How would you take it out of the carrier's pay? I am talking about where you stated the carrier would benefit by delivering a day early and therefore they should cough up some coin for that.
I know your job isn't easy and must be mentally exhausting. I also don't envy your job. HOWEVER - how much capital have you put out to actually get the job done? I am dispatch. I am the driver. I pay the all my own payments and insurance and put the money out for the fuel while you wait to collect THEN pay me. The driving part is easy. Will you split the my losses on the day my engine blows up or burns to the ground?
I am also interested in what you consider "raking it in".
Please Explain This To Me
Discussion in 'Freight Broker Forum' started by BookingYou19, Sep 25, 2013.
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Also, I havent even made it a point to explain that many receivers will CLAIM US on product delivered early. If they dont have space for it, or dont want it, and it is delivered early, who shares in that claim? Oh yeah, just us.
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No, not what I am saying. It isnt too much work, making the calls goes into BOOKING a load, not servicing it. So once again your argument hold no merit. Making calls to shippers, DEL APPT teams, customers, account managers etc is. Then when it does happen and we can make a new appointment and have assured all of the parties it will be taken care of. Then yes, I expect money back. If not, then why would i take the risk for the carrier? I think this is the perfect line of work for me. Sorry I dont roll over on money I have earned. My carriers are happy because they are taken care of when something goes wrong, but I expect to be repaid for going above and beyond to make their load just right for them as well, after all it is by their request isnt it? I think you may need a new line of work, seems like the hard conversations that are needed arent up your alley. Or you dont like being efficient. -
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They nned the product to ripen in transit, so they need it on a certain day. Many times they do tell the carrier back when it is their appontment time. Sometimes they just let them unload since they dont want to go through the hassle of getting them checked in and to avoid a potential catastrophe happening for some odd reason. I dont think it is cool when they claim us for early delivery, nor am i saying I support it. But it does support my claim to think that we should get money back for it.
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Also, is this a place that will freely just unload the truck and then go to you the broker and say "Haha truck showed up early we are only going to pay you this much now." Or is it "this truck showed up early and raised hell to get unloaded a day before appointment, caused all kinds of disruption for the staff, didn't even bother to call and ask if we will take it, just arrived and started raising cain" ?
In the first case the customer should tell the truck to come back tomorrow as agreed. In the second case, yes you should be at odds with the carrier because they did not follow as agreed. I would like to think that if everything is on the table, carrier calls you and says Hey I am in the city, is it possible they are waiting on this load? Perhaps they only have 50 trucks to unload today and 100 tomorrow, I know my appointment isn't until tomorrow, but wouldn't it be easier for them, lessen their burden for tomorrow, everyone works just slightly more leisurely? It could work the other way also - they just don't have the time to take it in today. Different every time.
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