Owner operators delivering for amazon prime?

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  1. Manny118168

    Manny118168 Bobtail Member

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    Hello does any ody here delivers for amazon prime i wouod like to haul freight for them any info where i can start? Thanks
     
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    Why do you want to haul for Amazon?
    Everyone around here says the pay sucks. They order 8 trucks, load 3 and cancel the other 5. The loading and unloading takes forever, every time. They may even use your trailer and let another carrier pull it. Then have no answer for you when you demand to know where your trailer is.

    Have fun!
     
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    Of everything I have read online and who I have spoken to in person. Amazon has been a horrible experience.

    You can do much better than losing money and wasting time with Amazon.

    Hurst
     
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    I spent 5 hours getting unloaded at Amazon in Swedesboro NJ on Saturday. Arrived at 0730 for an 0800 appointment. Was empty and departing around 1315.

    That was my first and will be my last time working with them.

    The load paid $950 for 150 loaded miles plus I got a few hours of detention but I refuse to haul to receivers who don’t respect my time.

    Had I booked a backhaul rather than planning to deadhead home they would have cost me more than just my lost time.
     
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    Thanks for your info for some reason i tought they paid good money i see alot owner operators hauling for amazon thanks appreciate it
     
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    You wanna pull direct for amazon?
     
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    Yea when you use their trailers to haul
     
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    They require a minimum of three trucks,workman compensation and you have to have your own mc
     
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    Why do Amazon's blue trailers have a big white p enis on them and the white trailers have a tiny little black p enis.
     
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    Directly related to the shafting you will get from them