Opinions on Brokers

Biggest mistake brokers make in my humble opinion .... They deal with truck drivers.

 

Brokers are in business to make money too. The ones who tend to cut rates the worst though are non-asset based.... They have very little to lose.

Other than that... I don't care if they make $10mi .... As long as i get the rate i need for my business we're both doing good !!

 

I set the rate you take it or leave it.

The single biggest mistake you can make, IMO, is to build a relationship with me, run me a few times, and then not pay on time because YOU the broker failed to submit all of my paperwork (carrier packet, ratecon, signed BOL) to your people.

I hate it. If it happens once I forgive, if it happens twice I forget (you).

ALL of the payment issues I have had stem from the broker NOT following through AFTER the work has been done.

I have a couple now, that could beg and apologize from now until I die, and will never get me to run for them again.

 

The fundamental question remains whether brokers need carriers more or vice versa. Carriers with brokerage authority seem the way to go to win the game. A carrier with about 20 or more trucks already established with a terminal, warehouse and office environment should try to be a broker also. Shippers need brokers as long as the 95% of carriers are those of up to 100 trucks. If everything becomes JB Hunts, Swifts and Schneiders (seems as their conspiratory plan - with ELDs, speed limiters and more regulations) then brokers as such could become unnecessary.

 

I wasn't talking about you @turtle1969 I was referring to stayinback. I'm sorry, I should have been more clear.