It's not a scam. The trucking company pays the lumpers and bills the shipper. The shipper pays the trucking company and bills the customer. The customer pays the shipper and bills the lumper. The lumper pays the customer and bills the trucking company. All it does is let the customer book it as cost of goods sold rather than labor. Well, the lumper gets screwed as an independent contractor that's really an employee.
The real truth about lumper fees.
Discussion in 'Shippers & Receivers - Good or Bad' started by dasilva, Apr 25, 2007.
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I've been driving 37 years I've NEVER physically unloaded a trailer at a dock. I've been threatened with being banned, to which I said please do and they did, thank you. I HAVE had them sign for a load of loose cabbage that was loaded straight out of the field, then say they wouldn't take it for 2 days. My response was I used the grade in the famers market and my brakes to unload it for them, yes I was banned, thank you. It's stupid to pay them to unload product that THEY ordered.
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You're lucky they didn't impound your jack until the shop steward could inspect it for "compliance".
"Yeah see, your castors here are 3.752" in diameter, and the sheet says that it must be exactly 3.75, I'm afraid we're going to have to keep this here until the correct castors can be installed. But you'll be back this way in 8 weeks right?" -
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