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<p>[QUOTE="TallJoe, post: 10986168, member: 180515"]On the serious note, for those relying on load boards, keep in mind that you are balancing between the risk of being somehow screwed on an elevated rate resulting from<i> your negotiations skills</i>, e.g. load gets cancelled the last minute, payment gets delayed - you could be deceptively cheated into a load that stinks in the end vs. getting a straightforward, easy to complete, load with accordance of what the market pays at given time maybe +/- a hundred or two. You can't beat the market by a lot, it is the market who dictates both to you and the brokers how much you will haul for.</p><p>For instance, I don't know how I would feel, if a broker agreed to a rate of $3000 from Chicago, IL to Columbus, OH while everyone else is paid not much more above $1200 unless the broker is a mega and all is plain and clear in the rate con....no drop trailer and such.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TallJoe, post: 10986168, member: 180515"]On the serious note, for those relying on load boards, keep in mind that you are balancing between the risk of being somehow screwed on an elevated rate resulting from[I] your negotiations skills[/I], e.g. load gets cancelled the last minute, payment gets delayed - you could be deceptively cheated into a load that stinks in the end vs. getting a straightforward, easy to complete, load with accordance of what the market pays at given time maybe +/- a hundred or two. You can't beat the market by a lot, it is the market who dictates both to you and the brokers how much you will haul for. For instance, I don't know how I would feel, if a broker agreed to a rate of $3000 from Chicago, IL to Columbus, OH while everyone else is paid not much more above $1200 unless the broker is a mega and all is plain and clear in the rate con....no drop trailer and such.[/QUOTE]
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