.  THE ST. PETE POLICE ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE SCAMS THAT MR HOWEN LIVES BY. 

MR HOWEN IS SCUM, HE HURTS PEOPLE FOR A LIVING AND STRINGS THEM ALONG WITH APOLOGIES OF FAMILY TRAJEDIES, MECHANICAL ISSUES, POOR CELL RECEPTION......ON AND ON. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS HE IS RUNNING A SCAM.

ANY ONE LOOKING FOR A TRANSPORT PLEASE DONT BECOME ANOTHER VICTIM, YOU CAN READ SEVERAL MORE ON THIS WEBSITE WITH THE SAME M.O.......THIS IS WHAT HE DOES.......