Is The Market Officially Loosening Up?

Pete isn't there. He's still home pumping breast milk while on endless family leave.

 

Yep, I just kept working and not reading. Last week was my best ever. 15,100$ and I spent two days in TX. Finished in less than 7 days, with over 48hrs off.

 

Yeah I figured so.. and to think he tried to run for the presidential nomination ..LMAO ..

 

You misunderstand, rates in the past 2 years may have been a hair high (5-20% on average depending on category) in terms of maybe what "ought" to have been charged, but thats hardly gouging, with the fuel costs rising as they have, rates should have stayed static for "normalization" not dropped. That doesnt signal any healthiness in trucking, it will hurt YOU in the long run, yes people that bought in 6 months ago just picked a dumb time given truckings cyclical nature, but cheering lower rates as a broker is just as dumb, YOUR cut goes down, why is that good? drivers arent compensated as well, for what? So a shipper can increase THEIR margins?

 

I was wondering that as well. How are lower rates helping a broker? It's like cutting your nose off to spite your face.

 

Wow, decide to only hear and interpret things the way YOU want people to say things much, how much more clear do i need to be so you can understand.

NO, YOU AND I ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT ON ANYTHING.

RATES SHOULD NOT BE GOING DOWN AT THIS TIME.

THERE IS NOTHING TO CELEBRATE

5-20% IS NOT GOUGING, ITS A THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE LIKE A TIP

YOU SHOULD BE WORRIED BECAUSE YOU WILL BE LOSING MONEY

or hes a troll, meh, cant really tell

 

It’s price gouging when trucks do it, but not when brokers do it? Rates are not going down. I’ve invoiced 20,420 dollars in the last 7 days. And the market is only getting started for the year. From now till October I will be wide open.

 

I think part of it is that there are many that picture a broker sitting at home with a laptop computer with no real overhead. Sure there are some, but there are also many that go after larger long term contracts. And because so many in this industry view brokers as bad or as something that isn’t needed because these large corporations should deal with each trucker individually who wants to haul a load for them they feel the brokers are “getting what they deserve” when the market favors the trucker. They have no issue when it costs the brokers money to move a load because they don’t look at brokerages as a business with overhead costs. You can read posts that basically say that all the time on this forum. Many don’t feel a broker has overhead at all, they act like you guys don’t have tens of thousands or more dollars out simply because of quick pay.

Sorry I’m kind of rambling. I guess my issue comes from the attitude that it’s ok for one business to lose money simply because they’re not liked or viewed as not needed in this industry.