Help! Broker doesnt want to pay load

Nevermind...

 

I only do produce, but seems simple to me, take the packing list, write up a Bol, call the receiver and ask for a stamp and sign... Fax them a copy of packing list and new Bol, ask them to send back.

Broker is just bee a jerk though, pod is pod

 

Houston to Cali, a dry load? B&G?

 

It is too bad the broker doesn't have some kind of insurance or bond or something. That would make a lot more sense to file against that, wouldn't it?

Now I'm just spit balling here but before I did anything I might want to check to see if me and this broker fella put anything down in writing. I think the city folk call it a contract. I expect that will spell out what you have to provide in order to be paid. If it says "POD" then you are golden. Tell the broker that, give him appropriate amount of time to pay, if no payment, tell him you will file on his bond in X days if you don't have payment.

If contract says "BOL" then you will have a little more work to do and broker can delay payment. Don't ever call someone else's customer without permission. Acting like a Super Trucker and not a business person can compound this. You have, or should have, a contract. Don't do anything till you read and understand it.

 

If you did not have a BOL then you are at fault. EVERY shipment is required to have a BOL, and if it is not given by the shipper the carrier needs to prepare one. The broker is entirely within his rights to require the BOl for payment, and remember he is acting on behalf of someone else, who may also require the BOL before payment is issued.

here is just one mention of the requirements

Subpart A'Motor Carrier Receipts
and Bills
SOURCE

: 55 FR 11198, Mar. 27, 1990, unless
otherwise noted. Redesignated at 61 FR 54708,
Oct. 21, 1996.
§ 373.101 Motor carrier bills of lading.
Every motor common carrier shall
issue a receipt or bill of lading for
property tendered for transportation in

interstate or foreign commerce con-
taining the following information:
(a) Names of consignor and con-
signee.
(b) Origin and destination points.
(c) Number of packages.
(d) Description of freight.
(e) Weight, volume, or measurement
of freight (if applicable to the rating of
the freight).
The carrier shall keep a record of this
information

 

Howcome brokers don't have a DAC report like the drivers do?They should same with trucking companies.

 

there are several services to use to check on brokers that will show complaints against them, days to pay, things like that. And it is pretty well established that DAC can contain a lot of erroneous information, slanted against the drivers from the carriers that subscribe to the service. Do you really think a similar service would then present a true image of a broker's operation?