Rate cons

How do you feel about getting detention or layover pay if there equipment breaks down?

 

Have them add if you’re on time you get a $400 bonus.
If you sit over an hour you go on lock for $100/hour.

 

Some shippers will charge the broker a missed appointment fee...they are just passing it on to you as it's probably part of the contract they signed with the shipper.

 

It's not new but yeah you see more BS like that when freight is weak. Don't be late.

 

You always have to watch the rate cons.

I had a company one time send me a rate con and it said on there that I agree that if the receiver for any reason refuses that product, that I agree to haul that product back to the shipper for free.

And the funniest thing about the Brokers is that when I say to them hey you have that on the rate con the reply is oh that doesn't mean anything.

So my response is, great if it doesn't mean anything take it off of there!

That's okay we'll find another truck.

Yeah that's only meaningless until they have a receiver reject it and then they say Hey you agreed to that.

I have worked with good brokers, but any business that any person can handle your money before you get it is going to invite a bunch of Shady characters.

That was Magellan if anyone is wondering.

 

And just to be an idiot, it's okay with me if say 50 or 100 of TTR members call on loads specifically for Magellan.

Then you guys take the load at any price and as soon as you get the rate con you tell him to go to hell.

I think that would be hysterical for a brokerage to get 50 or 100 calls a day and every one of those calls tell them to go to hell because of their rate con.

Not going to happen but it'll be pretty funny to see them banging their heads up against the wall...