We, here at First Call Trucking & Courier, have been inundated with at least a couple angry calls per month from motorist who have been cut-off or otherwise offended by drivers from the company, 1st Call Transportation.
Additionally, at a professional conference last year, I was approached by a gentleman ready to give me a piece of his mind because he thought I was affiliated with 1st Call Transportation.
I found this review of 1st Call Transportation on yelp.com (it was the only review): “First Call is apparently a transportation and ambulance company. If the latter is true, then they are definitely trying to drum up business, because every time I see one of their white vans driving down the road I KNOW there will be a major arsehole behind the wheel. They are constantly making illegal turns on Soldier’s Field Rd, riding on other car’s tails, and barely missing hitting pedestrians. I don’t have a chance to know if, when doing these things, they tend to have passengers or are empty, but their name is on the van, so they are already giving themselves awful advertising.” (http://www.yelp.com/biz/first-call-transportation-allston)
I would like to make this clear — 1st Call Transportation operates passenger vans, First Call Trucking & Courier transports cargo. We are not affiliated. If you or anyone you know has a problem with 1st Call Transportation (they strictly operate those white and red vans), please contact them here:
First Call Transportation
250 Everett Street
Allston, MA 02134
(617) 787-2600
As these phone calls have become more frequent and the callers more infuriated, we have decided to try and go ahead and copyright the name. Both companies’ names are “D.B.A’s” and not legal names, so I don’t know how the name-claim game would play out. If anyone out there is a lawyer or has legal knowledge, please feel free to offer up some advice. Because as the Dude says: “This injustice won’t stand, man. It won’t stand!”
