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Originally Posted by repete
I'm not a o/o so I haven't had to deal with this BUT that sounds pretty bad even to me! No wonder some O/O can't make a go of it. It's amazing how similar these problems are to other lines of work. I spent many years doing auto body work and body shops have the same problems, there is always someone else out there that is hurting and so charges less. To bad there's no easy fix for it
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Healthy competition generally is a good thing because it keeps prices in check and promotes economic stability.
But when the competition results in rates so low that few are making money, most aren't making any money, and some are losing money, then competition becomes a bad thing.
People have to figure their cost of doing business and allow for enough profit over their costs to allow them to maintain a suitable lifestyle and support their families.
If the rates are so low that this cannot be accomplished, then it makes no sense to haul it "just to keep moving".
If every O/O would just do their homework, figure a decent rate at which they can make a good living, and then refuse to haul anything below that rate, then
maybe things would change, but when these shippers & brokers know that some poor b*stard will haul it basically no matter how low the rate, what incentive do they have to pay more?
It's a sorry state of affairs when hard working honest people are being "whipsawed" against each other for the obscene financial gain of executives with 7 figure incomes, and "middlemen" who don't lift a finger, but nevertheless get a (larger than normal) cut of the money that rightfully should be going to the person who does the actual work.
Just say no to that cheap sh*t!!!!!