Freight brokers
What is good broker for you guys? I mean no names, I mean quality.
All opinions are very welcome |
One that has loads in my area.
One that calls me first. One that pays promptly. One that lets me speak directly to the shipper to verify and arrange things. One that has a toll free number. One that lets me fax invoice documents instead of mailing. One that doesn't lie on the miles. No truck not used situations. Price is not a concern because if they aren't paying at least $2, I won't ever have occasion to deal with them. |
NO LIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*imsotiredo flies*
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Lies about the temperature, location the product will load.
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Lies about the weight. Lies about the temperature/ location the product will load. Lies about the quick pay. Same day becomes 48 hours. Lies about T-Check being registered, but the code wasn't working. This lie: "The load has 3 extra stops and delivers in 2 days" "Ok, that's not for me" " But it pays $2000" And he hung up.... It was a overnight, maybe 400 mile total run, not worth running....but geez, why these games??? |
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I disagree with the broker suicide thing. You're still going there anyway...so it matters little whether you contact them before you arrive IMO. |
A broker who has a contract and a relationship with a shipper will have no problem giving the shipper's phone # and load info to a driver. The brokers I personally know have tight relationships with their customers and if a driver goes behind his back and contacts the shipper in an attempt to haul for them directly, the shipper will tell him and that will be the last time that driver/carrier will ever haul for him.
So it's not a good idea to bite the hand that feeds you. Otherwise, if you don't want to haul for brokers, get your own accounts and see if it's as easy as you might think it is keeping demanding, stressed shipping mgr's happy all the time and still juggle all of your other obligations. |
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