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Being scamed as a owner operator

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by RUSSELBURG, Jan 3, 2016.

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  1. Jan 7, 2016 #41
    6wheeler

    6wheeler Road Train Member

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    A typical brokerage firm does this.
    $1000 from a shipper.
    Broker Company takes $200 off.
    Post shipment online for $800.
    Give or take $100.
     
    6wheeler, Jan 7, 2016
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  3. Jan 8, 2016 #42
    RUSSELBURG

    RUSSELBURG Light Load Member

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    Another scammed I found is this I am leased to a carrier with about 100 trucks our fuel discount is like .50 to .55 per gallon and I have take to several companies including some of the largest and they offer .13 or .15 per gallon .40 per gallon x 500 gallons a week = 200.40 x 300 = 60,120 or 601,200 for 3000 trucks per week .
    I am in the wrong part of this industry honesty gets you no where on the trucking side but the ways these guys make money off of fsc,discounts,charge backs to o/o ,who cares if there no profit in the load there's plenty in the scamming part.
     
    RUSSELBURG, Jan 8, 2016
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  4. Jan 8, 2016 #43
    stayinback

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    pretty much sums that up....
    20% to the borker? Not on my watch anyway.....My newest utterance I use is this......

    Broker" WHAT!! Thats only a 5% markup im only making $25 dollars.....
    Me "Work on volume then, You'll make more money"
    Broker "Click" as the phone slams down pretty hard
     
    stayinback, Jan 8, 2016
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  5. Jan 8, 2016 #44
    Lyle H

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    Aren't you the same guy that used to post on "Let's Truck" about how you were always getting screwed?
    Maybe trucking isn't for you.
     
    Lyle H, Jan 8, 2016
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  7. Jan 8, 2016 #45
    RUSSELBURG

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    Yeah after 38 years you would think I would like wing screwed by now
     
    RUSSELBURG, Jan 8, 2016
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  8. Jan 8, 2016 #46
    Long FLD

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    Not everyone has the same fuel discounts. I'm allowed to charge fuel through the guy that loads me at his local truckstop. It's a "cost plus" discount. It's whatever the rack price is plus a few cents. Some days it's 10 cents lower than current pump price, some days it's 50 cents lower. Depends on the day. I wouldn't say I'm getting scammed since I can look through my fuel tickets.
     
    Long FLD, Jan 8, 2016
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  9. Jan 9, 2016 #46
    RUSSELBURG

    RUSSELBURG Light Load Member

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    We have comdats and I can see the price for us around the country before I buy it. Right now my cost in indiana is 1.55 per gallon. If others are not getting that much and have a larger fleet then someone should loose there job , but I think that the savings is not being passed to there o/o ,. That what I been seeing checking on other company's po/o position so with. 25 fsc and fuel at 1.55 I am getting c a good deal
     
    RUSSELBURG, Jan 9, 2016
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  10. Jan 9, 2016 #47
    me myself and I

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  11. Jan 9, 2016 #48
    me myself and I

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    What a hog wash. If you need a lawyer to understand a contract then perhaps you should stay with jb swift. But it's so much easier to blame everybody else for your failures. It it?
     
    me myself and I, Jan 9, 2016
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