Taking on Goliath---My Fight With TQL

I wanted TONU because they wasted my day. Pride had nothing to do with it. If you let customers get away with stuff, then that's on you. Like I said before, if it were a smaller broker, I would have relented, because I know stuff happens. But it was TQL, an industry behemoth who pulls this crap every day to small carriers. And you know what, a lot of you are missing the POINT of this thread. Let me ask you this: WAS TQL IN THE RIGHT OR IN THE WRONG? Morally? Legally?

 

Thanks Chris. I'll reach out to you next week to let you know about transferring paperwork here to Clark County.

 

Im not a gambling man,but i tell my wife roulette is a game of luck no skill involved,where she have no control over the outcome and the odds are not in her favor.my wife decides to bet $100 anyways and loses.did i forsee the future?no.
Now lets project that onto your situationne hour past,you still didnt get dispatched TQL is known for their patended shenanigans you decided to wait anyways.how is that a good process? Would love to face you in a poker table

 

My carriers do not. I do not use telematics on them.

 

One thing is waiting expecting to be dispatched for a simple load that I've done a dozen times, and another thing is waiting to be dispatched knowing that they are going to pull a fast one. I'm telling you, something is not kosher between the shipper and the broker. There's a lie there somewhere. But I'll keep updating as more info comes to light. You wouldn't wait and you'd rather deadhead. And that's fine. I won't deadhead knowing that in the short-term nothing is going to change. As I said before, the Wild Horse was beaconing me.

As for facing me at the poker table, I don't know what to tell you, because I don't know if you are a player. So I'll tell you this, I've gotten my butt kicked and I've kicked some butt. I have won two tournaments each with over 1000 players, and I've won maybe 60 single and multi-table tournaments. Probably more because around 2010 alone I won at least 45 single-table tournies. My roomate looked me up back around 2007 on a poker player tracking website. I had no clue about his stuff back then. He asked me if I've ever checked my rating and I replied that I hadn't. It turns out I was cashing in 39% of the tournaments I played. Pro level is 40%, so I was 1% below pro level. So if you don't REALLY play, you might beat me in a hand here and there. But in the end, I'm gonna take your lunch money. Unless, of course, you can really play.

 

So did OP get paid or is it waiting on attorneys to hash this out?

I ain't wading through ten pages of OP telling me how he's gonna beat the table playing rouletee.

I read through 2 pages and guess TQL is low paying freight, and will fscrew you. Good advice when I get my own authority.

 

Who the hell said I play roulette? Get with the program Sonny! NO, OP was short-payed on two invoices. OP is exploring options. OP just created this thread because he is a rabble-rouser.

 

Here you go Harry. Let me know when you would like me to come over and play in your home game.

 

In hindsight, yes. But getting nothing for a load-out is common.

 

Yep, if you had listened to their verbal instructions, then below is what would've happened and you'd be on the hook;


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Bob's boss glanced at the shipping manifest and smirked. "Dallas, huh? Well, it was supposed to go to Vegas, but this might actually work out in our favor."

Bob leaned in, a sly grin forming. "Yeah, boss, remember? We only talked about the change verbally. Nothing in writing."

The boss nodded, clearly pleased. "Good thinking, Bob. No paper trail, no problem. When the client calls, we’ll just say Gekko messed up. Blame it on a ‘miscommunication’ on his end and tack on a charge to move it."

Bob chuckled. "Exactly. We’ll pin it on Gekko since the Ratecon clearly says Vegas. Keeps us in the clear."

The boss patted Bob on the back. "You’re sharper than you look, Bob. Let’s keep this between us."