Cheap freight ... Or manipulating prices?

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  1. Oct 16, 2018 #11
    6wheeler

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    A lot of people think the brokers are the ones causing cheap prices. It's shippers and mega companies
     
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  3. Oct 16, 2018 #12
    Burghardt18

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    I have been having to run 600+ miles to get $2 a mile. It wasnt like that a couple weeks ago
     
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  4. Oct 16, 2018 #13
    Burghardt18

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    Im turning it down. But its almost as if its the only thing coming available
     
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  5. Oct 16, 2018 #14
    Rideandrepair

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    It’s Supply and Demand Competition Plain And Simple
     
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  7. Oct 16, 2018 #15
    jammer910Z

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    Ink pens are heavy, and paper cuts take forever to heal.. not to mention how they affect your golf grip.

    Cut those brokers some slack.
     
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  8. Oct 16, 2018 #16
    Midnightrider909

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    Lower rates are simply a result of the driver surplus.
     
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  9. Oct 16, 2018 #17
    Ridgeline

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    If you are leased to a carrier, they are required by FMCSA regs to provide you a copy of their bill to the consignee.
     
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  10. Oct 16, 2018 #19
    Freight Moves-247

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    Make sure when they send the rate con, it is forwarded from the broker.
     
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  11. Oct 16, 2018 #19
    Burghardt18

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    I just checked. Its never forwarded from the broker ...
     
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  12. Oct 16, 2018 #20
    Burghardt18

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    They email them to me. I wonder what they'll say when i ask for the rate con to be forwarded from the broker?
     
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