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No!!
Transparency is bad.

If it was more transparent it’d be scary.

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TallJoe said: ↑

For 370 miles from Chicago to Columbus, OH, I asked $1450 - which, I understand to many with over 150K loans to pay off, is pretty cheap, but it is even cheap to me - with $0 loans to pay off - considering that in 2021 - $2000 was possible to get.

"$1000 is all I got in it..." I heard from the negotiator on the other side of the telephone connection.

Is it a transparency or a lie?
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That is their go to line... let them know that your bumper is held in place with bolts, not duct tape and move on

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Owner Operators Fighting Brokers for Transparency!

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I’d say it’s a transparent Lie. You can see right through it. Yuk Yuk. I’m not at all surprised. I’m sure it got covered for $1000. I’ve been to Chicago 3 times this year. The markets definitely changed from 10-15 yrs ago. First Load I ever pulled in 04 was $750 from Racine to Detroit. About $2 pm. Fuel was high, it had recently doubled from $1.25 to $2.50 gal. I thought I was rolling in the dough. Lol. Anyone’s guess, no one works for free. He may be charging $1200, maybe $1500. Doesn’t matter, he’s only going to pay what he needs to. Truckers can criticize the Brokers all they want. I’d do the same myself, no apologies either. You know as well as I do, that’s how it works. The load I just delivered Chicago to Atlanta paid $1800 on 751 miles. Taking 65-24-75. $2.40 pm. I’m sure that’s the cheapest Load for that lane ever pulled by anyone in history. But it was the best I could find. And for now, I keep my house, and we’re able to eat. So it goes. Someday I’ll be rich from Trucking, like so many others I’ve seen come and go the years. Mo money, Mo money, Mo money!

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Rideandrepair said: ↑

I’d say it’s a transparent Lie. You can see right through it. I’m not at all surprised. I’m sure it got covered for $1000. I’ve been to Chicago 3 times this year. The markets definitely changed from 10-15 yrs ago. First Load I ever pulled in 04 was $750 from Racine to Detroit. About $2 pm. Fuel was high, it had recently doubled from $1.25 to $2.50. gal. I thought I was rolling in the dough. Lol.
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After I thought about it again, it wasn't such an obvious lie to me anymore.
Those brokers, during euphoric times, also proliferate like mushrooms after rain. So, they too, may be selling themselves cheap to secure those accounts.
The important difference is that I am the one who pays for the fuel, and they don't.

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No!!
Transparency is bad.
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If it was more transparent it’d be scary.
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Dating her is like hauling cheap freight. No one admits to it, yet she’s never lonely. Lol.

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Dating her is like hauling cheap freight. No one admits to it, yet she’s never lonely. Lol.
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I never precisely adored too skiny girls either. So ... her NOT being lonely wouldn't suprise me at all.

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Thank God she had panties on.......oh the humanity

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TallJoe said: ↑

After I thought about it again, it wasn't such an obvious lie to me anymore.
Those brokers, during euphoric times, also proliferate like mushrooms after rain. So, they too, may be selling themselves cheap to secure those accounts.
The important difference is that I am the one who pays for the fuel, and they don't.
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Everyone’s competing. Might do above average for a while, but eventually it all averages out. If it didn’t the whole system would fail.

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I can't unsee that now...

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Thank God she had panties on.......oh the humanity
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