Brokers are Making A Killing on these loads! (screen shots)

Research Tort and you’ll figure out how brokers do what they do.

 

Begging or... groveling, haha "my leige, I bow to your superiority in this domain of transportation" haha, I love trucking, just giving you a hard time nothing serious

 

Haha, that's like saying "Research The Milky Way" when asked a question about Tulsa, OK.

 

There are ways to get around broker/carrier agreements. Now, unless things have changed, I remember from my Business Law class in college that if one party violates a contract, the contract is null and void. For example: A lot of these contracts stipulate that a carrier can only seek recourse from the broker; they can't go after the shipper. Well, if the contract states that a broker is to pay within 21 days, and he doesn't adhere to this, technically he now violated the contract. So a carrier CAN go after the shipper. Do you want to see a broker freak out, sweat bullets, and soil his britches? Threaten him that you are going to sue the shipper.

Agreements also have a clause that states that you can't solicit a broker's customer. No? Well, I'm pretty sure there are ways to get around this. It's probably depends on the state, but I'm pretty sure that FEDERALLY, this violates the Unfair Competition/Anti-trust laws. Now, like I said, it's been a long time and maybe things have changed. So if anyone here is more privy to these issues, please chime in.

 

I'm not too sure about that. A while back I read an article about a carrier who picked up a brokered load, got solicited by the customer, entered into an agreement to haul directly, cutting out the broker. Somehow broker became aware of this and sued carrier for the loss of revenue they suffered, won the court case and was entitled to a percentage of the carrier's gross revenues for at least a year, if I remember correctly. Gonna see if I can find that article.

 

"Survability"? Well ain't that a daisy? Federal Law takes PRECEDENCE over any other BS clause anyone can come up with. They cannot nullify Federal Law. But of course, "I ain't no lawyer!"

 

Please find that article.

 

Solicitation Can Occur Even If The Customer Makes The First Move (At Least, It Can In Central Illinois)

This was the one I was talking about. Took quite a bit of googling to find it. The page also has a PDF link to the court documents as well.