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Please don't offer me less than $2/mile for a weekend load.

Discussion in 'Freight Broker Forum' started by windsmith, Jan 5, 2013.

  1. Jan 5, 2013 #1
    windsmith

    windsmith Road Train Member

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    So a broker calls me at 11:45am on Saturday to inquire about my posted truck. Says he needs a load covered, must pick up today, 2 drops on Sunday at 9am and 11am, 44,000lb, 547 miles going northwest into the snow and cold. Says he had it covered but the driver dropped off of it. Offers me $820.

    $1200, I say. That's a fair rate of $2/mile plus $100 for the extra stop, and I won't even gouge him for the urgency of his plight.

    Sounding disappointed, he said he'd call me back.

    Oddly enough, just after I hung up the phone a rate confirmation came through for a power only load going to Detroit for $1100. And I can load the trailer for backhaul(s).

    Guess I'm going to Detroit, like it or not. :)
     
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  3. Jan 5, 2013 #2
    aiwiron

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    Sounds like the driver that dumped the load was like you and found better, broker is stuck like chuck now.
     
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  4. Jan 5, 2013 #3
    windsmith

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    I didn't dump a load, he didn't accept my rate. Said he'd call me back (after he shopped around).

    I never back out of a load after a verbal commitment, as long as the subsequent written contract matches the verbal contract. Never.

    The industry is small. I don't need that kind of reputation.
     
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  5. Jan 5, 2013 #4
    aiwiron

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    Forgive my lack of proper wording, just attempting to convey the load the broker had was rather lacking a good rate.

    One thing I always kept in mind, keep my word but both parties must as well. In other words of a broker sticks me with a lie then the agreement is null and void which needs resolved in a professional manner.

    You just found something better which has the broker looking again.
     
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  7. Jan 5, 2013 #5
    windsmith

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    No worries; I wasn't offended, just clarifying!
     
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  8. Jan 5, 2013 #6
    Blanche

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    Ok then, how about 1.85?
     
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  9. Jan 8, 2013 #7
    justcruzin1

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    You are right, that's exactly how it starts. You have to figure out what your bottom line is, and then stick with it. 1.85, not that far from 2.00. But 1.75 is not that far from 1.85, and 1.50 is only a small jump from 1.75 and so on. Next thing you know, you are no where near your original bottom line. All those nickels and dimes add up....It is a dilemma when you find something cheap going to an area you want to get to.
     
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  10. Jan 8, 2013 #8
    Bent Wrench

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    That was not a standard load it was an expedite, he needed it picked up now!

    I'm guessing his other driver did not back out, he was fishing for someone to under bid the other driver.
     
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  11. Jan 8, 2013 #9
    rollin coal

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    Expedite brokers don't pull shenanigans like that.
     
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