My first fight with a broker as an Owner Operator

The money was not the issue. I agreed to haul it for $500 and I would stand by that. But when he tried to get cute, that's when I had to bring out the ugly stick. As for not picking it up earlier...what planet are you living in? The days of honor are over. You would have to be an IDIOT to drive 30 miles through DFW rush-hour traffic without having a valid contract. You've never heard of drivers getting to the shipper and then the load is canceled or given to someone else?

It's just bad business practice to start rolling without all the ducks being in a row. My mistake was rolling without the ratecon to begin with. I should have stood pat until everything was kosher.

They screwed up and I have a valid paper trail AND an enforceable ratecon to back me up. Now, do I WANT to take that load on Monday? I don't know yet.

 

Well, I tried to pick it up but I was a few minutes late. I was actually there 10 minutes before they closed. But between waiting for the ratecon and them sending me to the shop where the trailer was a block down the street, they went home.

Do you mean I should have just gotten the load and then used it as leverage until I got the new ratecon?

 

It was $500 on a 7-day load-out. That is actually very good. TQL tries to pay $50 on loadouts!

 

But I DO have a proper ratecon. They just sent it to me late. He even tried to send me a ratecon this morning for the $75 TONU!