How are Brokers NOT to blame?

Try me. Give me 2 zip codes and I'll provide you a rate, right now.

 

And what you don't get is that average lane rates ARE HOW SHIPPERS DETERMINE RATES THEY WILL ACCEPT. Just what data do you think they have to determine what they ship for?

DAT provides data to show historical lane rates, both contract and spot.

 

Lmfao.

 

Scared?

 

Amused. What you're essentially asking me to do, is play a game where you get to make up anecdotes.

I'm currently kicked back pulling a 34 in Montana, and I still don't have time for that.

Anyways, have fun with your crusade, Jimmy Hoffa.

 

If you don't care, why come in here? You just had to prove a point huh?

Here's another rate for the 10 people reading this forum: (so you can see what another O/O would charge for a given lane)

Charlotte, NC to Indianapolis, IN -> $1813.11

Personally, I don't think you can calculate a rate. You just know what you know and are doing fine. That's why you don't care. You can't see that if the low ballers got wind they could charge more, they would. That's how behavior works. Monkey see, monkey do.

You're welcome.

 

Exactly. I don't want them charging more. I want them going out of business.

I can't. That's why I started a thread asking what everyone else charges. Oh wait, that wasn't me.

 

You won’t ever get $1800 NC to to IN in todays standard dry van market. My guess is you’ll be blowing up my email hoping for $1200 at best.

 

And same to you my friend. There is maybe only a dozen folks on TTR currently that are of the same mind.

If we ever meet I’ll just let you be glad that you could see me.

 

He'll do it for $1,000 just to underbid himself out of habit.