"New PRIME" you guys are terrible!

90 days old info is useless. Even the 15 days is old but it's a little better rough guide. Everything I ever called on with Prime was always way below market just like what they offered you. And I agree they rarely ever answer the phone if you call them. So I quit calling them because it was plainly obvious they never needed a truck when I did. On the other hand I do answer the phone every time they call me. And give them a nice quote that's way over, a $1,000 or more over market, just for fun. They usually get all ticked off and hang up.

That's how they deserve to be treated because that's exactly how they use up brokered carriers. That's how it works. Live by the sword and die by it. Once in awhile those dummies even pay my rate and that's always a good laugh. I remember the last one was some loser carrier they booked that tossed the load back at them the last hour.

We all know they're a big time mega carrier with hundreds of millions in annual revenues. And they also get rich off putting foolish lease purchase drivers into the poor house. They have very deep pockets when a good customer account is on the line and something's maybe gone awry to the point you're their last hope... Remember that the next time they call you and you're about to quote them a rate...

 

I haven’t had any issues out of them. They pay quick and don’t bother me when I’m on one of their loads. I just send email updates. Some of their rates are lower than current market. When you’re hauling one of their loads, you’re not hauling spot market freight but their contract customer freight. When spot is high contract is lower, when spot is low contract is higher. They only have a couple of lanes I use on a regular basis; one of them is mediocre and one of them pays a lot more than I thought it would.

 

Reefer freight?

 

I’m doing reefer freight.

 

If you're not doing any due diligence before booking reefer freight you're gonna book a lot of crappy loads going to lousy places. If you're force dispatched on reefer freight you'll also be doing a lot of crappy loads. Sucks to be you if either of those are you. Reefer pays well and isn't as bad as most of you think it, or make it out to be. I enjoy it but I'm always picky about what I book.

 

Is anyone surprised that a mega carrier has an incompetent brokerage? After all PRIME does stand for Please Remember I'm Missouri Educated.