“The brokers make too much”

Yes and no I can make a argument either way.

 

No, I think your point is valid for the most part.. I've parked it since the 9th, & am going crazy already. Open deck seems to have taken the biggest nosedive next to oilfield..

But they are certainly being greedier sacks of ####s then normal..

And the usual rate cutters out there have driven the rates into oblivion. Its partially our own fault, so to speak for those fools agreeing to keep taking the same load as the week before for less & less till it's an unlivable wage..

But, the broker is also a bit of a prick for constantly lowering the rate.. If I'm happy at $2.60 mile, I'm not going to call my shipper each week to say I need 10cents more ever week.. Why ruin a good thing.? Well because I'm not a scumbag broker..

 

I've got a friend in Ga that was a high dollar stripper that gave that up to get into brokering cause she makes more in 3 days as a broker than she did in 7 as a stripper.She was pulling in $2000.00 a week as a stripper.Go figure.

 

The problem i see that needs to be axed. Is brokers dumping loads off to another broker and this goes on until there is 4 brokers eating off the same load before it hits the street for a driver.

 

I dealt with B-Right outta Savannah back in the 90s.They scalped me.Never again.

 

You run into the same government overreach issue there as you do with limiting what a broker is allowed for profit.

 

I didnt mean argument per say, should have said debate either side.
The main problem I see with your question is, the way you worded it.
Regulating profit means no matter what you can only earn so much. (Ex $60 per load regardless of what its paying)
The other means only a certain percentage. So do a better job selling at higher rate and earn more.

 

Isn't this already the illegal practice know as double brokering..?

 

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