It was this way long before I entered the game. It will remain the same long after we are all gone.
I treat carriers with respect, but I do not support open comments about intentionally turning off tracking after loading when tracking is required on a load. It is dishonest & hurts my business.
I'm truly surprised & concerned that you don't agree with my response to that post.
Had it up to here....
Discussion in 'Freight Broker Forum' started by ttnae, Oct 28, 2020.
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THIS ^^ RIGHT ^^ HERE^^. I'll gladly work the PPDCTs of the world over the Lampshades all day.
Since I run about 80% spot market/load board freight I can assess a broker in about 30 seconds. Decent ones can make up their mind about me too, I'm sure.
I let it be known, at least a lot of the time, that I'm an O/O who dispatches myself. I can speak, communicate and negotiate like a professional. I have no problem making it clear that I give more and expect more as an O/O and I will ask for more money for better service. I'm going to ask you for the exact commodity, the exact weight, whether it's your customer or a one and done load you got off the spot market, what do you know about the dock times, all of it. I'm going to assume the worst when you pause after I ask any of those things.
Less surprises, and once we have a negotiation with a signed contract which always protects the broker and offers the carrier essentially nothing but work, that is when I expect to do the work without being bothered. I don't mind a check call a day or tracking but the only, and I mean the ONLY tracking that is worth a #### is Macropoint. Every other one is garbage.Dale thompson, User666, Lite bug and 2 others Thank this. -
Well there are two sides to the coin.
A lot of the calls and all of that is just because there are trucking companies that are just undependable.
Tracking doesn't bother me because at least there's a record of where you are for detention and hopefully it cuts down on the calls. Although there are some Brokers that I've worked for that even though you have macropoint I still got all kind of crazy emails and calls and whatever.
For me the thing is to find the best paying load that I can that gives me the least problem with the broker.
For example, I had a load a while back where we agreed on the rate and they sent me the rate con and on it it said that I agree to haul the load back to the shipper if for any reason it is denied and I will haul it back for $1.71 per mile.
Not happening on any load but when it's a 60-mile short run no way.
Needless to say I told them no thank you.
And it shows you that there are some Brokers that are out to get you, there are some of that are sneaky, but I had some really good ones where I've had problem loads.
Up until this point I have not seriously thought about finding any direct customers. Maybe in the future.
Brokers do serve a purpose. If you can earn a good living and make a phone call in the morning and go to work and not have any obligation beyond that day there is value in that.Dale thompson, Brettj3876, Dave_in_AZ and 5 others Thank this. -
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I don't have a problem with a carrier that doesn't want to use a tracking app, just don't agree to haul my freight. If you agree to haul, abide by the agreements we have in place and in return I'll make sure you get paid for accessorial charges and be straight with you on appointments, whether or not shippers/receivers will work you in, etc. The way this carrier/broker relationship should be, instead of the way it ends up being with dishonest business partners.
It is honestly carriers like you that create the need for tracking apps in the first place. "I'll accept this load, but I'm going to delete the tracking app as soon as I pickup the load", or "I know this says Sunday delivery but I don't feel like, I'll accept the load and deliver on Monday".
We have a bunch of regular carriers that wont use our tracking application, and unless we have a specific customer request we tell them "fine, no problem". Because they are reliable and shoot us straight every time.Dale thompson, Brettj3876, User666 and 1 other person Thank this. -
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