Anyone else think this is getting a little ridiculous???

Stan, I didnt mean to to come across as dissing you or slamming you. I respect you, I follow you and read about everything you say. I didnt say I, or they were right, I just said someone has to pay for progress, usually the end user, The programmers are very far removed from the real world. Unfortunately electronic progress is only going forward, it will never go backwards. Technology is a double edged sword, quicker, easier, but takes all the personality outta life. Now that English as a second or third language is no longer a requirement in car hauling, I am going back to hauling gravel or hauling in the patch somewhere that uses actual english as a language because you have to communicate with someone on the radio. My car hauling days have mostly been in Spanish or ???? Sorry, I moved from Holland to Canada to the states, I had to and have learned to fluently speak sarcasm and English. If you met me, you would never know I was from other countries. I married a wonderful woman now a Air Force Master Sargent, trust me, no accent around her people....I am excited to go back to the patch hauling crude and speaking english. Wont miss all the dealers saying it had this scratch or dent even if my before pics showed it or my after pics showed nothing. As I write this, i know if the patch slows down i will probably go back to hauling cars, but auction cars this time. Again Stan, no offense eh?

 

What's the increase for again? Improved what?

 

The price increase goes into effect Nov 15th.
However the wording for price increase of $20 per month is telling
that they are charging different rates to different people.
Remember when you could pay it quarterly? Think it was
under $120 for 3 months back a couple yrs ago.

 

So where do you go for loads now?

 

It's gotten worse since they were bought out. They will continue to raise the price as long as people keep paying it. Greed.

 

When I was hauling cars I would also get frustrated with the increase in the price of central dispatch. But then I would think of what other businesses spend on advertising in order to grow their business. For example the owner of the independent auto repair shop I used to manage spent over $20,000 a year in adverting between his three shops. That always made me not feel so bad about paying central $120 a month, or what ever it was at the time, knowing I did not have to spend tons of money on advertising. I know its frustrating but most businesses have it much worse.