A typical brokerage firm does this.
$1000 from a shipper.
Broker Company takes $200 off.
Post shipment online for $800.
Give or take $100.
Being scamed as a owner operator
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by RUSSELBURG, Jan 3, 2016.
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Another scammed I found is this I am leased to a carrier with about 100 trucks our fuel discount is like .50 to .55 per gallon and I have take to several companies including some of the largest and they offer .13 or .15 per gallon .40 per gallon x 500 gallons a week = 200.40 x 300 = 60,120 or 601,200 for 3000 trucks per week .
I am in the wrong part of this industry honesty gets you no where on the trucking side but the ways these guys make money off of fsc,discounts,charge backs to o/o ,who cares if there no profit in the load there's plenty in the scamming part. -
20% to the borker? Not on my watch anyway.....My newest utterance I use is this......
Broker" WHAT!! Thats only a 5% markup im only making $25 dollars.....
Me "Work on volume then, You'll make more money"
Broker "Click" as the phone slams down pretty hard6wheeler Thanks this. -
Maybe trucking isn't for you.whoopNride Thanks this. -
Yeah after 38 years you would think I would like wing screwed by now
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Not everyone has the same fuel discounts. I'm allowed to charge fuel through the guy that loads me at his local truckstop. It's a "cost plus" discount. It's whatever the rack price is plus a few cents. Some days it's 10 cents lower than current pump price, some days it's 50 cents lower. Depends on the day. I wouldn't say I'm getting scammed since I can look through my fuel tickets.
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We have comdats and I can see the price for us around the country before I buy it. Right now my cost in indiana is 1.55 per gallon. If others are not getting that much and have a larger fleet then someone should loose there job , but I think that the savings is not being passed to there o/o ,. That what I been seeing checking on other company's po/o position so with. 25 fsc and fuel at 1.55 I am getting c a good deal
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