Broker question

I would not haul a load without a carrier confirmation. Never do anything with verbal commitment that involves money or other people.

 

Landstar is no different than any other broker.

 

You must be dealing with the same broker I called on a ld. here in Mt.
Talked to him about the ld.
Called the people I work with and gave them the info. They have called and I have also called him back. Goes to voice mail.
Ld. is off the board also, Hopefully will find out in the morning.

 

You're WRONG sir! Don't lump everyone together. I'm proud to be part of Landstar and we strive to stand out from the crowd.

This sounds like one of our so-called "agents." who operates from their home with a cell phone and a laptop. If you don't have a load confirmation signed by the broker in hand, you can go whenever you want. Unless there is paperwork signed, you aren't committed and there is nothing he can do. Now, that said, please don't lump us all together. My agency has six offices nationwide currently, some of which are run out of our homes due to only one or two people working out of that location. We differ from them because I am constantly performing quality control. We may not get your rate confirmation to you right away because we're covered up, but we are in constant communication with you. You just have to be careful about who you deal with. You can talk to some of the BCO's around here and they'll give you agency codes to avoid like the plague. Most won't tell you the good ones because they want to keep the good loads for themselves. Feel free to contact me and I'll share my contact information and maybe we can get you on some loads and help one another out.

 

Landstar is no different than any other broker/carrier.

 

Completely wrong here to cluster everyone together. Like LSOSR said; similiar to his comment, we strive to be different as well. I have guys that run for us, that sometimes I can't get the load conf. over quick enough. However; they know that when I say the load is theirs, they can move. Yes - I have had to pay a truck order not used before; due to customer not making capacity of the loaed. no it doesnt bother me to pay a T.O.N.U! But also; they know that when they get to said shipper, the confirmations are there..

Looking at your icon here on the page it says 38 years exp; perhaps a bad dealing or two with Landstar maybe?