LTL being slow with the customers?

It's pretty rare for any LTL company to be the solo provider of services. Customers I deliver to also use R and L, Estes, Triple A Cooper, Southeastern, Old Dominion, Saia, etc. It also is quite common for the customers to change carriers based on prices. The contracts are transparent and agreed upon, and a lot of times are written to where either party can walk away at any time.

What you are implying really doesn't happen in the LTL business since there are multiple carriers with competitive rates.

 

Not quite sure what you mean by "restraining trade in commerce."
Why don't you just come out and say if you think you know about some company's wrong doing and how they are specifically committing these wrongful practices. You don't need to name names, but just tell us a story about your suspicions. Then perhaps some of us can give you some insight.

 

There is nothing to debate because you’re still not saying what you’re specifically talking about. If there’s any so-called “misconduct” against a customer, they’re free to take their business to another LTL carrier. That’s the beauty of capitalism.

 

May have to get the US Marshalls involved...

 

At no point in time is a business obligated to disclose to the general public who their customers are. In fact many consumers of goods and services don't care for their names being handed out to other businesses, or customers. If a consumer chooses to talk about whom they do business with, then it's their choice. On an individual scale, for example, I don't need to tell everyone what brand of hemorrhoid cream I use or where I like to purchase my underwear. I certainly wouldn't want the store freely giving that information out.
It's good business etiquette to not blab information about all of the customers whom use the goods or services provided. Notwithstanding, all of this information could be obtained by legal authorities for investigative purposes, if their is due cause.
I still don't fully understand what your reasons are for wishing to obtain customer lists from these companies and frankly, it makes me wonder to what end you would use this information.

 

Sure, collusion/price fixing is illegal, but that’s up to the government to investigate. Customers are free to shop around to find the best service at the best price. If they suspect there is some sort of collusion going on, they can simply report it to the DOJ/FTC for further investigation.

If LTL companies are already breaking the law, what makes you think they would publish accurate customer lists if the law required it?

 

No one, I will say it again, NO ONE WILL share a customer list. It is proprietary information! Why would you ever think any company would? It is how they protect their business interests..

 

in all reality. This is the silliest question I’ve seen the longest time
Every LTL carry knows each other’s customer basis they all have salesman working the same area every driver sees every other LTL carrier back to the same place as that they’re picking up from this is gone on for years the only differences how much the other carriers willing to cut rate to get the freight, which is also been going on for forever. There’s nothing proprietary when it’s all out in the open

 

You know. That's exactly what I told the dmv, but they still took and sold all of our dl's to any company that wanted it. Tell me that ain't right?