Double Brokering law??

Whoever is paying for the shipping agrees to pay $X. All they care about is that the freight gets where it's going when it's supposed to be there, and they only pay $X. They pay $X, and a truck comes and takes their product. Then it magically appears at the receiver. What's so difficult to understand about that?

If you want to cut out the brokers, go directly to the shippers. That's not easy to do when you're a one truck operation, and they want someone that can move 100 loads per day for them.

 

I gave you a genuine answer to the essential question:

 

The car hauling biz is a perfect example of what you're talking about. The answer to your question is there are O/O out there that will haul something for next to nothing. Could be a back haul or what ever but it's part of the game...

 

why would a Brooker mind have another Brooker list his load , he still gets his cut , the new Brooker gets his cut and the shipper gets his frieght hauled for the agreed on price ... it's a win win win situation. ..... that is except the driver who loses a little bit for the other Brooker but that may be the only way he makes contact with that load ..... and then the guys who are mostly depending on and hauling the double and triple brokered frieght usually are the first ones to go broke when the rates go south ..... hint why loads get double brokered for the most part is the original agent is having trouble covering it . when the rates go south it's because there are more trucks available for the amount of loads which means agents have an easier time covering loads so they won't double out any loads and there are quite a few agents that haven't any of there own frieght and just work of other agents and carriers frieght . it's hard sometimes figuring out who is who and what's what but now is the time to build relationships with agent's that have there own accounts as it is harder to get in with the better agents once truck demand drops. .........

 

Customer should care how many hands it passes through... increases the risk the truck will not be paid, carrier can go after a bond (which one?) If unsuccessful carrier can demand customer pay them agreed rate. End result customer pays twice. I don't think they like doing that.

When you find a broker who takes a big fat slice off the top I take that as an invitation to solicit the customer. Be fair with me and I will work with you til the cows come home. Try to bend me over I won't work with you and will find better options for myself; which won't include you. So far this works very well for me.

 

Because the money isn't coming out of the pockets of the people who agree to the rates. Just like food stamp recipients that shop at high priced grocery stores in the ghetto - it's not their money, so why do they care how much it costs? Their job is to get it moved, not to get it moved cheap.