I am a freight broker and I have seen lately a lot of scams. I would post a load then a carrier would book my load and ask for quick pay. Then the carrier would pass it on to a broker company where they would list the load for above average pay on the load boards.
Please be aware of broker companies that are less then one year old in business and a too good to be true pay rate!! Business is slow out there and all the rates are low because shipping companies are pushing down on us low rates!!
DRIVER BEWARE OF FREIGHT BROKER SCAMS
Discussion in 'Freight Broker Forum' started by FREIGHT.BROKER, Aug 30, 2023.
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The Indians accepted the blankets because they were cold.Siinman and 4mer trucker Thank this. -
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Enough to keep the truck rolling f/t ? -
Look at news of carriers going out of business, many stories them losing their direct shippers because they found others for cheaper.
Too many out here happy to run fuel money.
It's all mostly the drivers fault, more so than shippers or brokers.
Maybe they think if they keep busy with the cheap loads the repo man can't find themTheLoadOut Thanks this. -
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A single O/O with his single truck can’t compete with that.
Unfortunately this is why brokers exist and are a necessary evil in the logistics industry.
An O/O could pickup a few direct customers but they most likely couldn’t provide enough work to keep them busy. So then they are left with filling their schedule with broker work. -
I'm not a broker these days, just an operations manager at a brokerage. Main issue is carrier communication. If carriers communicated to our customers the way they do to us, they'd lose that customer in an instant.
You need a middleman that speaks Corporate and Trucker.Phoenix Heavy Haul Thanks this.
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