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<p>[QUOTE="Avrakotos, post: 12251613, member: 293401"]exactly. If you are a dispatcher you work as an agent to the carrier to secure them the best rate and lane you can. You call brokers to book the freight they have from the shipper/receiver. You get a small % agreed to before hand ( like say 3% of each load) and help the carrier take phone calls, sign rate cons, and other general assists.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are a broker, you are an agent for the customer and look for a truck to move the freight. Because broker understands the the market, he can quote a rate to the customer and then find a truck to do it for a little less. Say maybe making 200-1000 dollars for services provided to the customer.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are a dispatcher that calls and books loads then reposts them looking for a truck not only is that technically fraud its a low life thing to and both carriers and brokers hate you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Avrakotos, post: 12251613, member: 293401"]exactly. If you are a dispatcher you work as an agent to the carrier to secure them the best rate and lane you can. You call brokers to book the freight they have from the shipper/receiver. You get a small % agreed to before hand ( like say 3% of each load) and help the carrier take phone calls, sign rate cons, and other general assists. If you are a broker, you are an agent for the customer and look for a truck to move the freight. Because broker understands the the market, he can quote a rate to the customer and then find a truck to do it for a little less. Say maybe making 200-1000 dollars for services provided to the customer. If you are a dispatcher that calls and books loads then reposts them looking for a truck not only is that technically fraud its a low life thing to and both carriers and brokers hate you.[/QUOTE]
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