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Confessions of a Thief (Broker)

Failed broker here. Let me start by apologizing to each one of you drivers my brokerage stole from, treated like ####, inconvenienced and lied to. It wasn't me, it was him.

The largest brokerage within Network FOB is run by a guy named Brad Eldeen known as Brad Eldeen Logistics. I worked for him for 6 months in the worst workplace environment I'd ever encountered. It was predicated by theft and abusing truck drivers. That's Brad's model and he's good at it.

I'm an ex broker mainly because I struggled to steal effectively and treated drivers as human beings instead of the scum (he said) you are. I absolutely hated that job. It was immoral and legalized theft.

Your typical freight broker will go to great lengths to justify their existence, even as they lie to themselves. "You need me" they'll say. "I exist for a reason." It's all a lie. Freight brokers are leaches in modern society. I've seen it all from their side, received all the training...which legitimately includes methods to effectively manipulate carriers.

Brokers hate you the carrier. You represent something they can only partially control and they're robbing you of thousands at the same time.

I was well in the loop with Brad Eldeen. I got a look at his balance sheets at year end. Brad was netting anywhere near $600,000-$650,00 a year just in commissions from his loads. That's just him personally. Others he brought into the scam were pulling in the high nineties. Ridiculous amounts of money for being a middle man.

Brad came off as very charming over the phone, but the second he hung up, he was disparaging all truck drivers as stupid inbreds, barely worthy of carrying "his freight". His entire attitude towards carriers was disgusting, usually a mix of racism and his (unwarranted) sense of superiority over you pathetic truck drivers....who he always said were untrustworthy as a whole, but leaned on exclusively to get rich himself.

He looks down his nose at the very labor force that pays for his mansion and sends his kids to private school. Brad is a quintessential example of the 1% stealing from poor people, then kicking them while they're down to make sure they know their place. It was pure greed and I was involved in it. Sickening.

Sure, go look at Brad Eldeen Logistics from your end. Expensive freight, always pays on time, bonded and insured. Looks good right?

What you're doing when you take freight from a guy like Brad is undercutting the market and making less money available for your fellow drivers. As long as leaches continue earning thousands of dollars from your work, they'll keep doing so.

Say no to these ########. Inevitably a broker will chime in here saying they do things the right way and they're "honest". ########. You're a leech. You make money by stealing from truck drivers. Any twist you put on that is a pathetic attempt at self validation. You know you're unnecessary.

There will always be a market for guys like Brad Eldeen and Network FOB. He has a charming sales skill on the phone that goes over well with shippers. That charm, however, is actually a personality disorder, that allows him to con and manipulate people that aren't fellow sociopaths. It's not real. He hates your guts, but doesn't mind getting rich off your hard work. Total douchebag.

The one variable in his diabolical get rich scheme is supply. Small changes in the availability of carriers drastically effect Brad's ability to steal. Without you the hardworking carrier, Brad ceases to exist. Make it that way.

I'm no angel here. I have stolen from you. I've made money from truck drivers in a disingenuous way. For that I'm deeply ashamed. Please accept my apologies.

Know that at one point I did stand up for you and my human decency cost me a job. It was worth it.

 

Curious to know how many repeat carriers you would get to do loads, if any.

When I see a broker continuously offering far below market rates that to me is an invitation to solicit the shipper directly.

Why couldn't you have just come on here and sent me a rate con for 600,000 or so? I'd split the take with you

 

Plenty. He pays well, out of the same region, repeatedly. Still doesn't mean he's not stealing from you.

Believe me. You should solicit the shippers. What's stopping you, loyalty to a scum bag freight broker?

 

I don't often feel the need, I only deal with reputable brokers ... however, this has come up lately with guess who .... 3 letters, lol

 

QLT?

 

What I don't get is why all you guys don't solicit the shipper? There's no such thing as a reputable broker. They're stealing from you. That's like being OK with your house being robbed...as long as they didn't take too much.

 

My go to brokerage house loads me from many different points back to home. I don't want to bite the hand that feeds. That being said, in my busy season he has loads from close to where I live steady for about 3 months. I could go direct very easily. And have a hell of a time later in the year when he is my go to guy for inbound. We have a good working relationship. I know he only takes 200 off the load. We have rates set in stone for those runs, it's only a matter of my availability. He doesn't gouge me I don't gouge him.

Besides, he pays me like 3.25 usd steady for these runs. I would stand to lose more when he cuts me off.

 

If you agree to haul a load under market prices it isn't the broker stealing from you. It's you.

 

True.

First I'd like to give a big "Thank You" to Jeff for his honesty and compassion for what is so evident in transportation

Let me tell you folks something......

Brokers are so confident, Nothing will stand in their way, ie public,social media,hearsay,threats,etc
Their Confidence on securing a truck is overwhelming.

Nothing will change in their ways....Until the ignorance from carriers dissolve, Which will not happen anyday soon..

Its a winless situation to do business with a freight broker, You as a carrier,Are NOT needed. They know it, I know it, And the entire industry SHOULD know it.

The Only way your going to exceed expectations to actually thrive in trucking is to avoid their practices altogether.

They are Scum, The Devil in my eyes, Who will lie to their own mothers for a financial gain......

I am part of the problem because I have to use them on occasion to get my truck back.. I DESPISE doing it, I really do.

Please carriers/Drivers, Secure your own customers at all costs if you can, (Its for your best interests)

 

I'm a proud broker, most truckers try their luck to see how much money they can suck from the broker for instance the majority of the freight I run is into Brooklyn so here is how it goes it costs $105 to come into Brooklyn why do you truckers always ask for $250-$300 for tolls???