Kickbacks and discounts on fuel
Discussion in 'Motor Carrier Questions - The Inside Scoop' started by ronjeremyjr, Mar 22, 2020.
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Not true? For what? An O/O, a small company, or a "mega fleet".
Are you saying that it doesn't matter how much fuel any one entity buys, they all get charged the same price? -
No deals require companies to buy from a high price stop.
A driver may buy at a stop with a super high pump price but the discount won’t show on the ticket, the fuel desk doesn’t know how much fleets are paying.
There are ways for a one truck operator to get good prices. -
My discount pilot/j runs .20-.35 off pump... loves is .25 off pump. TA /PETRO cost plus 5%...
Right now my ta/petro discount is running around .85 iff pump -
Can you just cut off TA from fuel because you don't like those prices for a few months and then have them come back to renegotiate prices with you when they realize how much product they lost when you left? -
Why would I cut off TA, 20 years on cost plus and they almost always have best price.
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They could have an agreement to buy X amount of fuel for and average price of Y. Then ,TA decides they want more money and it doesn't fly with you so you just completely cut them off.
A few months later TA realizes how much they are losing and call back offering a better discount.
That stuff is disconcerting. The discounts they are getting. -
Carriers don’t get a set price on fuel by buying in advance. They go with cost plus or cents per gallon discount,
Say swift had bought six months of fuel 6 weeks ago and now fuel has dropped a dollar a gallon they would still be paying the higher price..
Cost plus is how all the megas do it, the can still negotiate pumping fees. -
I get up to a dollar off pump price depending on the location. I check my fuel price list online to let me know where the best prices are. Right now, my price at an undisclosed location in Oregon is $1.42/gal. And I say undisclosed because part of us getting the prices we get is we don't go around telling everyone.
flood Thanks this. -
I get up to a dollar a gallon off depending on location. The location I intend to fuel at next in Oregon my price is $1.42/gal. It's about .90/gal off pump price. I have three 120 gallon tanks on my truck and will top up. I have saved as much as $250/fill by watching my fuel prices.
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