Consider this fair warning. Stay away from Center Stage Transportation and Mark Thompson. They are based in Pinckneyville, IL and they "supposedly" haul show freight, like concert tours, the Olympics, etc. Been with them since January 2010 and last week was the 1st week no one was paid. From people in the office on down to drivers. Tags, IRP's, IFTA's all were not legal after Feb. 26. Husband was getting loads for the trucks, including our 2 trucks, at a 3% commission. In 7 weeks he generated nearly $50K in revenue for this company. Because this guy has played fast and loose with everyone's money, including trailer payments (hasn't made those in 3 month's and the trailers) there is now a family that will be put out on the street today because they can't pay for the extended stay room they have been living in. Not us, yet, but that's a possibility too. I could write a book on this guy and his lack of ethics, both business and personal but if what I've posted keeps one driver from getting tied up with this outfit then I have accomplished something. This is the 3rd company in a year that has exploited us, our drivers and we are tired of it.
In summary, this guy is no more than a liar, a cheat, a thief and I can only hope he is out of business in very short order.
Center Stage Transportation
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Does he do haul for concerts, etc. or does he just haul freight?
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Won't really matter what is hauled as Center Stage doesn't own the trucks, trailers, drivers, or the accounts. O/O's brought the accounts with them. Did do a load of equipment for Lady Gaga, from LA to JFK airport in NY, our driver/truck and another of our drivers pulled a ew loads to Vancouver for the Olympics. But had to keep trucks rolling/making money between those and we hauled what paid.
Point is Center Stage hasn't paid ANYONE they owe. Not just the O/O's and staff, but also those that have done business with this group, anything financial hasn't been taken care of with out "robbing Peter to pay Paul" and screw everyone else. What is due us for 2 weeks comes to nearly $9K , just us. -
Thanks for the reply and the "heads up" on Center Stage. I sure hope you are able to get your money out of him.
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You're welcome. And thanks for the good wishes. While that $$ would take care of so much for us, we know the odds of getting are "Slim to none and Slim just hauled butt!" So we move on to better things and from the ashes will rise the Phenix!
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we need more warning about companies like this. It's no secret big companies with student mills pay low wages and will screw you over. That's like saying the sun will rise and set. It's the smaller companies that have bad records in saftey and money issues we need to know about it.
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There are so many that are owed payment by this "character" and his so-called company. He even owes the guy that lettered the trucks, about $2,500. Apparently there is going to be a VERY LONG line of folks trying to collect from this loser.
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The most important issue here is to throughly check out the company, take no one's word for it. INVESTIGATE THEM! Call OOIDA, check the MC # with DOT. There is an abundance of information that is public record. Use all resources at your disposal. Experienced, knowledgable people can get scammed just as easily as the newbies.
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I am very familure with Centerstage Transportation and this post is not true.
Mark is an upstanding guy and if these people were not paid there is definately more to this then they are telling. This forum is a useful tool for the industry for identifying bad companies but like everything else can be abused like it is with this post. Center Stage Transportation does pay their bills and are stand up people. The Owner Operators wife who wrote this should recheck her facts and make sure that her husband turns in his paperwork on time if expects to be paid on time. -
I have dealt with Center Stage Transportation and also know the truckers wife that posted this and can honestly say if you consider the source you would know there is probably to this and in if you are going to use this resource to post something you might want to post true facts. I guess I would wonder why you think that your husband has been screwed over by 3 different companies wouldn't you at some point stop and wonder why. Like not turning in paperwork and still getting paid and holding loads for ransom and not delivering loads until you get what you want (I know this for a fact from 2 different instances on this truck driver). If we are going to state facts then the facts are: Center Stage was going to pay the driver's hotel bill for his family that was going to be kicked out on the street but the truck driver and his company that we are speaking of said that if they got a certain amount of money to deliver a load then they would take care of this family getting to stay in a home which obviously did not happen. This carrier was advanced money and when they say they made $50K for Center Stage those figures are not even close and this carrier and his drivers do not turn in paperwork and were still paid for loads and Center Stage is still waiting on paperwork on their loads from over a month ago.
As far as Cherokee's other comments she is so totally clueless thinking that the O/O brought that business because she listens to what her trucker husband says and I have worked with her husband at a couple companies and there is a reason I would never work with him again. Might want to call the companies he said he so called got screwed over by and see what the story really is and how they got the load delivered that he held for ranson there also until he got money. As far as the other O/O that have driven here they are not owed any money due to the fact tha they have borrowed so much money from Center Stage to start with and that he was discussing what was going on with an ungrateful back stabbing employee that was working for Center Stage and getting incorrect information and the one he was conspiraing with was the one that did the IFTA and everything else that had to do with that part of the business and he didn't do his job to get everything taken care of and lied about it.......KARMA IS A ##### AND WHEN YOU CRAWL IN TO BED WITH PEOPLE OF THE SAME CALIBAR THAT YOU ARE IT ONLY CREATES BAD BUSINESS WITH CUSTOMERS FOR EVERYONE SO GOOD LUCK ON YOUR NEW ENDEVOR BECAUSE I AM SURE LIKE ALL OF THE OTHER BUSINESSES YOU HAVE TRIED TO RUN ON YOUR OWN THE PAST 20 YEARS AND HAVE FAILED THAT THIS ONE WILL TOO. I know first hand what kind of people all of you are and I know for a fact you lie, can't deliver a load on time, and extort everyone you possibly can to get money that you aren't due!
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