I had a pickup at Cherry Point yesterday...
It was a great experience. Loaded and out the gate one hour after I entered the base (most of the time spent strapping down my load). Only confusion is that he thought I had a Tuesday pickup and I thought that I had a Wednesday pickup...either way, I called him when I hit the gate and he was on the forklift waiting for me when I got to the GL building.
I also have great experiences Lejeune... I did have to wait a while once for them to find the CUCV with the jumper cables (and when I realized what the delay was, I pointed out that I had a set in my truck along with a towbar and we have not had that delay again...)... I spend more time talking to them then I do loading most days.
Cecil at Bragg is great. Eddie, who used to run the yard, was wonderful too. Call down and tell them that I have something to pick up, that I am on the road and don't have my paperwork in hand so that I can't tell them the sale or item number but that I need to run down and get it, and it is ready when I arrive (stacked in "my corner").
Getting on base is easy at all three. Different process at each, but easy (sometimes it takes a while when I drive the truck and arrive during "rush hour", but you can only push vehicles through a gate so fast...).
Come to think of it, my experience at Meade was excellent as well...
Only times that I have had an issue was at Albany, GA, and at Ft. Gordon, GA (both a case of finding the GL rep once on base since he was not at his office location--I was on time for both pickups...).
I think Ferro is correct; it depends a lot on the person at the site...