I think we both make money off the shipper. Question is how much you value the trucking part of the equation over the broker. I take it you think...
They make zero dollars at the expense of the truckers share? Please explain, since on load ’A’ you don’t know what the broker took off the top.
That’s their business if they are taking a loss to move it. We don’t have to move it regardless. Click. But we don’t really know what they are...
Somehow we got sidetracked into the concept of considering what a brokerless world would look like. I’ll take your opinion on that. I think we...
May or may not be feasible now. Someday technology will possibly make it more convenient. I certainly get that brokers provide this service, and I...
Exactly. Exactly! Everyone is regulated but the broker. What kind of industry is best, one that makes the trucker an equal partner in a previously...
That perspective is appreciated. But I have a hard time blaming truckers for running cheap loads as the BIGGEST factor in holding rates and...
Once again, we aren’t talking about compensation for a service commensurate with the value provided. We’re talking of allegations that brokers are...
Understood, but that’s never gonna change since they deregulated the industry to let this consolidation of trucking companies. Blaming a few poor...
They will, they do. But we’re talking degrees here. And we’re talking about relevant parties in the transaction. 3 parties, one of which is...
Only if the bargaining is between shippers and truckers. 2 parties. But if it’s a 3rd party broker that is causing the problem with pay to...
Supply and demand is never suspended. I don’t understand what your counterpoint is. That is nothing that came from anything I had posted
That’s not how labor markets work or nobody would make more than minimum wage. It’s still supply and demand that would dictate rates. I don’t know...
Gotta believe there are brokers posting and gaslighting in this thread.
That was a healthy situation. Everybody did well including brokers. The truckers were not overpaid. But you cannot starve one side out for the...
That’s fair too. But a middleman broker shouldn’t be able to unreasonably screw with one side of the equation
I think you’ve got to ask the Dr Phil question, “ How’s that working for ya”?
A shop offering their services directly is not equivalent to a load broker middle man. The same reason any regulation is put into effect is why...
The red headed stepchild of real APUs. Prob bad idea if you live where we live. Those prices need a lot of work. I’ll be hanging around the...
I did not know that. My gosh the more I learn the less I know. So yeah, they are way off.
