Picking my own freight baby! My journey to & of being on Schneider choice, the Adventure & Numbers!

"Sometimes they show a ridiculously low rate to keep the IC's from taking it. They want it for themselves."

What you are claiming is that Schneider makes up whatever rate they want, depending if they want to keep a load for themselves.
That's like saying... hey you know that $1.50 contract load that's been on the board for months at $1.50, lets make it ".37 cpm" today because we want it for "ourselves".

That's the way your comment came across.
Saying that a carrier will knowingly manipulate rates depending on their own personal wants fully well knowing that could break rules or even worse is an astonishing claim.
That would utterly destory Schneider's reputation if proof of that ever came out.
In my nearly 2 years or so reading these Schneider forums that is the most astonishing claim I have ever read here.
So excuse me if I just dont automatically believe it.

Exactly.
People have had no problem calling me and others out endlessly for 400+ pages but when i do it well that's a no no.
If something appears to be ridiculous.. sorry i am going to speak my opinion of it on my own thread. Big deal.

Not everybody has to agree with everybody but it can be discussed without resorting to going low against one another.

 

That is all true.

However we have a lot of contract freight.
Everyday i see loads and the rate doesnt ever change (besides fsc) for a period of time.
We won a large account i think about a year ago, on that account and to this day haven't seen the rate change on their loads.
I have hauled for them a lot and do many of the same loads... knowing the lanes and the rates will be the same helps me my in planning.
Anyways i have never seen on the load board what was claimed earlier.
Yes there are errors (such as negative paying loads), yes spot loads can change somewhat but saying Schneider will change a load to .37 to keep it to themselves is a different ballgame.

The day I see one my contract accounts that i run have a load posted for some silly amount one day just to be changed the next trust me screenshots will be taken and hell will be raised if they tell me some bs.
Until then I'm not buying it without seeing evidence for such a claim.

I know Schneider hides loads from us at times, that was confirmed by Schneider when i booked one that wasnt supposed to be on the board.
It was a new customer and when i showed up some guy from management from Schneider was at the customer to make sure things are running smoothly. I got into a conversation with that guy from Schneider and he flat out told me they didn't want ICs pulling these loads and someone made a mistake.
They tried to pull me off the load and give me a VNU when that Schneider guy at the customer got involved but they couldn't find any company drivers to cover it so they left me on the load.

Another example is I use to run high $ loads for a customer, i mean real high... then one day they stopped showing up on the board.
However we have another customer next to this one I deliver to and when i drive by I see company trucks hauling my old loads into there!

Schneider plays around with the board, those are a few examples I experienced.
Those though are basically Schneider withholding loads from us... There's a lot of evidence of that out there. It's part of the game.

 

I bash Schneider as much as anybody here and I'm on that load board soo much.

How are you so sure Schneider is doing what you're saying and it's just not just an error? As you said "you drew your own conclusions".
All I'm saying is I haven't seen the evidence to draw my own conclusion that Schneider is knowingly changing the rate on loads for a period of time because "they want it for themselves".

Heres a question for you have you called in on those or similar loads and asked wtf is up with the rate? Unconfirmed loads Schneider I've noticed doesnt like you calling in on as they're "still up in air" but they will gladly be helpful if it's a confirmed load.

Me personally I have called in on loads from the rate, to appointment times, to the weight.
Schneider messes up A LOT! When i call in they have admitted their mistakes and fixed them.
I wrote a couple weeks ago about a load new load that popped up with an appointment time i knew was screwed up. I called in and it was fixed.
I've called in on weights because ive seen loads over 50k and wanted to make sure they were that cause if so i cant book an overweight load lol, those were mistakes also.
Yes I've called in on rates too, there were a couple times I knew the rate was wrong (by saying wrong I mean like .40 one time and $2 the next) on a load I've ran prior that posted again.. when i called in they admitted the error and fixed it.

My own conclusion is that Schneider is a mess and makes many mistakes, not they manipulate load rates in hopes they keep the load for themselves.
If you dont agree with me thats fine I respect that and I respect you as you appear very knowledgeable and have added good info to the fourm. I just hope you and others see where we're both coming from.
What I share is from my experience and not everybody experiences the same thing.